Reviews

Echoes by Danielle Steel

capellacutiexoxo's review against another edition

5.0

4.90 stars. Lol. Just wish a few things had been more concretely resolved by the end but I did love the story.

tomaind's review against another edition

4.0

Out of all of Danielle Steel's recent novels, this is one I really enjoyed. Many years ago when I started reading Danielle Steel, I really loved her books. Her ideas were fresh & new. Now that she has written over 60 novels, I only pick up one of her books for something light & quick to read. I usually end up disappointed because Steel ends up repeating herself throughout the book & you know the story seems like it is recycled from one of her other books. Echoes was an exception. The story of a Catholic boy that falls in love with a Jewish girl during WWI, was finally an interesting story that made me care about the characters. As the story goes into WWII and their daughter (a nun) is sent to a concentration camp, it became even more interesting. This was not her usual romance fluff, but a story that kept me reading to find out what was going to happen next. This was a hint of the Danielle Steel I loved to read so long ago. I think I keep reading Steel's books in the hope of finding the Danielle Steel of old & I certainly did with this one.

cmriley's review against another edition

inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ohbookisme's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

disasterchick's review against another edition

4.0

I haven't read a Danielle Steel novel in a few years. I was surprised to see she had strayed a bit from her formula. I've always liked her WWII stories. I did do this on audio book and the reader was excellent. I saw a review where someone said she repeated herself - I didn't find that to be the case with the audio book. I don't know if it is because I'm Catholic but I really didn't care for everyone thinking Amadea becoming a nun was a waste. If you enjoy Steel's work then you should enjoy this one.

rachaelreads92's review against another edition

3.0

Ok frankly I loved this book, well at least I would have except for one thing. There was no mention of what happened to beta or daphne, which I thought was needed. Otherwise what was the point in most of the first half of the book?

b00kr3vi3ws's review against another edition

4.0

It was a good read.

Its about mixed religion couple - a partner being originally jewish, based during the world war.

abi197's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

laramccune's review against another edition

3.0

I dont know whether I liked this book or not. I think Danielle Steel had a good idea and the storyline was good but it could've been better. She did repeat alot of the same lines over and over again which got very annoying but in the end I guess the book was just okay.

riri_r's review against another edition

2.0

2.5 !
I mean I enjoyed the last 100 or so pages more than the entire book.

The setting is nice and we got to know alot about Amedea and her mother, HOWEVER , we didn't get enough information about the rest . There is also alot of unsolved questions like we didn't know what happened to her mother and sister , if Rupert ever went back on missions , if the kinders returned to their families and so on .
I really like Danielle's other works and I picked this one hoping to get the historical fiction I was hoping for but I was thoroughly disappointed .