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Title: Carnal Innocence by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0-553-29597-7 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 December, 1991 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (66 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Marvelously entertaining . . .
Comment: Nora Roberts is one hum-dinger of a story-teller! Before the first page has been read, she's enticed the reader right into the rest of the story. Combined with the gift of a smooth, graceful style of writing, she also has a terrific ear for language and dialogue. It seems that she never puts a foot wrong.
I've read more than a few of her category romance novels and found them to be better than most of that variety of books, and while I have to admit I don't much care for the new Robb books -- I'll also freely state that it's because of me, the reader -- not her, the writer. The books of hers that I truly adore are the big, mainstreamy type books with the two contradictory-word titles: Brazen Virtue, Genuine Lies, Public Secrets, etc. In my opinion, no writer today does this kind of book any better than does Ms. Roberts.
Nearly every word on nearly every page convinces the reader that Ms. Roberts has spent a lot of time in a sleepy, dusty delta town. Maybe she has, but it still can't get more convincing than this.
It would be difficult if not impossible to imagine a more unlikely pair of friends, let alone lovers, than classical violinist Caroline Waverly, and Tucker Longstreet. I defy any woman capable of breathing to turn away from Tucker, though, and indeed I might almost wish for a clone of him just for myself. However, these two disparate souls do meet, and slowly come to understand and trust each other, even as a serial killer turns the sleepy little town into one verging on panic. Wonderful characters inhabit Innocence, Mississippi, making the awfulness of the crimes seem even worse than they are. It slowly becomes obvious that it's one of their own who is committing these atrocities. Several times I thought I knew the identity of the killer, but Ms. Roberts fooled me completely! A marvelous, multi-textured, unforgettable book.
Rating: 3
Summary: carnal innocence
Comment: i have to admit, i expected more from this. even though i'm not a huge nora roberts fan, i've read a couple of her books, and i think others, like *montana sky* and the *born in...* trilogy, were much better written. for one thing, i had the biggest problem getting the characters straight in this book. Roberts should work on developing her characters more and giving each one their own personality. Major characters were developed as much as minor characters were. It would make distinguishing each character much easier. Tucker and Caroline were basically molds that weren't filled up with nearly enough emotion, personality or character traits. Furthermore, Roberts doesn't develop the plots and twists in this novel as well as she does in her others. Caroline's parents were mentioned in bits and pieces, and with the influence they had in her career, one would think that her parents would play a bigger role in the novel. However, it is as if they don't exist after the first introduction of them. Also, her career is not mentioned at all regardless of its impact on her life prior to the time of this story. As for Tucker, there's nothing even hinting at his feelings beyond lust towards Caroline. We never see that transition from lust to "something more." Overall, you'd be much better off reading another of Roberts' novels, like *Montana sky*.
Rating: 5
Summary: Fantastic!!
Comment: I liked this novel because it held my interest throughout the entire book. I thought Tucker and Caroline were great, very realistic and fun to read about. I liked Caroline's frustration with Tucker on those occasions when she thought he was just a lazy guy with no brain.
I wasn't thrilled with the actual killer, as it didn't seem plausible. I would think a vicious killer would at least show SOME type of unusual behavior, but this one did not. This killer seemed to genuinely love most people.
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Title: Public Secrets by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0553285785 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 02 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Sweet Revenge by NORA ROBERTS ISBN: 0553278592 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 05 May, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Genuine Lies by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0553290789 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 August, 1991 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Hidden Riches by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0515116068 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 27 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Sacred Sins by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0553265741 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 November, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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