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3.19 AVERAGE
3.19 AVERAGE
Like all Danielle Steel's books, this had friendship, warmth and love.
Worse Danielle Steel book I've ever read! Depressing as hell. Good one to skip.
Just terrible really - but so much so that it totally has a 'trainwreck' vibe and you feel compelled to finish it to see just how low it will go. (Verdict: pretty damn low.) I literally laughed out loud MULTIPLE times toward the end when the whole thing totally went off the rails. It's entertaining as hell on some level though. Not sure laughing your way through one overwrought, depressing character assassination after another is what she was going for though. lol
Oh my god.. What the hell is this book?
So I was at Goodwill and I saw it being sold for 2 dollars, I hadn't read it yet.. So I picked it up and I am pretty shocked at this book.. First of all... Here's one thing it has going for it.. I couldn't put it down, because from the beginning of the book you knew it was gonna end badly for these kids... I swear Danielle Steel was Drunk or High as kite when she wrote this
Five rich WHITE children meet in Kindergarten and from day one are the best of friends forever.. Or maybe not Forever, Who knows? ha.. So those kids grow up things change like 2 divorces, new partners, new siblings etc.. Then here comes the deaths.. One of the friends older brother dies whilst doing a drug deal - aged 25 and then shortly after Shortly after, one of the actual friends (who just so happens to be an up and coming model) steps out onto the street and is mowed down by a drunk driver and is killed - aged 18.. Four years later, another one of the friends (who coincidentally was the boyfriend of the girl killed by a drunk driver and just so happens to be a world famous NFL star) dies of a drug overdose - aged 22.. The following year, another one of the 5 friends (this one the star student Doctor studying at Harvard) kills himself because he lost a patient - aged 23.. In between the multiple fatalities (just in case that was not fucking depressing enough) there is alcoholism, drug abuse, neglect, anorexia, bullying, abusive relationships and various other miserable happenings.
So just to recap, 4 deaths of individuals all under the age of 25, 3 of whom in the same friendship group.
At the end of the book, the last 2 surviving friends, end up getting together (think that they are about 24/25 at this point) however in the run up to this, the male friend has become an undercover spy for the CIA/FBI; been shipped out to Columbia; was the victim of multiple gunshot wounds in critical areas. With said wounds, spent a week crawling through a jungle and survived. After recovering from this and being reliant on a cane, went back to Columbia and managed to take down a powerful drug lord and consequently, the drug ring. Please note that this all happened within his first 2 years of actual acting service.
I was like are you kidding me? This book is DEPRESSING and Terribly written... If you are gonna write a depressing book, make it well written, Like Kristin Hannah..
So I was at Goodwill and I saw it being sold for 2 dollars, I hadn't read it yet.. So I picked it up and I am pretty shocked at this book.. First of all... Here's one thing it has going for it.. I couldn't put it down, because from the beginning of the book you knew it was gonna end badly for these kids... I swear Danielle Steel was Drunk or High as kite when she wrote this
Five rich WHITE children meet in Kindergarten and from day one are the best of friends forever.. Or maybe not Forever, Who knows? ha.. So those kids grow up things change like 2 divorces, new partners, new siblings etc.. Then here comes the deaths.. One of the friends older brother dies whilst doing a drug deal - aged 25 and then shortly after Shortly after, one of the actual friends (who just so happens to be an up and coming model) steps out onto the street and is mowed down by a drunk driver and is killed - aged 18.. Four years later, another one of the friends (who coincidentally was the boyfriend of the girl killed by a drunk driver and just so happens to be a world famous NFL star) dies of a drug overdose - aged 22.. The following year, another one of the 5 friends (this one the star student Doctor studying at Harvard) kills himself because he lost a patient - aged 23.. In between the multiple fatalities (just in case that was not fucking depressing enough) there is alcoholism, drug abuse, neglect, anorexia, bullying, abusive relationships and various other miserable happenings.
So just to recap, 4 deaths of individuals all under the age of 25, 3 of whom in the same friendship group.
At the end of the book, the last 2 surviving friends, end up getting together (think that they are about 24/25 at this point) however in the run up to this, the male friend has become an undercover spy for the CIA/FBI; been shipped out to Columbia; was the victim of multiple gunshot wounds in critical areas. With said wounds, spent a week crawling through a jungle and survived. After recovering from this and being reliant on a cane, went back to Columbia and managed to take down a powerful drug lord and consequently, the drug ring. Please note that this all happened within his first 2 years of actual acting service.
I was like are you kidding me? This book is DEPRESSING and Terribly written... If you are gonna write a depressing book, make it well written, Like Kristin Hannah..
It's not a light hearted fun read like I thought it would be, but I still think the storyline was well written. Danielle Steel never disappoints me!
Sad story. Poor writing. If I wasn't on vacation, I would have never finished it.
Sad story. Poor writing. If I wasn't on vacation, I would have never finished it.
I have many Steel books that I love, but this was not one of them. I really like the idea of reading about five friends growing up together. But this was just too much and too many bad things that felt more for shock value than anything. This is one Steel novel I won't be reading again.
Started off a little slow, but half way through a turn of events made me unable to put it down. Heart wrenching.