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Everything to Gain
by Barbara Taylor Bradford
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Harpercollins (1994)
ISBN: 000224151X
EAN: 9780002241519
Hardcover: 382 pages
SKU: 27323
Condition: New
Comments: THE HARDBACK BOOK! HARPER COLLINS, 1994. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION, STATED SO. HARDCOVER W/GILT LETTERING, DUST JACKET AND PAGES ARE NEW! Rapid shipping w/FREE tracking. GREAT PACKAGING . Air Mail.
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Customer Reviews
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Didn't tide me over
Rating  (1)
Date: 2006-08-05
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
The Hamish Macbeth books on tape weren't available yet at the library, so I took out this book on tape, since I loved Woman of Substance (movie and book) and found Sudden Change of Heart good enough on tape to entertain me during physical exercise and menial labor. I made it almost all the way to the end of cassette 1 out of 11.
Oh my dog, this book is so bad. The adverbs are reminiscent of an old bodice ripper, where you will find such overused and misused gems as irretrievably and irrevocably. This book's first section uses my personal trash-novel favorite: imperceptibly. If the story is told in the first person by Mal, how would she know that the man on the other end of the phone sighed imperceptibly?
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Oh My God....!!!
Rating (1)
Date: 2004-08-11
5 out of 6 customers found this reveiw helpful
I thought this book was so badly written that
a)I couldn't read anymore than the first half
b)I kept laughing outloud
What a load of tosh. I have only ever read one other Barbara Taylor Bradford and the was about 20 years ago, the well known 'Woman Of Substance' and I remember absolutely loving it. I can't say I even liked this one.
The characters are so one dimensional and frankly BORING. The description and the dialogue are saccharine sweet. The way Mal talks about her husband and her marriage and her life in general is so idealistic it made me want to puke.Anyone who thinks this is a good read must have a brain the size of a gnat and haved the mental age of 12.I've written more interesting shopping lists.
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My first Barbara Taylor Bradford Book and my last.
Rating (1)
Date: 2003-11-23
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This was my first Barbara Taylor Bradford Book and it will be my my last.What an absolutely boring book! My grandmother could tell a better story than this. What was Harper Collins thinking about when they published this book? This book was made into a Movie? Good Grief!
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EVERYTHING TO GAIN
Rating  (5)
Date: 2003-11-11
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
From a Mothers point of view this story was a heartbreaking time in the life of someone who had so much going for her. The realism displayed during the grief, depression and months of trying to go on could only be written by someone who was close to the trials Mal went through. I don't think I'll ever forget the song that still rings in my mind that was part of the story. I felt the closure came when the children and her husband appeared in her dream and she was finally able to bury the ashes. I thought this was a good book and movie!
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Don't bother
Rating (1)
Date: 2003-07-04
4 out of 5 customers found this reveiw helpful
I read A Woman of Substance, and liked the book, so when I came across Everything to Gain, by the same author, I expected a good read. I was extremely disappointed. The book was not worth the time. There is nothing to hold your interest - no strong characters or character development, no interesting plot, no sharp writing or snappy dialogue. In short, a waste of time...
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