Blue Moon
Author: Luanne Rice
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ISBN: 0670843016
Publisher: Viking Press (September, 1993)
Average Customer Rating: 3 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 2 out of 5
A must for any Luanne Rice fan but
But other then that go for another one of Luanne Rice's books. I enjoyed this one enough, but it was not a favorite of mine. I felt that she jumped around between the charactors quite frequently, never spending enough time with her strongest lead charactor Cass. Sometimes I also felt that the parts where she cut off to what little Josie was thinking were rather odd, and disjointed containing little pertantent information to the story line. Pick up her newest book Dance with Me instead of this one. I guarentee you won't be disappointed.
Rating: 3 out of 5
A great writer!
Well, I have to agree with the other reviewers in this case...this wasn't my favorite of Ms. Rices works. It was a little slow starting up & I felt that there should have been some more character development on certain characters. She brought in this extended family, and then left you wondering what was happening with them, first you see them, now you don't.
She did try to catch you up though, you weren't totally in the dark. I felt that the "main" story, was a great one. It is very interesting to see how people might handle certain situations thrown at them, like a partially-deaf child.
I really enjoyed the last half of the book the most. I think it was worth the read, but still, not up to her best, try: Follow The Stars Home & Stone Heart.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Blue Moon
Being a dedicated LuAnne Rice reader, this was by far my least favorite of her work. (I own all but her 2 earliest books and have enjoyed each of them.) Blue Moon appears to me to be her attempt to attract a broader range of readers, including those who are looking for more sexual content in their books. Having nothing against sexuality in literature, I just wish Luanne would stick with what she does best and leave the erotica to those authors who are known for that type of work. The sexual scenes involving the 2 teenage girls as well as some of the language used to describe a few of the intimate moments between Cass and Billy were disappointing. I was not only disappointed with the borderline vulgarity, but also felt it distracted from what could have been one of her better stories. In her efforts to include the sexual content, a few of the characters who had so much potential with LuAnne's talent, were just left to die on the vine. I hope this is not an example of LuAnne's "New Look".
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