| Bulls Island (Unabridged) |  | Author: Dorothea Benton Frank
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 Make your wife happy July 14, 2008
My wife love every book by Dorothea Benton Frank. It makes her happy, which is good for me.
 Bull'seye for Bull's Island July 13, 2008
Betts McGee is a successful career woman, working for Triangle Equity in New York City and she and her son Adrian are celebrating his getting into Columbia Uni, when she is instructed to fly to Charleston to settle the firm's claim on some environmentally sensitive land scheduled for a Trump-type housing/sports complex. In addition she has just met Vinny Braggadocio, who comes over as extremely mafioso! How will she face her old flame J. D. Langley who is also interested in the property? However, J. D. has a problematical marriage to deal with as well as alligators and valuable swampland.
I love Dorothea B. F's zestful style, just the book for a desert island - no-one could be miserable after a chapter of Dorothea's work. Her love of the South Carolinan islands and her fascination with character enthrals as ever. Evil is always overcome and right living maintained and there's always a pressing topic binding the plot. I'm sure Dorothea's books are based on her own experiences: the city girl returns to the crumbling dynasty's home, there's always a forbidding matriarch at the back of the family and a kindly, grandfatherly gentleman too weak to put the matriarch in perspective. Then there's a rival woman and a very dear woman-friend and often unthinking youngsters with potential for ultimate good plus an overhanging threat such as commercial greed or pollution or such, all ingredients of a good read by a natural storyteller.
 Not so much June 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I waited a long time for this book, and I am so sorry to say that it just wasn't that great for me. I wanted it to be a wonderful read like all of her other books, but I just couldn't get into it. It was just a very simple read, and I didn't feel the chemistry like I wanted to w/ the characters. I am not going to give up on her, so once again,,, I will wait for her next book, and run out the first day of release and purchase a copy, only this time,, I hope I can give it a better rating/review.
 Dreadful June 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm so glad I didn't buy this book. I have really enjoyed DFB's books in the past. Betts is the snarky main character and throughly dislikable. Maybe every author only has X number of books to write. This was a huge disappointment.
Mindless read June 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Kinda mindless. Just something to read on a beach or if you don't have anything else to read or do......
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