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3.0étoiles sur 5
WE HAVE JUST GOT TO AGREE TO DISAGREE ON THIS ONE!, Mai 22 2000
I read the other five reviews on this one and that was why I went out and brought the book this week-end. About the only thing I agree about with the other reviewers is the essence of the book, which is: Young woman in need of financial assistance to complete her MBA accepts the challenge of doing a prominent family's family tree, with much chagrin to them.Now when I first began to read this book, I was thrilled. And the more pages I read, the more excited I became. But somewhere down the line, I became frustrated with this author's handling of the story. Now we know the heroine, Sydney Tanner had issues dating back to her childhood upbringing because we were repeatedly reminded of them in abstact flashbacks to that period in her life. At first, it was ok, but then the flashbacks became distracting. Sydney got on my very last nerve with her "should I allow myself to fall in love or should I not" attitude. I found myself practically screaming for her to get on with it! It just became too much. I found myself reading super fast to get through with the book due to frustration and not because it did so much for me. I sense an undercurrent of greatness which is lurking just below the surface of Ms. Winters. When that current erupts, watch out! This woman will be dynamite. But this book didn't display that to me. Although this book will not be one I will keep to read again, I do not regret buying it nor will it deter me from buying another one of her books. Maybe I'll see that greatness erupt in one of her other books. Don't get mad at me, I just call them like I see them!
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