Dec 17, 2016 12:56 PM
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Danielle steel is one of my favorite authors.I have been a fan of hers and read many of her novels over the last 5 years.Suffice it to say, I am hooked.My favorite novel of hers was a book called Palomino.I recently finished her book, friends forever.Unfortunately, much of this current book did not engage me.The story was about five friends who met in kindergarten and become immediate friends through their childhood, teen and college years.They dubbed themselves the Big 5 and became inseperable.the cast of characters included them, their parents, stepparents and siblings.What I did not enjoy about this book was the pacing.The book moved too fast, rapidle changing from scene to scene.It was quickly flipping back and forth through the charecters through time as they advanced from kindergarten to college.Much of the first half of the book was about the parents of Big 5.This, in my opinion, made it very hard to get any true character development with many of the characters until the last one third of the book.By this time, the story had quickly trimmed the cast down by moving rapidly through drug overdoses, suicide, and an accidental death, and funerals.The overall message was about the risky life's choices of this particular generation.The events in the story did affect the lives of the characters.Unfortunately, due to its fast pace, the reader did not have time to feel it.I enjoyed the last third of the book when we finally were left with one main character and her struggles.The book slowed down enough to look inside a couple of the character's motives, feelings, and decision that they faced.As typically Danielle steel novels go, it was an easy read.It had an ending that left you feeling good.Unfortunatly, it did not capture my heart as some of her previous novels did.
