Customer Reviews

The Captive

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I don't know how Victoria Holt (aka Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Ellalice Tate etc etc) does it. She has the capacity to grab your interest from the very first sentence of all of her books. The Captive is no different. I found myself 'captivated' from the first page to the last. The review on the home page gives you the outline of this story, but it doesn't let you in on the secret of Victoria Holt's writing. It is superb. I love all of her books. She is so 'easy' to read. Her characters are 'real'. I loved the relationship portrayed between Rosetta & Kate. And, Victoria Holt doesn't scoop to writing romantic 'dribble' like a lot of other romance/gothic romance writers.
If you haven't tried her before this is as good as any of her books to start with.
Please give it a try. You won't be disappointed.

Rosetta's ship is shipwrecked, and only three survive and make it to a deserted island. Once there, pirates kidnap them, and Rosetta is sold to a Turkish harem. After a lot of work, she escapes, with no harm done to her virtue, and gets back to England. She finds out that one of the men that saved her, Simon, is accused of murder. She sets out to prove him innocent, and uncovers a mystery that soon turns deadly!

The Captive is, by far, Victoria Holt's best and most memorable tale. The main character is suddenly kidnapped and sold to be part of the harem of a powerful Islamic man. However, her sensability and connections in high places bring her through such a frightening experience that you almost feel it to be your own.

This book is so cool and captavating . This is one of my favorite adventure books . I couldn't guess the ending I really wanted to find out was going to happen this is a really great read if you have a whole time, cause you won't want to put this book down.

No one beats Victoria Holt when it comes to
gothic mysteries. I have read all her books,
and bought this book to give to a friend,
who likes to read.

I really wanted to like this novel, but found myself struggling just to finish it. The plot was good, it just seemed to me that overall it was missing that little extra something. The ending seemed to sneak up on me too, after half the book was devoted to her trying to solve the mystery. I am going to read another Victoria Holt book and hope for a better experience.

This was my second VH book and it was just about as wonderful as the first. The new worlds it took me to was awesome and I could feel the emotion and suspense that Rosetta was going through!

Isn't this girl so lucky to have such a frightful adventure and come away unharmed? And once that end of the story is over, it never gets brought up again. I'm not sure I expected somebody to follow her, but I did feel there would be some point to that part of the story. It just seems as if the main plot on it's own just wasn't good enough. Well funnily enough in the end the whole story just isn't good enough either.