Customer Reviews

dangerous to know

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(8)

 

 

This book comfortably moves along in chapters of its major characters' descriptions rather than the usual chronological sequence of events found in most books. This allows the reader a full understanding of each character and his/her motives instead of bits and pieces here and there. The last 1/3 of the book was a complete surprise as I wondered why a new character was introduced and the story's revelations took me by surprise. Thank you Ms. Bradford. I would love to hear from you.

Even though I am no a big fan of this author I did find this book to be very entertaining even though I threw it against the wall of my prison cell many times. But Over all it was a good read. In prison there aren't a lot of good things to read. Heck I even told my mother about it and she had a tough time reading through it. But in the end she liked it too.

This has to be the worst book I have ever read and I'm seriously not kidding either. It was boring with uninteresting characters. I kept reading thinking that it would get better and neatly come together at the end, but it never did. The bizarre, disturbing ending stamped it as the worst book ever for me. I never read a Bradford novel before and certainly expected something better than this. Don't even ask me how I was able to get through it, but somehow I did!

I was personally very disappointed in this bestseller by a bestseller author. The book's ending was a total surprise--and I would not have continued reading it had I known what the surprise ending was. I would NOT recommend reading this book due to its sick ending. I would have given it a zero star rating had I been able to do so.

I have read a lot of good books and I found "Dangerous to Know" to be at the top of my list. I not only read it, I listened to it on tape. I referred it to a co-worker who also loved it. Both of us were intriqued through the whole story. The further we read the more interesting the book became. Definitly an excellent book. I am planning on reading it again.

Over the years of my reading, I have usually avoided the fiction route. This, because it seems that the plots often developed are not realistic. This, I found, to be especially true in Dangerous to Know. When I got to the end I could only conclude that Ms. Bradford has been watching to many soap operas. While there may be some confused families on planet earth,it is hard to imagine any group like she described. The turns and twists, for me, just didn't seem likely. Add to all of this the fact that she portrayed adultry and fornication as being somehow normal; this may have enhanced the story line but did little to enhance her image in one reader's mind. It is fair to say that writers seldom endorse, in their work, things they do not believe to be true. This, in turn, tends to say that the author's perspective on morality is expressed in the characters she has created, the things they say and do. Now, having read this work(actually heard this via tape from Books on Tape), I doubt I will ever be encouraged to again engage my mind with things from Ms. Bradford. I don't like to waste my time, which is to valuable to spend on something like this which doesn't pay any educational nor emotional dividends. She may have great writing skill but her themes are questionable.

I only got about 1/3 through this book because it was written in the first person and I couldn't relate at all to the weird narrator or any of the other unrealistic characters, plus it was boring.

The first and last book that I'll read by Ms. Bradford. How this writer has reached the status she has is the only mystery surrounding her....choppy sentences, unrealistic characters, ridiculous plot. Wish I had done what I wanted to do....put it down after the first chapter!!!

To the best of my knowledge this was the first BTB book I have encountered. If this is a typical sample of her work I cannot understand why she is a bestselling author. Monotonous and melodramatic. I actually detested the main character, Vivian. Hope that she might drown to death in her "oceans of tears" was the main reason I continued with the book. Sadly, she lives on.

The Editorial Reviews and the customer reviews for this book refer to one of same title by Barbara Taylor Bradford. THIS BOOK supposedly is by Margaret Yorke, a top British psychological yet cozy mystery writer. CAN SOMEONE AT AMAZON PUT THESE EDITORIAL REVIEWS AND REVIEWS WITH THE BOOK OF SAME TITLE BY BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD? She can in no way compare to the sharp, poignant plots by Margaret Yorke of everyday dull, even mousy British protaganists with mundane, boring lives turned criminal by deep psychological needs.