Barbara Taylor Bradford has become one of the world's most cherished storytellers, having written fourteen bestselling novels that went on to becom...
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Jul 01, 2010
Judith
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Barbara Taylor Bradford's Woman of Substance was so rich, so well written that the author's first effort made us believe everything that followed would be its equal. This, unfortunately, has not happened. In A Sudden Change of Heart, Bradford's characters are so well-off and so shallow in their daily lives that we do not believe they have the capacity to suffer in the midst of terminal illnesses or remembered past sadness. Bradford has steadily gone downhill. Finding myself skipping pages that
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Nov 10, 2010
Becky
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This was my first time reading a book by Barbara Taylor Bradford. I have to say that I didn't really connect with her as an author. The characters in this book were, for lack of a better word, houty toutye. Not sure how to spell that. I couldn't relate to them because they were very rich and lived a completely different life from mine. I found myself wondering, do people really live like this. A whole other world that I'm not exposed too. I got so tired of the dialogue, seriously, people in real
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Jun 18, 2011
Pam
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A light summer read, but nothing more. I liked it, but I think she could have done more with her characters. Laura should have fought for her marriage; it seemed that she just gave up. It was like, oh well, we had a great seven years but it's over, bye. Not her best work.
Apr 09, 2010
Laurie
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I have liked things written by BTB, I liked the Woman of Substance trilogy, I just can't really remember much of this book
Feb 22, 2011
Shanda
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Predictable. All the good people are beautiful and rich. All the bad people are ugly and poor. Not my favorite BTB.
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Mar 31, 2010
Kari
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I've never read anything by Barbara Taylor Bradford and was worried after reading reviews from some fans of her other books. What I took from them is that isn't her best work. Well, I can't compare it to anything else she's written.
A Sudden Change of Heart was pretty much what I thought it would be from reading the summary on the dust jacket, so it wasn't a disappointment. It had love and mystery. My only criticism is that one of the story lines felt like it came from the movie Beach More...
A Sudden Change of Heart was pretty much what I thought it would be from reading the summary on the dust jacket, so it wasn't a disappointment. It had love and mystery. My only criticism is that one of the story lines felt like it came from the movie Beach More...
Jul 05, 2011
Karis
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Blech --- looking for mindless summer read from the office give/take library. Sorely disappointed.
Aug 24, 2008
Jodi
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To be honest, I am forcing myself to get through this book. It is unbelievably BORING. *yawn* I am surprised as B.T.B. is one of my favorite authors!
Update..I have now finished reading this...It did get a bit better which is why I went from 2 stars to three. At one point, tears sprouted from my eyes, but they did not leave me red nosed as some books can. At the end, my feeling was...oh...that is nice. Everything worked out. But nothing that leaves me feeling like I wish I knew how th More...
Update..I have now finished reading this...It did get a bit better which is why I went from 2 stars to three. At one point, tears sprouted from my eyes, but they did not leave me red nosed as some books can. At the end, my feeling was...oh...that is nice. Everything worked out. But nothing that leaves me feeling like I wish I knew how th More...
Jun 08, 2010
Martina
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Generally speaking I did like the book but it lacked the message. I like to learn something out of the books I read and I didn't learn a single thing out of this one.
Feb 11, 2012
Melissa
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Book #36 read in 2006
This book was okay. I found myself very disinterested in the art of the novel, except when Laura was tracking down paintings stolen by the Nazis. I really enjoyed the family stories and the character relationships.
Donated to Friends of the Library Sale
This book was okay. I found myself very disinterested in the art of the novel, except when Laura was tracking down paintings stolen by the Nazis. I really enjoyed the family stories and the character relationships.
Donated to Friends of the Library Sale
Jun 15, 2011
Melissa
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I couldn't even finish this book, I found it very boring...maybe that's because I can't understand complitely the plot but still a very awful book!!! the first book i didn't finish
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