Solteiros Incorrigíveis

by Danielle Steel

Não há dúvida que o amor é ainda uma das aventuras mais imprevisíveis da vida. Inveterados e convictos solteiros, Charlie, Adam e Gray formam um trio de amigos que vive sem grandes compromissos. Se para Charlie nenhuma das suas namoradas revelou ser a mulher perfeita, para Adam a juventude é essencial, ao passo que Gray ama a liberdade, acima de tudo. De férias, a bordo de um luxuoso iate que percorre a costa mediterrânica, o destino destes amigos cruza-se com três mulheres, que os vão marcar para sempre. Embarcarão eles nas mudanças que se avizinham ou o desejo de continuarem solteiros será mais forte?

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit, Ebooks, Novels

391 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Danielle 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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Reviews

[Mar · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t have the words for this one.

We have 3 single men, above their 30’s who’s personality is all about “Omg… I could never date a woman”, “”All women are the same”, “I hate marriage”. They each have their own reasons of why they’re not particularly into dating and remain single forever (that is a deal they made).

You see where I’m going with this?

Well, guess what! 3 women appear that are exactly the opposite of what they deal with.

One of them deals with desperate and broken women that need therapy? Have a lady that is actually sane

One of them only dates young ladies and basically one-night stands them and is not looking to marry anyone because all girls want is his money or to have boob surgeries, that HE willingly gives them? Have a lady that is looking for anything but that and genuinely loves him

One of them is afraid of being alone and abandoned if they find out who they truly are? Here, have one of them who’s secret is what you’re most afraid of.

It’s not any spoiler, don’t worry, that’s just genuinely what the entire book is about. The couples basically developing and having their own relationship issues and blablabla.

It was alright. A bit too long for my taste but alright.

[Elisabeth · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read up until Chapter 3 and then couldn't read anymore. I just found it so boring!

Since I hate leaving books unfinished though, I did thumb through the rest. Charlie falls for a woman who lies about her background since she is even richer than he is and wants to make sure he is interested in her and not just her money. He resents her a bit and then gets over it. They get married and she gets pregnant.

The lawyer (I forget his name) gets a girl who is only a few years older than his daugher pregnant the first night even though he claims he doesn't want more kids. Well, here's a thought-use protection! Steel makes the character admit that he likes his women younger than 25 even though he is in his late 40's early 50's. That always makes my skin crawl. Anyway, despite his numerous claims that he doesn't want to get married again and no more kids, at the end of the book he is married and wifey is pregnant again.

Gray was an alright character but I just couldn't relate. He liked damaged women and then wondered why they would leave him after he fixed them. He finally meets a woman who isn't damaged and it seems to take awhile for him to feel any attraction to her. Despite this, surprise surpirse, they end up getting married by the end of the book.

I am sure there was more to it than that but like I stated earlier, I just couldn't get interested in this book.

[Destiny · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always with Danielle Steel, I was not disappointed. She has an amazing way of drawing you into the lives of her characters. One of the things I took away from this book is that you can not live your life in fear of what may happen. With each of her characters, you see how the only thing keeping them from happiness is their own selves. I also liked how there was more than 1 love story to follow in this book.

[Brittni · Rating 2 out of 5]

I personally did not like the book I got a few chapters in and I could not stay interested in it. I was particularly annoyed with how it gave the same descriptions over and over in the first few chapters.

[Katherine · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I could have given this book a zero star rating I really would have. It was probably the worst book I've ever read. I was forced to read it when stuck in a train station outside of Chicago at 2:00 a.m. waiting for the cab I'd called to show up and take me back to my hotel. I had to wait for more than an hour, and saw this book on the shelf and picked it up thinking it would be good for a laugh. It was not. It straddled that delicated line between mediocre and ridiculous that can only be called one thing: total crap.

[Celina · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first few pages will give you an insight to Charlie, Gray and Adam's lives together and it's pretty...gay. Not gay gay just too clingy to each other. It's pretty repetitive. Not just the words throughout the book (like deal-breaker, eggs being cooked, etc) but also how they love each other and there always having the time together on that dang big yacht.

Anyway, it's your typical wishy washy, lovey dovey, happy ending book. I gave it four stars just because I am still in love with the idea of that perfect someone. But Steel could've done more for her characters. The way they spoke to each other was too...the same. There's not really much personality except when she repeatedly describes what is basically on the blurb of the book. I guess it was really hard to put together 3 stories for these six people in one book. And fitting them inside it was like "Whoa, so they ALL just suddenly fell in love after the yacht trip?!" It's just too fast. For me, at least. Because really, no one has it figured out in less than 5 months.

I liked Carole (tho her name bugs me, I don't know why. Caroline fits her more I guess) and her work. I loved Gabby and Zorro. I suddenly wanted to be filthy rich and give out money for those kinds of causes. But I'll have to settle for Charlie who's rich as a king. Sucks not to have a family, though.

Gray and Sylvia's story was not that interesting. I mean, she's the opposite of what Gray likes and then he falls in love with her. Ta-da!

[C-shaw · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loaned to me by a friend. I'm not a Danielle Steel fan, so we'll see how it goes. (Don't want to disappoint my friend by pooh-poohing it without giving it a chance.)
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This was an okay book if you like RO-mances (which I don't), with some conflict (poor rich folks had some short-lived issues) but everyone living happily ever after (too unrealistic). Danielle Steel does write well, I just don't much appreciate her story lines.

[J Jahir · Rating 5 out of 5]

fue de las primeras novelas que me enganchó a esta autora. Esta novela relata la historia de tres hombres de entre 41 y 51 años que se van de viaje a pasar las vacaciones juntos en un yate de uno de ellos, Charlie. Cada uno con profesiones distintas pero con algo en común: los tres estaban solteros. Y lo que era más curioso, ninguno quería involucrarse en una relación sentimental a raíz de las amargas experiencias que vivieron con sus antiguas parejas. Sin embargo, la vida les voltea todo de revés cuando conocen a tres mujeres opuestas a lo que antes habían conocido. Me ha gustado porque Danielle detalla a profundidad la historia de ellos, refleja sus miedos, sus temores e incluso cómo los van superando; asimismo, nos hace ver la fuerza de la amistad y nos pone en contexto, y cómo al lado de sus nuevas parejas tratan de vencer esas dificultades. la recomiendo.

[Analia · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 /5 ⭐

“Qué precio habían pagado por la libertad a la que tan desesperadamente se aferraban? Quizá un precio demasiado elevado. Al final, tras toda una vida defendiendo su independencia, iban a acabar todos solos.”

Hay que leer ésta novela para no elegir hombres así como éstos que retrata Danielle Steel que son muy reales: La autora no hace otra cosa que mostrar cómo se comportan los hombres cuando les interesa una mujer o cuando se enamoran. Desgraciadamente existen, pero hay que contextualizar el libro: Fue escrito en el 2005; Por suerte las últimas novelas que leí de la autora se enfocan más en la mujer. Pero ojo que si bien Charlie, Adam y Gray son insoportables al principio, en sus vidas aparecerán tres mujeres que le darán verdaderas lecciones, le dicen lo que yo como lectora le diría. Aclaro: El término “tóxico no refiere a hombres obsesivos o maltratadores, sino a la fobia, miedo que sienten éstos señores al compromiso.
Estos tres amigos son como los tres mosqueteros, uno para todos y todos para uno.
Charlie Summer Harrington es un soltero de 46 años que ha quedado huérfano junto a su hermana siendo pequeño, pero la vida se le vuelve más agria cuando queda completamente solo, sin familiares cercanos. Es rubio, de ojos azules, alto, delgado, y desde los 21 años ha heredado una gran fortuna de modo que se dedica a gestionar sus inversiones, mantener la fundación de su familia y es dueño de un yate, el “Blue Moon”. Él, junto a sus amigos Adams Weiss (ahogado muy exitoso que vive en el mundo de las celebridades, de 41 años, separado y con dos hijos) quien disfruta de la libertad y lo último que quiere es volver a casarse. Debo decir que éste personaje es el que menos me gustó porque se relaciona con muchachas jóvenes, veinte años menos que él; Y Gray Hawk (pintor, 50 años, soltero, no quiere saber nada de hijos porque tuvo una infancia de abandono y herido por las mujeres de su pasado, fue adoptado pero dichos padres no lo educaron muy bien. Lo único que le interesa es su trabajo y sus amigos. La cuestión es que todos los años Charlie, Adams y Gray tienen en común que todos los años realizan un viaje por el caribe en el barco de Charlie (el cual es el más rico de los tres) y están con una mujer hoy, con otra mujer mañana. No quieren compromiso serio pese a ser señores grandes. Son hombres con una aversión y un miedo a casarse terrible. Y Danielle Steel lo narra muy bien pese a que sea en tercera persona, vamos conociendo cómo sienten y piensan cada uno de estos señores, los cuales son muy diferentes. Pero hay una razón detrás de por qué no quieren casarse sino solo beber y acostarse con la chica que esté de moda o con cualquiera. Sobre todo Adams que las elije desde los 18 años. De verdad que éste personaje me dio asco pero por suerte Charlie y Gray le dicen la verdad.
Gray es como la Cruz Roja a la hora de salir con alguien; Adam es el trapichero, que establece límites claros e impone compensaciones y Charlie es el príncipe azul, atento y romántico.

“echaba en falta dormir con alguien, acurrucarse junto a alguien por la noche.
Las relaciones eran demasiado complicadas, y la soledad demasiado dura. Se encontraba en una encrucijada de su vida, no era ni joven ni vieja, pero sí demasiado mayor para conformarse con el hombre que no le convenía y demasiado joven para resignarse a estar sola el resto de su vida, pero había comprendido que esto último podía ocurrir.”

Pero por suerte conocen a unas mujeres extraordinarias que le abrirán la mente: Sylvia será la primera en entrar en escena, luego Carole y por último Maggie que los ayudarán a ser mejores personas, que cambien su forma de ser, de que se arriesguen y tengan confianza en sí mismos.

Decidí leer éste libro porque allá por el 2001 me inicié con ésta autora, gracias a la biblioteca de mi ciudad y siempre es bueno retornar a ella (aunque me saca de las casillas cómo escribe) y desde el 2019 que no leía nada de D. Stell. Lo que más rescato de éste libro son citas que son para reflexionar seas hombre o mujer: “Por primera vez, en aquel apartamento vacío, Charlie se planteó qué iba mal consigo mismo y con sus amigos. ¿Era aquello lo que querían? ¿Era aquello a lo que aspiraba Adam, con sus constantes esfuerzos por no atarse a nadie y salir con jovencitas tontas? ¿En qué demonios estaban pensando? Difícil respuesta a esa pregunta. No se había sentido tan solo como aquella noche en toda su vida.”

Otra que me parece BRUTAL: “Durante los últimos veinticinco años había pasado a las mujeres por el tamiz como si fueran harina, en busca de una imperfección minúscula, como una mona que despioja a su hijo. E indefectiblemente la encontraba y tenía una excusa para desecharlas. Y allí estaba, un lunes por la noche, en un apartamento vacío, contemplando Central Park y a las parejas que paseaban por allí cogidas de la mano o mirando los árboles tumbados en la hierba. Sin duda, ninguno de ellos era perfecto. ¿Por qué se conformaban y él no? ¿Por qué todo tenía que ser perfecto en su vida, y por qué no encontraba a una mujer lo suficientemente buena para él? Habían pasado veinticinco años desde la muerte de su hermana, y treinta desde la de sus padres, en Italia. Y durante todos esos años había montado guardia sobre su vida vacía, observando con ojo avizor la llegada de los bárbaros a sus puertas. Muy a su pesar, empezaba a preguntarse si no sería hora de dejar entrar a uno de los bárbaros. Por mucho miedo que le hubiera inspirado hasta aquel momento, quizá al final supondría un alivio.”

En fin, para quienes leemos a esta prolífica autora se lo recomiendo. Me quedo con la enseñanza de que no se puede vivir la vida con miedo a lo que pueda pasar. Cuesta pero es algo que tengo que aprender.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

I used to love Danielle Steel, she was my escape from heavy books that left me feeling deflated. The last couple books of her's just left me feeling like they were enjoyable but not something I would recommend. Maybe it is because I am listening to them on audio and she is one of those authors that just reads much better. In any event this one was good, I felt invested in the characters and the story line was ok. At some points it was just boring, predictable or (I hate to say it) stupid.

[Avalia · Rating 5 out of 5]

AMAAAZING!!! I was very pleasantly surprised by this book. I was unenthusiastic about reading it at first. The only reason I started it in the first place was lack of another book. It turned out to be one of my favorite books of all time!!! I loooooooooooooooved the ending, particuly adam's ending. I breezed through this book so quickly and couldn't put it down. Great summer read!! Ily, danielle steel!

[Shaima . · Rating 3 out of 5]

في النسخة التي قَرأتُها بلغت عدد الصفحات اربعُمئة صفحة ، رواية اجتماعية .
أعجبتني الصداقة المميزة التي جمعت بين ثلاثُ أصدقاء، تشارلي ، آدم وغراي ، رغم الأختلاف بينهم في العمر، الطبقات الإجتماعية ، العمل ومشاكل الحياة.
الاإنهم جميعًا كان عُزاب ولكن الإمور تتغير مع الوقت

[Talka · Rating 1 out of 5]

hideously bad. but i couldn't put it down...i guess i was desperate.

[Arlenne · Rating 5 out of 5]

¿Qué tendrá esta autora que todos sus libros los devoraba?

[Angie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Another from the TBR pile...Why did I ever think she was a good author?? Every book is the same - rich handsome man or beautiful woman has troubles (either love or life), suffers through it all with their money and come out the end still rich, still beautiful and of course, now fabulously happy. Yikes - so real life but I guess that's why she is so very popular. But unfortunately, not for me. I wonder how many more I have in my boxes of books???

[Carol MacInnis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three eligible bachelors are the best of friends who all have commitment issues. Charles Harrington, who lost his loving parents when he was 16 and his sister dropped out of school to look after Charlie. Unfortunately, his sister died of a brain tumour 5 years after losing his parents. Although his inheritance was more than ample, his relationships always seemed to end before they even started. Engaged several times, Charlie felt that perhaps he couldn't make it all the way to the altar because he feared abandonment issues due to the tragic loss of his family.

Adam Weiss who is a successful lawyer working working with starlets was once married and has two children. Unfortunately the marriage ended with his wife taking his children away from him. Adam is the youngest child in his family who came along 9 years after his older sibling. An inconvenience for his sister as well as his parent which they never would let him forget. Adam is now very bitter after his divorce and would rather spend his love life engaged in one night stands. He prefers not to get close to anyone of the opposite sex again.

Gray Hawk was brought up basicaly by his drug induced hippie parents who moved from place to place to place. He believed his parents liked him and his siblings okay, but he never felt the kind of parental love he should have. There was always a vacant feeling inside him. He vowed he would never have children to recreate the same misery he felt through the years growing up. So he was constantly dating women who had 'issues'and needed dire help. Usually they were in desperate need for psychiatric help or even to be institutionalized.

How could these three broken men with their painful baggage ever find true and everlasting love.

[Antonio Campos · Rating 4 out of 5]

Primer encuentro con un libro de esta escritora. Y puedo decir que fue increible!
Todo en este libro estuvo en su punto, los personajes fueron muy bien desarrollados, la historia muy bien construida, los problemas que se trataron fueron muy bien llevados (aunque no se si la actitud de los personajes fue la correcta, por que eran hombre de 50 años XD).
La única razón por la que no le di 5 estrellas es por que hubieron ciertas frases que me parecieron muy repetitivas, a pesar de que no me incomodó en la lectura, no me pareció bonito al finalizar todo el libro.
Ahora bien, a pesar de que es una novela romántica me entretuvo bastante, por que no es esto lo que usualmente leo, pero me atrapó, más por el hecho de que es una de las pocas novelas románticas que he visto que los protagonistas son hombres.
Hubieron ciertas menciones a ciertos personajes que en un principio pensé que iban a ser innecesarios, que estaban de relleno, pero al llegar a la última página del libro, entendí el por que del existir de cada uno de ellos!! Puedo decir que en muchas ocasiones me saltaron un par de lagrimillas por los sinceros que parecían los sentimientos que la escritora planteó en cada palabra, a pesar de que no es un drama para sufrir, si me transmitió muchísima emoción y muchísima ansiedad, felicidad, no se, lo que fuera que los personajes estuvieran sintiendo yo lo sentía.
Gray, Adam y Charles han formado un mundo muy bueno, real, y sobre todo exquisito. La escrito pone ciertas frases en el libro que dejan con la boca totalmente abierta.
Me gustó muchísimo.
Repito, no hay 5 estrellas por que hubieron un par de líneas que sentí que se repitieron innecesariamente. Pero por lo demás, una maravilla!! Totalmente disfrutado y redomendadísimo!

[Aishwarya Iyer · Rating 3 out of 5]

The way Danielle takes you through the lives of people is different. In this book, I could see the compromises which a person has to make while transitioning from being single to getting committed has been splendidly explained through the lives of all the three men!! Well I don't have to say , it was a page turner ,all her books are !!

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

In Toxic Bachelors, Danielle Steel told us another tale from a different POV for her main character--men's. For Charlie, Gray and Adam, they were three commitment-phobic confirmed bachelors and best friends for life. Charlie, a handsome philanthropist, wanted a special someone with high expectations for Mrs. Right; Adam, a 40-year-old celebrity lawyer, preferred his women young and for short-term, while Gray, a gifted artist, couldn't imagine having a family with the woman he with. When one summer they were on Charlie's cruise during their summer holiday vacation. When summer ended for them, the fall season would bring them a hard dose of reality, when they fall hard in love. We watched how their love lives unraveled during the fall and how they couldn't complain about who they fell for. When another holiday season came along, it was up to them to face their fears first and tackle the most intriguing adventure of them all--love.

[Ronald Wise · Rating 2 out of 5]

Three close male friends, each allergic to marriage for his own reasons, meet woman who challenge their concepts of that institution. There were heart-warming scenes, but the dialog was rather weak and the characters fairly stereotypic. This is the first of Steel's books I've read and afterward a friend told me he had read many of her books and found them all very similar. From her list of past novels, it looks like she pumps them out at the rate of two or three a year, but I reluctantly added the rest to my reading list. I learned of this book from its presence on the New York Times best seller list in the latter part of 2005.

[Kristi Vu · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a story about 3 bachelors, one who was left very wealthy by the loss of his parents at an early age and his only sister at 21, the second who was also very wealthy, an entertainment lawyer who grew up in a very dysfunctional family and the third a starving artist who also came from a very dysfunctional family. The 3 are the best of friends who all have very distraught views of relationships and marriage. This is a story of friendship, growth and finding true love. Is an easy read and delightfully entertaining.

[احمد عبد الفضيل · Rating 3 out of 5]

\إن الأمر ليس بالبساطة التى يبدوا عليها .
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من اصدارات الدار العربية للعلوم ناشرون
رواية العزاب الفاسدون
دانيال ستيل
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رواية من واقع المجتمع الامريكى ثلاثة اصدقاء يقدسون حياة العزوبية حى يقعوا فى شباك الحب وتنتهى حياتهم بالمأساة الاكبر الزواج
رواية مسلية فى اطار درامى رومانسى خيالى .
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وفى النهاية أنقل :
"لا شىء فى الحياة موثوق به وثابت ".

[Sharon Huether · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't think I would like this book. As the story starts three very shallow men are on their boat, the Blue Moon, sailing near Italy. Charles used women, never committing. Adam with many girlfriends giving them all the material things they wanted, and getting tired of them. Gray always wanted to heal the wounded. In the year after they vacation, they all found the loves of their lives. THIS BOOK TURNED OUT TO BE VERY GOOD.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

6 people, each with some type of hang up about relationships. Each person has a wonderful heart and I fell in love with each person as they worked out their problems slowly but surely. An awesome book that reminded me that people can work through their problems if they want to and if they have the right incentive to do so. As always, Danielle Steel hit a home run in my book!

[Lorrie brooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

We as readers are taken along the journey of three different men and there paths toward love. This story shows that love can come when we least expect it and in the most unlikely places and our preconceived notions of our type are usually all wrong and the person that right for us is just the opposite of that.

[monica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solteros toxicos

Excelente.muy buena tres solteros y amigos del alma que no creen en el compromiso .distintos motivos tiene cada uno para cerrar sus vidas y corazones al amor.pero a cada uno le llegará la oportunidad de enmendar sus vidas y currar sus heridas y tener la oportunidad de amar.la recomiendo disfrute mucho de la historia.

[Jenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Older book sitting on my bookshelf, decided why not do a trashy romance novel for summer? Quite predictable yet I read the whole thing...an easy, mindless read but wouldn't recommend you rush to the store and pick up a copy :)

[Yhana · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is no literary masterpiece and you shouldn't expect that out of Danielle Steel. Toxic Bachelor is one of those books where you know the ending by the time you complete chapter 2. Entirely predictable but sometimes, you need a 'feel good' read. Purpose served.

[Shjoon · Rating 3 out of 5]

الرواية تتتحدث عن ثلاث اصدقاء كل واحد فيهم يعاني من رهاب في العلاقات العاطفية حيث لا يستطيع الالتزام مع شريكة و يبحث عن سبب لانفصاله عنه.

أختيار مناسب في هاي الفترة المزحومه. رواية خفيفية لطيفة تبين اهمية الصداقة.

[Tara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this back in 2005 when it was a new release.. REally good book about 3 friends & their annual trip on one of their boats. Its filled with unexpected twists and turns...