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High Noon
written by Nora Roberts
Studio : Jove
by Jove
Publisher : Jove
Released : 2008-05-27
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9780515144680
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 129 reviews)
List Price : $7.99
Our Price : $1.09
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Product Description |
The New York Times Bestseller
The phenomenal number-one New York Times bestselling author is back with a spine-tingling novel about a woman who walks fearlessly into danger—but must draw on her courage to let love into her life. |
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'High Noon' took up too much time! |
I'm relatively unfamiliar with Nora Roberts/J.D. Robb's work, having only read one Eve Dallas short story, and nothing written under the author's real name, prior to this book.
I thought the premise and backstory of the characters were both good, but after a while, the pacing was a bit of a problem. The 'police procedural' aspects were fine, but the romantic subplot just didn't deliver as much as it promised. I thought the action really dragged from around chapter 15 until close to the end of the story, and many of the scenes involving Phoebe and Duncan seemed repetitive. Even the conclusion lacked a satisfying resolution for some of the plot threads. Duncan's personality quirks grated on me after a while, and his rather convoluted family background added little, if anything to the story, and could have been largely, if not entirely, left out.
Roberts just seemed to pull the story's 'real' villain out of a hat in the latter chapters, after forcing us to read through a rather pointless section in which she reviews a few of her older cases(all red herrings) before finally 'discovering' who's behind it all. I prefer the villains in mystery/crime stories to have been introduced earlier, rather than have a 'surprise' character thrown in like this. Even the tie-in with the film 'High Noon' was rather forced, particularly Phoebe's attempt to equate each character in the movie with the protagonists in the story.
With all of the 'twists and turns', much of the character-driven storylines weren't wrapped up properly. It seemed like the only thing that really made Phoebe realize that Duncan was 'the one' for her, was the fact that the author was running out of pages.
It's disappointing when a book that runs for nearly 500 pages still feels 'rushed' and not completely finished. |
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Okay thriller that falls flat |
I read Roberts' Circle Trilogy and thought I'd give this one a try. The premise of each of her books, I have discovered, is pretty much the same: strong female type falls in love under strange circumstances and everything is happy-go-lucky in the end. "High Noon" was, nonetheless, cheesy and predictable. It was a really easy read because there was little to no detail in the scenery or anything else, for that matter. The focus was more on the dialogue and emotions between Phoebe and her new beau, Duncan - completely unrealistic dialogue and emotions, at that. I was thinking the whole time: "who says this stuff?"
But what really got me was the last 3 pages. Up until then I thought this was a cool little romance novel - not too deep... then I realized there were only 3 pages left. The situation in the final scene ends so abruptly and nothing is explained - absolutely nothing. It left me not even wanting to finish. But I did - I'd gotten that far. The last three pages? Happy-go-lucky cheese. How does everything go back completely normal minutes after what happens? It left me unsatisfied. Thanks Nora. I won't be reading any more of your books because they're all the same. |
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Too Many Threads |
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I've read many Nora Roberts books and "High Noon" was another book with the Nora Roberts "hook"...hooks that grab your attention in the first paragraph and usually hold your attention captive. This book seemed to have a lot of characters but without depth or much background. I started wondering if one of the "good" guys was really the criminal in question. It just didn't make sense to me that Walken would be introduced somewhere waaaay down the line with little background. Added to that, one thing I really dislike about most of these books are the abrupt endings. Once the catastrophe is averted, the story usually winds up without any follow-up as to the main characters. My favorites would have to be the Chesapeake Bay series and the Irish Trilogies becasue they did continue on with more storyline and actually left me very sad to end the saga. Please, more books that continue..... |
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High Noon |
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I enjoyed this book very much. Nora Roberts has a way of putting me into the story from the start and I can't stop. I have enjoyed all of Roberts books including the J.D. Robb series. |
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A Big Fan - but not for this book! |
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First - I am generally a big fan of Nora Robert's books. I adore the JD Robb series! I was excited that this book appeared to start to introduce a new cool heroine for us. Wow - what a disappointment. I am wondering if someone else really wrote this for her given all the pressure to crank books out or something. Honestly - there was absolutely NO chemistry between the characters. The handsome guy was milk toast - and the heroine was whiny and boring. My sister actually bought the book and stopped ready about 1/4 of the way thru - I figured that I just needed to give it more time. Don't bother - it doesn't get any better than the boring read it is in the first 1/2. I'm sure I will read others as they come out but I sure hope the next ones have some interesting characters and a story that makes any sense... Save your money on this one... |
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