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Stephanie had a rat for a husband. But after 13 years of marriage and two kids, she was devastated when he left her for a younger woman. Suddenly Stephanie was alone. And after months of trying to find a little romance on New York's wild singles circuit, she was ready to give up, reconciled to just raising her two great, but outspoken, kids. Then a spur-of-the-moment trip to Paris changed everything.
She met him on the Left Bank. Peter Baker was a marvelously handsome high-tech entrepreneur also visiting the city. Stephanie was certain it couldn't possibly work. Peter was just too perfect. But much to her amazement, he contacted her when they returned to New York. And at the Long Island rental cottage she shared with her kids, Stephanie embarked on a bizarre and hilarious adventure beyond her wildest dreams.
Shy, serious Peter, chairman of a bionic enterprise, was supposed to be away on business. Instead, he's standing at her door, wearing day-glo satin and rhinestones. Naturally, Stephanie thinks it's a joke--until the truth suddenly this isn't Peter playing a role. This is his double! Calling himself Paul Klone, this wild, uninhibited creature isn't even remotely like Peter except for his identically sexy good looks. This uproarious novel explores the outrageous love triangle that develops between Stephanie, Peter...and the Klone.
In a wickedly funny, right-on-target look at finding the perfect mate in an imperfect world, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel reveals insights into the human heart that have made her novels #1 bestsellers around the world.
She met him on the Left Bank. Peter Baker was a marvelously handsome high-tech entrepreneur also visiting the city. Stephanie was certain it couldn't possibly work. Peter was just too perfect. But much to her amazement, he contacted her when they returned to New York. And at the Long Island rental cottage she shared with her kids, Stephanie embarked on a bizarre and hilarious adventure beyond her wildest dreams.
Shy, serious Peter, chairman of a bionic enterprise, was supposed to be away on business. Instead, he's standing at her door, wearing day-glo satin and rhinestones. Naturally, Stephanie thinks it's a joke--until the truth suddenly this isn't Peter playing a role. This is his double! Calling himself Paul Klone, this wild, uninhibited creature isn't even remotely like Peter except for his identically sexy good looks. This uproarious novel explores the outrageous love triangle that develops between Stephanie, Peter...and the Klone.
In a wickedly funny, right-on-target look at finding the perfect mate in an imperfect world, bestselling novelist Danielle Steel reveals insights into the human heart that have made her novels #1 bestsellers around the world.
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911 books16.8k followersDanielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's bestselling authors, with almost a billion copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include All That Glitters, Royal, Daddy's Girls, The Wedding Dress, The Numbers Game, Moral Compass, Spy, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; Expect a Miracle, a book of her favorite quotations for inspiration and comfort; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.
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June 4, 2018
I used to read Danielle Steel when I was 13 and 14. By 15, I was onto her and over her. She wrote very formulaically and she was also a dork, the latter being less forgivable to a highschool sophomore.
While on my honeymoon in Costa Rica, I ran out of books to read. I blasted through my books during my flights and layovers and early mornings when I couldn't sleep and he could. We visited a coffee shop we loved several times while in La Fortuna and they had a free bin of books. Josh was feeling a little deprived of the Olympics while we were gone and they had a television playing coverage constantly, so while he watched highlights of the mens basketball team, I read The Klone and I. I knew it would be bad, but I was hoping for a little flash of what I used to enjoy. And maybe a threesome between the heroine, her lover and his clone. Something entertaining like that!
This book is ridiculous, but I feel ridiculous typing such an obvious statement. Bits of the same old formula gave me momentary bits of nostalgia (Hey New Yorkers, is the restaurant 21 the place to see and be seen? Her characters' lovers have been taking them there to show off for years.) This woman had to lose what she thought she would always have and then, once she'd given up on ever finding love again, find an even better love. Check, check, check! Then she had to resist the hell out of him. I finally read between her lines, now that I'm an adult, that it reads a little creepy when she does this. But the lady always figures out that she does want, no NEED the man.
Once she lets her guard down and accepts it, the klone shows up. Her beau, who works in bionics and drives a Jaguar and wears white jeans and Gucci loafers, has developed a klone of himself and sweetly sends him in his place while he's on business. A klone is apparently an android of some sort, with wires in his neck but real human flesh, somehow kept alive despite a lack of a heartbeat, even while his head is taken off during his downtime. (She has obviously never read sci-fi.) The problem (or the bonus) is that this klone's kinks have not been worked out. The real man acts like Cousin Larry and the clone acts like Balki Bartokomous, should Balki ever wear skin tight, lime green Versace pants and a black mesh shirt with a diamond peace sign necklace, made especially for him by Cartier. The clone is a slippery little devil, taking his master's American Express card and going nuts--buying her rubies, buying himself leopard print g-strings and having the silver Jaguar painted yellow with red wheels. This guy is out of control! But he brings out her wild side, impresses her children and falls in love with her, causing her pause about which "man" she really should be with. He knows he's in love because his neck wires hurt.
Here is why Danielle Steel is a dork, if I haven't convinced you by now. She tries to portray both "men" as great lovers, with the real man being more tender and naturally sexy but the clone being outright kinky and dangerous in the sack. She is so vanilla, though, that the only kinkiness she can muster is acrobatic in nature. The first time she and the klone "do it," he surprises her with a move called The Double Flip. Mid-coitus, they tumble through the air, defying gravity, with him landing on his back and her neatly on top. Her beau, calling to check in, is very upset about this dangerous stunt, telling her that if he suggests The Triple Flip or Quadruple Flip, she needs to say no! It's too dangerous! He's jealous, of course, but he continues to send the klone when he's on business because she can't be expected to live without him for 2 weeks while he's gone. She does not resist the Triple, or the Quadruple flip, though. Oh no. They do it every night, all night. Such ecstacy! Flip, flip, flip! Tumble, fly! SOAR! Crash! Come on, Danielle! This is not erotic. Just have him stick a finger in her asshole, or something!
I will not spoil the ending for you. You're welcome. When I got to the ending, I hated myself, but every reader is different!
Which lover would you choose?
While on my honeymoon in Costa Rica, I ran out of books to read. I blasted through my books during my flights and layovers and early mornings when I couldn't sleep and he could. We visited a coffee shop we loved several times while in La Fortuna and they had a free bin of books. Josh was feeling a little deprived of the Olympics while we were gone and they had a television playing coverage constantly, so while he watched highlights of the mens basketball team, I read The Klone and I. I knew it would be bad, but I was hoping for a little flash of what I used to enjoy. And maybe a threesome between the heroine, her lover and his clone. Something entertaining like that!
This book is ridiculous, but I feel ridiculous typing such an obvious statement. Bits of the same old formula gave me momentary bits of nostalgia (Hey New Yorkers, is the restaurant 21 the place to see and be seen? Her characters' lovers have been taking them there to show off for years.) This woman had to lose what she thought she would always have and then, once she'd given up on ever finding love again, find an even better love. Check, check, check! Then she had to resist the hell out of him. I finally read between her lines, now that I'm an adult, that it reads a little creepy when she does this. But the lady always figures out that she does want, no NEED the man.
Once she lets her guard down and accepts it, the klone shows up. Her beau, who works in bionics and drives a Jaguar and wears white jeans and Gucci loafers, has developed a klone of himself and sweetly sends him in his place while he's on business. A klone is apparently an android of some sort, with wires in his neck but real human flesh, somehow kept alive despite a lack of a heartbeat, even while his head is taken off during his downtime. (She has obviously never read sci-fi.) The problem (or the bonus) is that this klone's kinks have not been worked out. The real man acts like Cousin Larry and the clone acts like Balki Bartokomous, should Balki ever wear skin tight, lime green Versace pants and a black mesh shirt with a diamond peace sign necklace, made especially for him by Cartier. The clone is a slippery little devil, taking his master's American Express card and going nuts--buying her rubies, buying himself leopard print g-strings and having the silver Jaguar painted yellow with red wheels. This guy is out of control! But he brings out her wild side, impresses her children and falls in love with her, causing her pause about which "man" she really should be with. He knows he's in love because his neck wires hurt.
Here is why Danielle Steel is a dork, if I haven't convinced you by now. She tries to portray both "men" as great lovers, with the real man being more tender and naturally sexy but the clone being outright kinky and dangerous in the sack. She is so vanilla, though, that the only kinkiness she can muster is acrobatic in nature. The first time she and the klone "do it," he surprises her with a move called The Double Flip. Mid-coitus, they tumble through the air, defying gravity, with him landing on his back and her neatly on top. Her beau, calling to check in, is very upset about this dangerous stunt, telling her that if he suggests The Triple Flip or Quadruple Flip, she needs to say no! It's too dangerous! He's jealous, of course, but he continues to send the klone when he's on business because she can't be expected to live without him for 2 weeks while he's gone. She does not resist the Triple, or the Quadruple flip, though. Oh no. They do it every night, all night. Such ecstacy! Flip, flip, flip! Tumble, fly! SOAR! Crash! Come on, Danielle! This is not erotic. Just have him stick a finger in her asshole, or something!
I will not spoil the ending for you. You're welcome. When I got to the ending, I hated myself, but every reader is different!
Which lover would you choose?
October 4, 2009
This book was the reason I quit reading Danielle Steel. It was one of the worst books I have ever read. It seemed like a book she just wrote to meet a deadline. Terrible...
May 21, 2013
Absolute rubbish. So bad. I do enjoy a DS book normally and I don't expect genious. I purchase almost all of my books from a charity organisation, of which most get returned for re-sale. They will make another couple of dollars. This is the only positive out of this reading and cringeworthy experience. Therefore, as a person having just read this book and with only my fellow readers interest at heart, I would like to leave this review hoping that I have wholeheartedly and thoroughly convinced you all NOT to read this book! Absolute rubbish. So bad. (It's not my nature to be harsh by the way!!).
November 16, 2018
To start with, I read this book back when I was a little younger than I am now and to be honest, I never understood what was happening. That is the reason why it took me this long to pick it back up because for some strange reason I could pick it up again. I am however, glad I did this time, it was a good story, it was funny and sexy and a great read. Despite what all the reviews say I enjoyed it. Now I'm not insinuating that your opinions are wrong just that I enjoyed it very much and I respect that you all have different views and opinions of stories to me.
I hope, in turn, you will respect the opinion I have of this book.
I hope, in turn, you will respect the opinion I have of this book.
July 19, 2019
was this book flaming garbage? yes! did i have fun? absolutely!
the main takeaway here is that danielle steel knows nothing about technology whatsoever, spells clone with a "k" for no reason, and thinks that clones are synonymous with robots. oh, also, she's obsessed with them doing some sort of double/triple/quadruple flip move in the bedroom that LITERALLY INVOLVES BOTH PARTIES SOMERSAULTING IN MIDAIR. IT'S INSANE!!! AND SHE MENTIONS IT EVERY TWO PAGES!!!
anyway, i'm glad this is the danielle steel book i ended up reading. what an absolutely bonkers ride!
the main takeaway here is that danielle steel knows nothing about technology whatsoever, spells clone with a "k" for no reason, and thinks that clones are synonymous with robots. oh, also, she's obsessed with them doing some sort of double/triple/quadruple flip move in the bedroom that LITERALLY INVOLVES BOTH PARTIES SOMERSAULTING IN MIDAIR. IT'S INSANE!!! AND SHE MENTIONS IT EVERY TWO PAGES!!!
anyway, i'm glad this is the danielle steel book i ended up reading. what an absolutely bonkers ride!
November 6, 2013
This is a joke -- right?
Please tell it's a joke. It must be.
It's Danielle Steel trying to write a humorous romance, and, as such, may make you cry more than her normal romance novels.
First, so far as I can tell, it's making fun of "chick lit." It starts out with the standard situation:
After years of marriage and 2.4 children, the husband wants a divorce.
She puts in a lot of dumb details such as blaming it on wearing flannel pajamas, and claiming he was always her best friend, and now she doesn't even know him.
It took me a while to figure out that's all part of the joke. From reading some of the reviews on Amazon, it's clear others didn't figure out nothing in the entire book is meant to be taken seriously.
Anyway, of course the next step after the divorce is to fall in love with a romance stranger. But he's president of a biotech company working on a mixture of clones and androids (or, quite possibly, Steel doesn't understand the difference, or pretends not to for the joke of it).
He sends his "klone" over to the woman, and the klone turns out to be a lot more fun and much better in bed. He's physically able to flip them over many times, and that's a running joke.
All I can say is, I'm glad this wasn't the first Steel book I ever read, or I'd have a totally different picture of her work.
If you've never read her before, this is NOT the book to start with.
It's the book to read only after you've read every other novel written by Ms. Steel, and you're such an obsessive personality you insist on read this just so you can say you've read them all.
Until then, don't bother.
Please tell it's a joke. It must be.
It's Danielle Steel trying to write a humorous romance, and, as such, may make you cry more than her normal romance novels.
First, so far as I can tell, it's making fun of "chick lit." It starts out with the standard situation:
After years of marriage and 2.4 children, the husband wants a divorce.
She puts in a lot of dumb details such as blaming it on wearing flannel pajamas, and claiming he was always her best friend, and now she doesn't even know him.
It took me a while to figure out that's all part of the joke. From reading some of the reviews on Amazon, it's clear others didn't figure out nothing in the entire book is meant to be taken seriously.
Anyway, of course the next step after the divorce is to fall in love with a romance stranger. But he's president of a biotech company working on a mixture of clones and androids (or, quite possibly, Steel doesn't understand the difference, or pretends not to for the joke of it).
He sends his "klone" over to the woman, and the klone turns out to be a lot more fun and much better in bed. He's physically able to flip them over many times, and that's a running joke.
All I can say is, I'm glad this wasn't the first Steel book I ever read, or I'd have a totally different picture of her work.
If you've never read her before, this is NOT the book to start with.
It's the book to read only after you've read every other novel written by Ms. Steel, and you're such an obsessive personality you insist on read this just so you can say you've read them all.
Until then, don't bother.
August 28, 2014
A lot of reviewers consider this to be Danielle Steel's worst book. And by "worst" I believe what they really mean is "best." At least that's how I'm interpreting it, and I'm sticking to it. This book is freaking hilarious. How can you not love a book where the love interest is a clone who dresses like he's just raided Liberace's closet and engages in mind blowing quadruple flip hot sex? (And yes, he supposedly is heterosexual!) I never thought I'd give a Danielle Steel book anything over two stars, but damn, this book is the funniest thing I've read in a long time -- and no, I'm not being ironic, it's supposed to be funny. I think I have a new found respect for Danielle Steel. Wait, did I really just admit to that, publicly???.....
September 17, 2008
This is the book that ended my interest in Steele. I did not enjoy it.
August 18, 2014
What a lovely book ... I was surprised that Danielle really has a great sense of humor ... the book is so funny .. actually it is the funniest book I have read eveeer :D
when I read the summary I thought the idea is so silly but it really amazed me ..
the novel is a little bit old from the ninety I found it at the old books store and I was very lucky to have such a great book ...
Stephanie the main character I liked her so much she is so cute and funny ... I couldn't stop laughing at her hilarious comments ...
I really have fun reading The Klone and I ...
It is funny and easy read ... You should read it ...
when I read the summary I thought the idea is so silly but it really amazed me ..
the novel is a little bit old from the ninety I found it at the old books store and I was very lucky to have such a great book ...
Stephanie the main character I liked her so much she is so cute and funny ... I couldn't stop laughing at her hilarious comments ...
I really have fun reading The Klone and I ...
It is funny and easy read ... You should read it ...
April 30, 2023
Resumen fácil y sencillo:
No te preocupes por mi viaje. Tengo una sorpresa, ni si quiera te acordarás de mi. Ya verás. No estarás sola ni un minuto.
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No revelo lo peor porque me da hasta vergüenza hablar de ello.
Es que ni queriendo ser sátira o comedia se salva. Solo puedo agradecer que fuera corto,,
No te preocupes por mi viaje. Tengo una sorpresa, ni si quiera te acordarás de mi. Ya verás. No estarás sola ni un minuto.
...
No revelo lo peor porque me da hasta vergüenza hablar de ello.
Es que ni queriendo ser sátira o comedia se salva. Solo puedo agradecer que fuera corto,,
February 5, 2009
It's unlike anything I've ever, ever read from Danielle Steele. Hilarious and very risque, once you're done with this book, your raised eyebrow will be frozen in place.
December 31, 2010
Worst book I've ever read. Should be an embarrassment for Danielle Steel. I hope no one ever gages her talent by this piece of trash.
February 7, 2018
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May 8, 2019
Wow. Just wow.
This was my first ever Danielle Steel novel. I had no expectations. Well, that’s not exactly true. I thought she would be a grocery store romance writer. You know, the kind of writer whose books you find in the grocery store checkout lane, conveniently within reach of the tired mom with two kids and a failing marriage? Not to say that those books are bad, of course. They’re just not books you would expect to change the world of literature.
I’m starting this review with two major complaints.
1) Why in the world did she spell clone with a k instead of a c? Here’s my line of thought about this: in the beginning, Danielle used the word clone. When Paul Klone was introduced, she started spelling “clone” with a k. Then it was spelled like that for the rest of the book. It was funny to me, as every time I would see phrases like, “I’m having an affair with a Klone!” It would sound like she was sleeping with a rival, not a clone of Peter.
2) THE FIXATION WITH STEPHANIE SHAVING HER LEGS WAS WEIRD, OKAY? It was like she couldn’t go two pages without mentioning it! It was the reason Stephanie’s marriage failed (according to her) It was the reason she couldn’t get dates. It was the reason her kids hated her. In one part of the book, Paul offers to shave Steph’s legs for her! It was weird!
Let’s move on, shall we?
This entire reading experience was very weird. I got fan fiction vibes the entire time. That’s what reading this book felt like. Reading a well edited fan fiction written by a fifty year old. In spite of this fact, or perhaps because of it, some of the writing made me laugh out loud. When Steph and Paul are lying in bed, talking about getting married, and Steph said that they couldn’t “because of the social stigma of anyone found out” I laughed so hard I cried.
Some Other Complaints:
- Steph was an unlikeable main character. She was picky, and rude, and selfish. She doesn’t know what she wants, so she takes it out on everyone else.
- What time period did this take place in? It felt like a blend of the 70s and early 2000s. Not a good combo.
- The ending was predictable. I knew Peter was masquerading as Paul the second he stepped in that front door.
- What was with all of the double flips during “private time”? I was so confused by that.
This book was very confusing and cringey. Read at you own risk. But, I did learn a very important lesson from this book and that is this: Danielle Steel really hates it when women don’t shave their legs.
This was my first ever Danielle Steel novel. I had no expectations. Well, that’s not exactly true. I thought she would be a grocery store romance writer. You know, the kind of writer whose books you find in the grocery store checkout lane, conveniently within reach of the tired mom with two kids and a failing marriage? Not to say that those books are bad, of course. They’re just not books you would expect to change the world of literature.
I’m starting this review with two major complaints.
1) Why in the world did she spell clone with a k instead of a c? Here’s my line of thought about this: in the beginning, Danielle used the word clone. When Paul Klone was introduced, she started spelling “clone” with a k. Then it was spelled like that for the rest of the book. It was funny to me, as every time I would see phrases like, “I’m having an affair with a Klone!” It would sound like she was sleeping with a rival, not a clone of Peter.
2) THE FIXATION WITH STEPHANIE SHAVING HER LEGS WAS WEIRD, OKAY? It was like she couldn’t go two pages without mentioning it! It was the reason Stephanie’s marriage failed (according to her) It was the reason she couldn’t get dates. It was the reason her kids hated her. In one part of the book, Paul offers to shave Steph’s legs for her! It was weird!
Let’s move on, shall we?
This entire reading experience was very weird. I got fan fiction vibes the entire time. That’s what reading this book felt like. Reading a well edited fan fiction written by a fifty year old. In spite of this fact, or perhaps because of it, some of the writing made me laugh out loud. When Steph and Paul are lying in bed, talking about getting married, and Steph said that they couldn’t “because of the social stigma of anyone found out” I laughed so hard I cried.
Some Other Complaints:
- Steph was an unlikeable main character. She was picky, and rude, and selfish. She doesn’t know what she wants, so she takes it out on everyone else.
- What time period did this take place in? It felt like a blend of the 70s and early 2000s. Not a good combo.
- The ending was predictable. I knew Peter was masquerading as Paul the second he stepped in that front door.
- What was with all of the double flips during “private time”? I was so confused by that.
This book was very confusing and cringey. Read at you own risk. But, I did learn a very important lesson from this book and that is this: Danielle Steel really hates it when women don’t shave their legs.
July 18, 2020
This book is horrible. Actually, ridiculous might be a better word. I kept thinking to myself that it must have been a joke, thinking maybe she thought she would put one over on her publisher and just submit something so completely ridiculous that it could never be published, but they published it by mistake since all her books sell so well. I knew this probably wasn’t true, but I was hoping so because it’s just so horrible. Even the writing isn’t her style. I’ve read enough of her books that I could recognize one of her stories without seeing the cover. Part of me wonders if she even really wrote it. Some of the ideas are something a 13-year old boy might come up with if he were trying to write a romance novel. Some of the thoughts were also kind of incoherent. I had to finish it out of curiosity, but it didn’t help solve the mystery as to why it was ever written or published. Seriously, was it a joke? Does anyone know?
March 28, 2012
I got this for free from a co-worker. Easily the worst book I've ever read.
September 12, 2021
Late review.
Weirdest DS book I've read.
Sci-fi like weird. H has a clone, and both fell in love with h. But only one lived - the clone, I think.
Totally weird.
Weirdest DS book I've read.
Sci-fi like weird. H has a clone, and both fell in love with h. But only one lived - the clone, I think.
Totally weird.
December 29, 2017
Worst book ever!! I am very disappointed in Danielle Steele.
October 6, 2018
I've quite a few books in my time, but this pile of crap remains the worst book I have ever read. I wouldn't even give it one star if I had a choice. Utter , utter rubbish
January 23, 2019
My first Danielle Steel and so disappointing!
October 17, 2023
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September 21, 2012 Amazon.com Review
Evidently, Danielle Steel has been kidnapped by a mad scientist who clamped her into some gizmo that fused her brain with that of Douglas Adams, author of The Klone and I: A High-Tech Love Story, boasts her typical trappings--a divorced heroine, a cruel man, a sexy man with big money, and lots of shopping with brand-name tags conspicuously attached--the book is also the wackiest bit of self-indulgent sci-fi since
The Klone and I starts out normally enough: after a 13-year marriage, Stephanie, 41, gets dumped for a busty young bimbo. "She was gorgeous. And I felt nauseous," Stephanie reflects--though she admits that things hadn't been going well, what with hubby living off her trust fund and their having sex every six months or so. Realistically, their farewell hug goes like this: "My nose ran on his tie, while ever so cautiously he held me, kind of like a bank robber with sticks of dynamite taped all over his body."
Then, one day, on an impulsive trip to the Left Bank of Paris, Steph steps into one of those cool old French elevators with Peter, a hunk in a button-down Oxford shirt and tasteful khakis. Romance! Ritzy places! In fact, he takes her to the Ritz! Alas, Peter must Louvre her and leave her for a business trip out West.
So Peter sends Paul to keep her company. Paul is a dead ringer for Peter, because he's a kind of clone created by Peter and his clever biotech company. He's called a "klone" to distinguish him from a conventional clone, which is a mere replica of its original--this "klone" may be a physical copy of Peter, but inside he's had a major id upgrade. As always with Steel, the clue is in the character's clothes: from his high-heel gator boots to his zippered zebra jumpsuit, the decidedly non-buttoned-down Paul dresses like a psychedelic kaleidoscope. But when Paul drops that leopard-satin G-string, watch out! It's quadruple flips in flagrante delicto, with our heroine (and, the next morning, her chiropractor) coming out on top. Though Paul deplorably guzzles Chateau d'Yquem by the case and crashes Peter's Jaguar into snow banks, he's actually even more brilliantly empathic with Stephanie's kids than stuffy Peter is.
What's a mother to do? Is Steph robbing Peter to play with Paul? How will the ménage à trois affect marriage plans? Does Steel know that her comic tone (though not her subject) actually slightly echoes that of Betty MacDonald's classic comedy memoir --Tim Appelo
From Publishers WeeklyThe subtitle, "A High Tech Love Story," need not frighten Steel's loyal fans. More fanciful than technologically snappy, this novel (her 42nd, after The Long Road Home) grafts one scientific wrinkle onto the usual romance. Stunned when her feckless husband declares that their companionable but passionless marriage is over (then sues her for alimony and child support), 41-year-old Stephanie spends the next year improving both her body and her self-respect. During a trip to Paris, she attracts a suitor; Peter Baker is a fellow New Yorker?and everything Stephanie's been hoping for. After a chaste but exhilarating evening together, Stephanie is sure that she'll never see him again, but he tracks her down in the Hamptons and they fall in love. An executive at a company specializing in bionics, Peter has been working on a secret invention. When he travels to California on business, his creation, Paul Klone, turns up at Stephanie's door. Paul is a physical replica of Peter, but the resemblance ends there. Whereas Peter favors Oxford shirts and khakis, Paul is a fan of Versace's most outlandish creations. Although she has been pleased with Peter's lovemaking, Paul's triple back flips during sex leave Stephanie singing the body electric. When Peter becomes jealous of Paul, things get sticky. Although the SF element is minimal (approximately one part Ray Bradbury to 35 parts Steel), Steel's speculative whimsy spices her romantic concoction to produce a light but charming read.
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April 21, 2018
I really enjoyed The Klone and I. It is an unusual novel, as the title suggests it is about a clone. It has a touch of a fantasy in it, nevertheless it is a touching story. It is a fast pace novel and I had laughed so hard that hurts.
Stephanie’s live turned upside down when her husband told her that he doesn’t love her anymore. She was devastating and was trying to be strong for her children. Then one day she left for Paris and meet a mysterious man Peter. He told her that he will call her when he will be back in the States, not believing him she went with her life. While she was on holiday with her children he called her and she felt in love with him. But something is not quite right with Peter. In fact, Peter seems moody and act strangely. Who is Peter? Is he real or just a fantasy.
Stephanie’s live turned upside down when her husband told her that he doesn’t love her anymore. She was devastating and was trying to be strong for her children. Then one day she left for Paris and meet a mysterious man Peter. He told her that he will call her when he will be back in the States, not believing him she went with her life. While she was on holiday with her children he called her and she felt in love with him. But something is not quite right with Peter. In fact, Peter seems moody and act strangely. Who is Peter? Is he real or just a fantasy.
September 4, 2014
This is one of those books that scarred me for life... I read it when I was a teenager and 10 years down the line I still can't think about it without cringing a little, without dying a little...
I robots as much as the next person but REALLY????
The characters were annoying and only relatable in the sense of being THE WORST any of us can be...
But the heroine really stole the crown jewels when it came to being just yukh
Not only was she petty philanderer (coz honestly I'm not exactly ms.judgy judge) she was just plain boring ... she had NOTHING nice or interesting or likable about her .. and by the end I was just wishing that the clone would short - circuit and fry her
I robots as much as the next person but REALLY????
The characters were annoying and only relatable in the sense of being THE WORST any of us can be...
But the heroine really stole the crown jewels when it came to being just yukh
Not only was she petty philanderer (coz honestly I'm not exactly ms.judgy judge) she was just plain boring ... she had NOTHING nice or interesting or likable about her .. and by the end I was just wishing that the clone would short - circuit and fry her
January 8, 2010
At uni we had to read something from an author/genre we wouldn't normally read. I read this. And wished I hadn't.
February 16, 2016
Mlako, nerealno, ranije su mi njene knjige bile mnogo bolje.
November 3, 2016
No plot. Nothing but sex.
November 2, 2024
This book fails at the first hurdle when it becomes clear that Danielle doesn’t know what a clone is.
Also justice for my man Paul!
Also justice for my man Paul!
March 16, 2025
This book is not worth reading, but I didn't give up thinking it would get better 😖 I'm not a quitter, I finished it, and it never got any better 😵💫
March 5, 2023
⭐2.3⭐
👨👩👧👦🌃🛏💔💍🆕🧍🏼♀️🛩️🗼🇫🇷🥖🍷🪑🧔🏻💋
Tra un bionico pacifista, un robot eccentrico perennemente ubriaco e tripli salti tra le lenzuola, Danielle Steel ci dona una lettura breve frizzante e fuori dal comune!
🛬💇🏻♀️💅🏻💄👠📱💬👨🏻💼🤝👧🏼👦🏼🎾🏓🏊🏻♂️🛄
Entrambi i protagonisti hanno un passato burrascoso alle spalle, soprattutto per quanto riguarda i matrimoni.
Purtroppo, a causa di ciò, le insicurezze di Peter e il suo animo gentile, prenderanno il sopravvento e lo spingeranno ad introdurre un nuovo membro nella famiglia che sta costruendo pian piano insieme a Steph e i suoi due figli; ovvero Paul Klone, il suo sosia robotico.
Peccato che la sua invenzione farà di tutto per rovinargli la vita e causerà infinite crisi di gelosia, litigi e molto altro...
Ma quanto sarà disposto a fare, Peter, per migliorare la situazione?
🚪🧑🔧🤖🐊🥃🛍️🧼💦💸🎃🎄🔂🦎🔧✨
La caratterizzazione dei personaggi è uno dei punti di forza di questo romanzo, insieme ai vari colpi di scena che si presentano verso la fine dell'opera! 🥰
È un libricino molto scorrevole e simpatico. Sicuramente ottimo per uscire dal blocco del lettore, soprattutto se consideriamo quel pizzico di spicy al suo interno, che rende tutto un po' più romantico tra i protagonisti.
Sono anche presenti dei momenti strappalacrime, che mi hanno fatto venire le fitte al petto per quanto coinvolgenti e strazianti. 😪
(Paul rimarrà per sempre nel mio cuore, nonostante la sua vena pazzoide e invadente. Avrei tanto voluto abbracciarlo)
𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟
Perché ho dato solo tre stelline?
Come spesso ripeto: eccoci arrivati alla parte critica della recensione.
Ho trovato così tanti difetti in questa storia da aver riscontrato davvero tanta fatica nel trovare dei lati positivi.
Il testo è ricco di errori grammaticali e la trama, in certi punti, risulta confusionale.
Le emozioni che prova la protagonista sono realistici eppure strani. Alcune sue decisioni non riesco a comprenderle, non hanno un minimo di senso.
Per non parlare di Roger (l'ex marito di lei), che è il personaggio più strambo che esista.
Dopo 19 anni di relazione, come se niente fosse, va vicino alla moglie e le dice: "non ti amo più dall'estate scorsa, dammi l'affido dei nostri figli e paga pure gli alimenti. Grazie prego ciao"
Ma... Okay?
MA LEI CHE ACCETTA TUTTE LE CONDIZIONI POSSIBILI POI?
VA BENE?
Ad ogni modo, mi è sembrata l'opera di un'altra scrittrice. Non mi è sembrata nemmeno per un secondo la Steel che conosco.
Credo sia anche inutile sottolineare la mia delusione...
Peccato, veramente... Mi aspettavo molto di più. 😭
𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝
Lo scopo delle mie recensioni è quello di condividere la mia esperienza con il libro e di aiutare gli autori a migliorarsi sempre di più! 🤧
Come sempre, vi ricordo che ognuno ha gusti totalmente diversi e che proprio per questo non dobbiamo lasciarci influenzare dal parere altrui. ☺️
Un forte abbraccio! Vi auguro tante belle letture! 💗
👨👩👧👦🌃🛏💔💍🆕🧍🏼♀️🛩️🗼🇫🇷🥖🍷🪑🧔🏻💋
Tra un bionico pacifista, un robot eccentrico perennemente ubriaco e tripli salti tra le lenzuola, Danielle Steel ci dona una lettura breve frizzante e fuori dal comune!
🛬💇🏻♀️💅🏻💄👠📱💬👨🏻💼🤝👧🏼👦🏼🎾🏓🏊🏻♂️🛄
Entrambi i protagonisti hanno un passato burrascoso alle spalle, soprattutto per quanto riguarda i matrimoni.
Purtroppo, a causa di ciò, le insicurezze di Peter e il suo animo gentile, prenderanno il sopravvento e lo spingeranno ad introdurre un nuovo membro nella famiglia che sta costruendo pian piano insieme a Steph e i suoi due figli; ovvero Paul Klone, il suo sosia robotico.
Peccato che la sua invenzione farà di tutto per rovinargli la vita e causerà infinite crisi di gelosia, litigi e molto altro...
Ma quanto sarà disposto a fare, Peter, per migliorare la situazione?
🚪🧑🔧🤖🐊🥃🛍️🧼💦💸🎃🎄🔂🦎🔧✨
La caratterizzazione dei personaggi è uno dei punti di forza di questo romanzo, insieme ai vari colpi di scena che si presentano verso la fine dell'opera! 🥰
È un libricino molto scorrevole e simpatico. Sicuramente ottimo per uscire dal blocco del lettore, soprattutto se consideriamo quel pizzico di spicy al suo interno, che rende tutto un po' più romantico tra i protagonisti.
Sono anche presenti dei momenti strappalacrime, che mi hanno fatto venire le fitte al petto per quanto coinvolgenti e strazianti. 😪
(Paul rimarrà per sempre nel mio cuore, nonostante la sua vena pazzoide e invadente. Avrei tanto voluto abbracciarlo)
𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟
Perché ho dato solo tre stelline?
Come spesso ripeto: eccoci arrivati alla parte critica della recensione.
Ho trovato così tanti difetti in questa storia da aver riscontrato davvero tanta fatica nel trovare dei lati positivi.
Il testo è ricco di errori grammaticali e la trama, in certi punti, risulta confusionale.
Le emozioni che prova la protagonista sono realistici eppure strani. Alcune sue decisioni non riesco a comprenderle, non hanno un minimo di senso.
Per non parlare di Roger (l'ex marito di lei), che è il personaggio più strambo che esista.
Dopo 19 anni di relazione, come se niente fosse, va vicino alla moglie e le dice: "non ti amo più dall'estate scorsa, dammi l'affido dei nostri figli e paga pure gli alimenti. Grazie prego ciao"
Ma... Okay?
MA LEI CHE ACCETTA TUTTE LE CONDIZIONI POSSIBILI POI?
VA BENE?
Ad ogni modo, mi è sembrata l'opera di un'altra scrittrice. Non mi è sembrata nemmeno per un secondo la Steel che conosco.
Credo sia anche inutile sottolineare la mia delusione...
Peccato, veramente... Mi aspettavo molto di più. 😭
𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝 𓆟 𓆞𓆝
Lo scopo delle mie recensioni è quello di condividere la mia esperienza con il libro e di aiutare gli autori a migliorarsi sempre di più! 🤧
Come sempre, vi ricordo che ognuno ha gusti totalmente diversi e che proprio per questo non dobbiamo lasciarci influenzare dal parere altrui. ☺️
Un forte abbraccio! Vi auguro tante belle letture! 💗
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