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.Define Appertaining To Books The Best Laid Plans
| Title | : | The Best Laid Plans |
| Author | : | Sidney Sheldon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special 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 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books The Best Laid Plans
as it usually is with Sheldon, I finished the book in one day!! mind blowing as usual...Oliver Russell kind of reminds me of Obama; charming, well-meaning and absolutely useless!the part about the Arab king and the peace treaty is my least favorite of course...I found it stupid which is a shame cuz Sheldon doesn't do stupid.I cried when Kamel cried in the van. which by the way reminds me of how infuriating the whole it's-nobody's-yet-everybody's-fault explanation Sheldon appointed to bothYou just can't go wrong with a Sidney Sheldon book. Love, betrayal, revenge... it has it all. Of all of the characters, I liked Dana the best. She has a heart of gold. I don't believe that the other characters are supposed to be likable. I think that was the point. Leslie is the woman scorned, hell bent on revenge. Oliver is the social climbing politician that only cares about his ambitions and not who he hurts. Senator Todd is only concerned about how much power he can achieve. This was a
Being a sheldons fan I am really disappointed by this book. The story is very weak and I feel dana evans character was forcefully put to get that ending.Unlike his other books there are no twists except for one .
There are millions of actions which take place between rags to riches stories in order to obtain the power and Sydney Sheldon does that beautifully keeping in mind the important aspects of dirty and political games happen in real life. The author always creates an everlasting impression of his female protagonists in the reader's mind. The book is quite fast-paced nowhere to get bored and if you are on a reading hiatus then pick this book and done with the intriguing adventure of acquiring power
Another delicious revenge/love/backstabbing story. Leslie's character's ending is so appropriate and I was surprised to find out who was responsible for Chloe's death.
'Boring'... If I have to describe this book with one word,that's the one I choose..sidney Sheldon clearly wrote this when he was bored out of his mind... in all the other books of his I've read, the protogonist always accomplish what they're set out to..but in this one,he made Leslie Stewart a laughing stock in the end..how does one expect to give the lead role to another character in the middle of the damn story... Moreover the whole book rides on the simple twist at the end (no spoilers) ..but
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