Sleeping Tiger 
asked by potato on November 2, 2006 12:30 AM
When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people's lives and loves, tenderly laid open for us....Whenever Selina asked about her late father, the grandmother who raised her changed the subject. The chance discovery of a photograph gave Selina hope that he was still alive and sent her searching for him on a small Spanish island. In this lush paradise, Selina found George Dyer, a writer who would help her solve the mystery of her past....and might hold the key to her future.
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I recently came upon eight Pilcher novels - older ones - that I had not known existed. Was I overjoyed? Absolutely! I left the bookstore having bought all eight and couldn't wait to crack one open that evening. I began with Sleeping Tiger and felt Selena's pain at not knowing who her father was. Her daring pursuit in search of the man she believed "could" be her father took me along with her almost as her protectress. Was the man she found a disappointment? He was to me. Not until the very end did he attempt to "make something of himself" and I'm sure in no small part because of Selena. I was VERY relieved when ol' Rodney took a hike out of Selena's life. I won't spoil the ending for anyone that's planning to read Sleeping Tiger but I think it went according design. In my opinion, anything Ms. Pilcher turns out is GREAT.!
reviewed by bestseller on November 27, 2006 6:23 PM
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I really like Pilcher but this book is... bad, there's no other word. The characters simply don't stand up. We begin with interaction between Selina and her fiancý and right away, we wonder why on earth he should be his fiancý and never get a valid answer.
Selina gets on my nerves with her lack of character, her stubbornness, helplesness and lack of personality. George Dyer acts like a jerk. We never get to understand how they can ever become attracted to each other when they're presented to us as both so annoying. Maybe that's the key: they'll make a perfectly annoying pair.
An ordinary, clumsily written book that doesn't do any justice to the author of The shell seekers.
Selina gets on my nerves with her lack of character, her stubbornness, helplesness and lack of personality. George Dyer acts like a jerk. We never get to understand how they can ever become attracted to each other when they're presented to us as both so annoying. Maybe that's the key: they'll make a perfectly annoying pair.
An ordinary, clumsily written book that doesn't do any justice to the author of The shell seekers.
reviewed by jrivera on November 28, 2006 2:15 AM
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I enjoyed getting to know Selina & George. I did not want the book to end!
reviewed by advisor on November 29, 2006 4:51 PM
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This was actually one of my favorite Rosamunde Pilcher books. I certainly agree that it's not quite on a par with The Shell Seekers, which is one of my favorite novels of all time. This novel does lack some flow, but has some great, funny scenes. My favorite is the one when George walks in and finds Selina in his house and the conversation that ensues before she tells him she thinks he may be her father. If you're a Rosamunde Pilcher fan, (and even if you haven't "met" her yet) this is worth reading.
reviewed by pits on November 29, 2006 6:10 PM