Kate blackwell master of the game6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() Yet there’s just so much that brings it down. It’s still a very readable book, and it’s still well ahead of The Other Side of Midnight. ![]() This one, released later in his life, feels a little less than his at his best. ![]() It’s the type of gilded trash melodrama I know very well after reading so many of his books. ![]() Sidney Sheldon’s The Stars Shine Down is the story of ruthless businesswoman Lara Cameron, her rise and fall as she builds a real estate empire and gets entangled with everyone from mob lawyers to piano players. Sheldon has written a lot better, so I don’t recommend this book. Sheldon’s writing style just isn’t suited for pure thrillers, and this exaggerated version of it was even worse.Īlso, the stakes seemed petty (with the wealth of its centerpiece character told more by telling than showing), and the plot was confused with a lot of loose threads and super-quick wrap ups. More importantly, the book tried to be an outright thriller at times instead of a “pop epic” chronicling a tawdry saga of wealth and romance. The prose seemed even more bare-bones than the norm for the author, going from a strength to a weakness. However, this takes things in different directions. Like every single other one of Sheldon’s books, it’s “gilded sleaze” with simple, easy prose. How so? First, the obvious needs to be stated. Sidney Sheldon’s Morning, Noon, and Night is one of his later books, beginning with a ruthless billionaire falling into the sea off of his yacht and dealing with the subsequent power struggle. ![]()
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