Reviews for Rogue

The average rating for Rogue based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-10-21 00:00:00 Noel Ch This was one the books I had to read for my adult materials and services classes. I had to read books from genres I usually didn't read from in my leisure. So... Maxine was married to Blake, which dissolved when she found he was more devoted to his work than he was his family. Years later, she finds love with Dr. Charles West, whom she plans to marry. When Blake reappears in her life again, he seems to be a changed man, especially when he wants her to assist the survivors of a natural disaster(!) Blake offers her adventure, while Charles offers her stability. The ending is contrived and a true cop-out- after creating a nearly three hundred pages of mildly interesting characterization, it only takes two chapters for one character to completely change face. The reader may feel cheated when reading this book- the author forces a happy ending that is both unwarranted and illogical. Spoiler Alert! Charles turns out to be a dick (but with little explanation), leaves Maxine at the alter in her wedding dress, and so she decides, "WTF, I'll just marry the ex since instead." The kids are all like "Yay!" A perfect Lifetime ending. Now I know why I will never, ever read another of her books. Bleh.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-10 00:00:00 DEREK PELOQUIN OMG If this is what Danielle Steel books are like usually, why do people bother? Crap, total crap. Either that or her editor was drinking a lot. Steel writes over and over that Maxine is a psychiatrist dedicated to her kids and career, a real homebody. Her ex earned a fortune in the dot.com boom, got out in time and made a bigger fortune. He wanted to enjoy it and go gallavanting around the world. Dedicated doctor stayed dedicated to career and kids (Can we say repetitive?). She divorced him. They're still friends though. She meets new guy, a doctor, who does like her dedication to her career but not to her kids. Meanwhile husband gets stuck in a Moroccan earthquake and finds a calling helping orphans. Max leaves new beau to help ex help orphans a week before her wedding. Guess who the dedicated doc ends up with? This was trash, not lovely romantic "trash," but badly written, forgettable drivel. I finished because it was like watching a car wreck. You know it's bad but you don't believe how bad til the car looks like an accordion.