About this title: One of Sidney Sheldon's most popular and bestselling titles, repackaged and reissued for a new generation of fans. Kate Blackwell is one of the richest and most powerful women in the world. She is an enigma, a woman surrounded by a thousand unanswered questions. Her father was a diamond prospector who struck it rich beyond his wildest dreams. Her ...
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""Master of the Game" is my first Sidney Sheldon novel. I totally enjoyed reading the book. I particularly liked the beginning of the book because it was fast paced but the ending got me a little disappointed. Maybe I was expecting for a better finale. Also, I can relate to Tony Blackwell's grief since my own mother is very much like Kate Blackwell. I'm looking forward to read more books of Sidney Sheldon.
"i got this book and mutant message down under back when i was 15 or so from a friend. i traded her 'the stand' and another book for these two.
i remembered mmdu and thought of it as a book that opened up my ideas of life and fell back on the idea of that book as a building block for my future. whatever the hell that means.
but, i couldnt recall this book. and i thought that this book changed me in a similar way. fast forward about 13 years and i find that lady again via the internet, my main goal is to find out what the name of this book was because the idea of it had tormented me for at least 9 years.
after awhile she remembered and i quickly got the book and read it. again.
well, i was wrong about the idea of change that this book filled my life with. really, i only recalled the first 40 pages or so where the story had hope of a life that wasnt meant for you. and that was what i carried with me. but then the book devolved.
quickly. and it culminated in forced anal sex in the realms of the super rich / other ridiculousness. it was a very bad book. when i finished it the second time, i promptly took it out to the firepit and burned the book.
what i learned from this book is how impressionable kids are, how impressionable i was. all i wanted as a kid was the idea of adventure and hope that one day i could get the hell out of the life that i was given. well, i succeeded in that. and in that success i appreciate the fuel that this book gave me when i was younger, but really this is a bad book that no one should ever read again."
"I know what you're thinking. "How can you possibly rate this soap opera of a novel as highly as The Bell Jar?! You have lost all credibility now that you've included pseudo-romance novels on your goodreads list!"
All I can say is, this book is the literary equivalent of crack.
Sidney Sheldon is a surprisingly talented writer, and the plot twists are many and dramatic. You might throw your copy against a wall in frustration over a character's actions. You will definitely lose sleep when you obsessively stay up all night reading "just one more chapter..." It's just addicting. A definite beach book, but not so trashy that you'd feel guilty reading it in public. In fact, you might even read it more than once.
I have recommended Master of The Game to all kinds of readers and everyone has adored it. Even macho guys. Even snobby scholars. Even so-called nonreaders who never venture further than Us Weekly. I was finally able to wean my grandma off Lavyrle Spencer with this. A hipster friend braved ridicule at Skylight books so she could buy her own copy (because of course I demanded mine back). My sister bought the German translation because she misses it while living in Europe.
Ok, so maybe this isn't exactly on par with Salinger. But if the definition of a good book is one you love reading, this comes pretty close."
"This is one of my favorite books of all time from the MASTER STORYTELLER! Great plot, original & deep. I read this book years ago & it remains one of my favorites ever! No one can write 'em like Sheldon could!"
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