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bookishworm210 's review for:
Neighbors
by Danielle Steel
I gave this book 2 stars only because the premise was intriguing. However, I'm going to have to disagree with many of the 5 star reviews. I recently read Danielle Steele's Nine Lives and found that book to be dry and boring, yet with an interesting premise. Sadly, this book is no different.
The writing is DRY as can be, reads like a police blotter - she woke up and did this, then she went there, then she came home, ate dinner, was sad about her past [insert long paragraph about exactly what happened years ago, told like in a summary of a history book], then fell asleep. Just page after page after page of this same type of storytelling. SO, SO terribly dry. Some passages just lacked feelings completely. I really wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't. I finished it only because I wanted to know how it ended. The ending was ok. It kind of just "stopped." Not really an ending, honestly.
The premise had SO much potential for this to be a great book, which is why I bought it [also, can I get a refund? LOL] - characters could have been developed more/better, more dialogue in the story would have helped relate to the characters, the story could have been even better told from different perspectives of each of the main characters. Very similar to how Nine Lives was written (also a great premise, but writing just sucked).
Disappointing read. I won't be picking up another Danielle Steele novel anytime soon, if the last 2 has taught me anything.
The writing is DRY as can be, reads like a police blotter - she woke up and did this, then she went there, then she came home, ate dinner, was sad about her past [insert long paragraph about exactly what happened years ago, told like in a summary of a history book], then fell asleep. Just page after page after page of this same type of storytelling. SO, SO terribly dry. Some passages just lacked feelings completely. I really wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't. I finished it only because I wanted to know how it ended. The ending was ok. It kind of just "stopped." Not really an ending, honestly.
The premise had SO much potential for this to be a great book, which is why I bought it [also, can I get a refund? LOL] - characters could have been developed more/better, more dialogue in the story would have helped relate to the characters, the story could have been even better told from different perspectives of each of the main characters. Very similar to how Nine Lives was written (also a great premise, but writing just sucked).
Disappointing read. I won't be picking up another Danielle Steele novel anytime soon, if the last 2 has taught me anything.