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A review by kookie9200
Blessing in Disguise by Danielle Steel
3.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to review this book.
Lately, I've found Ms. Steel to be extremely hit or miss. This one, unfortunately is a miss for me. I found that the novel had very little depth. Blessing in Disguise is the story of Isabelle and her 3 daughters, Theo, Xela and Oona. From there, it details the 3 daughters' differences ad nauseum. We know that each daughter is very much like her father, and very little like the mother that raised them. Basically, that was the biggest take away from this book, as it was repeated over and over and over, almost as if the text was just copied and pasted nearly verbatim from one section to the next.
I think that Isabelle is supposed to be a sympathetic character, but I didn't really agree. I found her to be weak and ineffectual, her life molded by the men in it. She martyrs herself after each daughter, and as a result, none of her girls have a good male role model.
Honestly, as quick a read as this was, it was only because of the repetition. I was able to skim whole pages and still stay abreast of what was happening. It felt more like the template of a book than a real novel with meat on it.
Lately, I've found Ms. Steel to be extremely hit or miss. This one, unfortunately is a miss for me. I found that the novel had very little depth. Blessing in Disguise is the story of Isabelle and her 3 daughters, Theo, Xela and Oona. From there, it details the 3 daughters' differences ad nauseum. We know that each daughter is very much like her father, and very little like the mother that raised them. Basically, that was the biggest take away from this book, as it was repeated over and over and over, almost as if the text was just copied and pasted nearly verbatim from one section to the next.
I think that Isabelle is supposed to be a sympathetic character, but I didn't really agree. I found her to be weak and ineffectual, her life molded by the men in it. She martyrs herself after each daughter, and as a result, none of her girls have a good male role model.
Honestly, as quick a read as this was, it was only because of the repetition. I was able to skim whole pages and still stay abreast of what was happening. It felt more like the template of a book than a real novel with meat on it.