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ravensandlace 's review for:
Neighbors
by Danielle Steel
Title: Neighbors
Author: Danielle Steel
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Format: own hardback book
Series: NA
Star Rating: 2.5 stars
tw: cheating, theft, child death, drowning, boating accident, drug use, use of the word Indian, verbal abuse, physical assault, rape, murder
This was not the best Danielle Steel book I’ve read and I’ve read quite a bit of her books. It had its good moments but most of it was just mediocre at best. There were just a lot of things I couldn’t get past but at least the book had a nice lesson: be kind to your neighbors. You never know what they may be going through.
One of my problems was the huge cast of characters. There was one main character, Meredith, and then there were seven supporting characters. There were at least three side stories to go with Meredith’s story with some of their stories intertwining. There was just a lot to keep track of and I was confused at times as to who was who. I even took notes pretty diligently and I was still confused about who was who. I think it didn’t help that the characters had pretty basic names. I’m not expecting fantasy-level names, but I need just some variation so I can somewhat keep track.
I also got to mention. Does Danielle Steel have problems with her kids or just kids in general? I swear in almost every book if the main character has a kid and if they (the parent) are famous/busy, the kid is a huge brat and an absolute menace to the main character. It’s a recurring theme and it just makes me wonder if something is going on. She even has a whole book called The Sins of the Mother in which the main character had problems with all her kids, one of them being almost totally no contact with them. I know this is a bit of a random thing to throw into my review but it’s really been on my mind every time I read a Danielle Steel book.
Overall, this wasn’t the best that Danielle Steel has to offer but it’s not the worst. It had a good message about being kind to everyone as you may not know what they are going through but other than that, this book had no real substance to it. Hopefully, the next one I read of hers is better.