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3.2 AVERAGE
3.2 AVERAGE
I loved this book!! Sad story!! It broke me!! From all 5 best friends only two survived!!! Glad that it ended on a happy note!! Love this author’s books!!
This book was not what I expected it to be. It was so much worse. It had a right beginning, a good theme, a meaningful, makes-you-want-to-dig-in-right-away kind of powerful title, but it just doesn't do justice to all of the plus points. I've been thinking of reading Danielle Steele books just to see what all the hype was about. Now I'm not sure I would want to read any of her books ever again.
Don't get me wrong, the book wasn't thaaat bad, but it was just not good. It was in no way realistic, or original. The story lacked the relatability we so badly look for when we read non-fantasy-type stories. Yeah, it's fiction, but I don't think anything as dumb as what happens in the book would happen even in the fictional world.
For starters, five kids Izzie, Gabby, Billy, Sean and Andy meet on the first day of kindergarten, and they grow up together up until they graduate - together? Really, don't kids grow up to have different tastes and personalities? And even weirder, these kids go on to become what they dream of becoming in childhood. Yea, it does happen, but all of them? Everything just happens to this group of friends. Seriously, I have never heard of dumber coincidences. And then, the friendship starts hindering when each of them are killed, one-by-one in different ways - accident, drug dealing, suicide. And what happens to the two who are left together? They make out. Hah! What happened to the years of friendship then?
In the beginning, Izzie was my favorite character, but at the end, the author screwed her up so badly, I wasn't even sure why I liked her in the first place. She sleeps with two of her best friends, Andy and Sean, just because. Thank heavens, the third boy Billy, was committed, or else I guarantee he would also have been laid out.
And they say, Izzie is the most reasonable of the five. Really.? I'd think Gabby was better. She at least had the right mind to stick with one person throughout. That sounds more reasonable that going for a one-night stand with two best friends.
The book did have plus points, it shows accurately how death of someone affects the people close to them. But it's also exaggerated, and unrealistic, predictable halfway through, and does no justice to the title.
I'm so not going to read this ever again. Thank you very much! Ms. Steele, I know you have made enough money, so please start writing realistic books even if it doesn't sell well. We'd appreciate it.
Don't get me wrong, the book wasn't thaaat bad, but it was just not good. It was in no way realistic, or original. The story lacked the relatability we so badly look for when we read non-fantasy-type stories. Yeah, it's fiction, but I don't think anything as dumb as what happens in the book would happen even in the fictional world.
For starters, five kids Izzie, Gabby, Billy, Sean and Andy meet on the first day of kindergarten, and they grow up together up until they graduate - together? Really, don't kids grow up to have different tastes and personalities? And even weirder, these kids go on to become what they dream of becoming in childhood. Yea, it does happen, but all of them? Everything just happens to this group of friends. Seriously, I have never heard of dumber coincidences. And then, the friendship starts hindering when each of them are killed, one-by-one in different ways - accident, drug dealing, suicide. And what happens to the two who are left together? They make out. Hah! What happened to the years of friendship then?
In the beginning, Izzie was my favorite character, but at the end, the author screwed her up so badly, I wasn't even sure why I liked her in the first place. She sleeps with two of her best friends, Andy and Sean, just because. Thank heavens, the third boy Billy, was committed, or else I guarantee he would also have been laid out.
And they say, Izzie is the most reasonable of the five. Really.? I'd think Gabby was better. She at least had the right mind to stick with one person throughout. That sounds more reasonable that going for a one-night stand with two best friends.
The book did have plus points, it shows accurately how death of someone affects the people close to them. But it's also exaggerated, and unrealistic, predictable halfway through, and does no justice to the title.
I'm so not going to read this ever again. Thank you very much! Ms. Steele, I know you have made enough money, so please start writing realistic books even if it doesn't sell well. We'd appreciate it.
I had high expectations from Danielle Steel, but this book turned out to be a huge disappointment.
The tragedy in this book is overflowing. The only issue I have with the reoccurring tragic events is that the characters who ended up biting the bullet, well, they didn't have too much depth to them. So the deaths were just sad due to the fact that they were deaths. However, that didn't define my outlook on this book. I loved Izzy as a character and how she grows. I love how it starts to focus on her as the book carries on. You go from following 800 characters to following one main character. I liked it as we progressed through the book. Not bad at all.
Definitely a bit of a read jerker. Not entirely the happiest of books that I've read but its a quick read really. Steel's style is easy and quite fun to read through but the subject matter is quite heavy. If you're into a bit of dramatic reading this is definitely the book for you.
All I can say is....BEAUTIFUL! I loved this book from the moment I picked it up I just cant even describe how much I enjoyed reading this. Besides the fact of everyone dieng it ended up great..The ending is what I predicted was gonma happen the whole time
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
I have to admit that this is a good book, I'm not a fan of those stories where people die and when I chose this book because it seemed like a good and cute book... Don't judge a book by its title... But the story is actually really good, my final thoughts about what the story meant to me were that it shows us that we have to be strong and think a lot before making stupid decisions and that our actions affect not only ourselves but others, including the people we love.