11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
All the right components, November 28, 2006
This review is from: Man of Means (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)
I have to disagree with most of the reviews written below. I believe this book was great. I'm also a big Diana Palmer fan and ive read my share of her stories. I think this one was sweet and both characters were strong, unlike other stories where the woman is incredibly fragile and weak.
Meredith lives a life who could break anyone if they werent strong enough, yet she is able to hold herself up without help. She even hides her real education as a nurse and accepts to live out in a tiny city. This time, the reader wasnt always being reminded of how innocent she was, how fragile, etc. This time she actually had a strong personality.
Rey is just like the other men in Palmer's stories...hes stubborn, "sexy", has his mind set on thinking the female is a "tramp", and does not want to get married. There wasnt really a change in the male character, so no big thing there. But, a good character overall.
Overall i think this story is great for so many reasons. If you want a different story, with strong characters, this one is the one.
I think the only thing that i agree on with the previous reviews is that you dont do CPR on someone who is alive....but you kind of overlook that since its not a medical text. However, correct information would have been nice.
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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Getting a bit tired, April 23, 2002
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This review is from: Man of Means (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)
I have to agree with the other reviewers. I did like the first few pages with their introduction of D.P.'s typical characters, like the hero who misjudges and hurts the already wounded heroine, and then has to do some serious grovelling before the happy ending. It sort of was there, and it wasn't. I had the impression Ms. Palmer got bored herself after the first chapters and just hurriedly threw together a few clichés - minor misunderstandings, dream wedding, passionate wedding night, all in too much of a rush - in order to finish off the book. The main characters appeared rather more shallow towards the end, not fulfilling the promise shown in the beginning.
This is now about the third or fourth new Palmer novel I have read which left me rather unsatisfied. Couldn't publishers be persuaded to give us some of her older (and better) ones instead?
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
True Diana Palmer fans will enjoy, April 14, 2002
This review is from: Man of Means (Silhouette Desire) (Paperback)
Let me start the review out by saying I am a huge Diana Palmer fan. I started out reading her romances and was hooked. I have to say though that lately her books are becoming stale, this one included. This book is part of a line of books, of which the first of the Hart's stories was EXCELLENT. Diana's characters are becoming cliches, all the women are the same, the men as well. Her personal beliefs are coming through too much as well, such as her political feelings. This book is more of the same. Her loyal fans will love it, but it will leave many readers looking for more.
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