Sidney Sheldon
Paperback | Pages: 372 pages Rating: 3.69 | 21417 Users | 702 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Best Laid Plans |
| ISBN: | 0446604089 (ISBN13: 9780446604086) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Dana Evans, Oliver Russell, Leslie Stewart, Peter Tager, Senator Todd Davis, Henry Chambers, Jan Davis |
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I'm a Sheldon fan. His books usually make quick reading and are entertaining. He is not one for deep, haunting tales but it snags me everytime the way he can spin almost any story and make me stay up reading it. However, for this one, he seems to have lost quite a bit of his spinning abilities. There was the usual twist where things don't end up how you would expect. I was mildly surprised with this one but the problem was, it wasn't an "Ah! I've figured it out" moment. I was more like, "are you seriously expecting me to accept this?" It felt like he had cheated me with this story. He spent a lot of space giving background information on minor characters and it seemed like he was just filling up space. Then at the end he gives some hastily compiled explanation for a character that was actually very central to the story. It just wasn't acceptable. Now, for the third missing star. Dana. I was given the impression that Leslie was basically the female protagonist here, and Sheldon continues to give this impression by following her story. Then suddenly, he abandons her personal issues and we start seeing her through strangers' eyes, effectively alienating the us. As a reader I had invested a lot in her lifestory and I hated to be cut off like that. Then as if to pacify the reader, he tries to slip in tidbits about Dana, to substitute one herione for another. Frankly, it didn't work. Dana was just not as interesting. And he didn't give enough information to make me care. So I was left with two semi-protagonists I didn't care much about. And no other likable character that I really cared about either. The end just worsened everything. He could at least have devoted a good segment to how Leslie ended up but she was just glossed over. So why the two stars? One for coming up with a storyline that helped me through one more sleepless night. The other star? Well, as I said before, I am a Sheldon fan.Particularize Appertaining To Books The Best Laid Plans
| Title | : | The Best Laid Plans |
| Author | : | Sidney Sheldon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 372 pages |
| Published | : | 1998 by Time Warner (first published January 1st 1997) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Thriller. Mystery. Suspense |
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Ratings: 3.69 From 21417 Users | 702 ReviewsArticle Appertaining To Books The Best Laid Plans
It was little boring in the middle, too much of unwanted details, but the climax was good.Read it in a handful visits to the toilet at my parents' house. This is the first book by Sheldon I've completed... and probably the last. The writing technique is basic and unskilled. The characters are flat and uninteresting. An example: the omniscient narrator tells us the main character, Leslie Stewart, is very intelligent. He repeats it about three times over the first pages instead of showing it via the character's actions of AT LEAST making other characters say it. The ending is very
What a gripping story!! u can see Mr.sheldon's trademark twists and turns!! didnt feel boring through out the book!!
What a gripping story!! u can see Mr.sheldon's trademark twists and turns!! didnt feel boring through out the book!!
I'm a Sheldon fan. His books usually make quick reading and are entertaining. He is not one for deep, haunting tales but it snags me everytime the way he can spin almost any story and make me stay up reading it. However, for this one, he seems to have lost quite a bit of his spinning abilities.There was the usual twist where things don't end up how you would expect. I was mildly surprised with this one but the problem was, it wasn't an "Ah! I've figured it out" moment. I was more like, "are you
Upon getting to know that Sheldon is one of the prominent novelists,I chose to read this one. But I guess I made a wrong choice.The best part I liked is that every character and every scene is so vivid to imagine.Coming to the part that i disliked, the story seemed to be hastily ended with improper justification.I felt there might be a better ending than this. I also felt that the story was elongated by including detailed explanation of minor characters.Over all, the book seemed to be 'OK' to
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