Tribute | Nora Roberts

Tribute | Nora Roberts | Bob Villa/This Old House with a bit of romance thrown in

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	Tribute Nora Roberts Putnam Adult, 2008 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 88 reviews view larger image
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Great book...Nora Roberts has achieved another good read. The characters are super and all intertwined which makes everyone a good suspect. The past mystery, linked with the present day incidents, increases the intensity of the question of who is doing and possibly did this to her and her family.

Bob Villa/This Old House with a bit of romance thrown in

Boring. I too had a HARD time getting through this. It was a chore. I guess I might have learned quite a bit about restoring a house if I'd actually paid close attention to that drawn out part of the story. Oh, and can't forget the graphic novel descriptions. I found the whole premise of the story - the Janet Hardy mystery to be totally dull and I really couldn't care less what happened so many years before. It was simply drawn out, way out and it got old fast for me.

The characters were 2 dimensional. They all talked alike (as is NR's routine these days in her books), so the character development or personalities didn't come out. Ford was supposed to be a nerd, but talked 'cool' like everyone else. Lots of slang. I'm married to a nerd and have known many. They don't talk like Ford. His speech patterns were not any different than Cilla's. AND CAN SHE POSSIBLY WRITE A BOOK WITH COMPLETE SENTENCES, USING 'the's, 'a's', pronouns, etc??? It is unnatural for everyone in a book to speak like that.

I did like Spock, the dog. He was the best character in the book.

I used to be a huge NR fan. I've read nearly all her books. I think this book will have to be the last one for me. I have tired of her, I guess. She doesn't write the way she used to. Some people will argue that it's natural for her writing to evolve and change, but give me the old great Nora Roberts books. Those were great romances. I, myself, don't care for her new writing style she has adopted.

So, obviously I don't recommend this book and I got it from the library.

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