Family Ties: A Novel

This was a decent listen but I agree with other reviewers, the author repeated the same things over and over. I listen in my car only and sometimes when I would start my car up and start listening I would question if I accidently rewound the book but I didn't, she just repeats alot. All and all I enjoyed the book pretty much but it did get a little tedious with the repeating!

Every time I buy a Danielle Steele book I wonder as I'm listening to it why I bother. They're so irritating. The prose is all passive. One segment I was counting the was/were sentences compared to active, action sentences. Overwhelmingly the passive won. When I heard an action verb, I gave a woot of joy. That being said at how boring the prose is, is the problem identified by most of the other reviews. If you miss something, say a phone call, you don't need to pause the audio, it will be repeated over and over again. I figure it was a lovely writing technique. Write a paragraph and then copy and paste it throughout the next ten minutes.

So you ask, if I dislike her writing so much, why do I continue to buy her books. Because sometimes the story is worth the writing. A Good Woman is an example. This one, however, isn't. I wanted all the characters to go off to the hereafter in a blaze of glory. Of course, that's not happily ever after. Even thought it would have made me happy. So buyer beware, the book is repetitive, boring and ridiculous characters.

This is the first Danielle Steel book I have ever read or listened to and I couldn't be more disappointed. The writing is repetitive, dull and full of cliches. The reader has a flat, monotonous tone that squeezed any hope of suspense or action out of the story. I kept listening thinking that surely such a successful writer would turn the plot around, but it just never happened. The characters were stereotypical and simplistic. I found the tone of the book to be quite conservative and old fashioned.

I used to love Danielle Steel. However this book was not great. Much of what the author said was repetitive. It was an interesting story but just wasn't well written.

I love Danielle Steel but she needs to change her story a bit. Good story overall but nothing unexpected. She continues with the same basic idea of one family 4-5 members and different lives. Someone ends up broken hearted, someone dies and in the end they all live happily ever after.

the naration was good however I wasn't crazy about the story line. Not sure if I will try another one of these.

I was very disappointed with this book. The story could have been great but it wasn't! It was repetitive and boring. I am sorry Danielle Steel is no longer interested in entertaining her readers.

An interesting story with a predictable family twist. Easy reading. Not too much thrill

Very good reading and easy to listen. I highly recommend this book! Once you start it you will not put it down.

Awesome!!!!Enjoyed every minute of it. Danielle has outdone it again.....FAMILY TIES,is yet another brilliant book by Danielle!!!!!!!