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Liked It “This is unlike the sappy romance novels that Steel usually puts out. This is more of a who-done-it mystery novel, and for the most part, it's an intriguing page turner. |
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“This is unlike the sappy romance novels that Steel usually puts out. This is more of a who-done-it mystery novel, and for the most part, it's an intriguing page turner.
Niranjan Shanmuganathan wrote this review Tuesday, December 13, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
The main character in this story is Marielle, a woman in her thirties who has been through alot in her life. She was married at 18, had a son at 21, got pregnant again, and lost both her son and her unborn child through a freak accident. Her husband (Charles) flipped out, and in a burst of rage, assaults her. She is committed to a mental hospital for over two years in order to get over the trauma. It is during this time that Marielle divorces Charles and leaves Europe for America, where she meets an older man named Malcolm and basically becomes his trophy wife, as well as a womb to carry the baby that he wants so badly. After a great amount of agony and struggle, Marielle becomes pregnant and gives birth to Malcolm's son, Teddy.
Several years after they last spoke, Charles and Marielle accidently run into each other again on the anniversary of their son's accidental death, and old emotional wounds are re-opened. Charles is resentful that Marielle has since moved on, re-married, and had another child. Teddy subsequently turns up missing, and everyone suspects that Charles kidnapped him in a fit of jealous rage.
The first 75% of this book is a page-turner. Then after that, it begins to lag. In the story, Charles is put on trial for Teddy's kidnapping, but the trial turns into a pointless waste of time. It's just a bunch of worthless fingerpointing about who is having an affair with whom, and whether or not Marielle is an un-fit mother; none of which has anything to do with kidnapping. The real meat of the story's mystery is solved too quickly at the end, and it doesn't justify the fact that the reader is forced to endure over a hundred pages of useless storyline to get there.
Regardless, this book will keep you entertained. A classic piece of literature it is not, but it's still quite enjoyable.”
“3 STARS Went through a romantic phase where I read all the Danielle Steel I could get my hands on. So sad now...lol.”
Kris wrote this review Monday, November 14, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I found it a really good mystery.”
Kaitlyn E wrote this review Monday, October 3, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Vanished tells the story of a man and woman faced with an almost unthinkable tragedy--the mysterious abduction of their son. In the late 1930s, in the shadow of the Lindbergh kidnapping, and as war looms in Europe, Marielle Patterson shares and elegant Manhattan brownstone with her husband, Malcolm, and their little boy, Teddy. Though the couple's lives are filled with secrets, Marielle is a devoted wife and mother, and Malcolm is a man everyone admires. On the eve of Teddy's disappearance, Marielle runs into her first love, American expatriate Charles Delauney. And when Teddy is kidnapped, Charles is first blamed, then arrested. But as the search for Teddy widens, even Marielle is scrutinized by the FBI and special agent John Taylor. Suspicions and accusations mingle with terror and heartbreak as every threat, every failure, every fear, is remembered, examined, explored. During Charles Delauney's trial, a series of revalations begins to unravel the about Marielle, Charles, and Malcolm, uncovering the motives and passions controlling their lives. Vanished is a tale of guilt, desire, suspense, and of people drawn inexorably together, seeking the child who... vanished.”
artsylady wrote this review Tuesday, September 27, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I really liked this book.”
shelly wrote this review Sunday, September 11, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I loved this book! I read it in one day. I loved how we got to see the background of the main character, & that she had a happy ending.
Alix H wrote this review Sunday, June 19, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I thought that the ending was a bit.... odd? But at the same token, I'm pleased that the kidnappers were properly punished.”
“Very good”
Deb L wrote this review Sunday, January 23, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This was slow at first but got better as it continued. ”
Kevin L wrote this review Tuesday, December 14, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“I read a bunch of her books a LONG time ago...”
Chelsea B wrote this review Wednesday, August 25, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i love most of Danielle Steel's book..and i've been collecting her previous books in quite some time.. adult stories sometimes too much suspense, and vanished is a tale of guilt, desire, and people drawn inexorably together, seeking the child who vanished in front of her own eyes..i cant imagine that..that's when she put too much blame on her ex-husband..although there was time it really made me think how horrible her ex-husband abused her because of the lost of their 1st child and later on she lost the 2nd one,unborn..infact, after all he did to her, i really think that how clever her ex acting innocent, pretending that he was not the one doing the kidnapping..but he really is not! it turns out that Malcolm is the mastermind behind Teddy's abduction..and he was such a horrible husband in the end..
Darlyn wrote this review Thursday, June 10, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
i think it's a good read..usually, her books are a lot nicer than this one..but it never makes me stop to read her other books!”
