Safe Harbour

by Danielle Steel

On a wind-swept summer day in San Francisco, a solitary figure walks down the beach, a dog at her side. At eleven, Pip Mackenzie's young life has already been touched by tragedy; nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother Ophelie into inconsolable grief. But on this chilly July afternoon, Pip meets artist Matt Bowles, who offers to teach the girl to draw--and can't help but notice her beautiful, lonely mother.

Matt Bowles senses something magical about Pip, who reminds him of his own daughter at that age, before a bitter divorce tore his family apart and swept his children halfway across the world. At first, Ophelie is thrown off-balance by her daughter's new companion--until she realizes how much joy he is bringing into their lives. As Matt confronts unfinished business from his past, and Ophelie is struck by a stunning betrayal, out of the darkness that has shadowed them both comes an unexpected gift of hope.

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

338 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

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

[Doneka · Rating 3 out of 5]

IT WAS AMAZING!!! HOLY CRAP! Sure, it was pretty slow, and nothing really happened until about the second half of the book, but its one of those books that you're satisfied with where you are and what's going on. It was never boring, and it just went along at a steady pace. But then, by the second half of the book...WHAM!!!!!! Everything you thought about the main characters is wrong. With some, you loathe them with the heat and passion of a thousand suns, and others you hold dearer than before. It was incredible, because it had a little bit of everything. Comedy, tragedy, romance {but not too ooey-gooey lovey-dovey. the realistic kind of romance}, action, thrills, betrayal, and well everything. Unless you're the type of person that wants action from the very first chapter {or page whatever the case may be}, and get exasperated when things don't happen fast, I don't recommend this book for you. But other than that, it's a very satisfying book that will leave you smiling.

I really loved Danielle Steel's writing style, I loved the way she brought the characters to life, and I love how the book was very realistic, but still managed to blow your mind with surprises your would have never expected. Read it!!!

[Bronwyn · Rating 2 out of 5]

Decided I should finally read Steele since she sells so many damn books. Main takeaway here is: why? Nothing happens in the first half and mostly nothing happens in the second half. I was treated to endless descriptions of people painting on the beach and having dinner out. Wasn’t enough romance and wasn’t enough suspense. Also, women are either submissive or if they are more purposeful, they are punished for their actions (cancer, being shot). Steele ain’t no feminist. Also, Matt’s obsession with Pip is hella creepy and I kept waiting for the reveal that he’s secretly a child molester. This book was a world of bullshit and I want my 10+ hours back.

[Suz · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like DS from time to time, they suit my purpose and are easy to read. A little repetitious and formulaic, but on the other hand I find them to be reputable and safe. She writes a lot, I own a lot and I read a lot of these books in summer. I am lucky to have many of these on my physical shelf, and access to what would be about twenty on audio at my public library.

Quick and easy.

Addendum! 03/09/2022
Borrowed the DVD of this one from the library. About to watch it, wish me luck

And drum roll please..
It was a bit cringey but it was nice. The sad thing was the actor playing Matt died of Covid 19.. very sad. The female lead has a great French accent.

[Joanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s been awhile since I read this popular author and I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the book. While a somewhat predictable romance, I thought the characters Ophelia and artist Matt were unique in their presentation. Damaged, but taking things slowly and with an open mind. Matt has been faced with a messy divorce and cut off from his children who live in another country; Ophelia is thrown into widowhood and the loss of her son and is very depressed. She tries to pull it together for her young daughter Pip (11). A month on the California shore is just what the doctor ordered and Matt is a very dedicated and patient man. Just when she starts to come around, she is thrown a betrayal from her husband’s grave. The volunteer outreach team was an out of the ordinary outlet and showed some of the sinister side of people in contrast to the calming shore that starts the story. One thing I noticed multiple times were the repetition of a sentence often times within a few pages – sometimes it was a nice reminder; other time redundant.

[Pat Hege · Rating 5 out of 5]

Normally I do not read Daniel Steel, but was low on my normal mystery novels, picked this one up on a whim after reading the cover page. I really did enjoy this book, I rarely ever read romance novels, because I feel if you read one you have read them all. Man meets woman, they have one torrid sexual encounter after the next, someone is jealous, someone wants to run, then all ends well with a wedding.
But, after reading this one, I just may give Ms. Steel another read.

[Meeko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good story.
I don't read much romance book, but I like Danielle Steel books.
It's not romance book, I'd rather call "Love Story"
Love of family, husband and wife, friends and men & women.
I know it's slow pace, but this slow building brings good sensitivity.
Sadness and happiness combined well.
I like it!

[Erica Henry · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Maybe some people just aren't meant to be in our lives forever. Maybe some people are just passing through. It's like some people just come through our lives to bring us something: a gift, a blessing, a lesson we need to learn. And that's why they're here. You'll have that gift forever."

Wow! I honestly wasn't expecting to love this book as much as I did. I honestly thought it was just going to be one of those authors that people hyped up too much but now I see why. This made me feel all the feels. I laughed. I cried tears of sorrow and tears of joy. This was an emotional rollercoaster and I can't wait to pick up the next book.
About a year ago, Pip and her mom Ophelie, lost half of their family in a plane accident; brother and father. Then one day, Pip comes across this guy named Matt on the beach. He's a painter and he ends up teaching her how to draw. At first, Ophelie was skeptical about him and feared that he was going to hurt Pip. After sometime goes by she realizes that Matt is a good man and they start to feel things through each other.
Matt's wife Sally had left him 10 years ago to be with his best friend and took his children away from him. Robert and Vanessa believed that Matt had abandoned them even though he had been riding them and tried to visit them but their mom was actually keeping her kids out of Matt's life due to the fact that she was married to his best friend. Sally was just a very manipulative person and the kind that wanted things to go her way. So not long after Matt meets Pip and her mom, Robert comes to see him. I don't want to go into too much details because I don't want to give the plot away. It really was a fantastic read though and I definitely recommend it. There is lots of loss and heartache and learning to trust again. Matt and Ophelie both experienced a lot and were afraid of being hurt again. Fantastic read.

[Ali Alghanim · Rating 4 out of 5]

* يمكنك دائما جلب الأشياء ثانية، و لكن ليس الأشخاص .


* أكبر كشجرة قوية قديمة، أمد جذوري للأسفل، و استمتع بحياتي مع الأشخاص الذين يجلسون تحتها، و لا يريدون هزها كل عشر دقائق، أو يرغبون بقطعها. أحيانا تكون الحياة الهادئة أمرا جيدًا.


* إن الوقت شيء مضحك . لا يمكنك تحديده، أو شراؤه، أو التوقع بتأثيره على الأشخاص. البعض يحتاج إلى المزيد ، و البعض إلى الأقل.

[Geevika Bhatia · Rating 1 out of 5]

I know I should not mark this book as read and should not rate it as I am not worthy of it :( Why? Because this is the first book that I was not able to complete and left in between. I tried hard, I actually tried to not leave it half way but I was not able to help it. Every time I picked it up with all my courage collected, I went drowsy after a few pages. I know with so much of good reviews about this book I am the only one giving it one star. But being a reader I think i deserve to share my experience.
This book is way too predictable, very repetitive, mostly flat with nothing exciting or with not even a tiny twist or anything that you cannot think of. Initially I liked the character of Pip but as book progressed it was like all other monotonous characters. With so many set backs in relationships (at least author tried to make such sense) for Matt, Ophelie and Pip, the author failed to stir a single chord of emotion. I really did not find any message out of this book even though I believe, anything no matter what, gives you a learning. May be not this time for me :(
The tag line says 'Believe in happy endings' and I do but not in such predictable stories where bad is already gone and only good is going to happen and you know what is the end of the story even when you are not half way done. Journey is always more interesting than the destination but reading this book was not at all a joyful journey that I could complete.

[Agustina Uliarte · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[مٙيّادة العرّ . · Rating 4 out of 5]

" إنها تنام أكثر هذه الأيام ، ولا تتحدث كثيراً كما كانت في السابق ، حتى أنها نادراً ما تبتسم ، ولكنها لا تبكي طوال الوقت أيضاً ، كما كانت في السابق . " 🎶

رواية تفاصيلها تحمل الألم والأمل بنفس الوقت ، يوجد مفاجأة صادمة في منتصف الرواية غير متوقعة ، تُثبت أن الحياة مهما اعتقدنا أنها انتهت بالنسبة لنا فهي لا تنتهي ، ولا تتوقف بسبب فقدنا أحبتنا ، دائماً ما تعطينا الحياة في الوقت الذي نتوقف فيه عن انتظار أي شيء ، شيء لم ننتظره اصلا فينتشلنا من الضياع واليأس .
وأثبتت أيضاً أن القلوب المكسورة تعرف بعضها البعض ، فتجدهم يجتمعوا بكل بساطة دون الحاجة إلى الكلام حتى تُجبر هذه القلوب ، فالأرواح جند مجندة .
أما بيب الفتاة الصغيرة التي تحملت حزن والدتها وإهمالها لها جعل هذا منها فتاة ناضجة ، بحكم ظروفها أصبحت هي والدة أمها ، الأمر الذي جعلها أكثر حكمة وجمال .

أحببت الرواية . ❤️
هنا بعض الاقتباسات منها 👇🏻

(( كانت حكيمة أكثر مما يجب أن تكون في عمرها .

كان حضورها قوياً لدرجة أن غيابها جعل الأمور تبدو في الحقيقة أكثر سوءاً مما كانت عليه قبل قدومها .

علاقتهما كانت عائمة في الفضاء ، دون أي تحديد للزمن ، شعر وكأنه يعرفها منذ وقت طويل .

غريبة تلك الأشياء التي تشتاق لها في الأشخاص عندما يرحلون .


وبدأت بالبكاء ، رغم أنها أرادت أن تكون شجاعة من أجله .

كل ما مرت به وعانت منه كان في عينيها وعلى وجهها .
مهما كان الشخص ، فإنه يحمل أعباءً وجروحاً ونودباً ، وأشخاصاً قاموا بإيلامه أو تحطيمه أحيانا ، لا أحد يمر دون خدش .

إن نوع الندب الباقية على روح كل شخص تحدد هويته ، أحياناً تُغني الروح ، وأحياناً أخرى تحطمها .
بدا سر الحياة بأن ننجو من الضرر ، ونتعايش مع الندب بشكل جيد ، ولكن في الحقيقة ، لا يوجد قلب لم يصب بأي خدش ، فالحياة ذاتها واقع ، ولكي تحب شخصاً ما حبيباً كان أو صديقاً ، لن يكون عندك أي خيار سوى أن تكون حقيقياً .

أنه من الصعب تذكر مصاعب ومشاكل أي شخص كنت تحبه وتوفى .
عند الوفاة كل ما تتذكره هو الجزء الجيد ، ومن ثم تقوم بتحسينه .

لا وجود لطريقة واحدة مباشرة لاجتياز عملية الحزن .

جميعنا يحتاج للأصدقاء . أنسى ذلك أحياناً .

لأول مرة من سنوات هناك هدف لحياتها .

جميعنا نستحق أشخاصاً لطفاء في حياتنا .

يمكنك دائماً جلب الأشياء ثانيةً ، ولكن ليس الأشخاص .

أولئك الذين يشعرون باليأس الشديد يبقون تلك الأشياء لأنفسهم مما يؤدي لنتائج أليمة .

جميعنا كان غبياً ومصاباً بالعمى ، كل واحد على طريقته الخاصة .))

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous read. Life can change with the walk on the beach. A chance meeting with an artist, a little girl and her dog. About relationships,family bonds, infidelity,friendship and a second chance at happiness. LOVED this book.

[Redfox5 · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I started reading this book, I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. 'Here we go again' I thought. Steel is going to repeat things for us, just to make sure we get it. She even used the same sentence on two pages next to each other! Oh and also, why is the dog on the front cover not a chocolate lab?

I was also really sceptical of the story. Matt and Pip meet on the beach, bear in mind that Matt is an adult and Pip is a child. And they have this amazing connection and feel like they've always known each other. Cue more eye rolling for me. But then, about halfway through the book sucked me in and I fell in love with the story and the characters. The betrayal and the romance. Even had me close to tears at one point. For fans of Steel but not the one to start with if you are new to her work.

[Preetam Chatterjee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Danielle Steel’s Safe Harbour is ostensibly a story of grief, healing, and improbable love — but when you tilt it through a postmodern lens, it starts to shimmer strangely, like a Hallmark painting dissolving into pixels. Beneath its gentle surface, it becomes a text about storytelling itself: how we script safety into chaos, and how the idea of “harbour” is never quite as fixed as it seems.

At the narrative level, the novel follows Ophélie MacKenzie, a widow navigating the emotional wreckage of losing her husband and son, and finding solace — or perhaps narrative closure — in a friendship with Matt Bowles, an artist equally adrift.

Their meeting on a quiet beach feels accidental, but Steel’s universe doesn’t believe in accidents. It believes in symmetry. It believes in healing arcs that resolve at precisely the point where the reader’s heart is most porous.

But a postmodern reader can’t quite sit still with that. We see the scaffolding, the author’s invisible hand arranging coincidences, the emotional machinery ticking behind the prose.

Steel’s language, clear as glass, becomes the very mirror through which we glimpse the artifice. It’s comfort literature performing the illusion of randomness — and doing so with the finesse of a novelist who knows the emotional codes of her readers better than most people know their passwords.

And yet, the book works because it wants to work on you. Every chapter is a gentle tug toward hope, every page a small act of defiance against cynicism.

Ophélie’s grief isn’t chaos; it’s curated sorrow, filtered through Steel’s signature rhythm of pain followed by redemption. The narrative moves in spirals rather than straight lines, looping back on emotional beats until catharsis is achieved not through surprise, but through inevitability.

Postmodern theory loves to mock sincerity, but Safe Harbour dares to resurrect it. Steel doesn’t wink at the reader; she looks them straight in the eye and says, “You’re hurting, aren’t you?” In an age of irony, that kind of earnestness becomes subversive.

The book refuses to hide behind metafictional masks or linguistic experiments. It’s radical precisely because it restores sentimentality to literature — a return of feeling to a world numbed by cleverness.

If you squint a little, the novel becomes a metaphor for reading itself. The “harbour” isn’t just Ophélie’s sanctuary; it’s the reader’s, too. You dock there after the day’s shipwrecks, waiting for language to soothe you. Steel’s sentences — deceptively simple, relentlessly compassionate — are the architecture of that refuge. You don’t enter her books to be challenged; you enter to be witnessed.

And yet, the edges blur. The safety promised by the title isn’t absolute; every comfort contains its own fragility. Matt’s art, Ophélie’s motherhood, the sea itself — all are unstable constructs, symbols of transience rather than permanence. Steel, intentionally or not, writes about the impossibility of total safety in a world designed for loss.

That’s where the postmodern pulse beats beneath the sentiment: the awareness that every happy ending is provisional, every healing partial.

Maybe that’s why your wife’s gift feels so layered. On the surface, it’s an act of love — a promise that even amid the messiness of life, there’s a shore where you can rest. But read deeper, and it’s also a meta-gesture: she’s giving you a narrative of care, outsourcing emotion through fiction, inviting you to inhabit a space where love is constructed through text.

So yes, Safe Harbour is comfort fiction — but in a world that’s constantly fragmenting, comfort itself becomes avant-garde. Steel, in her glossy, generous way, reminds us that storytelling still matters, not because it’s real, but because it makes the unreal survivable. And sometimes, the safest harbour is just a paperback handed to you by someone who knows your storms.

Try it out 😀

[إيمان · Rating 4 out of 5]

أول عهدي بالقراءة… يا سلاااام على ذكريات إلتهام الكتب غصبا عن مستواي في اللغة 😅

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ted Mackenzie and his bipolar son Chad were killed in a plane crash nine months ago. Left behind to pick up the pieces are Ted's wife Ophelie and daughter Pip. Ophelie is in a severe depression and can hardly take care of Pip except for the basics. Ophelie leases a house at Safe Harbour for the summer and while there Pip befriends artist and recluse Matt Bowles. They become fast friends despite a difference in age. Matt is suffering from the loss of his children through a divorce. Ophelie and Matt meet and although they don't hit it off at the beginning they become good friends. Matt becomes a pillar of support for Ophelie and Pip as they go through the one year anniversary of the death of their husband/father and son/brother. Through their friendship the wounds begin to heal and they begin to move on with their lives.

This story took on a true to life form. Things that happen to everyday people. Easy for anyone to relate to. The sorrow, grief, mistakes, forgiveness and ways to overcome them. Also the joy and happiness of breaking away from the past.

This is a heart-warming story and well worth taking the time to read.

[Cassandra Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grandma really wanted me to read Safe Harbor so I gave it a chance and sped through the pages. It was romantic and cute mixed with a betrayal that I couldn't believe. I really loved this and wouldn't mind reading more of Danielle Steel and author I judged as writing 'old lady books' but nope she writes amazing love stories just like Nicholas Sparks

[Dawn ♥ romance · Rating 5 out of 5]

A tragically sad story but riveting. It was the strong friendships that developed during loneliness and grief that had me captivated. The little girl just tugged at the heart and the hero's steady patience was so endearing. Lonely 11-year-old Pip finds a friend on the beach in artist Matt during a summer when her mother Ophelie is suffering from serious depression.

[Carolyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slow going in the beginning, but picks up halfway through. There certainly are some shocking moments. Enjoyed it.

[Rahma.Mrk · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of Damielle Steel Best novel. I used to read her novel in French. It is my first time in english. My lovely friend encouraged me to try it .and I am happy that I accepted it. I love this paragraph which concluded the moral of this adorable novel❤

she looked back at him and their eyes met and held. It had been remarkable good fortune that had brought them together. But it had taken more than luck and happy accidents or even love. It had taken wisdom and courage to put their lives back together, and to have the sheer grit it took to reach out and hold on tight. It would have been so much easier to never try, to never touch at all, to run away and hide, while protecting old wounds. Instead, they had dared, they had danced, they had trudged on through the dark and the cold, defied the demons, faced the terrors, and refused to run away. It was more than just an act of love they were celebrating that day, it was an act of courage, and of faith, and hope and belief. All the bits and pieces had come together, the tiny threads, loosely bound at first, and now carefully threaded and woven into the fabric of their new life. It was above all a choice they had made, not to give in to death, but to embrace life. A choice not so easily made. It was a tightrope Ophélie and Matt had walked, a delicate balance to reach safety on the other side. They had found what they wanted, and fought for it, until they reached safe harbor, and escaped the storms at last.❤


28/2/22

[Booklover · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really liked the book,how the characters start the healing and find friendship through such tragedy n loneliness

Ted Mackenzie and his bi-polar son Chad were killed in a plane crash nine months ago. Left behind to pick up the pieces are Ted's wife Ophelie and daughter Pip. Ophelie is in a severe depression and can hardly take care of Pip except for the basics. Ophelie leases a house at Safe Harbour for the summer and while there Pip befriends artist and recluse Matt Bowles. They become fast friends despite a difference in age. Matt is suffering from the loss of his children through a divorce. Ophelie and Matt meet and although they don't hit it off at the beginning they become good friends. Matt becomes a pillar of support for Ophelie and Pip as they go through the one year anniversary of the death of their husband/father and son/brother. Through their friendship the wounds begin to heal and they begin to move on with their lives.

my heart went out to Pip,such a tender age and she saw so many tragedies lost her father n brother,her mother Ophie though she realises she has to be there for Pip but she is unable to deal with the tragedies and then i was so so glad she found Matt

Ophie one great strong women though she took time to deal and stand again but she did with help of Pip n Matt and when everything was fine another twist but then Ophie deals with it cause Matt is there with her and again they together look forward

Matt had lost his children and is lonely that is when Pip comes as a sunshine and from there on he is always there for her n Ophie and later he finds his children again i was happy for him,he deserves each happiness he got

There were so many twist n turns it had me glued to the story and the healing process of each characters is good to read

Overall a good read
Recommend it

[Tony Hisgett · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is not the kind of book I would normally read but I found the ‘blurb’ quite intriguing.

The start of the book was quite slow and low key, but it really grabbed me and I was desperate to find out more about the enigmatic Pip. The story then developed into a romance between Mat and Ophelie and a sort of family drama.

The book is generally well written, but I did think the author often went over the same ground several times before moving on, on several occasions this became quite tedious. I also thought some of the storylines were a bit predictable and clichéd, the betrayal by the best friend, the conniving wife wanting to get back with the ex-husband, the contentious outreach work going wrong and finally the ending.

However, my main problem with the book was Pip slowly disappeared from the story and for most of the book the author made her a minor character.

[L.A. Zoe · Rating 4 out of 5]

What is it about Danielle Steel books? This one choked me up, even though everything in it was either obvious or useless. A young girl meets a young man artist painting on the beach. They become friends, and soon he's meeting her mother, and of course they fall in love, despite both their difficult pasts. Along the way, they work together to save somebody from drowning. As a plot point, it didn't make much sense. It doesn't affect the rest of the book. I guess it showed they could work together to save somebody else, so they could also work together to save themselves. Oh, now I get it.

The writing style . . . what can I say? Repetitive is the first word to come to mind. It tracks the same ground over and over again.

Yet, it choked me up.

[Ajla · Rating 5 out of 5]

A bit predictable and cheesy at times but overall very enjoyable and touching story. I highly enjoyed it :D

[Taylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

My grandma used to read Danielle Steel and I was missing her while wandering around the library one day so kind of picked one up at random. Not totally my cup of tea, but parts of it were cute in a predictable Hallmark movie kind of way.

[Cathy Igou · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVED this book.

[Lindsay · Rating 1 out of 5]

The best way I can describe it is I felt like I was reading a book written by AI

[DaCane · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a delightful read!! Excellent writer! This is my first book of hers…thanks mom 🥀 RIP 🪦

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

This paper book took me quite a long time to finish being one of the remaining ones in my sstash, which I am trying to reduce as I prefer reading e-books (no dust collectors like paper books ;-) ) . I managed to read only a few pages each time, so feel quite courageous for having finished this flat and boring story. It follows the typical Danielle Steel pattern: in the world of the rich and beautiful, 2 tormented souls accidentally meet, (this time via an eleven year old girl), and ... after five minutes already, they become best friends. After some obstacles, they start a hesitating relationship which is being jeopardized by some meaningless obstacles, only to evolve into a happy ending as a result of some "unexpected" and tragic circumstances... The constant repetitions are really irritating. Looks like the author is convinced she must repeat every sentence 3 times to make sure her readers understand what she means.
This book could have been written in just one chapter.... Totally predictable and the ending is no surprise at all.
Sorry for this rather negative review. I just feel that Mrs Steel's older books had much more to offer. Even though they also took place in the world of the rich and beautiful, they at least had an interesting, often historical background which kept the reader interested... (e.g. Zoya)

O.K. I am willing to rate the book 2,5 stars but 3 would be overstated in my opinion.

[Ayat · Rating 1 out of 5]

طيب واضح من الريفيوهات إني تقريبًا الشخص العربي الوحيد اللي قرر يكتب ريفيو، والريفيو هيكون فيه الكثير من الآراء الشخصية فمعلش

أولا، الترجمة سيئة جدًا، شبيهة جدًا بترجمة روايات عبير اللي ماقدرتش أخلص رواية واحدة منها

ثانيًا: الرواية، اممم، خلينا نقول عليها ماتنفعش غير للمراهقين، أو للناس الفاضية شوية، مش تناكة لا سمح الله، بس في السن اللي بقيت فيه _29 سنة_ من الصعب عليا إني اقرا الكلام ده.

ثالثًا: الرواية أكتر من 350 صفحة، كانت ممكن بسهولة تبقى 200 صفحة أو أقل كمان، وده لأن التكرار فيها مبالغ فيه، ودي أكيد غلطة ترجمة بس قبل منها غلطة مؤلفة، مشاعر الناس ومبرراتهم لأفعالهم بتتقال كل صفحتين تقريبًا

أخيرًا أنا كملت الرواية بس لأن الكاتبة من ترشيح صديقتي اللي باثق في رأيها الأدبي جدًا، دلوقتي بقيت باثق فيه نص نص :D