Echoes

Echoes
By Danielle Steel
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Amazing story. The first half of the story was beautiful and moving. The second half was well-told and confusing. We never finds out what happens to the mother. She’s not important anymore, apparently, even though the first half of the book is her story. In a way, to a certain extent, the whole book is her story. Instead we move onto the daughter. Great name, very pretty. But no idea where she’s coming from! First she’s a nun, then she has to leave the convent but is faithful to her vows. But then she meets a guy, gets distracted, even sleeps with the guy! Once he’s out of the picture, she realizes she really does want to go back to the convent, she really is a nun, etc. Until another guy comes along! Then she changes her mind. Wow, great nun, swayed by the first man to catch her eye. And the second too! It wasn’t believable how she flipped back and forth. And her sleeping with the guy was too much of a shock. These things went against everything we had been told about her character up to that point and even things we were told after! I’m all for shocking the reader, but it can’t come out of left field like that. First half: 9/10, second half: 6/10... So I’ll go with: 8/10