The Promise: In Progress (No Spoilers)

[Adelaide]

This topic is for those who want to talk about the book in progress. No spoilers please.

[Adelaide]

OK! Hi! We've never read a Danielle Steele book before in the club, so I am not sure what we are getting into. On the back of her books, it used to say "Everyone loves Danielle Steel." WE SHALL SEE.

[Cheryl]

Wikipedia says she’s written 141 novels, so people must be reading them. I’ve had bad luck with the couple of hers that I’ve tried, but maybe I just picked the wrong ones. I’m willing to give this one a try.

[Cheryl]

I have started the book and must say it's definitely some classic trash. It's not like Jackie Collins, but more like a Lifetime movie. Melodramatic and over the top, I've read it through chapter 4 and I can't put it down.

You definitely have to be in the right mood to read it. Pretend you grab the book and head for the beach, leaving your brain behind. Picturing that you're 14 or 15 while reading it might also help. I am so in the mood for some trash, though, so your opinion might vary from mine. I am having fun!

[Adelaide]

Good to know Cheryl!

[Cheryl]

My book says this was based on a screenplay by Gary Michael White. It had, indeed, been made into a movie:

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0079756/?r...

I wonder why Danielle Steel used this source material to write her book? Maybe the screenwriter had been her friend and couldn't get the screenplay sold/made into a movie and her book made things happen for him?

[Cheryl]

Ok, according to Wikipedia, The Promise was a novelization of the film. So the film came first.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_P...

This was Danielle Steel's third or fourth novel, so maybe things were the other way around and Gary Michael White was helping Steel get her writing career established?

[Cheryl]

I looked up the movie on You Tube - no full version of the movie there. However, I did find the movie theme song there:

https://youtu.be/h_JXpoD8zW0?si=IYacm...

I actually remebered this song! I don't remember seeing the movie, but I might have seen it if it was shown on tv.

[Adelaide]

Cheryl wrote: "Ok, according to Wikipedia, The Promise was a novelization of the film. So the film came first.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_P...

This was Danielle Steel's third or fourth..."

Yeah, I didn't realize there was something weird going on with this being based on a movie until after the month had started and I checked out a copy. I'm surprised it wasn't mentioned on Goodreads.