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Coming Out
Olympia Crawford Rubinstein has a busy legal career, a solid marriage, and a way of managing her thriving family with grace, humor, and boundless energy. With twin daughters finishing high school, a son at Dartmouth, and a kindergartner from her second marriage, there seems to be no challenge to which Olympia cannot rise. Until one sunny day in May, when she opens an invit...more
Paperback, 191 pages
Published
May 29th 2007
by Dell
(first published January 1st 2006)
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Before you lambast me, this was a "stretch goal". Something WAAAAYYY outside my normal genre. This is an author I had always disregarded and bashed, but I figured I should read at least one of her books otherwise I'm being an uninformed hypocrite. I was going for the smut she's known for and apparently picked the exact wrong book because there was none. Then again, maybe it was the right one because I could judge it solely on it's writing merit.
And.... it was ok. It was 115 pages, so easily read...more
And.... it was ok. It was 115 pages, so easily read...more
I picked this up as a book to read for the Eurostar trip; and I must say I was disappointed. While I expected a tumultuous voyage of emotions and fights, it was very... well, tame. It emphasised the positive points of each character too much, leaving nothing to the reader's own interpretation. While I am no stranger to easy reads, this book seemed to jump into my mind and kick out any of my own thoughts about the characters, replacing it with Steele's over explained points.
The ending seemed t...more
The ending seemed t...more
Truly, this book is not good. It is written from the perspective of Olympia, the mother of 4. Her twin girls are invited to attend a coming out gala with New York's upper society. Everything in the book has to do with preparing for the ball and the struggles of getting everyone there. (Seriously, was this an important enough topic to write a book about?) Oh and it deals with the 'political' struggles of organizations that do not include all demographics, teenagers who get tattoos, and being gay....more
When I was in high school I never enjoyed partying with my friends even school parties. Not because I'm an outcast but because of the eyes that looking at you from top to bottom. I don't like it when people looking at me especially strangers and I don't like to mingle with the crowd. My prom experience? Well, it was a disaster, I don't know what to wear and I don't like what my mother suggested. It was the worst nightmare I ever had when I was in high school, stupid, that I nearly decided not to...more
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coming out by danielle steel
After their trip to Europe the girls would be dropped off at Brown University and she'd have
Max all to herself as he started school for the new year.
Virginia and Veronica are going to the ball.
The oldest son has a lot of options as to what he will be doing with his life.
The girls find out they have to goto the ball or their father won't pay for their educations
at Brown. The Jewish mother in law even wants to go. It's a tradtional thing for Olivia, the mother
who at her...more
After their trip to Europe the girls would be dropped off at Brown University and she'd have
Max all to herself as he started school for the new year.
Virginia and Veronica are going to the ball.
The oldest son has a lot of options as to what he will be doing with his life.
The girls find out they have to goto the ball or their father won't pay for their educations
at Brown. The Jewish mother in law even wants to go. It's a tradtional thing for Olivia, the mother
who at her...more
Amogst the boring and unrealistic characters there was actually a great storyline that wasn't well emphasized. The story follows Olympia Crawford Rubinstein. When her twin daughters are invited to the Coming Out party, which is a tradition in her family, chaos erupts in her family. One twin cannot wait to 'Come Out' and the other twin is dreading the moment she must 'Come Out'. Olympia's husband , Harry Rubinstein, son of two Hollocaust survivors , thinks its a racist thing that he refuses to at...more
I read this book in one sitting during the week. I've enjoyed Ms. Steel's most recent work
much more (44 Charles Street, Hotel Vendome). Nevertheless, the story was enjoyable.
The author is excellent in creating a plot and the pace in which to move it along, but I
often wish for more compelling dialogue between the characters as they deal with
dufficult situations.
much more (44 Charles Street, Hotel Vendome). Nevertheless, the story was enjoyable.
The author is excellent in creating a plot and the pace in which to move it along, but I
often wish for more compelling dialogue between the characters as they deal with
dufficult situations.
I've read a few books by Danielle Steel before, and never really liked them. When I was at the library yesterday stocking up on to many books, I decided to give her another try. So I picked out the shortest most interesting looking one there. As I was reading it, I remembered why I don't like her books. First, the chapters are so long. Ten pages is long enough for a chapter, her's are like thirty. Second, that there isn't a whole lot of excitement in her books. Or at least not in the one's I've...more
I'd never read a Danielle Steel, and I wanted to try one. Now I know.
This book reads like she did some free writing in preparation for a novel, and then her publishers grabbed it, spell checked it, and shipped it off to bookstores. It's almost unreadable.
This book reads like she did some free writing in preparation for a novel, and then her publishers grabbed it, spell checked it, and shipped it off to bookstores. It's almost unreadable.
It was an interesting look at the wealthy that everyone in this troubled economy won't particularly care to read about (then again, during the 1930s Depression years many movies depicted the lives of the wealthy, so maybe not). I enjoyed the emotional struggle of a mother trying to balance her own desires with her husband's adamant wishes, but while the story was essentially cute the author went overboard is describing a Big Secret of one of the children, using a phrase early on and repeatedly t...more
Olympia Crawford Rubinstein adalah seorang ahli hukum sukses dengan kehidupan rumah tangga yang penuh kebahagiaan. Dari pernikahan pertamanya dengan seorang pria sosialite, Chauncey, Olympia dianugrahi 3 orang anak, Charlie dan si kembar Virginia & Veronica. Karena tidak cocok dengan gaya hidup Chauncey, mereka bercerai dan Olympia kemudian menikah dengan Harry Rubinstein, seorang profesor hukum keturunan Yahudi. Dari pernikahan keduanya, Olympia mendapatkan anak keempatnya, Max.
Kehidupan k...more
Kehidupan k...more
This is a mind numbing tale of the ever important "coming out" ball and the family which whom this fantastic event effects. Each character handles their various situations of life with inspiring outlook and ease. From a run in their pantyhose to catching a cold just days before the event. Most people wouldn't be able to cope with such tragedy in their lives but everyone overcomes their obstacles to have a most perfect night at the ball. Danielle Steel does a wonderful job of assuming her readers...more
I have been a huge Danielle Steel fan for more than 20 years and I was extremely disappointed with this book. It was one of her shorter novels and I have to say I was glad, because honestly, I don't think I could have handled much more. The book title and cover pretty much gives away the whole plot- Debut for aristocratic, wealthy women & also coming out about sexual orientation. This book seemed to drag on and on about "problems" that most people would deem totally ridiculous. I understand...more
I have this theory that Danielle Steel has ghost writers.
She probably thinks of the plot and then gives it to her assistants to write.
This is such a lousy book and is a lot different from early Steel books like Zoya, Daddy, or Kaleidoscope.
I believe that good writers put in a lot of time, research, and even art in the words they use, the setting, the plot and sadly, Danielle Steel does not seem to do that anymore.
Whatever happened to her books? They really are becoming worse with each new one sh...more
She probably thinks of the plot and then gives it to her assistants to write.
This is such a lousy book and is a lot different from early Steel books like Zoya, Daddy, or Kaleidoscope.
I believe that good writers put in a lot of time, research, and even art in the words they use, the setting, the plot and sadly, Danielle Steel does not seem to do that anymore.
Whatever happened to her books? They really are becoming worse with each new one sh...more
Aug 20, 2012
Ashley FL
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I have fond memories of reading Danielle Steel books many, many years ago, and picked this up on a whim at the library. So my question is:
Is this dreck representative of everything she's written? Because, wow, is it poorly done. The characters are one-dimensional (though at least Ms. Steel tells you OVER and OVER again exactly what their character is: "She was a wonderful mother and her children and husband all loved her and appreciated her"). The plot is contrived and completely predictable. Th...more
Is this dreck representative of everything she's written? Because, wow, is it poorly done. The characters are one-dimensional (though at least Ms. Steel tells you OVER and OVER again exactly what their character is: "She was a wonderful mother and her children and husband all loved her and appreciated her"). The plot is contrived and completely predictable. Th...more
Every so often when I am looking for some light reading I will get drawn in by the pretty cover and interesting book blurb of a Danielle Steel novel. Unfortunately I am always disappointed and this time was no different. Her books always read like a first draft. For instance, she will state a fact about a character, and two pages later she will state it again in the exact same words, as if she forgot she already told us that. I am not opposed to an easy read but it's as if her target audience is...more
A coworker of mine brings in various books throughout the year for any and everyone to take. I typically don't read the books she brings in- they typically are fiction and just not my thing. So, I thought, well, I have never read a Danielle Steel, hey, might as well try.
I read this book and I'm sorry, but just not my thing. I just love real, biographical books. It was an easy read, but really really redundant and slow moving. This story tells how 2 teen girls come out at a cotillion ball while...more
I read this book and I'm sorry, but just not my thing. I just love real, biographical books. It was an easy read, but really really redundant and slow moving. This story tells how 2 teen girls come out at a cotillion ball while...more
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Jasmine
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This book just wasn't for me I guess. The entire story revolves around getting ready for a debut ball. THAT'S IT. In a nutshell. A couple of people in the family don't want to go, Mother wants everyone to get along and be there for each other. Everyone has a different personality and but everyone ends up going in the end. I don't know how to make it any more simple to explain, I couldn't even make it any more difficult if I wanted to. There was nothing to this book to give it any edge at all. Pr...more
Nov 17, 2009
I ♥ Bookie Nookie
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I am not going to dwell too much on this review. I was very disappointed in this book. The characters never developed enough for me--they were very flat--no depth at all.
In a nut shell, Olympia, mother to twins Veronica & Virginia was a southern debutante and now it is time for her daughters to "come out" in the formal debutante ball. Olympia's husband, Harry (the step-father) who is Jewish and a big-wig judge is totally appalled by the idea of the gathering and presenting of these W.hite A...more
In a nut shell, Olympia, mother to twins Veronica & Virginia was a southern debutante and now it is time for her daughters to "come out" in the formal debutante ball. Olympia's husband, Harry (the step-father) who is Jewish and a big-wig judge is totally appalled by the idea of the gathering and presenting of these W.hite A...more
It was a book about nothing.
I found all of the characters very one dimensional and not interesting, and felt that this was a draft for an upcoming novel and not the finished product. It could have been more developed in quite few areas - so we could get to know the members of the family better.
I would have liked to see the coming out event from the view of each of the children and not just the mother, than the “coming out” would make more sense.
Not one of her best works for sure
I found all of the characters very one dimensional and not interesting, and felt that this was a draft for an upcoming novel and not the finished product. It could have been more developed in quite few areas - so we could get to know the members of the family better.
I would have liked to see the coming out event from the view of each of the children and not just the mother, than the “coming out” would make more sense.
Not one of her best works for sure
Coming Out is about the run up to the most exclusive coming out ball in New York. It all starts when Olympia opens an invitation for her daughters to attend the ball. One twin’s excitement is balanced by the other’s outrage, and her husband flat out refuses to attend. And thus, all the drama begins …
It was a very slow read, but it did get more interesting towards the end. I loved reading all about the drama at the ball. So it’s not too bad…
It was a very slow read, but it did get more interesting towards the end. I loved reading all about the drama at the ball. So it’s not too bad…
I picked this book up purely because I had never read a Danelle Steel novel before. I figured that I should try considering she is a best selling novelist and this book looked harmless enough.
I must say that I was disappointed. It wasn't the language; I had expected it to have some. It also wasn't the topic that let me down, it was the writing style. I found something lacking. I had a hard time putting my finger on it at first, but I think it might be the way she "told" the story more than "show...more
I must say that I was disappointed. It wasn't the language; I had expected it to have some. It also wasn't the topic that let me down, it was the writing style. I found something lacking. I had a hard time putting my finger on it at first, but I think it might be the way she "told" the story more than "show...more
Ms. Steel's novel has what could be an interesting problem at its center. However, her writing consists of mostly "telling" (rather than showing)the story with a minimum of dialogue or interesting movement forward. I know she has written many novels, and I used to enjoy reading them for light entertainment. However, either her writing has become more unsubstantial, or my tastes have changed!
Was a very quick read. Lots of drama that ended out to be alright in the end. I don't think this book was meant to be earth shattering or it would have been a longer novel. Not that everyone's lives end up like the characters of this novel, it just goes to show you the turmoil that goes on in life as a human. We all go through ups and downs it all how you handle and clean up the mess.
One would THINK this is a book about "coming out" - and as you can see, the cover has two women on it.
W--R-----------Rong!!!!
This was when "Do not judge a book by its' cover" come in play!
BUT in the end, hm!
This book was another typical Danielle Steel novel - not only that, but it was a short one, as well. It was shy of 200 pages and had only nine chapters. It was about this woman, Olympia who was going through an issue with her family. Her twin daughters were due to "come out" at a ball (it was...more
W--R-----------Rong!!!!
This was when "Do not judge a book by its' cover" come in play!
BUT in the end, hm!
This book was another typical Danielle Steel novel - not only that, but it was a short one, as well. It was shy of 200 pages and had only nine chapters. It was about this woman, Olympia who was going through an issue with her family. Her twin daughters were due to "come out" at a ball (it was...more
It was a desperation audio book, needed to fill some time in my commute until something on hold came in. Plot, not much. The title was a dead giveaway. Action? Description, description, conversation, yawn. Yeah, not something I'd waste my time on. But, hey I had to get to work, right? We'll see if this next audio book is any better - not holding my breathe, though.
This book had a good overall moral, I felt the author didnt go very far with the book but did indeed put her point across. These two twins have very opposite views on the "coming out" ball, No matter what Olympia (the mother) has to do, she will make sure her daughters get to it. No so much suspensful, but definitely ends with a beautful anti-predjudice outcome.
The story is about a mother to twin girls, and 2 boys, and how she handles the events that unfold during their debut in NY's upper society. Her ex-husband is a jerk, and her new husband objects to the party, so the book revolves around the shenanigans during the planning of the party.
It was ok-the ending fell flat, and I got the impression she re-told the same lines over and over to fill up space like I used to do on a college term paper.
It was ok-the ending fell flat, and I got the impression she re-told the same lines over and over to fill up space like I used to do on a college term paper.
Olympia Met Harry and had a son named Max. Olympia wants to take her family to a ball that is actually hosted by the Ku Klux Klan (I would say forget it) and her daughters do not want to go. (I don't blame them) Everyone in the family comes up with a reason not to go but she makes them go anyway and her son finally comes out to her and she is okay with it.
Oh my GOD, this book sucked. It was just BAD. It was all dialogue, no description, and completely repetitive. I was hoping for something meaningful to happen, but every chapter--it's just a deb ball, FOR GOD'S SAKE, it's racist, blue blood, blue blood, blue blood--was just the same, and eventually I didn't finish it. I couldn't.
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Since 1981, Ms. Steel has been a permanent fixture on the New York Times hardcover and paperback bestseller lists. In 1989, she was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for having at least one of her books on the Times bestseller list for 381 consecutive weeks. But Guinness was premature. The fact is that one or more of Ms. Steel's novels have been on the New York Times bestseller list for...more
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