If you are following the life story of five friends right from their days in kindergarten, you expect to be taken gently through their lives, as they face their ups and downs, first as children and later as adults. Whether you live vicariously through them in their successful moments or whether you empathize with them as they go through some hurtful circumstances, you imagine that the book will be a light hearted read, with some gems of wisdom thrown in. But what you don't expect is a book where you are swept from one tragedy to another, till you being to wonder if this is the saddest book in the world.
The story begins with five children joining Atwood School (which is like the Harvard and Yale of kindergarten). These kids are truly lucky because it is believed that those who graduate from Atwood are almost always accepted into the Ivy League colleges and other fine institutions. But in Steel's lexicon, getting a head start in life does not always guarantee success.
We meet the five protagonists, Gabby, Izzie, Sean, Andy and Billy, and after the initial introductions, we are then led into their growing up years, where life happens and they have to cope, whether it is parents divorcing, siblings misbehaving or facing exam pressures. And so, the story ambles along at a steady pace with a few curve balls thrown in.
But suddenly, like a tornado, a spate of tragedies begin and we are hurled right into the middle of one dismal scenario after another. If Steel thought this what was meant by writing an exciting novel, she might need a rethink, because each twist in the book leaves the reader with little desire to read any further.
There are a few touching moments, but even these are few and far between. However, the one redeeming note in the book lies in the message -- of never taking people for granted, holding on to precious friendships, and understanding the sheer brevity of life.
Should you read the book? Yes, if you are fan of Danielle Steel, but no, if you are expecting it to be anything like some of her earliest books that kept you going back for more and more of her stories and never getting enough of them, no matter how many novels she wrote every year.
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