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“A good read - made me want to read the sequels when they came out.”
shazp4 wrote this review Monday, November 2 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“one of my favorites in my 20's”
Susan J wrote this review Wednesday, October 21 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Oh so deliciously dirty. My, my, Miss Collins!”
Elizabeth T wrote this review Saturday, October 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Man, the first time I read Jackie...what a "mark" she left in my reading world. This book was over the top back in the day...I loved 'em.”
ClubReader wrote this review Friday, August 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“i didn't particularly like the start of it... but as the story progressed, it became gripping...... loved the ending... on the whole, nice...... i was so sad when Maria and Marco died..... but guess that made the entire revenge thing more powerful..... ”
sukriti wrote this review Tuesday, October 14 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“very good book!”
DeShanie wrote this review Monday, October 6 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This book was a pleasant surprise for me. I was shopping at Books are Fun when they came to my work and needed another book, so I picked it up. I have never read a Jackie Collins book, so I had no idea what her writing was like. I really loved this book. It is a long book, but it is so good, you want it to go on forever. I immediately went out and bought all the books in that series.”
Millie M wrote this review Thursday, July 31 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“If I could give Chances more than five stars I would! Chances is the first Jackie Collins book that I have ever read and I think that I started with the right one.
dee~kay~tee wrote this review Monday, February 25 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Chances takes you from 1913 all the way up to 1979 in a tale that begins with Gino Santagelo the infamous mob boss and his rise to power. Gino came from very humble begings, an abusive father, a mother who abandoned him at the sage of five and a damageing stint in a juvinle detention center yet managed to work his way up to owning two of the most successful hotel & casinos in Las Vegas. But once Gino is force into exile his duaghter the beautiful Lucky Santangelo takes over the family business and makes a name for herself as one of the most powerful women in Las Vegas. And lets not forget the story of Carrie and her son Steven. Carrie was forced into prostitution at a very young age and lived a life filled with drugs and alcohol that took her from various whorehouses to running a very successful one of her own, until the birth of her son Steven that is, when she managed to find a better life for her and her son.
This was a brilliantly written story, however, while the chapters that focused on Gino may have been more exciting, Carrie's story was really superbly written. This book is really a great lead in to the second installment of this series 'LUCKY' which I plan to begin reading right away. I give Chances 6 Stars!
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