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Accidental Heroes
A decorated former Air Force pilot. A pregnant flight attendant. A dedicated TSA agent. The fates of these three, and many others, converge in Danielle Steel's gripping new novel--a heart-stopping thriller that engages ordinary men and women in the fight of their lives during a flight from New York to San Francisco.
On a beautiful May morning at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, two planes have just departed for San Francisco--one a 757, another a smaller Airbus A321. At a security checkpoint, TSA agent Bernice Adams finds a postcard of the Golden Gate Bridge bearing an ambiguous--perhaps ominous--message. Her supervisor dismisses her concerns, but Bernice calls security and soon Ben Waterman arrives. A senior Homeland Security agent, still grappling with guilt after a disastrous operation in which hostages were killed, Ben too becomes suspicious. Who left the postcard behind, which flight is that person on, and what exactly does the message mean?
As Ben scans the passenger manifests, his focus turns to the A321, with Helen Smith as its senior pilot. Helen's military service and her tenure with the airline have been exemplary. But her husband's savage death in Iraq was more than anyone should bear, leaving her widowed with three children. A major film star is on board. So is an off-duty pilot who has just lost his forty-year career. So is a distraught father, traveling with the baby son he has abducted from his estranged wife. Sifting through data and relying on instinct, Ben becomes convinced that someone on Helen's plane is planning something terrible. And he's right. Passengers, crew, and experts on the ground become heroes out of necessity to try to avert tragedy at the eleventh hour.
In her stunning novel Danielle Steel combines intense action with stories of emotionally rich, intertwined lives. As the jet bears down on its destination of San Francisco, strangers are united, desperate choices are made, and futures will be changed forever by a handful of accidental heroes.
On a beautiful May morning at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, two planes have just departed for San Francisco--one a 757, another a smaller Airbus A321. At a security checkpoint, TSA agent Bernice Adams finds a postcard of the Golden Gate Bridge bearing an ambiguous--perhaps ominous--message. Her supervisor dismisses her concerns, but Bernice calls security and soon Ben Waterman arrives. A senior Homeland Security agent, still grappling with guilt after a disastrous operation in which hostages were killed, Ben too becomes suspicious. Who left the postcard behind, which flight is that person on, and what exactly does the message mean?
As Ben scans the passenger manifests, his focus turns to the A321, with Helen Smith as its senior pilot. Helen's military service and her tenure with the airline have been exemplary. But her husband's savage death in Iraq was more than anyone should bear, leaving her widowed with three children. A major film star is on board. So is an off-duty pilot who has just lost his forty-year career. So is a distraught father, traveling with the baby son he has abducted from his estranged wife. Sifting through data and relying on instinct, Ben becomes convinced that someone on Helen's plane is planning something terrible. And he's right. Passengers, crew, and experts on the ground become heroes out of necessity to try to avert tragedy at the eleventh hour.
In her stunning novel Danielle Steel combines intense action with stories of emotionally rich, intertwined lives. As the jet bears down on its destination of San Francisco, strangers are united, desperate choices are made, and futures will be changed forever by a handful of accidental heroes.
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First published March 20, 2018
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Danielle Steel
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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April 5, 2018
I literally could not put this down. The best book she has ever written in my opinion. There is so much mystery revolving around a flight from New York to San Francisco each page is building upon who is responsible that I could not stop reading. Then in the end there is love, sigh. She couldn't leave us without a touch of romance thrown in. Highly recommended!! BTW, first five star of 2018
April 20, 2018
An entertaining, short read that is wrapped up with a pretty bow for the most part. I did like the plot even if it was predictable. It was like Sully but with a female veteran as the pilot hero. However, the drama of the lives of the supporting characters really brings entertainment to this book. So many different life situations going on in these characters.
My quick and simple overall: a good, quick read by Danielle Steel that is very entertaining.
My quick and simple overall: a good, quick read by Danielle Steel that is very entertaining.
August 10, 2018
I found this book very difficult to get into as there was too much information about the people in the story at the start of the book.
When the story progressed it was really interesting but it took way too long to actually get to this part of the book.
If I had not listened to the audiobook version of this story I honestly believe I would not have finished the book and would have missed the really great parts.
This was a really different and unusual way of writing from what I associate with Danielle Steel.
Great plot but too much character information.
When the story progressed it was really interesting but it took way too long to actually get to this part of the book.
If I had not listened to the audiobook version of this story I honestly believe I would not have finished the book and would have missed the really great parts.
This was a really different and unusual way of writing from what I associate with Danielle Steel.
Great plot but too much character information.
March 20, 2018
With apologies to anyone who disagrees but rarely have I felt this negatively about any book in my entire life . . .
Danielle Steel has done something quite out of the ordinary. She had a very interesting romantic notion about people becoming accidental heroes and tried making a thriller out of it. So did this best-selling author of romantic fiction and chick-lit succeed in turning it into a genuine suspense thriller as it is currently listed?
No.
This has to be the sappiest, most sugar-ladenly naive entry in the genre I have ever come across. I feel like I have put on several pounds in weight just listening to it and both my ears feel like they have developed paunches. I had to give up an hour and a half from the end and that was at least half an hour after the main action had unfolded!
Now, it may be that Steel's fans from her other books might enjoy this as an interesting diversion from her normal output, I couldn't say. However, regular fans of the thriller genre are unlikely to find a book that they can appreciate. The characters are more caricature than three-dimensional and the action scenes are just poorly thought out and show rather unforgivable levels of naivete. If any of you make it through that ending then message me on Goodreads and I'll buy you a beer, wine or other beverage according to your tastes. I've never read anything more sickly or full of cliches in my entire life.
Sorry Danielle, and of course her fans, I am sure that your success in other genres is deserved but you simply aren't a thriller writer.
Danielle Steel has done something quite out of the ordinary. She had a very interesting romantic notion about people becoming accidental heroes and tried making a thriller out of it. So did this best-selling author of romantic fiction and chick-lit succeed in turning it into a genuine suspense thriller as it is currently listed?
No.
This has to be the sappiest, most sugar-ladenly naive entry in the genre I have ever come across. I feel like I have put on several pounds in weight just listening to it and both my ears feel like they have developed paunches. I had to give up an hour and a half from the end and that was at least half an hour after the main action had unfolded!
Now, it may be that Steel's fans from her other books might enjoy this as an interesting diversion from her normal output, I couldn't say. However, regular fans of the thriller genre are unlikely to find a book that they can appreciate. The characters are more caricature than three-dimensional and the action scenes are just poorly thought out and show rather unforgivable levels of naivete. If any of you make it through that ending then message me on Goodreads and I'll buy you a beer, wine or other beverage according to your tastes. I've never read anything more sickly or full of cliches in my entire life.
Sorry Danielle, and of course her fans, I am sure that your success in other genres is deserved but you simply aren't a thriller writer.
May 17, 2018
Finished in a day and nowhere near Ms. Steel's best. Lots of cliches and author profiling of characters. 3 of 10 stars
April 24, 2018
Possibly the worst-written book I’ve ever read. Just awful. The first chapter is entirely exposition dump, and it doesn’t improve much from there. All telling, very little showing, it seems to violate almost every concept of competent writing known to man. The plot is extremely obvious, and the tying up of lose ends is roughly twice as long as it needs to be for a story of this length.
February 15, 2019
I was drawn to this book in having an interest in security, police investigations and terrorism threats and the topic chosen is very relevant to the world today. It's also different to many books I have chosen to read and i needed a change after a series of eight books. The pace was excellent and I didnt want to put it down.
The story gripped me from the start even with many characters i quickly understood who they all were. It was a normal day for everyone involved security staff at the airport, police and intelligence services and all the airline crew apart from one person getting on the plane was planning to be remembered FOREVER. In many parts it didn't feel like fiction it felt real and like you were there living it through the characters minds and bodys.
I love how they are all working on instinct. It's interesting how one mistake can make such a difference and cause such a terrible effect. Heroes were accidents of circumstances and all the men and women involved were brave. I liked many of the characters but my favourite was female pilot Helen.
It was such a quick read for me and I'd love more books like this! I really enjoyed this book!
The story gripped me from the start even with many characters i quickly understood who they all were. It was a normal day for everyone involved security staff at the airport, police and intelligence services and all the airline crew apart from one person getting on the plane was planning to be remembered FOREVER. In many parts it didn't feel like fiction it felt real and like you were there living it through the characters minds and bodys.
I love how they are all working on instinct. It's interesting how one mistake can make such a difference and cause such a terrible effect. Heroes were accidents of circumstances and all the men and women involved were brave. I liked many of the characters but my favourite was female pilot Helen.
It was such a quick read for me and I'd love more books like this! I really enjoyed this book!
August 19, 2021
Another Good One
This book was recommended to me by a friend. I really appreciate the recommendation—it was wonderful.
Full of fantastic characters and plot twist.
A great one that I highly recommend.
This book was recommended to me by a friend. I really appreciate the recommendation—it was wonderful.
Full of fantastic characters and plot twist.
A great one that I highly recommend.
March 2, 2020
Danielle Steel has been accused of writing fluff. Critics often say her books are awful. As someone who has read this book, I have to disagree.
What drew me to Accidental Heroes was its cover. Until I saw this book sitting on the shelf at my local store, I hadn't heard of Danielle. My childhood interest in planes was what prompted me to pick up this book and read the blurb, then go home and research the author, and find out who she was and what she wrote. Seeing that she was a Romance author, I initially thought I wouldn't enjoy the book. Then I reminded myself that I had said the same thing about Nora Roberts before I read Year One and decided to give this book a try. I bought it, along with several other Steel books, for my grandmother for Christmas, with the intention that I would read them when she was done with them.
So far, I'm impressed.
The book opens with a group of people, who are unrelated to each other, heading to work at JFK. Flight crew, a TSA worker. We also briefly meet some of the passengers. Then, just after the flight takes off, TSA worker Denise discovers a post card that frightens her. She is not believed by her colleagues, but calls Homeland Security anyway. What follows is a difficult waiting game as the flight heads toward what could either be nothing, or San Francisco's own 9/11.
It is true that Steel's stories are not complex, but this works perfectly for this book. Rather than a constant flow of elaborate sentences and trick imagery, we get a straight forward story that anyone can pick up and read, and enjoy. It is not a perfect story, but it is a damn good one.
I should point out that this is no romance. It is a thriller. But there are elements that will still satisfy Romance readers and Steel's fanbase.
My advice would be to put your assumptions to one side and but this book. I did, and I got a kick out of it. It is a simple, straightforward, and enjoyable book that will have you turning the pages consistently, and if you pout it down at night, the first thing you will think of in the morning is picking it back up.
What drew me to Accidental Heroes was its cover. Until I saw this book sitting on the shelf at my local store, I hadn't heard of Danielle. My childhood interest in planes was what prompted me to pick up this book and read the blurb, then go home and research the author, and find out who she was and what she wrote. Seeing that she was a Romance author, I initially thought I wouldn't enjoy the book. Then I reminded myself that I had said the same thing about Nora Roberts before I read Year One and decided to give this book a try. I bought it, along with several other Steel books, for my grandmother for Christmas, with the intention that I would read them when she was done with them.
So far, I'm impressed.
The book opens with a group of people, who are unrelated to each other, heading to work at JFK. Flight crew, a TSA worker. We also briefly meet some of the passengers. Then, just after the flight takes off, TSA worker Denise discovers a post card that frightens her. She is not believed by her colleagues, but calls Homeland Security anyway. What follows is a difficult waiting game as the flight heads toward what could either be nothing, or San Francisco's own 9/11.
It is true that Steel's stories are not complex, but this works perfectly for this book. Rather than a constant flow of elaborate sentences and trick imagery, we get a straight forward story that anyone can pick up and read, and enjoy. It is not a perfect story, but it is a damn good one.
I should point out that this is no romance. It is a thriller. But there are elements that will still satisfy Romance readers and Steel's fanbase.
My advice would be to put your assumptions to one side and but this book. I did, and I got a kick out of it. It is a simple, straightforward, and enjoyable book that will have you turning the pages consistently, and if you pout it down at night, the first thing you will think of in the morning is picking it back up.
March 29, 2018
Sorry Danielle Steel, this one just didn’t do it for me. DNF
April 13, 2018
This might be my favorite book by Danielle Steel ever, and I have read them all.
This was about what happens when a TSA agent finds a postcard in the bin at security.
We see all the steps that are taken to make sure this is reviewed, and the passengers are safe.
This was about what happens when a TSA agent finds a postcard in the bin at security.
We see all the steps that are taken to make sure this is reviewed, and the passengers are safe.
April 11, 2023
I was fascinated reading about all the people involved and what goes on behind the scenes at an airport when security deems there to be a credible threat. The process of checking a plane manifest and eliminating suspects was interesting. I was worried for a few chapters that the author had ventured into a danger zone with stereotyping passengers, but I shouldn’t have been worried…a talented author knows her audience!
With a wide focus on passengers, crew and cockpit, Steel is able to propel a fast-moving story with high engagement. I loved getting the background on the staff heading to work at JFK as well as the flight crew as they get their assignments. When the plane is in the air, a TSA employee on the ground discovers a postcard with a sinister message and alerts Homeland Security.
I loved the ticking clock tension. Readers know that the plane has to land and that there’s an ‘incident’ on board, but don’t know if the threat will be neutralized in time. The preparation and uncertainty kept me turning pages. I don’t know how she does it, but Steel manages to infuse some comedic relief. I don’t think I’ll look at a pair of luxury stilettos again without thinking of Tom’s ‘Manfredo Bizarro’ reference.
As flight A321 nears San Francisco, desperate choices need to be made and soon passengers, crew and experts on the ground become accidental heroes in their attempts to avert an airline disaster. This would make a fantastic movie!
The author’s message is that being a hero isn’t something we try to do. “It’s something that happens to you, an accindent of circumstance, and you become a hero without ever meaning to.”
I’m glad we are sailing in and out of San Francisco today and not boarding Flight A321
With a wide focus on passengers, crew and cockpit, Steel is able to propel a fast-moving story with high engagement. I loved getting the background on the staff heading to work at JFK as well as the flight crew as they get their assignments. When the plane is in the air, a TSA employee on the ground discovers a postcard with a sinister message and alerts Homeland Security.
I loved the ticking clock tension. Readers know that the plane has to land and that there’s an ‘incident’ on board, but don’t know if the threat will be neutralized in time. The preparation and uncertainty kept me turning pages. I don’t know how she does it, but Steel manages to infuse some comedic relief. I don’t think I’ll look at a pair of luxury stilettos again without thinking of Tom’s ‘Manfredo Bizarro’ reference.
As flight A321 nears San Francisco, desperate choices need to be made and soon passengers, crew and experts on the ground become accidental heroes in their attempts to avert an airline disaster. This would make a fantastic movie!
The author’s message is that being a hero isn’t something we try to do. “It’s something that happens to you, an accindent of circumstance, and you become a hero without ever meaning to.”
I’m glad we are sailing in and out of San Francisco today and not boarding Flight A321
February 17, 2019
Security agent Bernice Adams finds a postcard of the Golden Gate Bridge with writing on the reverse side. It was how the writing of words that had been written that concerned Bernice. She reported it to her supervisor but the superior didn't see any alarm to the disregarded postcard that had been left by a passenger. Bernice takes her fears about the postcard she found further. With two planes in the sky both going towards Golden Gate Bridge the hunt is on tracking passengers background including cabin staff. I liked the way readers are taken through the eyes of security with the passengers coming through for suitcases checked and pat down if necessary. Then I enjoyed reading about all the difference passengers getting ready for their flight journey and why they were flying that day. The next step is about quite a few passengers in the air on the planes. I won't say what happens as I don't want to do a spoiler. This story hasn't scared me in the least and I fly about three Or four times a years going on short holidays. I found this story totally different by Danielle Steel than the other ones that I have read. I do have a few books by Danielle Steel in my book case waiting to be read. I'm gradually going through them.
April 23, 2018
I could have read this book in one sitting, but stretched it out to two. All of Danielle Steel's books are great and this might have been the best she's written in awhile. It was about a plane heading to San Francisco from NYC. A TSA agent discovers a postcard in one of the bins than has a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge on one side and a warning on the other. One person contacts another and soon everyone's top priority is landing this plane safely. In addition to the story, the reader meets the different passengers and flight crew and learns about their lives. The pilot, Helen, is prior military and is cool, calm, and collected the entire flight. Her co-pilot has lots of issues and almost crashes the plane. Of course there is a happy ending as all of Steel's books.
August 19, 2018
This is the first DS book I've picked up since I read Palomino years ago. I thought it might be fun and the story line intrigued me, having worked in the airline industry. Thankfully I borrowed it from our local library because I sure would be kicking myself if I'd paid for it.
I expected the drawn out descriptions of everything, but I don't remember Ms. Steel writing so sloppily. Point of view changed within single paragraphs and one character magically knew what the other was thinking. So much exposition. Just poor writing. Ugh.
And the A321 passenger jet doesn't have business class. It only has first class and coach. I guess that's a small thing since the book is fiction, Ms. Steel can make up whatever she wants, right?
Anyway, it was a disappointing read for me.
I expected the drawn out descriptions of everything, but I don't remember Ms. Steel writing so sloppily. Point of view changed within single paragraphs and one character magically knew what the other was thinking. So much exposition. Just poor writing. Ugh.
And the A321 passenger jet doesn't have business class. It only has first class and coach. I guess that's a small thing since the book is fiction, Ms. Steel can make up whatever she wants, right?
Anyway, it was a disappointing read for me.
March 22, 2018
A page turner! I couldn't put it down. A airport security finds a card that makes her feel like something awful might happen. She tells her supervisor who tells her it is nothing and to return to work.....but because of a nagging feeling she notifies security. Is the airplane that just took off going to have an incident or land without any problems. Normal people doing normal jobs and living their normal lives may be turned into heroes.
March 21, 2018
This is another winner for Danielle Steel. I don't know how she keeps up the prolific pace of her writing, but I'm surely glad she does. I always feel good after I read one of her books, and this one was no different. Thank you Ms. Steel for making my day.
May 17, 2018
Wow! I used to be a big Steel fan but after awhile it seemed all her books were cut from the same mold and I stopped reading her. Then Accidental Heroes came along. I was hooked as soon as I read the blurb because I love airplane thrillers. What's more exciting than being thousands of feet in the air in virtually what is nothing more than a tin can, when you discover there's a problem and you and everyone aboard might be doomed to die! So I grabbed this one up.
I wasn't disappointed. While it wasn't the best airline thriller I've read, it was a good one and I didn't want to out it down. Let me say, I did kind of guess who was involved when a little more than half way through but it wasn't proved to be until almost the last and didn't take away from the book's ending. And if course you have your usual list of suspects like the flight crew, the passengers, maintenance people, etc. Is it an act of terrorism? Is it an employee with a grudge against the airline? Just some crazy person with their own agenda, one no one knows about?
The whole thing starts when Berniece, at baggage check, finds a postcard with a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge on one side, a very cryptic message that could be assumed as a threat, in the other. She reports it to her supervisor who blows it off, but Berniece has a bad feeling about it and goes over the survivor's head and calls someone else. This gets the ball rolling. There are two possibilities regarding the airline involved so authorities begin combing passenger manifests and digging into the flight crews' backgrounds. The pilot, who just happens to be a woman and a decorated war hero, is notified and ordered to keep the information to herself until further notice. What they don't tell her is that she is a suspect as well. Her husband had been captured by a radical Islamic group and beheaded on national tv while the U. S. government did nothing to stop it. Was that enough to send the woman over the edge to where she'd knowingly crash a plane with all those people on board as a way of getting back at our top officials for letting her husband die?
This had plenty of possibilities when it came to means and motives and kept me on the edge of my seat a couple of times. It was quite a change from the author's earlier work, one i really enjoyed. I'm hoping to see more like this in the future.
I wasn't disappointed. While it wasn't the best airline thriller I've read, it was a good one and I didn't want to out it down. Let me say, I did kind of guess who was involved when a little more than half way through but it wasn't proved to be until almost the last and didn't take away from the book's ending. And if course you have your usual list of suspects like the flight crew, the passengers, maintenance people, etc. Is it an act of terrorism? Is it an employee with a grudge against the airline? Just some crazy person with their own agenda, one no one knows about?
The whole thing starts when Berniece, at baggage check, finds a postcard with a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge on one side, a very cryptic message that could be assumed as a threat, in the other. She reports it to her supervisor who blows it off, but Berniece has a bad feeling about it and goes over the survivor's head and calls someone else. This gets the ball rolling. There are two possibilities regarding the airline involved so authorities begin combing passenger manifests and digging into the flight crews' backgrounds. The pilot, who just happens to be a woman and a decorated war hero, is notified and ordered to keep the information to herself until further notice. What they don't tell her is that she is a suspect as well. Her husband had been captured by a radical Islamic group and beheaded on national tv while the U. S. government did nothing to stop it. Was that enough to send the woman over the edge to where she'd knowingly crash a plane with all those people on board as a way of getting back at our top officials for letting her husband die?
This had plenty of possibilities when it came to means and motives and kept me on the edge of my seat a couple of times. It was quite a change from the author's earlier work, one i really enjoyed. I'm hoping to see more like this in the future.
March 25, 2018
Different
I truly enjoyed this book. It wasn’t a typical DS romance. I did enjoy the “suspense” - so not a normal part of her writing. In the end romance wins and everything is tied up neatly with a pretty bow. Is it real life, no but who cares...I read fiction to escape.
I truly enjoyed this book. It wasn’t a typical DS romance. I did enjoy the “suspense” - so not a normal part of her writing. In the end romance wins and everything is tied up neatly with a pretty bow. Is it real life, no but who cares...I read fiction to escape.
April 9, 2018
I love to read Danielle Steel when I am pressed for time as her stories flow easily. There were a few times I closed to book to make sure it was a Danielle Steel book as it was of a different level of writing. I recommend this book to read. A real thriller.
March 22, 2018
Predictable Steel read. Everything is great, bad stuff happens, everything turns out great in the end. All wrapped up neatly in a bow. Good quick read. :)
October 4, 2018
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Let me tell you something about Danielle Steel. She loves her characters. She makes sure each character runs a full circle, as in, is carefully built and maintained throughout the plot.
‘Accidental Heroes’ is a book set partially on an airplane, and partially in the office of Homeland Security. It is based on the concept that, in stressful and scary situations, we meet and get to become heroes. The courage, patience, and sacrifice that people are capable of, reveal themselves in stressful situations, and there are the people who help us survive catastrophes.
The characters are so diverse. There is a captain who has survived the worst, a crew who is waiting to land so that they can get back to their life, and passengers who want this to be a regular flight. Then we get to meet the person who follows her hunch and is crucial in the operation, and a bunch of people forgetting all about their problems just to save the passengers and the crew from the aforementioned crisis.
Accidental Heroes lacks intensity at places, but it also gives us a bittersweet story that will tease the hormones responsible for emotions in a very satisfying manner.
Let me tell you something about Danielle Steel. She loves her characters. She makes sure each character runs a full circle, as in, is carefully built and maintained throughout the plot.
‘Accidental Heroes’ is a book set partially on an airplane, and partially in the office of Homeland Security. It is based on the concept that, in stressful and scary situations, we meet and get to become heroes. The courage, patience, and sacrifice that people are capable of, reveal themselves in stressful situations, and there are the people who help us survive catastrophes.
The characters are so diverse. There is a captain who has survived the worst, a crew who is waiting to land so that they can get back to their life, and passengers who want this to be a regular flight. Then we get to meet the person who follows her hunch and is crucial in the operation, and a bunch of people forgetting all about their problems just to save the passengers and the crew from the aforementioned crisis.
Accidental Heroes lacks intensity at places, but it also gives us a bittersweet story that will tease the hormones responsible for emotions in a very satisfying manner.
December 27, 2018
I listened to this on audio book.
It's been may years since I read a book by Danielle Steel but seeing the blurb for this book intrigued me enough to give it ago. Thankfully I wasn't disappointed.
I found the story to be very well told, there was a lot of characters to keep up with but on the whole I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I thought it was a very powerful and intense story from start to finish, really does make you think about things.
This has made me want to read/listen to more of Danielle books now.
It's been may years since I read a book by Danielle Steel but seeing the blurb for this book intrigued me enough to give it ago. Thankfully I wasn't disappointed.
I found the story to be very well told, there was a lot of characters to keep up with but on the whole I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I thought it was a very powerful and intense story from start to finish, really does make you think about things.
This has made me want to read/listen to more of Danielle books now.
April 5, 2018
I’m not much of a Danielle Steele fan. However, the description of this book sounded like something I would enjoy. Unfortunately, her writing style is too “Dick and Jane” for me-not sure how else to describe it. I was disappointed in the interaction between the characters. There was really very little drama, and it was very predictable. The book was downhill after the climax so I skimmed the last several chapters.
November 28, 2020
A lone postcard found by a TSA agent started the doubt about something catastrophic happening on one of the flights. Homeland Security was called, and everyone on the passenger and crew list was analyzed until they reached a result which would cost the lives of the passengers. Now it was upto the pilot Helen and Ben at the Homeland office to find a way out.
Reading a Danielle Steel after a long time, many years in fact, and it was like coming home. I chose this book as I wanted to feel the air rushing through me as the flight and its passengers faced a life and death situation.
I loved that the author dedicated the book to the people who help us fly safe, and it was wonderful knowing how hard they worked in tandem at every moment to prevent catastrophic events.
The book started slow, giving me time to get used to all the characters and plotting them in my mind. I had to admit that Danielle Steel made it so easy, even when I was listening to the audiobook. At no point did I get confused.
The story slowly built up the suspense as the ground investigation brought home some ugly truths, and it was left to Helen to bring all the passengers home. Every character was etched clearly, giving me their emotions and information about their personal lives. The professionalism about the crew had to be applauded.
The prose had some tense moments where I couldn’t stop listening. I had to know – Would all of them be saved? The only niggle was that the ending was extremely detailed where I knew every single detail of the characters. That could have been kept sharp. The narrator was male, and I thought the audiobook would have been better if it had been a female voice. Or that might be my personal preference.
The story was quite entertaining; the voice was rich with emotions as it narrated the tale of what happened one day in the lives of the passengers and crew of flight A-321
Reading a Danielle Steel after a long time, many years in fact, and it was like coming home. I chose this book as I wanted to feel the air rushing through me as the flight and its passengers faced a life and death situation.
I loved that the author dedicated the book to the people who help us fly safe, and it was wonderful knowing how hard they worked in tandem at every moment to prevent catastrophic events.
The book started slow, giving me time to get used to all the characters and plotting them in my mind. I had to admit that Danielle Steel made it so easy, even when I was listening to the audiobook. At no point did I get confused.
The story slowly built up the suspense as the ground investigation brought home some ugly truths, and it was left to Helen to bring all the passengers home. Every character was etched clearly, giving me their emotions and information about their personal lives. The professionalism about the crew had to be applauded.
The prose had some tense moments where I couldn’t stop listening. I had to know – Would all of them be saved? The only niggle was that the ending was extremely detailed where I knew every single detail of the characters. That could have been kept sharp. The narrator was male, and I thought the audiobook would have been better if it had been a female voice. Or that might be my personal preference.
The story was quite entertaining; the voice was rich with emotions as it narrated the tale of what happened one day in the lives of the passengers and crew of flight A-321
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March 26, 2018* Review to come.
January 8, 2020
It was a pretty good read, it kept me engaged. The plot wasnt anything outstanding and there were so many different characters to keep track of. It is a decent read if you are bored, but felt like there was some quality missing to the book.
August 20, 2020
Excellent. Not what I expected.
January 18, 2023
Door dit boek weer een topfan van Danielle Steel.
Deze keer minder glamour. Dit boek is best wel spannend om te lezen, uiteraard heerst hier ook romantiek maar de spanning primeert.
De vlucht naar San Francisco wordt onvergetelijk voor iedereen.
Lees het en je gaat volledig op in dit spannende verhaal. Je ontmoet een aantal personages die het verhaal inhoud en spanning geven.
Geen typische Danielle Steel maar ze mag nog zulke boeken schrijven!
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Deze keer minder glamour. Dit boek is best wel spannend om te lezen, uiteraard heerst hier ook romantiek maar de spanning primeert.
De vlucht naar San Francisco wordt onvergetelijk voor iedereen.
Lees het en je gaat volledig op in dit spannende verhaal. Je ontmoet een aantal personages die het verhaal inhoud en spanning geven.
Geen typische Danielle Steel maar ze mag nog zulke boeken schrijven!
Een dikke aanrader
May 24, 2025
3.5⭐️
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