Customer Reviews

Summers End

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

This book was about a woman who never sees her husband because hes always away on business. Deanna is a really good painter, but her husband insists she paint for fun, that she didn't need a career and one in painting was for second rate people. At the begining of summer Deanna meets a art dealer who thinks her paintings are wonderfull and wants to sell them in art gallerys. In the mean time they fall in love ... and make a promise that the relationship will be over at summers end. Deanna feels guilty at first, but the more they are together, she forgets about her husband... and the more they begin to wish the summer will never end. Later Deanna finds out that her husband has been having a affair for years. I left out a considerable amount of the book. This book has tragedy, love, lies, decite and much, much more. I would definetly recommend this book!

I have been reading Danielle Steel's books for over 15 years now. Sometimes they do get a bit "all the same" with most of the characters being important, successful, beautiful people who live in "stately homes" and wear "important jewels and furs". Sometimes I think the characters are more about what they have then who they are. Despite this, I always enjoy her books - they are easy to read, romantic and make you forget about everyday life for a couple of hours while engrossed in the book. Personally I think her earlier books are more enjoyable and get more involved in the characters than some of the later books she has written. I enjoyed this book ... a woman (Deanna) who was never appreciated by her family for anything that she did but managed to continue with her love of painting and make a success of herself and her life without her uncaring husband. Showed us that you can do anything if you just believe in yourself. Loved the ending too ....

This is the first Danielle Steel book that I have ever read. Of all the others that I have truly enjoyed, this is the one I keep coming back to. Steel writes an amazing story of a woman who loses what she never really had to gain only something that dreams are made of. Her philandering husband cares only for himself and his daughter as he pushes Deanna away. Deanna in return learns quickly that the only person she will ever have in her life ever again is a blessing that had been bestowed upon her: Ben Thompson. A captivating story reminding us to open and follow our hearts and to never look back only to regret. This is a book that you will come back to more than once in your journey reading all the great and wonderful Danielle Steel books.

This was a super book, one to curl up with or take to the beach..you can't put it down though! This is a story about life and it's tragedies. It's a story about love and the choices we all make. The story does a good job at making you feel what the characters are feeling. It is a story that can give us hope to find the courage to make changes in our own lives, to not be afraid to go after what we want.

What I love most about Danielle Steel is that her books are always the beginning to a better life for the main character, and this one is no different. She has had, in my opinion, some ups and downs in her writing over the last few years but this is one of the ups for her.

This is the first Danielle Steele book that I've read and it will definitely not be the last. I couldn't put it down. By the time I got to chapter 25, I was wishing that I could read faster. I couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen to the characters. I was kind of torn between 5 and 4 stars. I decided 5 stars because after 2 weeks after finsihing the book, I'm still thinking about it. I can't stop thinking about Ben and Deanna. Why I even entertained a 4 rating is that this story involves adultery. In the beginning of the book, it's quite clear what's going to happen and I didn't like that there was betrayal involved. As I continued to read, I fell in love with Ben. It took a while to like Deanna because an affair is still an affair but then I eventually started to feel for her. Overall, I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good love story.

...but I found myself DISLIKING Deanna. Even though her marriage was more or less over, AND her hubby was having an affair of his own, that didn't make her decision to commit adultery a right one. Because of that, I couldn't cheer Deanna and Ben on; all the characters, in my opinion, should have ended up alone. "Summer's End" is a quick read, but only mediocre at best; old-fashioned romantic types like myself won't appreciate the adultery angle, and those who value good grammatical skills will wince while reading this book, as Steel apparently doesn't make good use of a proof-reader and/or editor. I don't recommend this book, and personally won't be reading it again.

Typical Danielle Steel fluff, but one of her better books. A little of everything: love, betrayal, tragedy, and hope.

After being extremely dissapointed in her last few books (ie The Klone for one), I was happy to see that Steel is coming back in "Summer's End". I read the book in a day and could not put it down. I found myself, as in earlier Steel books, being absorbed into and fighting for the young women. If you love Steel, you'll like this one, classic Steel material.

This is the first Danielle Steele book I've read and it will definitely not be my last. I really enjoyed reading this book. By the time I got to chapter 25, I was wishing that I could read faster because I couldn't wait to find out what was going to happen. I was torn between 5 and 4 stars. I chose 5 stars because it has been 2 weeks since I finished the book and I'm still thinking about it. Why I even entertained 4 stars is because the characters committed adultery. From the very begining you can tell that this was going to happen and I didn't like that betrayal was involved. As I continued to read the book, I fell in love with Ben. It took a while to like Deanna because an affair is still an affair but I enventually started to feel for her. Overall, I recommend this to anyone who likes a good love story.