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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
This book kept me up well into the night!!! Great Book!!!
To be completely honest, I am not sure why this book is so popular. It is very well written but the plot is not what I would call compelling. It took me a little while to get into it but once I did I was entertained well enough.
Now, characters. I liked Jamie at first and was looking forward to his development from a naive young man to whatever he was to become but was a little disappointed that he turned out to be so bitter. I understand how he became so, I just felt there could have been a little more depth to him.
Margaret was incredibly naive and I cannot comprehend why someone would continuously pine after someone who clearly did not want her. Again, I get her reasons for chasing Jamie but really, how could you truly love someone who treats you that way?
I hated Kate. I hated everything about her. All she cares about is the company and doesn't care who gets hurt in the process. I mean, she destroyed her sons dreams just to fulfill her own fantasy. She is exactly like her parents; mostly like her father because of her cold-heartedness and business strategy. But she had a lot of her mother in her because of the way she would not love anyone else but David.
Tony, on the other hand, I liked reading about his life. I found myself aching for him to succeed and be happy. Even once he started making decisions solely to anger Kate, I was cheering for him. I really felt bad for him.
Finally, there's Eve and Alexandra. I though it was a bit of an odd addition to the novel. Of course, the novel had to continue for a while yet after what happened to Tony but with how much I enjoyed Tony's part of the book, I found the twins to be a step down from that.
Overall I would that if you want a page-turning book that will keep you up until long past your bedtime, don't pick up this one. Save Master of the Game for when you just want to read something that you can come and go leisurely. I found it to be a stormy night, curled up with a blanket kind of novel.
Now, characters. I liked Jamie at first and was looking forward to his development from a naive young man to whatever he was to become but was a little disappointed that he turned out to be so bitter. I understand how he became so, I just felt there could have been a little more depth to him.
Margaret was incredibly naive and I cannot comprehend why someone would continuously pine after someone who clearly did not want her. Again, I get her reasons for chasing Jamie but really, how could you truly love someone who treats you that way?
I hated Kate. I hated everything about her. All she cares about is the company and doesn't care who gets hurt in the process. I mean, she destroyed her sons dreams just to fulfill her own fantasy. She is exactly like her parents; mostly like her father because of her cold-heartedness and business strategy. But she had a lot of her mother in her because of the way she would not love anyone else but David.
Tony, on the other hand, I liked reading about his life. I found myself aching for him to succeed and be happy. Even once he started making decisions solely to anger Kate, I was cheering for him. I really felt bad for him.
Finally, there's Eve and Alexandra. I though it was a bit of an odd addition to the novel. Of course, the novel had to continue for a while yet after what happened to Tony but with how much I enjoyed Tony's part of the book, I found the twins to be a step down from that.
Overall I would that if you want a page-turning book that will keep you up until long past your bedtime, don't pick up this one. Save Master of the Game for when you just want to read something that you can come and go leisurely. I found it to be a stormy night, curled up with a blanket kind of novel.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
I happened to read the second book "Mistress of the Game" before this one and in the beginning of the book I was so keen in figuring out who is who. After that was done, I found this novel so very fantastic like every other Sidney Sheldon novels I have read! The story revolves around The Mc Gregor and Blackwell family. It's like a biography of the whole family and what an amazing one it is! It has real many surprising twist and turns. I couldn't put it down for a moment.
4.75 stars
4.75 stars
jesus christ i don’t think i’ve hated a book more and i dnf’ed a little life.
i thought this was written by a woman but when it was after the 20th time of “young woman is sexually obsessed with older ugly man” that i finally realized sidney is a man.
this is written so poorly i genuinely have no idea how people adore this book so much.
white man steals from black man. forces the man’s daughter to have his baby who he doesn’t want until it benefits him. that baby grows up to be sexually mischievous and at the age of SIXTEEN starts wanting a man 22 years older than her. finally traps the man years later by manipulating business contracts so he has nowhere else to go (all because he was going to get married).
she has a son who she puts so much pressure on he starts to stutter. manipulates his whole life for him. forces his wife to have babies even though she would die. she has twins but dies during childbirth (wow shocker). then her son tries to kill her. puts her son in an asylum.
raises the twins. one of the twins is, you guessed it, sexually manipulative and obsessive.
this is an awful read. the fact that it’s called a masterpiece is so…… anyway.
i thought this was written by a woman but when it was after the 20th time of “young woman is sexually obsessed with older ugly man” that i finally realized sidney is a man.
this is written so poorly i genuinely have no idea how people adore this book so much.
white man steals from black man. forces the man’s daughter to have his baby who he doesn’t want until it benefits him. that baby grows up to be sexually mischievous and at the age of SIXTEEN starts wanting a man 22 years older than her. finally traps the man years later by manipulating business contracts so he has nowhere else to go (all because he was going to get married).
she has a son who she puts so much pressure on he starts to stutter. manipulates his whole life for him. forces his wife to have babies even though she would die. she has twins but dies during childbirth (wow shocker). then her son tries to kill her. puts her son in an asylum.
raises the twins. one of the twins is, you guessed it, sexually manipulative and obsessive.
this is an awful read. the fact that it’s called a masterpiece is so…… anyway.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
I wonder who actually was the master; Jamie McGregor? Who laid the foundation of Kruger-Brent Limited after an adventurous mission of accumulation of diamonds, or it was Kate Blackwell? Who turned the South African company of his father into an enormous business empire on earth, may be it was Eve Blackwell? The predator, the possible heiress of giant multi billionaire business, probably it was George Mellis a charming vampire who love to ruin women and lads. Perhaps it was the author of the thrilling, mysterious, romantic: novel himself Sidney Sheldon, the supreme master of all.
“Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.”
― Sidney Sheldon
This quotation is a perfect archetype of one of the masterpieces of Sidney Sheldon’s “Master of the Game”. The novel which was written during 1980s doesn’t look primitive at all up-till now. The lives of many characters were sewed with grim, ardor, crave, power and tragedies.
Correspondingly Jamie McGregor, a robust, enchanted character, who went to South Africa, to explore diamonds, as a prospector. He had two remarkable features in his personality, one he was an achiever and second he was vengeful. These two attributes motivates him to steal diamonds from Salomon Van der Merwe a vigorous enemy with the support of his African friend Banda.
Owing to the acrimonious characteristic, he never owned his wife poor Margaret Van der Merwe who happened to be the daughter of his adversary Salomon Van der Merwe. Despite his rigidness, she loved him desperately and wanted to win his heart and soul throughout her life. She was one of the most deprived characters in this saga of billionaire family.
This couple produced one heiress, the mighty Kate Blackwell who brought the inherited company to the sky rocking. She learn the rules of the game from David Blackwell who latter become his husband. He taught her in her early ages that:
“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.”
She did, not only that but played the game with full authority and enjoyed power throughout her life with assertiveness. She was the master in dealing with cards and knew how to distribute them and how to manipulate people with cunning moves.
She once said:
“I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.”
She further said:
“Each manager sees his own division as the center of the world, and that’s as it should be. But someone has to have an overall view and decide what’s best for the company.”
She heavily invested on Tony Blackwell her lone son and possibly the next heir of the wealthy company, wanted to be an aspiring painter ended up his career in a great tragedy. He was immensely sensitive, talented, and hardworking and dedicated towards his ambition. He was manipulated like a pawn on the chessboard of Blackwell family by the queen none other than Kate Blackwell.
This novel is divided in five different sections and the fifth one was dedicated entirely to two identical sisters Eve and Alexandra Blackwell.
Eve Blackwell, the beautiful ugly goddess, the psychopathic liar, the predator and extremely ambitious girl. Eve was jealous of her sister, so she planned and plotted against her whenever she got chances.
Contrary to her sister, Alexandra, who happened to be a stupid, sensitive, beautiful but immensely fortunate girl, she always showed loved and trust towards her sister Eve.
Eve haired a charming Latin hunter George Mellis, another powerful character and was almost best in deceiving people. He had a record of destroying prostitutes’ girls and boys. The man who was full of negative energies, he loved to inflict pain and took pleasures in screams and outcries.
The negative side of this novel is that there are highly erotic scenes and the depiction of violence is at its best. As everything has some flaws, it has too, like for instance, the dramatic marriage of George Mellis and Alexandra Blackwell was as far as I concern, the most unnatural chunk.
It’s a must read novel because it carries great lessons in it. How human psychology works, how people manipulate, what motivates them to become greedy or avenging. How tragedies stick to lives as a stigma and hurt people in all respects. This epic saga of McGregor/Blackwell family is nurtured in blood, agony, depression, lust, and impostures by Sidney Sheldon, is without a doubt, a Master of the game of writing novels.
“Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.”
― Sidney Sheldon
This quotation is a perfect archetype of one of the masterpieces of Sidney Sheldon’s “Master of the Game”. The novel which was written during 1980s doesn’t look primitive at all up-till now. The lives of many characters were sewed with grim, ardor, crave, power and tragedies.
Correspondingly Jamie McGregor, a robust, enchanted character, who went to South Africa, to explore diamonds, as a prospector. He had two remarkable features in his personality, one he was an achiever and second he was vengeful. These two attributes motivates him to steal diamonds from Salomon Van der Merwe a vigorous enemy with the support of his African friend Banda.
Owing to the acrimonious characteristic, he never owned his wife poor Margaret Van der Merwe who happened to be the daughter of his adversary Salomon Van der Merwe. Despite his rigidness, she loved him desperately and wanted to win his heart and soul throughout her life. She was one of the most deprived characters in this saga of billionaire family.
This couple produced one heiress, the mighty Kate Blackwell who brought the inherited company to the sky rocking. She learn the rules of the game from David Blackwell who latter become his husband. He taught her in her early ages that:
“Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.”
She did, not only that but played the game with full authority and enjoyed power throughout her life with assertiveness. She was the master in dealing with cards and knew how to distribute them and how to manipulate people with cunning moves.
She once said:
“I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.”
She further said:
“Each manager sees his own division as the center of the world, and that’s as it should be. But someone has to have an overall view and decide what’s best for the company.”
She heavily invested on Tony Blackwell her lone son and possibly the next heir of the wealthy company, wanted to be an aspiring painter ended up his career in a great tragedy. He was immensely sensitive, talented, and hardworking and dedicated towards his ambition. He was manipulated like a pawn on the chessboard of Blackwell family by the queen none other than Kate Blackwell.
This novel is divided in five different sections and the fifth one was dedicated entirely to two identical sisters Eve and Alexandra Blackwell.
Eve Blackwell, the beautiful ugly goddess, the psychopathic liar, the predator and extremely ambitious girl. Eve was jealous of her sister, so she planned and plotted against her whenever she got chances.
Contrary to her sister, Alexandra, who happened to be a stupid, sensitive, beautiful but immensely fortunate girl, she always showed loved and trust towards her sister Eve.
Eve haired a charming Latin hunter George Mellis, another powerful character and was almost best in deceiving people. He had a record of destroying prostitutes’ girls and boys. The man who was full of negative energies, he loved to inflict pain and took pleasures in screams and outcries.
The negative side of this novel is that there are highly erotic scenes and the depiction of violence is at its best. As everything has some flaws, it has too, like for instance, the dramatic marriage of George Mellis and Alexandra Blackwell was as far as I concern, the most unnatural chunk.
It’s a must read novel because it carries great lessons in it. How human psychology works, how people manipulate, what motivates them to become greedy or avenging. How tragedies stick to lives as a stigma and hurt people in all respects. This epic saga of McGregor/Blackwell family is nurtured in blood, agony, depression, lust, and impostures by Sidney Sheldon, is without a doubt, a Master of the game of writing novels.
I’d have liked it better if it had ended with the revenge, which is exactly how I feel about the other Sidney Sheldon book I’ve read. The characters are either extremely unlikable or just bland.