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Lone Eagle

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Lone Eagle is the best book Danielle Steel has written, and I have read all of them. It has all the elements Steel's fans like: romance, suspense, wealth, and surprises. It is very good reading, easy to read. The setting in this book is veryb fitting, and while reading, I couldn't help but think I was watching the entire book unfold, instead of my reading it.

It is told in flashback style, "against a vivid backdrop of war and thrilling innovation. Danielle Steel breathes life into history, weaving an intensely human story that spans three decades. With rare insight and emotional power, she brings to life a tale of love and sacrifice, of holding on and letting go, of survival in the face of unthinkable loss. It is a novel of extraordinary grace and compassion from a master storyteller."

I was amazed by this historical tale, all the facts were very real to the reader and not something an author would make up to make the story complete. For instance, Steel mentions something and you immediately think, "I can't believe that is happening, but I know it's true" for whatever reason.

The storyline is one you won't forget. And, this book will be your favorite. Memories begin when a woman receives a phone call that her lover is dead. You will go back in time with her as she recalls the last 3 decades.

Get this book. You won't put it down until you are finished reading. Steel's book couldn't get any better. --

I have read only 1 other Danielle Steel novel, which was The Gift, a novel that I thoroughly enjoyed. I have read many romance novels, but this is by far the WORST one ever! Kate is a woman with so much potential and such a wonderful sense of independence, not to mention the fact that she is beautiful and educated. I fell in love with her personality and wit from the first few pages of the novel. Joe, on the other hand, is an egotistical maniac who cares for nothing but himself throughout the whole book. Kate is so weak and stupid to put up with that relationship. I would have packed my bags a long time ago and left him, not cry and make him feel guilty so he would come home to see me. Who wants someone that you have to beg to love you and spend time with you? Is this what dreams are made of, Ms. Steel? I certainly do not agree. What this author did was take a beautiful, young woman with a wonderful heart and spirit and wear her down, bit by bit, until there's nothing left but a weak, whining woman who can't stand up for herself or fight for her own happiness. Even in the end when they're together, it's on his terms. And her cheating on that wonderful husband Andy of hers was absolutely horrific. This novel definitely had no happy ending. It will be the last DS novel I read.

I read romance novels for fun and escape not for a great literary experience. This novel is one of Danielle Steel's worst. The writing is so basic that at times it sounds like it was written by a 10 year old. There is absolutly no depth to these characters. At the begining of this novel you really want these two to be together but by the end I found Joe very dislikable and wished he'd just leave Kate alone. How many times can you be burned before you learn not to touch fire? Most of this novel takes place during the first 15-20 years of their relationship and then all of a sudden at the end of a page Ms. Steel skips ahead 17 years??? We totally are ripped off of the supposed happy ending. However I don't think I could have stood another chapter of this book but maybe I would have liked Joe more. Read at your own risk.

I've noticed in the past 2 years that Danielle Steel's books are slipping. It's taking me forever to continue reading this book. I find myself putting it down. That never happened in the 1980's and 90's. Her books were gold. My husband used to joke that I would get one of her books and pretty much finish it in 1 day, 2 the most. Now her books are not written as well as they used to be. I think the last good book I read of hers was The Wedding and Bittersweet. I have continued to buy her books (up to date) hoping they would be like they were in the past, but they're not. I don't know why her writing has changed or maybe she's putting too many books out too fast.

I miss the old Danielle Steel writing.

I was really disappointed in this novel by one of the best-selling writers of our time. I kept waiting for the characters to grow and get some depth. The woman, Kate, was a seventeen year old bright shining star when the story began. I kept waiting for her to get a grip and get rid of Joe, who was a selfish self-centered baby who wouldn't commit (and god forbid he get some help for that!) For example, on page 380 it was STILL HER FAULT. "She thought constantly about what had happened to them, trying to understand her part in it...and in time she could see how her reaching out and wanting more time with him had panicked him." YUK! Kate's life was really depressing, waiting for Joe to come home and throw her a bone once in a while. It wasn't another woman, but his obsession with his airplanes. I had hoped that the book would have Kate making some healthy choices. She showed such promise at the beginning...

I've only read a few of Danielle Steel's books and some, like The Gift, I've liked and others, like this one, I thought were terrible.

This book breaks a cardinal rule of romance novel writing. It gives us an unlikable hero. Joe is a first class jerk. And that's one of the cleaner terms I use to describe him. He can't commit to Kate and she finally leaves him. She marries Andy and has a baby. That's when Joe waltzes back into her life and busts up her marriage. When she finally gets her divorce and marries Joe he let's her know in no uncertain terms that he does not want children. When she gets pregnant he treats her horribly.When she gets into a car accident and loses the twins she's carrying, Andy is the one in the hospital with her. Joe is nowhere to be found. Despite her depression over losing the babies he let's her know he does not want her getting pregnant again. He constantly leaves her alone while building up his company and when she complains he gets mad at her. He doesn't even try to meet her halfway. He basically tells her to live with it.

The reader has to have some idea of what motivates the hero and heroine to act the way that they do during the course of the story and we have no idea why Joe treats the supposed "love of his life" the way that he does. He's happier with his planes. Kate should have left him to them. I can understand how hard it is to be without the person that you love, but Kate should have learned to love herself just a little bit more. She put up with Joe's crap for years and I found it very irritating.

And I agree with a number of the other reviews that DS repeats things over and over. I've noticed that in her other books.

I have read all of Danielle Steel's books and this by far is her worst. The last 5 or so have not been up to her scale as when she first started doing novels..How disappointing it is not to like her book. Danielle go back and read your first few novels and take some lessons. I will not purchase anymore of her books.

Here we go again -- another story of fornication, adultry, divorce, and convenient accidents and deaths. Get real Danielle. Maybe these things happen in your world, but some of us don't sleep with a guy just because we care about him. And some of us hold marriage sacred and stick with it even though it might not be full of passion and fire works. And most importantly, some of us don't cheat on our mates just because we think we might have made a mistake in marrying them. If Joe couldn't settle down and make a committment in all those years Kate was single, why would he now that she's married and has a child? Especially since he says he never wants children. And as soon as her perfectly fine, responsible and devoted husband leaves, Kate lets Joe move in???? What kind of morals are that? I can't respect a guy that moves in with a married women and her infant. Nor can I respect a character who ditches a husband for a guy who has proved incapable of making a committment. Sorry, but I was rooting for Andy all the way.

After finishing two recent releases by LuAnne Rice and Kristen Hannah I have decided after reading Lone Eagle that I will never waste another moment of my time reading another Danielle Steel novel again. The characters in this book were the most unlikeable duo I have ever encountered in a story line. By the time this book finally ended I couldn't believe Danielle Steel can continue to embarass herself with these ridiculous novels. Your time would be better spent reading a book with "real" characters and interesting storylines.

How can she say the same thing over and over, and still get us to read her books?? She needs to go back to writing school and learn about plot development. When she gives the whole story away in the first chapter, who cares what else happens? And character development, she tells us about them, but doesn't develop them any further. I used to like D.S. but I think I'm about to give up on her!!