Malice

This was the aftermath of the Danielle Steel "Golden Age" where her books really were page turners and became recycled drivel.

This book, along with Vanished and a few others, seemed to be recreations of other books or films from this period of Steel's writing. Gone are her usual tropes of page turners and have become page boredoms. This one in particular was eerily reminiscent of Tracy Whitney from Sidney Sheldon's If Tomorrow Comes, which is a far superior book I might add. Like If Tomorrow Comes, the main protagonist's mother is dead, and somebody is out to get the surviving daughter. There's secrets, prison, and other events to bring us to this tidy ending. The only difference is that Tracy goes somewhere in her book while the show more protagonist in this one hangs in the same place we found her.

Skip this one. Thank GOD they didn't make a film out of this. show less

Heftig.....weer een heel heftig verhaal van Danielle Steel.
Iedere keer als je denkt dat Grace het geluk gevonden heeft gebeuren er vreselijke dingen.Dit zorgt ervoor dat het boek je van begin tot het einde in zijn greep houd.

I loved this book a lot and I love Danielle Steele, however in this book, I was a little disappointed. I thought the book was culturally insensitive for example, black people were only placed in jail and another black person was a really bad guy. I did not see reason why Danielle Steee felt the need to be specific about race at scenes that were depicting bad people. She did not place black people anywhere other than jail and street. I thought that was very insensitive, but in general the book is a must read.

Seventeen year old Grace Adams on the day of her mother's funeral is attacked, but this isn't the first time she's been attacked by this person, and her struggle leads to drastic measures that land her in jail. After her years spent in jail, she can not get away from the disturbing night of her mothers funeral, and the past struggles seem to follow her everywhere she goes. When the whole world seems against Grace she meets Charlie Mackenzie and live seems to take a turn for the better, but will her past destroy her future?

I really thought I was going to LOVE this book from Danielle Steel because from reading the synopsis it sounded completly different then the typical love stories that i have read by her. It seemed darker, more show more disturbing, and less focused on the aspect of love. As disturbing as this story was, i think it sensationalized all the struggles she went through. If it had focused on the main problem in the story i think it would have been portrayed in a better way. It got to a point where it seemed unbelievable that she was going through another problem. She couldn't even overcome one issue without another issue arising out of nowhere, and that for me made the story lose its impact. As im sure tragedy like this can occur, i just didn't feel the story was very believable.

The characters on the other hand i really enjoyed. Grace Adams was such a strong, compassionate and lovable character and you really felt her pain and empathized with her. I think she overcome some really tragic and tough obstacles, and it made me think of what i would have done in her shoes, and if i would have had the strength to overcome all that she did.

Overall, i think this book is worth checking out, it is different from any other Danielle Steel novel i've read, and while i couldn't put it down because i wanted to know what happened to Grace, the story just overwhelmed me with tragedy overload. show less

Grace Adams is a woman with a past full of deep, dark, hurtful secrets. A stunning beauty, daughter of an influential lawyer, she has spent the last years nursing her dying mother through her final battle with cancer. On the night of her mother's funeral, she is brutally raped by her father and, after years of such repeated abuse, she snaps and kills him.

Only 17 years old, she faces the death penalty in a town that is only too willing to believe in and continually perpetrate the supposedly perfect reputation of her father, even if it means prison for Grace. After her release two years later, she tries to pick up the pieces of her life. Eventually, she falls in love with and marries Charles Mackenzie, an up-and-coming politician and show more they start a family together.

During an important campaign, a tabloid releases the sordid story of Grace's past as well as several explicit photos of Grace taken while she was drugged. This leaves their family reeling; with Charles's campaign in shambles and Grace's life crumbling around her. I really enjoyed this book. It was a departure from Danielle Steel's other work and I give it an A+! show less

Malice by Danielle Steel
This book is a bit difficult to read because of all the abuse. Her life is troubled when her mother forces her to have sex with her father.
After the mother dies she attacks him and ends up in prison. Love hearing of the charity work she does for others through the years and how
she is able to get over her past and have a love relationship with a special male.
Others do find out about her past ...
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).

I could not put this book down! I was in live with it as son as I read the 1st page. Every time I turned a page there was another surprise! It was a page turner!