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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Weak Ending,
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This review is from: Day By Day (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)
This book's interesting premise and strong central character, Maggie, are hurt by much weaker supporting characters, notably Spence and Jackie, and an ending that is distasteful. Spence comes off as a weak-willed, essentially selfish man who never apologized to his wife for his infidelity, never truly tried to take responsibility and make amends, and spent much of the book aloof and irritable (supposedly because of his great guilt). Jackie was never sympathetic and the close relationship was one of her taking and Maggie giving--and Jackie then took some more by sleeping with her brother-in-law and bearing a son. The ending consisted of Jackie having her son, denying that son his father and the father the choice of claiming his son, Jackie acquiring a great new husband, and Maggie having to suck it up and forgive everyone. In the end, the adult characters agree to lie to all three children by concealing the baby boy's father. So, the two girls never get their brother, the father doesn't get his son, Maggie will continue having to suffer, and Jackie is the big winner--she's forgiven, gets the baby she's wanted for years, and a physician as a husband! Very unsatisfying.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
These characters make my skin crawl,
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This review is from: Day By Day (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)
Every now and again I read a book whose characters make my skin crawl. Such is the case with the characters of Spence and Jackie in this particular book by Sandra Steffan. I loved Maggie and her two daughters and I enjoyed the developing story about her recovery following the devastating auto accident and the resulting coma. However, while Ms. Steffan tried her best to make Spence and Jackie sympathetic characters and while she stressed how much the two of them loved Maggie and how they betrayed her just because they were so unhappy (awwww), I could just imagine that if these were real characters the two of them would be on the Jerry Springer Show whining about how they didn't mean to hurt Maggie and how their sexual encounter "just happened." The reason for their encounter was that they both thought Maggie was near death and would probably die the next day when she was removed from life support. I had always thought the expression that a man or woman was with someone else before the spouse's "body was cold" was just an expression. How confusing it must have been for them when Maggie didn't die.
The excuse that Spence was asleep and was dreaming so he thought Jackie was Maggie was not very credible because he and Jackie were talking about Maggie just before their encounter. Also, when Jackie told Maggie that Spence was dreaming, she never did answer when Maggie asked her, "And what about you? Were you dreaming too?" I believe that if I returned from a hospital after being told that my husband would be removed from life support the next day, I would not be doing any strange things in my sleep that night because I don't believe I would be doing much sleeping. To add insult to injury, Ms. Steffan decided Jackie would get pregnant as a result of her brief encounter with her sister's husband and when she gives birth, the child is the son he has always wanted. Family events in that household must be a riot as Maggie constantly has her nose rubbed in her husband's infidelity every time she sees the "nephew" who is also her husband's son. I couldn't quite grasp why everyone's future unhappiness should be Maggie's fault if she couldn't forgive her husband and her sister. Surely, that responsibility rested with the two who cheated. When Maggie couldn't bring herself to sleep with Ivan in retaliation, I was hoping she would at least make Spence think she had done so. While Ms. Steffan was apparently trying to show how much Jackie loved her sister, when Jackie thought of Maggie as "Saint Maggie" it seemed to me that showed the contempt and derision she actually felt toward Maggie. I keep almost every book I purchase but I did not enjoy reading about a man who would cheat on his wife with his wife's sister and I did not enjoy reading about a woman who would sleep with her sister's husband. This is one book I will not be keeping.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Day By Day,
This review is from: Day By Day (Zebra Contemporary Romance) (Paperback)
Five Stars
Edgy, thought-provoking. A gem of a book that made me ask, "What would I do if I found myself in a situation for which no one can prepare?" A must read for all book enthusiasts!
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