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Title: Three Fates by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0515135062 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 25 March, 2003 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.99
Rating: 5
Summary: romance, intrigue, suspense
Comment: this books is great, especially if you are more drawn to Nora's romantic suspense novels. It never fails to amaze me how Nora links her characters together, and this book is a prime example of that.
For those of you who are avid Nora fans, you know her books range from romance, romatic suspence, fantsy and more. In this book, you get a little of all her genius. Starting with historical, with the sinking of the Lusitania, then the legend of the Three Fates, a trio of small statues and the quest of several people trying to obtain them. Nora also gives the reader a little bit a greek mythology, which makes me wonder, is there anything this woman can't write about?
Once again, she introduces us to three siblings, and gives the book a strong family element. The siblings of course, find love, but never without trial. The villian is a little over the top, as her motivation is not really substanial enough to make her actions believable. I only point that out if that sort of thing matters to you, to me it does not, because I certainly don't read her novel for their believability, I read them to be swept away in a story. And that, unquestionably, is something her novels always do for me.
Is this book my favorite of hers? No. But it's definately worth the price of the harcover.
Rating: 4
Summary: A fun read, but not her best
Comment: When you're as prolific a writer as Nora Roberts, you're bound to repeat yourself a time or two, but The Three Fates rings just a bit too familiar for me. I was waiting at the door of the bookstore the day this was released and had finished it by dinner. And while if offered an interesting story (the mystery and romance of the Three Fates, three silver statues, was the best part) the characters were too similar to other recent paperback trilogies. Basically, she crammed three love stories into one book but I never really felt that I got to know any of the characters well enough to connect with them, with the sole exception of Dr. Tia Marsh. Her shy, hypochondriac was funny and sweet and I enjoyed watching her change and grow. But I would have liked to learn more the Sullivan family, Cleo and Jack. I'd love to see Ms. Roberts' next hardcover focus on one set of lovers so you can really get to know and understand the characters. These three sets of lovers all fell too hard, too fast for there to be any enjoyment watching them take the fall. I wouldn't pass this one by, just don't expect too much.
Rating: 4
Summary: Pleasantly surprising... sort of...
Comment: I actually liked the book, I was surprised. I didn't really enjoy Villa or the trilogy with the fairies (started okay - ended flat). I'd also read a couple of bad reviews for this book, so I was pleasantly surprised to find it enjoyable. It did take me a while to actually like some of the main characters, but by the end of the book they grew on me.
But, I do have a couple of complaints. The first is minor: the relationships were a bit fast, especially the sister's. Love at first sight is a nice little fantasy but I really think you need to actually hear someone speak before you decide you want to spend the rest of your life with this person. Chemistry is lust, infatuation and attraction, but it's not love.
It's not a big complaint, afterall, this IS fantasy, but I thought it could have been done better.
My biggest complaint is the 'language.' I don't know what it is with romance writers lately, but from Sandra Brown to Nora Roberts, they all seem to think that swearing is now a requirement for a good story. I don't mind a few words here and there, but when the writers start having them come out of the characters' mouths every time they open their mouths I have to wonder what's going on. Shock value? Realistic? Maybe this is the norm where they live but, as shocking as they might find it, I can actually go thru my whole day with out hearing most of this language. I think I'd probably start avoiding some people if every other word out of their mouths was an obscenity. I really wish the writers would stop trying to go 'reality' on us. This is not my reality.
That said, I really did like the story and recommend it to any Nora Roberts fan. But if you are offended by, or just plain tired of, foul language (words that start with 'f' and 'God') you might want to pass on this one.
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Title: Face the Fire (Three Sisters Island Trilogy) by Nora Roberts ISBN: 051513287X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 28 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Chesapeake Blue by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0399149392 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 04 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: A Little Magic by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0425183181 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: January, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0399148248 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 15 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Heaven and Earth (Three Sisters Island Trilogy) by Nora Roberts ISBN: 0515132020 Publisher: Jove Pubns Pub. Date: 28 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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