Fault Lines (Windsor Selections S) [Import] [Hardcover]

Anne Rivers Siddons (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 602 pages
• Publisher: Chivers P; Large Print e. edition (July 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0745179541
• ISBN-13: 978-0745179544
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A promising premise but doesn't really satisfy, March 4, 2003

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Kenneth Simon (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fault Lines (Mass Market Paperback)

This book has a lot of promising character work in it, but is undone by its own lack of subtlety. I was drawn in to the characters' lives during the first half of the book, and found myself caring about what happened with the mother-sister-daughter trio. My involvement remained, even though I was put off by the author's tendency to beat the reader over the head with points she felt were important. I could have gleaned much about the main character through her actions; instead, I was told, over and over, what kind of person she was. I kept wanting to edit those passages down -- "I get it already!"

Still, I was happily reading along. Unfortunately, a little more than midway through the book, the story grew more and more melodramatic. A relationship was developed -- a pivotal point for the main character -- but it pulled her out of the family context and into an overblown, false-feeling love story. Again, it's the author beating the reader over the head with what could have had more power through subtlety.

The book kept me reading, but I couldn't help but wish that these interesting characters were given a more thoughtful and restrained treatment.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Had me crying and wishing it wouldn't end, October 6, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Fault Lines : A Novel (Hardcover)

I made the mistake of trying to read this as a "distraction" during finals week my sophmore year of college. In the end, my finals, my packing, and even sleeping became secondary to finishing "Fault Lines". Possibly, I was simply homesick for my own hills in Washington, but I fell in love with the forested California setting and the thought of running away from it all to hide in the forest. I cried at least three times, causing my roommate, who thought I was immune to emotion, to decide that I had finally gone off the deep end from stress. Later that summer, when I was coming to terms with breaking up with a boyfried who never quite was one, I was hearing, in the back of my head, "Be my same stars, Gavin," and it seemed that Merritt and TJ were splitting alongside Gavin and I.
I've been a fan of Anne Rivers Siddons ever since I stumbled across "Heartbreak Hotel" in the public library, but this has got to be the most engrossing book of hers that I've ever read. I read it again, when finals were over and I didn't have to deal with classes and my roommate, and I loved it just as much the second time. I don't often gush about books (or anything) but this definitely deserves it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great rainy day book., April 11, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Fault Lines (Mass Market Paperback)

Just a good book, not trash like Steele, but intelligent and thoughtful