Customer Reviews

Sunset in St. Tropez (Random House Large Print)

5 star:		(13)
4 star:		(15)
3 star:		(8)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(20)

 

 

This book was a complete and utter waste of time. The storyline is totally predictable and very shallow. There is basically no character development and no plot. The editing was terrible as the writing was redundant in many places. It was just not enjoyable reading at all. I cannot believe this was even published. I haven't read Danielle Steele in quite a while and - after reading this - I'm not going to bother with her books in the future.

I have been reading Danielle Steel's books since her very first in 1979; I have all of them in hardcover. I received this book several days ago and I finished it in just a few days. I don't want to reveal the plot because I want you to read the book, but I found it to be easy reading, enjoyable and just as fun as the way she wrote in the beginning. It is a cannot-put-it-down book about three couples, all whom you would like immediately and wish you had them as friends. She has a wonderful way of getting you to like the people she writes about; always making most of them to be not only beautiful in body but in mind and soul. Ms. Steel must basically be a wonderful and heartwarming person herself. I always look forward to each and every book she writes. I am sure you won't be disappointed.

I've read all of Danielle Steele's books. However, this one was so predictable. I'm starting to find her books very boring. Put it this way I will never purchase any more of her books. My favorites were The Ring, Jewel and Heartbeat to name only a few. At one time I couldn't wait for her new book to come out. Before this book and the one before that she was one of my favorite authors ... now I really can't say.

Sunset in St. Tropez is the story of six friends (three married couples) who have a long-lasting friendship. On New Year's Eve they decide to take a vacation to St. Tropez for a month in the summer. Then unexpectedly Anne, one the the six friends, dies and the rest of the group has to decide whether or not to go. Thanks to a non-refundable deposit they go ahead and go to make the best of their vacation and also to honor their friend's memory. Once they arrive at St. Tropez the book takes on a humorous quality.

All in all this book was very good. It was entertaining while exploring the issue of death among a group of friends. The widower announces he is bringing a friend along with him and this creates a conflict among the other friends. They feel like they can't accept the friend because it would be a dishonor to their deceased friend. I thought this aspect of the book was well written. It explores the whole issue of how people move on after a death and how they honor and treasure the memory of the deceased. The housekeeper and her husband added a very humorous quality to the book.

Sunset in St. Tropez is by no means a deep, thought provoking book but neither is it a comedy. It is a well-blended combination of seriousness with just enough humor to make it a great vacation or weekend read. I was able to read this book within one day, which seems to be a rarity with DS books anymore. If you haven't liked previous DS books please give this one a try. I think you'll enjoy it.

I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read for me, and I thought the characters had a great deal of depth to them. However, I thought the storyline was a bit predictable and the ending seemed a bit rushed.

I have noticed this in the last few of Ms. Steel books that I have read. Maybe she, and other authors, need to quit trying to pump books out, and concentrate on writing one really good novel every year or so. But, that is just my opinion.

I would recommend this book for anyone looking for a great book to take on vacation!!

The reason I bought this book was because I wanted to get a taste of what St. Tropez was really like. I wanted to "go" there in my mind. What I got was a book about three late middle-aged couples and the various issues in their relationships. I suppose there is an audience out there who would appreciate this book, buy I am 40 and was bored to death. I did catch the names a few places to visit in St. Tropez (if they are real), but I couldn't really tell you much of anything about the French Riveria other than it is on the Mediterranean Sea and rich people go there to vacation.

Danielle Steel has done much better writing in her former days. I feel like she got lazy on this novel and threw something together to sell a book.

The ending is so ridiculous (even for romance novels) that I hope somebody stops Ms. Steel, before she stikes (writes) again.

Yet another novel that Ms. Steele seems to have written in one evening. She just keeps pumpin' out, doesn't she? Her earlier work seemed a lot better to me, like she put some thought into them. Now it appears that she has a formula, perhaps a program in her computer. She changes people and locations but everything else is the same.

The thing that always amazes me about Danielle Steele is that her books are such best sellers while they should have only been circulated amongst the "romance novel" set! Every time I read one of her books I tell myself that this is the last one I am going to read. But I continue to punish myself. Of course they are such fast reads that I really don't invest any time in them, but still...

This one is particularly grim. The characters are so one-dimensional that I got thirsty! They are so uninteresting as a group that they deserve each other. Are there really people like these out there in the world? I doubt it but, if there are, I certainly don't want to meet them. One minute the guy whose wife died is so grief stricken you think he just might kill himself, the next he's frolicking around with a woman young enough to be his daughter and is in love with her. One minute all the woman's friends snub the actress, the next they embrace her with open arms (of course she had to wow them with her movie star friends and save a life first). One minute a character is so devastated by her husband's infidelity that she is going to divorce him, the next she's forgiven him (after having considered the words of advise from the actress). All this in four weeks. Amazing.

People will continue to buy and read Ms. Steele's books as long as she writes them. Maybe having a hard cover book makes the reader feel more intelligent than carrying around a paperback. But why bother? Might as well just give in and read the "romance" books. Same thing. But, as I said, I still read them, so what does that say about me?

This was the first book by Danielle Steele that I have read and it will be the last I read by her. I was truly disappointed and believe she is a highly over-rated author. The story was VERY drawn out and I caught myself dozing off a few times because the book was so boring. If you want to fall asleep quick then this is the book for you

This is the first book of Danielle Steel which I read after yearss. May be I would have read a couple before. But I did not seem to remember any of them.By mistake I took this book and thought that I would give it a try.But it was simply atrocious.After about 50 pages I just could not go on.But generally I dont leave a book half read.So I completed it.The story revolves around three boring old couples and their trip to a place called St.Tropez.These 3 couples are supposed to be the best of friends.Although this point will be stretched in every point of the book,as a reader having read many books you would never feel so.And how they spend time at St.Tropez(which is written in such a lackluster way) forms the story.Oh gosh!I just wanted to try her book.But never will I try reading Steel's books again!May be some of her other books may be good.But after reading this book, one would never attempt to try another one of hers!

Danielle Steel's writing has really slipped over the years. She's cranking out novels at an unbelievable speed and her writing is not nearly what it used to be. When I first started reading her books 20 years ago, they really swept me away and into the story. Some were a tad predictable, but still very engrossing and interesting. Anymore, her stories are completely predictable, with no twists and turns at all. I didn't enjoy this one much at all!