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A review by lesliecalhoun
Dangerous Games by Danielle Steel
1.0
The only thing dangerous about this book is picking it up.
Most of it read like a summer vacation journal, complete with "and then she went to the store so she could buy flashlights and other practical things." When the reader is not being treated to a banal summary of events, the characters engage in dialogue that is so scripted you almost pity them for having to deliver it. Still, what the characters say is probably their only weakness, since they are the most daring, intelligent, beautiful, cultured, and talented people on the planet.
All that aside, the plot of a news reporter uncovering the corruption of a politician, though overdone and predictable, might have been interesting if all the run-on sentences and POV switches hadn't been so distracting. Thankfully, Danielle Steel must be aware of this issue and consistently reminds her readers at every turn who the bad guys are and why the good guys are so amazing. After all, the last thing readers want in a mystery-crime novel is to be taken by surprise.
Most of it read like a summer vacation journal, complete with "and then she went to the store so she could buy flashlights and other practical things." When the reader is not being treated to a banal summary of events, the characters engage in dialogue that is so scripted you almost pity them for having to deliver it. Still, what the characters say is probably their only weakness, since they are the most daring, intelligent, beautiful, cultured, and talented people on the planet.
All that aside, the plot of a news reporter uncovering the corruption of a politician, though overdone and predictable, might have been interesting if all the run-on sentences and POV switches hadn't been so distracting. Thankfully, Danielle Steel must be aware of this issue and consistently reminds her readers at every turn who the bad guys are and why the good guys are so amazing. After all, the last thing readers want in a mystery-crime novel is to be taken by surprise.