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Message from Nam by Danielle Steel

rezifunk's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional funny informative medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

marygbookshelf's review against another edition

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4.0

Like Zoya, this book spans over time. Another one of Danielle Steel's novel that I enjoy because I get to tag along as the protagonist grows into each experience.

nahshh's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

svmitche's review against another edition

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5.0

So bad it's good... A teenage-years favourite, it's a good story but not particularly well-written...

dancingandtwirling's review against another edition

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4.0

"...Remember, friends. . .
Remember. . .
the boys who died,
who lived,
who cried,
The boys
who fought
in Nam. "

This is Danielle Steel at her best,Danielle's earlier novels are much better written and have well-developed plots and characters. Message from Nam is proof of this.
It's November 1963 and Paxton Andrews is a senior in her Savannah high school. Her mother wants her to attend Sweet Briar College. But Paxton has other ideas about where she want to go to college. Choosing the University of California, Berkeley, she moves to California and starts a new life as a journalism student.

Over the next few years, Paxton experiences the turbulence of the late 60s -- the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, and the Vietnam conflict. After the death of her fiance, Peter, she starts working at his father's newspaper. At her request, she is sent to Vietnam to find out what is going on there.
This book isn't a romance or a silly easy beach read, Message from Nam is an eloquent and really well researched book

tcole7's review against another edition

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5.0

My heart broke for Paxton while reading this book. She suffered much more than one should and yet she remained strong. One of mine I've read more than once.

rustedanchor's review against another edition

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5.0

Having been in Iraq reading and remembering what Vietnam was like was difficult. Even towards the end when Clark was mentioned and I just looked at it and remembered my time there in 2005. And the USS Blue Ridge were my husband did a tour.

I am reading all of Danielle Steels novels in order of publication. This one was published in 1990 and is the 26th book I have read by her. For me it was harder to read then others that have more tigger warning for things like SA. It was written well with lots of historical accuracies that made the characters more relatable.

coleridgegirl's review against another edition

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5.0

My husband has drawn my attention to the cliches and stereotypes in this book. I read it when I was like 12 and was obsessed with the 60s. Please understand that this is my 12-year-old self’s rating (and basically same for any other Danielle Steel books since I haven’t read anything of hers since around 2000).

amy_the_dreamer's review against another edition

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4.0

De eerste 100 of zo pagina’s zijn wat traag, dan gaat het vooral over haar studie. Daarna wordt het wel erg interessant, vooral de manier waarop Paxton naar Vietnam en de oorlog kijkt.

jeti33's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0