Lowcountry Summer: A Plantation Novel [Unknown Binding]

DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK (Author)

Product Details

• Unknown Binding
• ASIN: B003U2N05M
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)

More About the Author

I am the author of eleven novels placed in and around the Lowcountry of South Carolina and thanking God for my chance to speak. When I'm not writing, I'm reading or gardening or cooking. Love to travel, shoot the bull with people and most of all, be with my husband, children and dogs - not always necessarily in that order. Just finished my eleventh book - Lowcountry Summer for William Morrow and it will come out June 15, 2010. Love to have company so come visit at www.dotfrank.com. And by the way, serious huge gushing thanks for everything - your kind words and emails. Writing saves me, but without your support it wouldn't mean much. (So I'm a little sappy and sentimental - big deal.) xxoo Dot

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Something Missing..., June 20, 2010

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Harry, the Road Scholar (North FL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lowcountry Summer: A Plantation Novel (Hardcover)

I too have loved Dorothea Benton Frank since I read her first book. She is one of my all time favorite writer/storytellers but... I have found her last two books to be not her best.

I didn't like Return to Sullivan's Island, and for the first time didn't finish a Dorothea Benton Frank book. I like Lowcountry Summer better, and did finish it, but it just isn't up to her earlier books.

I can't exactly put my finger on it... but something is missing now that was present in wonderful abundance in Sullivan's Island, Shem Creek, Plantation, and Isle of Palms. I hope Miss Dorothea finds that mysterious "something" again soon, I love her books, her style and her characters.

Looking forward to Ms. Frank's next effort.

Kaja

PS I'm NOT Harry lol, he's my husband...

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very Disappointing, June 26, 2010

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This review is from: Lowcountry Summer: A Plantation Novel (Kindle Edition)

Dorothea Benton Frank rates as one of my favorite authors. I have every book of hers in hard copy and buy the new release the day it comes out. Her last 2 books are huge disappointments and Lowcountry Summer was the absolute worst. The characters are shallow and unbelievable. The characters I enjoyed in Plantation were unrecognizable in Lowcountry Summer. The entire book was page after page of whining and personalities changing from rotten to rainbows within a few chapters.

I rarely write reviews but had to share with this one. If you are a true fan of Dorothea Benton Frank, you'll buy the book regardless of this review. But it's sad to say it will be a waste of your money. Hopefully she will get back on track with the next book because I miss her wonderful imagination and style of writing.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A huge waste of time, July 2, 2010

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Marilyn F. Champine - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lowcountry Summer: A Plantation Novel (Hardcover)

Having read all of her previous books, I looked forward to this one. It wasn't any better than the last one which was also a huge disappointment. I read it through because of the price and hopes that it would get better. The preoccupation with self and sex was overwhelming. And she wondered why her nieces were perverted? To top things off, the only decent character in the book gets killed off. I found no rhyme or reason to anything in this book. To me, this was writing just for the sake of publication and I don't advise anyone to waste their money or time on it.