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22nd out of 27 books
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54 voters
Fine Things
Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy ofWolff's, New York's most glamorous departmentstore. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in SanFransisco to open a West Coast store. His career isskyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center.When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes offive-year-old Jane O'Reilly, and then into the equallyenchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, B...more
Mass Market Paperback, 432 pages
Published
May 29th 2007
by Dell
(first published 1987)
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This book is about a man named Bernie. In his life he has met many people but they all have a special place in his life. When he meets his future wife he has no idea what will happen next. The incoming events are difficult and touching to him and his loved ones. He has a kid that came with his wife Liz. The kid named Jane finds that Bernie not only is a good father but also a good supporter in events to come.
I can connect to the world because people marry others and already have kids that become...more
I can connect to the world because people marry others and already have kids that become...more
Bernie Fine, our main character, finds himself being transferred from his beloved New York City to San Francisco. While he's less than thrilled about the move, his life changes for the better as he meets five-year-old Jane and her mother Liz. Bernie has found the love of his life in Liz, and they quickly marry. However, that would be way too easy for a Danielle Steel novel, and we find that shortly after the birth of their first child, Liz is faced with a losing battle to cancer. Now, Bernie fin...more
this is one of those books you wont want to put down, but fair warning it is a tear jerker. the main character finds the love of his life, their romance is one of a kind the kind we all dream of and then she is taken from him and he has alot to deal with , there are alot of twists and turns alot of susupense, alot of romance , a little bit of everything, even some laughable moments. Danielle steel is a great author i have heard alot about her but this is the first book of hers i have read and I...more
This was the first Danielle Steel book I read back when the Dunco Book Club first started and I was about 10 or 11. It was also the first time I'd read a sex scene--not that Steel is ever explicit, nor particularly memorable as, more often not, Steel's plot lines are as generic and uninspired as her titles. I've probably read more Steel books than I've listed here just because back then I read practically everything I could get my hands on and between the book club and the school library, that w...more
Sep 08, 2008
Cyrisse
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Recommends it for:
all romance readers
Recommended to Cyrisse by:
Aunt Susan
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Danielle Steel has outdone herself with ’’Fine Things’’. Her books always make me very emotional. Almost all her books are woman oriented - and involve sacrifice, separation, pain which incidentally all revolve around the main theme -’’Love’’!
’’Fine Things’’ is different as it is one of the few books that concentrate on a hero instead of a heroine. The hero here is Bernie Fine who finds the love of his life, only to have her tragically snatched away from him (you’ll need tissues for this part!)...more
’’Fine Things’’ is different as it is one of the few books that concentrate on a hero instead of a heroine. The hero here is Bernie Fine who finds the love of his life, only to have her tragically snatched away from him (you’ll need tissues for this part!)...more
Bernie Fine meets the woman of his dreams, single mother Liz O'Reilly. They get married and have a son but then Liz dies of cancer so Bernie is alone with Jane (Liz's daughter) and the new baby. So the first part is happy and then it's really sad and then it's about how he finds love with someone else. It follows the hero throughout which is a bit unusual for Steel. I think I've grown out of Danielle Steel books - I read a lot of them as a teen but they don't work so well for me now. (Although I...more
What a pleasant read. I was surprised by all the twists and turns this story offered. This story offered real life happiness and tragedies. Danielle Steele usually offers stories about the wealthy and how the rich prince-like hero saves the damsel-like commoner. This story offered that, but there was so more substance. Without giving anything away, Bernie is a guy who just wants to find love. He finds it. Tragedy strikes Bernie more than once, but he eventually finds happiness again.
Danielle Steel novels are those big fat paperbacks you find abandoned by previous tourists at hotels. This was the only thing in English I could get my hands on in Mexico in the fall of 2005. Despite a writing style and characters I didn't like, and numerous plot holes, and an unflattering caricature of Mexico itself, I remember many, many details from this book years later. It's kind of like a pop song that gets stuck in your head.
One summer when I was a teenager I had no money and nothing to do. I started digging into my mom's bookshelf just for something different to read. (You can only read your Sweet Valley High and V.C.Andrews so many times.) I plowed through book after book of Danielle Steel that summer. And after I read it I claimed the book as mine and it went on my bookshelf. To this day I don't know if my mom has actually read a Danielle Steel novel.
This book was really good until the last 3/4 of the book. Killing Liz and then the stuff with Jane & her real dad was fine but then it's like the author needed to make up a bunch of other stuff just to make the book long. The main character had been through enough anyway without dragging out another love story and tragedy in the last 100 pages. The first 1/4 was really good though. It should have just ended there.
Smart, likable, Bernie Fine was the wonder boy of Wolff's, New York's most glamorous department store. A senior VP moving up, he arrives in San Fransisco to open a West Coast store. His career is skyrocketing, but his life is lacking a center. When he looks into the wide, innocent eyes of five-year-old Jane O'Reilly, and then into the equally enchanting eyes of her mother, Liz, Bernie knows he has found what he has been looking for. Bernie thought he had found love to last a lifetime, but when L...more
I haven't read ALL of Danielle Steele's books, but I read the first 10 or 15 or so and loved 'em - actually liked the earlier books better. The more recent ones are all about super-women (who happen also to be pretty, thin, rich, whatever) , who are mighty hard to "identify" with , and who easily fly coast to coast (no problem) - just doesn't seem real. The plots have become the same and extremely predictable.
I read this in a few days while on vacation. The main character whose last name is Fine has several relationships with beautiful women (of course), moves across the country, runs a business and lives the good life. It is a quick read and at least keeps you interested even though it is a bit predictable.
I haven't read much Danielle Steel, but I expected much more from her. She is so popular! But this reads like a synopsis instead of a novel, almost as if it's a rough draft to get the plot down, but the feeling is added later. Disappointing. But hey--it's a vacation read and it worked on the beach.
Fabulous!!!
This is the first book I ever read by Danielle Steel and I was hooked on her books after that!!
I read tons and tons of her books over the next several years and 20 plus years later am still a huge fan!!
Great, Great author!!
This is the first book I ever read by Danielle Steel and I was hooked on her books after that!!
I read tons and tons of her books over the next several years and 20 plus years later am still a huge fan!!
Great, Great author!!
I had a love/hate relationship with this book. Love the characters, hated some part of this book. Would never have picked up a Steele book, but was in N.C. Fr some r&r and was the only thing to read. Guess it was what I needed at that time.
Jan 22, 2013
Dana
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Oh lord! I don't know what to say about this book. It's so amazing I want to cry, I actually did cry. Danielle steel , makes every scene perfectly imagined in your head. A real page turner and tear jerker you won't put it down I assure you
i loved that this book was written from a man's perspective, and such a great guy! i've moved away from romance-type novels, but this will always be one of my faves. oh, i guess a small warning: i cried and cried!!! (still a wonderful book though)
“I cried when I read this book. It was so touching - so raw; it was a little different than anything I've ever read up until that point. Plus, when I first read it, a close family friend had died so it helped me through some tough times.”
Absolute total garbage! The first, last & only Danielle Steel book I ever intend to read. And I only read because I was a captive audience. I was in the hospital, a friend brought this to me and it was the only thing I had to read!
I used to read Steele all the time, but her books got to be so dark and depressing that I quit. But, I will always remember "Fine Things." It had to be her best work. Touching, and sentimental, yes. But just plain good!
I think this was one of my first Daniel Steel books! I loved the store and the little although I'm a bit iffy on all the main characters. But the plot was exciting and glamorous and I loved reading it!
Used to lover her but all her books are the same, it is like she has a template, girl is destitute,tons of people die who she loves and so on and so on, plots are all the same after a while.
This is an older Steel book and I did enjoy it. I do find now that her books are becoming cookie cutter and I don't read all of the newer ones, unless I happen to see them at the library.
I will never forget this book. I read it while in college and I was in tears in my dorm room. They took a pic because of how much I was crying! It is a heartwarming story though.
I can't help it, I went through a Danielle Steel phase and I really enjoyed reading her wonderfully scandalice tales. The lives of these characters were always fascinating.
Fine Things was pretty good. Everything by Danielle Steel is good. It didn't stand out as much as some of her books do, but it was still really good.
I think this is a really good story and I think you will learn something and it makes you think and have compassion for the characters involved in the story.
I think this one is one of my favorites of Ms Steel. How poignant and touching. I really loved Bernie and could totally relate to his story.
This book continues to be my absolute favorite Danielle Steel book! I have read it numerous times and it never fails to affect me...
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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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