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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Nora Roberts já escreveu mais de 150 romances em pouco mais de vinte anos, tendo grande parte deles feito parte da lista de bestsellers do New York Times e ganho vários prémios literários. Considerada um fenómeno de vendas na literatura feminina, a autora tem conquistado as suas leitoras ao longo da sua carreira com histórias apaixonantes, sagas familiares ou mistérios que podem ou não conter um fantasma ancestral.
Sejam quais forem os contornos que as suas histórias tenham, muitas vezes já bem reconhecidas pelas suas fãs, Nora Roberts é sinónimo de sucesso literário, de umas boas horas de leitura e os seus livros deixam satisfeitos quer os mais românticos quer quem prefira um bom policial.
Para quem andou tanto tempo sem ler Nora Roberts, parece que agora os livros até me caem no colo, principalmente os editados pela Ulisseia, que entre trocas têm aparecido cá por casa, o que pode simbolizar uma futura fase de enjoo mas, por agora, têm sido a leitura perfeita para intercalar com os exames, como foi o caso deste.
Três Destinos junta alguns dos ingredientes que eu mais gosto, entre os paquetes de luxo que se afundam nas águas do Atlântico, a mitologia grega e uma perseguição pelas cidades europeias até ao Novo Mundo, numa história envolvente, viciante e que ajuda as horas a passarem mais rápido. Com um leque de personagens maravilhosas, tal como a autora nos tem habituado, temos três casais inesquecíveis, tendo um deles entrado directamente para a tabela dos preferidos e uma vilã, que não sendo a melhor área de Nora, consegue ser convincente, irritante e impor presença. Sendo nas personagens que se encontra o melhor dos livros da autora, é evidente pelo elenco deste livro que ele faz parte do top de Nora, uma vez que elas são tão díspares e únicas entre si, é espantoso como a autora os consegue relacionar uns aos outros de uma maneira que faz todo o sentido e que deixa o leitor cativado por este leque de histórias pessoais e personalidades.
Este livro, como outros da autora, faz-me pensar que ela devia tentar mais vezes os romances de época, pois já li um dela e talvez pela mudança de ambiente, ou mesmo pela forma como ela consegue retratar uma época, parece-me que resulta muito bem, e os pequenos flashbacks que temos do passado não chegam para matar a vontadinha de continuar a ler sobre os antepassados das personagens.
Apesar de os modelos para as suas histórias serem sempre os mesmos, a verdade é que eles funcionam, uns melhor, outros pior. Neste caso, estamos perante uma história singular que consegue divergir das restantes, mesmo das que possam ter algumas semelhanças. A par disso, é uma leitura mais frenética, mais vívida e com mais conteúdo do que o costume, já que a autora evidencia-se nos romances em que a História, as lendas e os artefactos monopolizam o pano de fundo, ficando o romance para segundo plano, como acontece neste livro.
Entre perseguições, a busca da verdade, crime e verdades familiares, passámos do século XX para o mundo actual, numa variação de paisagens e mundos que tornam esta leitura um ataque aos sentidos e uma lufada de ar fresco para as fãs de Nora. O facto de serem as estatuetas e as ligações familiares o principal mote do livro, tornam-no interessante e diferente mas para as mais românticas, o romance vem em triplicado, havendo uma históra de amor para cada gosto.
Evidencia-se também o facto de Os Três Destinos pertencerem a uma fase mais crua, credível e forte de Nora. Há diferenças bastante visíveis entre este livro e outros, mesmo que tenha sido publicado para aí a meio da carreira da autora, o que me faz pensar que se passa algo com os livros escritos de à dez anos para cá, ou então os livros editados por cá são muito parecidos, e eu aposto mais nesta.
Para mim, este é um dos melhores livros de Nora Roberts e quem gostar da autora deve lê-lo obrigatoriamente.
http://girlinchaiselongue.blogspot.pt/2012/07/opiniao-tres-destinos.html
Sejam quais forem os contornos que as suas histórias tenham, muitas vezes já bem reconhecidas pelas suas fãs, Nora Roberts é sinónimo de sucesso literário, de umas boas horas de leitura e os seus livros deixam satisfeitos quer os mais românticos quer quem prefira um bom policial.
Para quem andou tanto tempo sem ler Nora Roberts, parece que agora os livros até me caem no colo, principalmente os editados pela Ulisseia, que entre trocas têm aparecido cá por casa, o que pode simbolizar uma futura fase de enjoo mas, por agora, têm sido a leitura perfeita para intercalar com os exames, como foi o caso deste.
Três Destinos junta alguns dos ingredientes que eu mais gosto, entre os paquetes de luxo que se afundam nas águas do Atlântico, a mitologia grega e uma perseguição pelas cidades europeias até ao Novo Mundo, numa história envolvente, viciante e que ajuda as horas a passarem mais rápido. Com um leque de personagens maravilhosas, tal como a autora nos tem habituado, temos três casais inesquecíveis, tendo um deles entrado directamente para a tabela dos preferidos e uma vilã, que não sendo a melhor área de Nora, consegue ser convincente, irritante e impor presença. Sendo nas personagens que se encontra o melhor dos livros da autora, é evidente pelo elenco deste livro que ele faz parte do top de Nora, uma vez que elas são tão díspares e únicas entre si, é espantoso como a autora os consegue relacionar uns aos outros de uma maneira que faz todo o sentido e que deixa o leitor cativado por este leque de histórias pessoais e personalidades.
Este livro, como outros da autora, faz-me pensar que ela devia tentar mais vezes os romances de época, pois já li um dela e talvez pela mudança de ambiente, ou mesmo pela forma como ela consegue retratar uma época, parece-me que resulta muito bem, e os pequenos flashbacks que temos do passado não chegam para matar a vontadinha de continuar a ler sobre os antepassados das personagens.
Apesar de os modelos para as suas histórias serem sempre os mesmos, a verdade é que eles funcionam, uns melhor, outros pior. Neste caso, estamos perante uma história singular que consegue divergir das restantes, mesmo das que possam ter algumas semelhanças. A par disso, é uma leitura mais frenética, mais vívida e com mais conteúdo do que o costume, já que a autora evidencia-se nos romances em que a História, as lendas e os artefactos monopolizam o pano de fundo, ficando o romance para segundo plano, como acontece neste livro.
Entre perseguições, a busca da verdade, crime e verdades familiares, passámos do século XX para o mundo actual, numa variação de paisagens e mundos que tornam esta leitura um ataque aos sentidos e uma lufada de ar fresco para as fãs de Nora. O facto de serem as estatuetas e as ligações familiares o principal mote do livro, tornam-no interessante e diferente mas para as mais românticas, o romance vem em triplicado, havendo uma históra de amor para cada gosto.
Evidencia-se também o facto de Os Três Destinos pertencerem a uma fase mais crua, credível e forte de Nora. Há diferenças bastante visíveis entre este livro e outros, mesmo que tenha sido publicado para aí a meio da carreira da autora, o que me faz pensar que se passa algo com os livros escritos de à dez anos para cá, ou então os livros editados por cá são muito parecidos, e eu aposto mais nesta.
Para mim, este é um dos melhores livros de Nora Roberts e quem gostar da autora deve lê-lo obrigatoriamente.
http://girlinchaiselongue.blogspot.pt/2012/07/opiniao-tres-destinos.html
Review Can Be Found Here: http://iwishilivedinalibrary.blogspot.com/2018/03/three-fates-romantic-suspense-review.html
have a small stack of books that makes up my reread shelf and every time I reread one it has to earn its place back on the shelf. I hadn't read this one in years and so I wasn't quite sure where it would fall. Pretty quickly in I knew it's place on the reread shelf was safe! Nora Roberts typically has one stand alone and one trilogy a year. Three Fates is kind of like a trilogy turned into a stand alone. There's an ensemble cast of 6 and while the who ends up with who is not a surprise it's so much fun to watch it happen. My favorite character overall was Tia Marsh. She's from a wealthy family that owns an exclusive antique store and has for generations. She herself has made a name for herself studying mythology and writing books but she's incredibly insecure and nervous and terrified of the world around her. However, while many people easily dismiss her as unimportant it's really more that she's never given herself a chance. Watching her find her strength and herself was thoroughly enjoyable. The Sullivan siblings all play a big part of that. Malachi, Gideon, and Rebecca Sullivan have turned their family fishing business in Cobh, Ireland into a tourist boat tours to where the Lusitania sank so long ago. The Sullivan connection to the Lusitania sinking along with their connection to Tia's family is intriguing. The siblings are all interesting people with different skills and different personalities. Their mother, Eileen, plays a small but memorable role and adds moments of humor along with a calming presence. Cleo Tolliver and Jack Burdett and the final members of the group. Cleo is street smart with all kinds of walls and Jack is very savvy and very good and focused on running one of the best security firms in the world. Both have interesting connections to the Fates and add nicely to the team. The six are on a mission to recover all three fates - a set of little silver statues - and more importantly, keep them out of Anita Gaye's hands all while keeping themselves safe.
Anita made for a pretty fantastic villain and it was easy to see how she fooled the people around her. The mystery itself is page turning and I loved watching as everything unfolded. My favorite component of the book was the relationships between the people themselves - not just the romance (which was nice) but the friendships as well. I especially enjoyed watching Cleo and Tia develop a friendship. If I had to name one flaw I'd say that the characters can be a little inconsistent. Cleo, Tia, and Gideon are all well rounded and wonderfully fleshed out whereas Malachi, Jack, and Rebecca are a little more one dimensional. It definitely didn't keep me from thoroughly enjoying my revisit of this book and it's definitely earned it's shelf space on the keeper shelf!
have a small stack of books that makes up my reread shelf and every time I reread one it has to earn its place back on the shelf. I hadn't read this one in years and so I wasn't quite sure where it would fall. Pretty quickly in I knew it's place on the reread shelf was safe! Nora Roberts typically has one stand alone and one trilogy a year. Three Fates is kind of like a trilogy turned into a stand alone. There's an ensemble cast of 6 and while the who ends up with who is not a surprise it's so much fun to watch it happen. My favorite character overall was Tia Marsh. She's from a wealthy family that owns an exclusive antique store and has for generations. She herself has made a name for herself studying mythology and writing books but she's incredibly insecure and nervous and terrified of the world around her. However, while many people easily dismiss her as unimportant it's really more that she's never given herself a chance. Watching her find her strength and herself was thoroughly enjoyable. The Sullivan siblings all play a big part of that. Malachi, Gideon, and Rebecca Sullivan have turned their family fishing business in Cobh, Ireland into a tourist boat tours to where the Lusitania sank so long ago. The Sullivan connection to the Lusitania sinking along with their connection to Tia's family is intriguing. The siblings are all interesting people with different skills and different personalities. Their mother, Eileen, plays a small but memorable role and adds moments of humor along with a calming presence. Cleo Tolliver and Jack Burdett and the final members of the group. Cleo is street smart with all kinds of walls and Jack is very savvy and very good and focused on running one of the best security firms in the world. Both have interesting connections to the Fates and add nicely to the team. The six are on a mission to recover all three fates - a set of little silver statues - and more importantly, keep them out of Anita Gaye's hands all while keeping themselves safe.
Anita made for a pretty fantastic villain and it was easy to see how she fooled the people around her. The mystery itself is page turning and I loved watching as everything unfolded. My favorite component of the book was the relationships between the people themselves - not just the romance (which was nice) but the friendships as well. I especially enjoyed watching Cleo and Tia develop a friendship. If I had to name one flaw I'd say that the characters can be a little inconsistent. Cleo, Tia, and Gideon are all well rounded and wonderfully fleshed out whereas Malachi, Jack, and Rebecca are a little more one dimensional. It definitely didn't keep me from thoroughly enjoying my revisit of this book and it's definitely earned it's shelf space on the keeper shelf!
Este libro tiene todo multiplicado por tres! Las tres estatuillas de las tres Diosas del destino. Los tres hombres protagónicos y las tres mujeres que constituyen las tres parejas.
Actualmente está muy de moda los libros en trilogías, pero este es un muy buen ejemplo del uso de un buen recurso. Son seis personajes de lo más variados pero todos muy reales que se embarcan en la búsqueda de las Moiras, estatuillas que se creían míticas y/o perdidas, pero hay gente capaz de hacer cualquier cosa para conseguirlas. Cada uno de ellos posee una relación con la leyenda y se dan cuenta que la función que cumplían las Moiras en la antigua Grecia (Hilar, tenzar y cortar el hilo de la vida) se cumple en sus propias vidas dándoles la oportunidad de crear un tejido único.
Me gustó mucho, está lleno de leyenda, mitología griega, el libro te lleva a muchas ciudades, misterio, suspenso y la dosis junta de romance.
Great fun! Roberts manages to give you low-brain-power entertainment, but with wit and a lot of humour, without getting too sloppy on the romance side of things. Did I mention steamy sex? :)
This is what the story is about: Three siblings embark on a quest to re-unite 3 parts of a mythical statue. They are not sure that it even exists, but they are determined to find out and try. From Ireland they travel to Eastern Europe, Helsinki, New York, to follow clues and find romance, adventure and a deadly enemy...
This is what the story is about: Three siblings embark on a quest to re-unite 3 parts of a mythical statue. They are not sure that it even exists, but they are determined to find out and try. From Ireland they travel to Eastern Europe, Helsinki, New York, to follow clues and find romance, adventure and a deadly enemy...
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Let's get it out of the way right off the bat - yes, this is a Nora Roberts book, so yes, there is romance. In fact there are three romances, one for each Fate. But that isn't the only or main focus of this stand alone story. There's more to it, and that's why it got four stars. I don't typically care for Roberts really traditional romance books, but this one really does have more to offer than romance.
This story has a lot going on. There's history, there's mythology, there's family stuff, there's international travel, there's action, drama and intrigue. And, yes there is romance.
I liked how the story spanned multiple generations, to come down to the people involved in the present day search for the three fates, hoping to reunite them and having some very exciting adventures on the way to that.
Nora Roberts is a romance author, and she does have the three couples in this story get romantic. But Roberts is also a masterful character developer, and the six people in this story all have wildly differing personalities, backstories and motivations, so it is a challenge to write these people in such a way as to keep them from being caricatures or cliches but Roberts comes through again, because these people felt real, and I liked all of them . . . eventually.
The history of the Lusitania was a cool historical twist as the initiator of everything that comes after the ship sank, and I liked that we actually get to meet the people who were there, and whose actions led to the present day story lines that bring everything full circle.
I'm a sucker for anything Irish, so the Sullivans drew me in immediately and I loved getting to know them better during the course of the story.
The three relationships between the couples involved in the search for the Fates were all totally different, but each had there moments and while Tia was my least favourite of the six, she did eventually find her backbone and make me like her more.
Overall, this was perfect for what I used it for - as an audio book for a long dull drive that I had to make. The narrator did a great job with all the accents, and in making the numerous characters in the book come to life. If you have any interest in audiobooks, this is a good one for something light and easy-to-read.
This story has a lot going on. There's history, there's mythology, there's family stuff, there's international travel, there's action, drama and intrigue. And, yes there is romance.
I liked how the story spanned multiple generations, to come down to the people involved in the present day search for the three fates, hoping to reunite them and having some very exciting adventures on the way to that.
Nora Roberts is a romance author, and she does have the three couples in this story get romantic. But Roberts is also a masterful character developer, and the six people in this story all have wildly differing personalities, backstories and motivations, so it is a challenge to write these people in such a way as to keep them from being caricatures or cliches but Roberts comes through again, because these people felt real, and I liked all of them . . . eventually.
The history of the Lusitania was a cool historical twist as the initiator of everything that comes after the ship sank, and I liked that we actually get to meet the people who were there, and whose actions led to the present day story lines that bring everything full circle.
I'm a sucker for anything Irish, so the Sullivans drew me in immediately and I loved getting to know them better during the course of the story.
The three relationships between the couples involved in the search for the Fates were all totally different, but each had there moments and while Tia was my least favourite of the six, she did eventually find her backbone and make me like her more.
Overall, this was perfect for what I used it for - as an audio book for a long dull drive that I had to make. The narrator did a great job with all the accents, and in making the numerous characters in the book come to life. If you have any interest in audiobooks, this is a good one for something light and easy-to-read.
This is another addition to the Nora Roberts setting. The three siblings from Ireland are investigating the Three Fates statues. Each sibling meets a person related to the search. The story took a while to get started and was a little dull in the beginning. About the halfway mark once all the characters have meet and started to work together the story picked up and became more entertaining. Although the books all end the same, I did enjoy the second half of how we got there. One of the characters got over her agoraphobia and hypochondriac tendencies rather quickly, but other than that the novel was a diverting way to spend some time reading.
A typical, predictable Nora Roberts novel, but enjoyable nonetheless. It kept me intrigued long enough to enjoy the book, but didn't leave me craving more. It was good - mystery, danger, history and romance. Skip it if you find language and bedroom scenes offensive. I found the lead female annoying, but the other feisty leads made up for her. Watching how the destinies of the characters unfolded and entwined as well as the history of the Fates (statues) had me hooked. A good novel for a quick non-invested read.