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Avg. Rating: 4.05
Finally!!!
Finally Danielle Steel has written a book that doesn't sound just like all of her others. Sure....same bit of storyline..but much better developed characters and a refreshing twist. Pip is a very sweet 11 yr-old girl who wins the heart of painter Matt. Pip's mother Ophelie was a disturbed mother who had suffered a loss but finds herself again after spending time with Matt. Add Mousse, the dog, and a few other additions and you have the perfect story. The ending was a bit far-fetched but overall, this book is a winner!
Not one of her better ones
Danielle really shows her repetitive-ness in her writing, as the plot of this novel drags along at a snail's pace. Ophelie, the main character is not the brightest bulb on the block, and the reader becomes exasperated with this main character, no matter what her plight, who refuses to get on with it! This main character here, is very similar to the one in Danielle's "Answered Prayers", only we don't have the snotty, adult, daughters of that other novel, to keep things interesting. The daughter here is 8-10 year-old "Pip", and it's kind of hard for the main character to have meaningful dialogue with an 8-year-old, that can hold the reader's interest.It could have been an interesting story but for the fact of the plodding action/plot. The "homeless" element feels thrown in. And, Danielle Steel certainly doesn't explore homelessness with any depth whatsoever. Danielle Steel is a good writer, though, still. I'm currently reading "Ransom" and loving it. "Dating Game" was very funny and innovative. I would say skip this one and read either of those other two.
Safe Harbour...better than her past 5 novels!
I was hesitant to read Steel's latest novel, because they were all very similar in character type and happy ending stories. Out of habit, and never wanting to miss a Steel book, I read Safe Harbour, and was pleasantly surprised. The characters were likeable, and I enjoyed the pace of the story, and its ending was very moving. My only criticisms are: Ophelie's name, it gets annoying to pronounce names like that, and especially when that person is a main character, it gets distracting after a while. Second, the repetition and run-on sentences were not what I expect from a writer of Steel's caliber. Overall, this was one of her better new releases.
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