Accidente

by Danielle Steel, Marta Pérez Sánchez (Translator)

En Accidente, Danielle Steel plasma a unos personajes que viven la vida que todos vivimos, pero estos personajes tan cercanos a nosotros de pronto ven transformadas sus existencias por un accidente de automóvil.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Drama, Mystery, Novels

352 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

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

[Diane Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant! a moving and powerful storyline about how precious life is to most people/everyone..classic D.Steel writing (paperback!)

[Ana · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this book as a recommendation. I’m thinking that because the person who recommended it to me actually listened to it as an audio book, her experience of it must have been different to mine. I wish I could say that this is the first and last book that I read by Danielle Steel, sadly that’s not the case, as I got given another one by her for Christmas, which I must read! My problem is I have to read the books I get given and I cannot put a book aside once I start it even if I am not enjoying reading it.
It made me raise my brow when I read Georgia Metcalfe’s review of this book, well you can call me a cynic but you really don’t need any tissues. From the start you know where the book is going, when Page paints her life and marriage so rosy and the building up to the accident, there can be only two things about to happen: her marriage breaking and an accident happening. The whole book is totally predictable. Also, I know it’s only fiction, but it’s totally unrealistic too, the fact that the woman involved in the accident doesn’t get tested for alcohol. Also throughout the book I couldn’t stop rolling my eyes because of so much repetition and towards the end all the clichés just made me cringe. I find that if you take out all the repetition the book would easily express the same story across in half the amount of pages. I have read many bad books but this is possibly up there with one of the worst.

[Cindy Lemon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks to my mom for having most of Danielle Steel's books, I came across this one years ago; picked it up, read it, and fell in love with it. There is no doubt in my mind that Danielle Steel is an amazing author and this book, I've read at least 10 times up until now. The story of a mother whose world comes crashing down after the accident of a loved one, yet, she fights tooth and nail to get through the tough times and never gives up. This book definitely hits home, and even though I pretty much know it by heart by now, I can never get sick of it. I, for sure, am gonna read it again in the near future! Thumbs up to Miss Steel for such a heart touching story.

[Christina Zanakos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Accident is an amazing family novel centered around Paige, mother of two and devoted wife. Paige feels incredibly lucky to have such a blessed life, until one night her teenage daughter Allyson tells a white lie that will transform the family forever, so far from normal that it can never go back. The two teenage girls, Allyson and Chloe, go to dinner with two older boys, lying to their parents that they are together. A car accident leaves Allyson in a coma and Chloe badly injured, one of the young boys dead. Paige must lean on the comfort of Chloe's father in the hospital while her own husband is nowhere to be found, beginning the unraveling of his dark secret that cannot be untold. Paige acts as a hero, standing tall in her courage and protecting herself and what's left of her family in this time of tragedy. It's a heartwarming book and is amazingly written, as all of Danielle Steel's books are.

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! This book was a great book! It is certainly different from other books I've read from DS but I must admit it was better than I anticipated. :)

This book gave me all the feels, anger, sadness, happiness, love. I was so immersed in the story that before I knew I had already read a lot of pages. Before starting this book I was however, a little afraid because of the writing font. It is quite small and I'm not going to lie, I am not a fan of small writing especially in books like these. That certainly won't stop from diving right into the story because it was good and I am not going to not read books like these just because of the writing that's not what its all about, it the story not the writing style or font, it is whether or not you like it story. I am super glad I read this book. I have no regrets and you should read it too. :)

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the first Danielle Steel I've ever read. I've kind of shied away from her writing all these years because I just couldn't bring myself to read "that kind" of writing. I started the book skeptical and I found that the writing could have been better (I rolled my eyes at plenty of her adjectives and metaphors), but the characters and the story kept me reading. In the end, I was disgusted by Brad, admired Page, and fell in love with all the teens and children in the book (especially Andy and Bjorn). So while the writing was mediocre, the characters were very entertaining. I would consider reading another Danielle Steel book again, only if the characters are as enjoyable as these in this book.

[Redfox5 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Considering how much I moaned about the last Steel book I read (Hotel Vendome) this one was a big improvement and it's one of her older ones.

The start of this book when the accident happens is really emotional, I cried my way through pretty much all of it. Page just couldn't seem to get a break, first Allie and then her husband. What a rat he was!

I don't feel Steel forced how amazing the characters were on us so much in this one. Although Page's new love story happened pretty quickly.

The only thing I didn't like was that they didn't question the whole drinking thing with senator's wife and then after she killed that whole family, no one expressed any guilt about not being more forceful about it. I know they had other things on their mind but I would have thought 'oh I could have stopped her from doing that again' but maybe thats just me.

Random irritations were the names. The spelling of Page should have been Paige. Allyson should have been Alison. And I have no idea how you are supposed to pronounce Trygve?

Other than that, this is a really good book and if you are looking for somewhere to start with Steel, then this wouldn't be a bad one to start with.

[Layla · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent. Abrupt ending and she held on to the marriage for wayyyy too long.

I also didn't buy that someone as intelligent/compassionate as the h would fall for such a spineless, cowardly, selfish moron. How could she not see that? How could he have changed *that* much?

Also it had that thing i hate where the man uses the fact that the couple "grew apart" to inculpate her in his cheating and SHE GOES ALONG WITH IT. Yeah, maybe you grew apart, but the does not justify infidelity for almost a year. The h really needed to develop a backbone. Maybe it's just me and my schadenfreude but I wish it were longer only so that it could show the inevitable misery of Brad and Stephanie.

[Don Stanton · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read it to see what it was like.... humdrum...... plot thinly laid out too dymentional all characters were. It was a week for trail of the Stepford Wives, well actually even weaker than that. What would it be like to be the crowning Queen of dribble. What's worse than that, good hard working people pay money for that dribble. The
only use I can see for these types of books are an escape from reality.
No more Danielle Steel for me.
" The Princess Bride" was a far far superior book.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I always enjoy DS’s photo on her books. They match nicely with book content.
This book is angsty … but very good.
Dare you not to cry ….

[Preetam Chatterjee · Rating 5 out of 5]

This review was written in that dim corridor of days between the 22nd and 28th of October, 2025 — a week blurred by the hiss of oxygen and the slow drip of IV lines at Bellona Nursing Home & Diagnostic Centre Pvt. Ltd. I was then a reluctant guest of illness, recovering from an infection that had seized both lungs and kidneys. Forgive, therefore, the infrequent tremor in my language; it bears the soft delirium of painkillers and the fragile clarity of a mind half-dreaming between fever and thought. But Slime does that annoying, delightful thing some tales do — it pretends to be campy horror and then quietly slips a mirror into your hands.

Steel hits emotional velocity right from the first chapter. Paige Clark’s ordinary suburban existence — kids, routines, stability — is shattered by a single phone call: her teenage daughter has been in a horrific accident.

Steel builds the tension with surgeon-like precision, capturing the chaos of uncertainty: hospital corridors, clipped sentences from doctors, and the unbearable pause between hope and fear.

Paige’s world narrows to the hospital bed, and Steel writes that claustrophobic maternal terror with unflinching clarity.

But the novel isn’t just about trauma; it’s about the avalanche of truths that come tumbling out when life stops pretending.

Paige’s marriage, already fraying around the edges, splits open under stress, exposing a partner who can’t anchor himself when she needs him most.

And then there’s the unexpected solace: a warm, steady presence in the form of a compassionate widowed doctor, who becomes a quiet lighthouse amid Paige’s storm.

Steel explores recovery — physical, emotional, relational — with maturity.

The daughter’s rehabilitation is gruelling and slow, and Steel doesn’t rush it for narrative convenience. Instead, she lets the healing feel earned.

Paige’s emotional journey mirrors it: small steps, painful realisations, and moments of reluctant courage.

The novel doesn’t promise tidy happily-ever-afters, but it does offer something better: a sense that life can be rebuilt from ruins, and sometimes the family you end up with is the one forged in crisis.

[Nicki · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was my first Danielle Steel book and I think I expected a little more because she's a famous author. I liked the overall storyline, but she repeated herself so many times as far as their feelings, emotions, etc. that a few times I even thought I had read the same page already and had to check the page numbers! That was a little annoying. I think she could have left some of the repetition out and added more at the end telling how Addie took the news of her friends death, her parents split, and both her parents falling in love with other people.. I expected to have all of that answered and I found myself turning the last page and thinking it wasn't finished. It left me with too many questions at the end.

Overall, not so impressed, but I would probably read another one of her books still.

[Adanna · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm so afraid to read anymore Danielle Steele.....
The whiny reassurances in this book were too many for me to handle; "he was such a handsome and kind man with a bad wife", "he has a special son that he treats and takes care of so magnificently", she was so lovely but out of my league", "her daughter is in a coma and she is nearly hanging on by a thread so why is this happening to her, because she is such a lovely person". OH MY GOSH give it a rest! You are trying to make me feel 1 specific way about your characters, why can't I make up my mind on my own?! This is the most boldfaced, sad, manipulative, unimaginative literary tactic I have had the displeasure to be exposed to. I wish she had gotten away with making me feel what she wanted to make me feel about her characters, but I wish she had done it more tastefully!
Well you can't love all an authors books!

[Joi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was great. It gave me every emotion that you could possibly think of. I enjoyed it so much. The reasons I gave it four stars are because it dragged in some parts and I believed that some things could be taken out. Also, I think that the ending was just...wrapped up in a nice little package. I feel as if it could have been more fleshed out and explained. Besides, for these two things, everything else was good.

[Ana Mengual · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro muy entretenido en que Steel nos cuenta una historia bonita pero dura. Porque es duro saber las consecuencias que puede tener para una persona tener un accidente tan grande como el que ha tenido la protagonista de este libro y es más duro que no puedas saber cómo va a acabar ella hasta que no acabas el libro.

[Jjean · Rating 4 out of 5]

Started slow but she gave complete discriptions of each character before the "Accident" - an amazing family novel- marriage, children, past & present family saga - even some think they are "Above the Law" - held my interest to the end - and one that I will feel for awhile.

[Una · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️ Very predictable plot and a few annoying characters, but the book is well written. I have mixed feelings about this one. As I understand D.Steel is a very popular writer, and most of her books are well rated, so I might read some of her other books.

[Carol Gibbons · Rating 3 out of 5]

Too much about the accident. Can only read so much about someone in a coma for 4 months, and the ending seemed so quick and rushed. Would have liked it better if there was more about how all the characters ended up.

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the story overall, but I really thought the ending was too abrupt. It was like she reached some magic page number limit or something and just wanted to end the story.

[Amanda Tuinstra ( Liefde voor boeken Amanda) · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Mana Mel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

[J Jahir · Rating 5 out of 5]

Uno de los más dramáticos que he leído de ella, pero que me ha parecido brillante. Cómo una familia completa se enfrenta al accidente de Allison, la chica, que llegó en condiciones muy graves. no sólo es esa incertidumbre, sino que Page y Brad parecen vivir situaciones que podrían poner cuesta arriba su matrimonio, además de estar al tanto de su hijo, andy.
es un libro que te mantendrá a la expectativa, te llegará al corazón más que todo, por allison.

[Kavya Janani U. · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book started well, went on terrifically, and fizzled out towards the end. Wish Danielle Steel learns to pen stories with crisper narrative.

[Nora King · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent read. Very predictable. Wasn't surprised or shocked by any of.

[Lorraine Cobcroft · Rating 1 out of 5]

I found this book among a stack of books in my mother's room in an aged care facility when I was cleaning out after my mother passed away. There were quite a few Danielle Steele books in her collection. Apparently she liked this author. I don't. I find her books far too formulaic for my taste, and featuring a lot of poor grammar that irritates. (The overuse and incorrect use of ''as'' and ''while'' drives me nuts!)

''Accident'' has a worthy plot. It is the story of a woman who thought she lived in an almost perfect world but whose world is shattered when he daughter is involved in a car accident that leaves her hanging on a thread. Struggling to come to terms with the reality that her child might die, or live as a brain-damaged vegetable, she discovers the husband she adored and believed adored her has been cheating on her.

The plot offers the opportunity to produce a powerful book - one so charged with emotion and so revealing of human frailties and the power of love that it would be thoroughly unforgettable. But Danielle Steele hasn't taken advantage of the opportunity. I find her writing shallow, and I read her books only when there is nothing else to hand.

The one thing I appreciate about Danielle Steele's writing, though, is that it reminds me of what kind of writer I do not want to be. Perhaps it should also tell me why I'm far less successful than she, but it leaves me wondering why she is so popular, when her writing isn't even well edited. I guess story formulas evolved because readers like formulaic stories. I guess I am not a typical reader.

Despite its many flaws, ''Accident'' is a good story. It provided some light relief and welcome distraction during a period of grieving, when reading the type of literary works I lean to would have required too much effort.

[Dacia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heartbreaking, soul-wrenching, hopefilled and amazing love. This book just pulls at all the heart strings. It starts with Page's 15 year old daughter getting in a horrendous car accident that left the 17-18 year old boy dead, and her friend no longer able to dance professionally with the damage done to her legs. Sounds like a great book, right? It sounds horrible. But, it's definitely realistic and very easy to connect to the characters and with the story. Like Page divorcing her husband of 16 years because he's been cheating on her for the past 8 months, and their 7 year old boy's reaction to his father's new girlfriend. It's relatable, because we all go through tough shit, and that's really what makes this book. Page is a strong woman, going through everything she is all at one time. It's like a tornado. But she's able to keep going, holding on to reality and fighting for her children, as well as for herself. She's able to get through all the shit, some with the help of a friend, and in the end, her daughter wakes up from a 4 month coma.

It seems like I gave away a lot of information, but there is so much more to this story. The emotion that Danielle Steele is able to portray through her words, the way you can feel like you're actually there in that moment, is what makes this book absolutely amazing.

[Charlotte (Buried in Books) · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hmmm, tough one this. I wanted to like it, honestly I did. But I struggled with it.

Page has a seemingly perfect family (which you know is about to fall apart), wonderful husband (yeah - right), 2 beautiful children. But a terrible car accident one night changes everything. Page's daughter goes out with her best friend (who has a wonderful divorced dad) on a double date - they lie to both parents, by the end of the night one boy is dead, the 2 girls are fighting for their lives and another boy walks away with scratches.

This is the cue for Page to find out that her husbands cheating on her (eventually leaving her), a sub story about her terrible family (which it really didn't need) and her whirlwind romance with best friends dad (which you could see coming from the first chapter).

Everyone seems to spend most this book in tears - three quarters of the way through this got really old. It just went on too long.

[Clifford Wollum · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first of many of her books to be read. A good story line and romance that's the trademark of Danielle. Flustered near the end when the boy had broken his arm and dislocated his shoulder. There's a part where the mother took the boy to baseball practice. Not one thing of his arm or shoulder was observed. What did the boy do at practice? His arm was in a cast. The ending was what one saw forthcoming.

A 2nd reading of this novel oops again on this boy who had broke his arm and was taken to a baseball practice later to do what? Anyway, the girl who survived a head on collision and was in a coma for weeks while all hell broke loose in the relationship of her mother and father and finally awoke to say hi to mom.

[Charity Yoder · Rating 2 out of 5]

while i normally enjoy her books... this one just kind of... was there. and ticked me off. daughter gets hurt. wife finds out husband cheats on her. instant divorce. finds a new lover (who of course is better at EVERYTHING than her ex. and treats her better as well). of course this lover is the father of her daughter's best friend because they bond due to the accident. of course... the book ends with the daughter getting better. not a full recovery. just better. like she can talk now, and is out of the hospital. so everyone ends happy. the ex gets a new trophy of sorts. mom ends up pregnant. they plan to get married. peachy. WHAT's there NOT to love. gag me.

[Paulina · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Why are you so good to me?' She whispered as he pulled her closer to him. 'Because I'm trying to seduce you' was the answer."

I absolutely loved this book! Words can't express the pain I've felt throughout this. I was on a rollercoaster ride in this book and I cried many times! The only issue was how Page let her husband treat her so wrong but then I understood because they have been together for 16 years and it's hard to just let go of that.

This book is wonderful. Even though I guessed some of the plot twist I was still shocked at times. I'm so glad I picked this one up!