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Review Date: 9/12/2013
On a three day train trip to attend his sisters funeral Professor Nicholas Van Tassel pens his memoir, covering his life from the first time he saw the woman who would later become his wife until her death, some 33 years later. All the trials and tribulations, anxiety, betrayals and unexpected events that Van Tassel experienced takes place in the early 1900's, in a college town of some considerable wealth.
This book was written from a mans perspective. Shreve did a good job of this, to the point of my forgetting who the author really was. The plot was pretty straight forward, without a lot of twists and turns, but a book that I found myself fully enveloped in. Written as a memoir, you often forget that and felt it was being lived in the moment. My only criticism is of Shreves writting style - of which I was fully aware before starting this book. Shreve tended to write run-on sentences - a magnitude of run-on sentences - taking 35 to 40 words to tell something she could have easily stated in 10 words or less. However with that said, the flow of the story and her writing style, never changing, allowed the novel to move along at a managaeble pace.
This book was written from a mans perspective. Shreve did a good job of this, to the point of my forgetting who the author really was. The plot was pretty straight forward, without a lot of twists and turns, but a book that I found myself fully enveloped in. Written as a memoir, you often forget that and felt it was being lived in the moment. My only criticism is of Shreves writting style - of which I was fully aware before starting this book. Shreve tended to write run-on sentences - a magnitude of run-on sentences - taking 35 to 40 words to tell something she could have easily stated in 10 words or less. However with that said, the flow of the story and her writing style, never changing, allowed the novel to move along at a managaeble pace.
Review Date: 1/29/2006
From French society to the ruggged ranges in New Mexico and the love that ensued
Review Date: 2/12/2010
an historical romance - set on an Irish sea coast - she is independent and alone - he is in imminent danger...
Review Date: 1/27/2006
Power cleverly weaves politics, murder and romance, creating intense breath catching suspense
Review Date: 2/21/2006
Homeless, Arabella has to decide between marrying the person who now has her house or leaving forever....
Review Date: 1/29/2006
from London to Scotland...destiny calls....
Review Date: 1/8/2006
A foggy San Francisco night... a cat burgler, by choice....a lovey curator.... and more danger than eihter of them want.
Review Date: 1/27/2006
An heir to the fur empire could not warm her heart,,, but for better or worse she was married...but what about her lost love David, as he re-enters the picture
Review Date: 2/11/2006
after losing her husband to kidnappers, Darci helps the FBIin a covert mission that draws her into a past world...can she fight her way back and help solve the present day crime...
Review Date: 2/8/2006
far from earth a lost colony has evolved into a rich civilization much like our own....
Review Date: 2/11/2006
knights in battle and damsels in distress....has he met his match?
Review Date: 2/24/2010
From the devestation of war she followed her heart to a dangerous and dazzeling frontier. One wore blue and one wore gray
Review Date: 10/4/2005
He vows to remain single....and after a broken heart, so does she. Enter the prince on a white horse........
Review Date: 9/27/2005
An I can read all by myself - beginners book. rhyming and colorful pictures
Review Date: 2/11/2006
a fallen woman... a bold stranger....brings strong emotion and sexual tension...
Review Date: 1/30/2006
a lovely aristocrat, a proud Montana rancher - sharing a frontier land as breathtaking as their love
Review Date: 7/2/2005
Enjoyed during a long car trip
Review Date: 8/13/2006
In the ravishing heat of passion, he possessed her.....
Review Date: 6/20/2006
romance, mystery, diabolism and horror....
Review Date: 2/16/2005
I felt this was a really easy read for being a classic and a translated book.
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