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Title: Mirror Image by John Fleming, Danielle Steel ISBN: 0-553-47932-6 Publisher: Random House Audio Pub. Date: 03 November, 1998 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.93 (70 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: A weak read
Comment: Story of Olivia and Victoria Henderson, mirror image twins growing up during World War I. Olivia and Victoria are completely identical, so much so that no one can tell them apart, not even Victoria's husband, Charles. When Victoria decides she wants to head off to Europe to serve as a volunteer for the war effort, Olivia takes her place as Charles' wife. I haven't read Danielle Steel since Star, mostly because she seems to have lost her ability to capture her readers. The first 20 pages of Mirror Image is a hodge-podge of explanations and repetitive paragraphs. How many pages does it take to know that these glorious, beautiful twins are identical? In addition, I felt nothing for the characters. Victoria was too selfish, Olivia was too passive and Charles, what little we had to go on other than he lost his wife on the Titanic, was too dull. Danielle needs to take another look to alleviate the glaring inconsistencies this book dishes out, not to mention incorrect grammer usage. Please, no Sunday night movie of this one.
Rating: 4
Summary: Mirror Image
Comment: This was a fast read, as many of Danielle Steels books are. This book was about two sisters that had completly different out looks on life, but look identical "Mirror Image", as the book states numersous times. The sisters played harmless tircks on friends and family because no-one could tell them apart but a maid. But as they got older Victoria found a love that could ruin the family name and her father forced her to marry a man with a good name and forced her to forget about her trouble relation ship. Victoria tried as hard as she could to love the man her father demanded her to marry. Well Victoria asks her sister Olivia to take her place in her marriage so she can go off and support womans rights... little did Victoria know that Olivia secretly had feelings for Charles. And now I will let you learn the rest for yourself.
The book all in all was great. I didn't like the way they kept reminding you that the two girls were identical but had very, very differnt opinions on life. It was as if they didn't bring it up every chapter we might forget. I would definitally recommend this book.
Rating: 2
Summary: How many volumes did it speak?
Comment: Note to self: The magazine aisle in the supermarket is NOT a good place to buy books. Because that's where I got this one. To be honest, the first half (pre-bad twin flits off to war) wasn't bad (for a DS book). Sure, it was corny as hell and if you hadn't caught on to the fact that the main characters (identical twins - one of whom is the Standard DS character, the other of whom is selfish and spoiled) were wildly beautiful and MIRROR IMAGES of each other, you'd have to be a moron - but it was the typical, brainless fare.
Then it got insulting. Danielle wrote the personalities of the twins to be so far-flunggedly removed from each other to seem ridiculous - and then devoted paragraphs telling the reader which twin was which. Just beat me over the head with a 2x4 a little more, Danielle.
And when you're done, for the sweet love of Jeebus, get yourself a new catchprase! I don't know HOW many times the phrase "...spoke volumes..." was in this book - I guess I lost count. Their beauty spoke volumes, their individuality spoke volumes, their toenail clippings spoke volumes. As I think about it, perhaps this is a subtle little trademark of Danielle's that she uses in all her books...
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Title: Granny Dan by Danielle Steel, Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440224829 Publisher: Random House, Inc. Pub. Date: 05 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Silent Honor by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440224055 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 03 September, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Long Road Home by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440224837 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 02 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Wedding by Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440236851 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 27 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Ghost by Danielle Steel, Danielle Steel ISBN: 0440224853 Publisher: Bantam Books Pub. Date: 03 November, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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