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Rage of Angels
A worldwide bestseller first published in 1980, this novel tells the story of Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer who is loved by two men, one a politician, the other, a mafia don.
512 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1980
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Sidney Sheldon
286 books8,084 followersSidney Sheldon (1917-2007) was an American writer who won awards in three careers—a Broadway playwright, a Hollywood TV and movie screenwriter, and a best-selling novelist.
His TV works spanned a twenty-year period during which he created I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70), Hart to Hart (1979-84), and The Patty Duke Show (1963-66), but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980) that he became most famous.
His TV works spanned a twenty-year period during which he created I Dream of Jeannie (1965-70), Hart to Hart (1979-84), and The Patty Duke Show (1963-66), but it was not until after he turned 50 and began writing best-selling novels such as Master of the Game (1982), The Other Side of Midnight (1973) and Rage of Angels (1980) that he became most famous.
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March 1, 2022
Rage of Angels, Sidney Sheldon
Rage of Angels is a novel by Sidney Sheldon published in 1980.
The novel revolves around young attorney Jennifer Parker; as she rises as a successful lawyer, she gets into a series of on goings that lead to intrigue with the mob and a rival attorney that promises to break her life's dreams. As the story progresses, the protagonist is romantically torn between a famous politician, who helps her rise again, and the Mafia boss who framed her. The boss swears to destroy her after he finds out about her affair with the politician and the child resulting from the affair.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز هفدهم ماه جولای سال1994میلادی
عنوان: خشم فرشتگان؛ نویسنده: سیدنی شلدون؛ مترجم هادی عادلپور؛ تهران، کوشش، سال1373؛ در511ص؛ چاپ سوم سال1379؛ چاپ پنجم سال1388؛ شابک9646326269؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده20م
داستان دختری به نام «جنیفر پارکر» است؛ دختری که از ممتازترین شاگردان در دانشگاه حقوق بود؛ او سالهای دراز و ملال آور را در دانشکده ی حقوق به پایان رسانده، تا بالاخره به آرزوی دیرینه ی خود، که وکیل شدن بود، برسد؛ اما در نخستین روز حضورش در دادگاه، رویدادیی برای «جنیفر» رخ داد، رخدادی ناباورانه، رویدادی که سرنوشت او را دیگر کرد؛ «جنیفر» در دام «مافیا» افتاد؛ و...؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 22/02/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ 09/12/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
Rage of Angels is a novel by Sidney Sheldon published in 1980.
The novel revolves around young attorney Jennifer Parker; as she rises as a successful lawyer, she gets into a series of on goings that lead to intrigue with the mob and a rival attorney that promises to break her life's dreams. As the story progresses, the protagonist is romantically torn between a famous politician, who helps her rise again, and the Mafia boss who framed her. The boss swears to destroy her after he finds out about her affair with the politician and the child resulting from the affair.
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز هفدهم ماه جولای سال1994میلادی
عنوان: خشم فرشتگان؛ نویسنده: سیدنی شلدون؛ مترجم هادی عادلپور؛ تهران، کوشش، سال1373؛ در511ص؛ چاپ سوم سال1379؛ چاپ پنجم سال1388؛ شابک9646326269؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده20م
داستان دختری به نام «جنیفر پارکر» است؛ دختری که از ممتازترین شاگردان در دانشگاه حقوق بود؛ او سالهای دراز و ملال آور را در دانشکده ی حقوق به پایان رسانده، تا بالاخره به آرزوی دیرینه ی خود، که وکیل شدن بود، برسد؛ اما در نخستین روز حضورش در دادگاه، رویدادیی برای «جنیفر» رخ داد، رخدادی ناباورانه، رویدادی که سرنوشت او را دیگر کرد؛ «جنیفر» در دام «مافیا» افتاد؛ و...؛
تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 22/02/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ 09/12/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
February 10, 2017
Amoung four Sheldon's books, This one has to be my most fave!
The plot is so intense and unputdownable. Jennifer Parker, she is an intelligent associate, but her life turns up side down after she is choosen to be a pawn in the trial of a Mafia Michael Moretti. She become notorious and no Law Firms accept her. But this strong girl never give up, she struggle and fight... and This is the Story of the best Lawyer I've ever read.
Gosh.. the Lawyer aspect of this book is even intenser than Julie James's books *no offence* I love her works anyway. BUT This is the Lawyer book I want to read! The books that I can experiance a lot of trials in court. Sheldon is very well-written about the court scenes and I enjoy it that much. Nope, I love it! I found my heart beat fast several times and cried in some trial. Jennifer is such a smart clever lawyer I want to be.
Romance is intense! Jennifer has to get involve romantically with two guys, an Angel and a Demon. Oh how I love the career of her love interests! Adam Warner is a smart Senator and Michael Moretti is a ruthless Mafia. Both handsome guys are powerful man who stay in the opposite sides and have to fight against each other in the politic game. *swoon*
If you guys love reading about Lawyer, Politician, and Mafia.. Don't miss this book! That's all I want to say. :)
The plot is so intense and unputdownable. Jennifer Parker, she is an intelligent associate, but her life turns up side down after she is choosen to be a pawn in the trial of a Mafia Michael Moretti. She become notorious and no Law Firms accept her. But this strong girl never give up, she struggle and fight... and This is the Story of the best Lawyer I've ever read.
Gosh.. the Lawyer aspect of this book is even intenser than Julie James's books *no offence* I love her works anyway. BUT This is the Lawyer book I want to read! The books that I can experiance a lot of trials in court. Sheldon is very well-written about the court scenes and I enjoy it that much. Nope, I love it! I found my heart beat fast several times and cried in some trial. Jennifer is such a smart clever lawyer I want to be.
Romance is intense! Jennifer has to get involve romantically with two guys, an Angel and a Demon. Oh how I love the career of her love interests! Adam Warner is a smart Senator and Michael Moretti is a ruthless Mafia. Both handsome guys are powerful man who stay in the opposite sides and have to fight against each other in the politic game. *swoon*
If you guys love reading about Lawyer, Politician, and Mafia.. Don't miss this book! That's all I want to say. :)
June 10, 2018
Anatomy of a Sidney Sheldon read
Upon getting book from library: I have read so many serious books lately. It'll be fun to read Sheldon again. I loved Hart to Hart. Cannot wait.
Page 20: another virginal brilliant ingenue heroine? Oh well, at least this one is a lawyer
page 31: well, that's actually a plausible setup for her losing her job with the DA's office
page 104: seriously, she did NOT just turn to the jury in the middle of arguing a rule of evidence to deliver a lengthy soliloquy to them, did she? You so can't do that.
Page 148: ok, make that another virginal brilliant ingenue heroine who falls in love with the wrong guy
Page 175: you know, I liked Hart to Hart when I was 10.
Page 200: How. Many. More. Pages?
Page 205: time to start expediting this read
Page 286: make that two wrong guys. And one of them reminds me a lot of The Other side of Midnight’s Larry Douglas mixed with Demiris.
Page 420: this book is kinda sad
Page 505: hooray I'm done.
Verdict: maybe I'm too much of a literary snob to enjoy these sort of books anymore. Maybe if I were on an airplane. Still, way better than James Patterson. Sheldon really was a good storyteller for his genre and yet I wonder what he was trying to say. Stay virgins girls or you'll end up with a shady lady killer, literally? Or perhaps I overthink this.
Upon getting book from library: I have read so many serious books lately. It'll be fun to read Sheldon again. I loved Hart to Hart. Cannot wait.
Page 20: another virginal brilliant ingenue heroine? Oh well, at least this one is a lawyer
page 31: well, that's actually a plausible setup for her losing her job with the DA's office
page 104: seriously, she did NOT just turn to the jury in the middle of arguing a rule of evidence to deliver a lengthy soliloquy to them, did she? You so can't do that.
Page 148: ok, make that another virginal brilliant ingenue heroine who falls in love with the wrong guy
Page 175: you know, I liked Hart to Hart when I was 10.
Page 200: How. Many. More. Pages?
Page 205: time to start expediting this read
Page 286: make that two wrong guys. And one of them reminds me a lot of The Other side of Midnight’s Larry Douglas mixed with Demiris.
Page 420: this book is kinda sad
Page 505: hooray I'm done.
Verdict: maybe I'm too much of a literary snob to enjoy these sort of books anymore. Maybe if I were on an airplane. Still, way better than James Patterson. Sheldon really was a good storyteller for his genre and yet I wonder what he was trying to say. Stay virgins girls or you'll end up with a shady lady killer, literally? Or perhaps I overthink this.
July 26, 2007
I read all Sidney’s stories, not including the last two books published. After knowing so many great books, I put Sidney Sheldon out of my priority.
But from all the book he (I thought it was a she) wrote, this one and Sand of Times is my favourite.
This book is about Jennifer (see, I still remember her name though I don’t have the book), a young lawyer who entered her career in a positive manner and optimism in her blood. But then many things happen and many people came along the way, that changed her innocent way of thinking.
I found it scary, that people actually can change because of the situation happened to them.
I still feel my ‘crush’ on Michael Moretti (me and my best friend discuss about this guy a loooot) and reading about her boy –Joshua if I’m not mistaken- brought tears to my eyes.
I hate end of the story by the way. Her loneliness described very well, cause I felt a sting in my heart imagining her closing the door and trying to remember when was the last time she was happy. Hiks. I need end of Sands of Time to recover my sadness from reading this.
But from all the book he (I thought it was a she) wrote, this one and Sand of Times is my favourite.
This book is about Jennifer (see, I still remember her name though I don’t have the book), a young lawyer who entered her career in a positive manner and optimism in her blood. But then many things happen and many people came along the way, that changed her innocent way of thinking.
I found it scary, that people actually can change because of the situation happened to them.
I still feel my ‘crush’ on Michael Moretti (me and my best friend discuss about this guy a loooot) and reading about her boy –Joshua if I’m not mistaken- brought tears to my eyes.
I hate end of the story by the way. Her loneliness described very well, cause I felt a sting in my heart imagining her closing the door and trying to remember when was the last time she was happy. Hiks. I need end of Sands of Time to recover my sadness from reading this.
February 8, 2017
I had a different review where I gushed about Jennifer Parker, but upon closer inspection and reevaluation... I've changed my mind. I still love this book because the story is just
This story revolves primarily around Jennifer's stupidity and questionable decisions when it comes to Michael and Adam. The action was insane. But if I met Jennifer right now, I would bitch slap her back to the land of common sense. Then again, if she had been smart in the first place, there wouldn't have been such a captivating story.
FYI,
But Sidney, you slayed me with this one.
This story revolves primarily around Jennifer's stupidity and questionable decisions when it comes to Michael and Adam. The action was insane. But if I met Jennifer right now, I would bitch slap her back to the land of common sense. Then again, if she had been smart in the first place, there wouldn't have been such a captivating story.
FYI,
But Sidney, you slayed me with this one.
February 13, 2016
This is my first Sidney Sheldon book and I love it
{Thank you Pang for recommending this book to me!}
I stayed awake all night to finish this amazing fast paced, multi-POV thriller with well developed plot full of interesting twists, great character development, brilliant cases with fascinating back stories. More importantly, I couldn't help admiring the main character, Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer for sticking up for herself, for being such a fighter, a go-getter, a woman with talent, courage and intelligence who is not afraid to show it. At times, Jennifer was weak, she made stupid decisions that destroyed her hard work and reputation but then continued to follow up with more bad decisions concerning men, but that just makes her a deeply flawed interesting character and I like that. The ending was fitting and left space for possibilities.
I really admire Sidney Sheldon for letting his main character go crazy, for not being afraid to let his heroine soar high, to be triumphant and suddenly fall to pieces in a major way that had me horrified. Usually, I don't like character devolution, but Rage of Angels was well done. I can't wait to try another Sidney Sheldon book.
{Thank you Pang for recommending this book to me!}
I stayed awake all night to finish this amazing fast paced, multi-POV thriller with well developed plot full of interesting twists, great character development, brilliant cases with fascinating back stories. More importantly, I couldn't help admiring the main character, Jennifer Parker, a successful lawyer for sticking up for herself, for being such a fighter, a go-getter, a woman with talent, courage and intelligence who is not afraid to show it. At times, Jennifer was weak, she made stupid decisions that destroyed her hard work and reputation but then continued to follow up with more bad decisions concerning men, but that just makes her a deeply flawed interesting character and I like that. The ending was fitting and left space for possibilities.
I really admire Sidney Sheldon for letting his main character go crazy, for not being afraid to let his heroine soar high, to be triumphant and suddenly fall to pieces in a major way that had me horrified. Usually, I don't like character devolution, but Rage of Angels was well done. I can't wait to try another Sidney Sheldon book.
September 20, 2011
In Goodreads, a five star rating means that the book was really amazing, but Rage of Angels was not just amazing, it completely blew me away. Every author is so keen on making the leading character, a living legend, that the tragedy is lost. But that is the only emotion that we can relate to best apart from love. Joy is individual, sorrow is universal. Sidney Sheldon has pushed his imagination to the extremes, and finally there is everything in this book that a book needs to be complete.
Jennifer is in love with Adam Warner and Michael Moretti and nothing seems to make sense and on top of that her son, Joshua, dies and she is all alone. Every author feels the need for adrenaline for his readers to enjoy his book to the fullest, but very few can actually display it in words. Everyone wants to play it safe, because no one wants the leading character to die or become the bad guy or change. But Sidney Sheldon had really shown what he can do with his characters. I love the ruthlessness in the writing. What happens to Jennifer in the book is what is likely to happen to a person sharing a fate similar to hers and no one can escape it. It’s easy for me to say because I don’t live her fate, but if I ever did, then I would be likely to feel the same conflicting emotion between Adam Warner, the person who stole her heart and created the loneliness in her life and Michael Moretti, the person who erased it and became the passion she could not resist.
I would have felt much better if Joshua's death would have been framed by Michael’s mafia gang and then Jennifer would have gone against Michael while Michael was against her and Adam was against Michael. In that way, Jennifer would become Tracy Whitney (If Tomorrow Comes) for some time and then she could go back to living her normal life. But this is the only book that I have ever read that actually goes beyond the limitations of imagination and penetrates deeper into the tragedies of human life, which makes it much more believable as we can relate to it.
Like every Shakespearean play ends with “All’s well that ends well”, every Sidney Sheldon novel ends with “If tomorrow comes, but tomorrow never does”.
Jennifer is in love with Adam Warner and Michael Moretti and nothing seems to make sense and on top of that her son, Joshua, dies and she is all alone. Every author feels the need for adrenaline for his readers to enjoy his book to the fullest, but very few can actually display it in words. Everyone wants to play it safe, because no one wants the leading character to die or become the bad guy or change. But Sidney Sheldon had really shown what he can do with his characters. I love the ruthlessness in the writing. What happens to Jennifer in the book is what is likely to happen to a person sharing a fate similar to hers and no one can escape it. It’s easy for me to say because I don’t live her fate, but if I ever did, then I would be likely to feel the same conflicting emotion between Adam Warner, the person who stole her heart and created the loneliness in her life and Michael Moretti, the person who erased it and became the passion she could not resist.
I would have felt much better if Joshua's death would have been framed by Michael’s mafia gang and then Jennifer would have gone against Michael while Michael was against her and Adam was against Michael. In that way, Jennifer would become Tracy Whitney (If Tomorrow Comes) for some time and then she could go back to living her normal life. But this is the only book that I have ever read that actually goes beyond the limitations of imagination and penetrates deeper into the tragedies of human life, which makes it much more believable as we can relate to it.
Like every Shakespearean play ends with “All’s well that ends well”, every Sidney Sheldon novel ends with “If tomorrow comes, but tomorrow never does”.
September 30, 2011
Ah, Sidney, Sidney... I always come back to you when I need a bit of a palate cleanser between loftier fare. You never fail to entertain me. This time, though, you didn't quite electrify me. I don't think this is one of your best works. It's got some absolutely terrific elements (two thumbs up for the kid's near crucifixion; ditto for his water skiing horror), but somehow it just doesn't quite scale the giddy heights of excess that 'The Other Side of Midnight' does so very, very well. But this is not to say I wasn't gripped and engaged. I read this in a couple of days, which is doing very well for me. But some of the expectations I had in the excellent first half didn't quite deliver with pay-offs in the corruption-drenched second half. I REALLY hoped some of the clients Jennifer miraculously got off in her climb to the top would come back and save HER in the second half. They didn't. Not even poor Stumpy, the limbless beauty queen. Also, Ken...? Was he a pillow biting old Nancy or not? Admittedly my beat up 80s copy was missing ten pages around a third of the way in, but I doubt if those bits were crucial to the Ken subplot. What WAS Ken...? Anyway, even when faintly mediocre, Sidney is never boring. He continues to teach ME lessons about storytelling, and there are plenty of other writers with books on the shelves that I rather wish he'd teach as well.
July 11, 2019
I thought Jennifer was "the bomb" as the kids like to say. She inspired me, and I almost wanted to become a criminal lawyer like Jennifer, but I realized that only Perry Mason's clients were ever always innocent, so I decided to take a different life path! Another great Sidney Sheldon read from my misspent youth!
July 21, 2018
I know this book was written in the early seventies and I tried really hard to keep that in context, but I just couldn't get past the rampant chauvanism this book was laden with. Sheldon tries to portray Jennifer Parker as a strong, independent woman but throughout the story, her life revolves around men! Her father dies of a broken heart after his wife's affair and subsequent abandonment...and his daughter proceeds to have not one but two relationships with married men! It just didn't jive. I found very little to like about Jennifer. She was just so needy. But I think what I disliked most about Rage Of Angels was that by the end, it had turned me into a feminist (and now I realize 5 years later that I never hated feminism, I am a feminist, I only dislike the brand of feminism that strives to hate men for everything. )
July 30, 2017
One word : Terrific !
Rage of Angels is a brilliant piece of literature. I loved everything about it. The protagonists, the plot, writing, everything gets a thumbs up from me.
Rage of Angels is a brilliant piece of literature. I loved everything about it. The protagonists, the plot, writing, everything gets a thumbs up from me.
August 2, 2016
آیا واقعا زنان باهوش اند؟
وکالت و خصوصا وکالت جنایی شغلی بسیار سختی برای زنان است. اما جنیفر پارکر، وکیلی که از زیر صفر شروع می کند، به سرعت هوش و استعداد خود را نشان می دهد و تبدیل به یک وکیل سرشنا�� می شود. در دادگاه، معمولا نه دادستان و نه وکیل مدافع، هیچ یک در پی عدالت نیستند. آن ها به فکر بازی و مبارزه ای هستند که می خواهند در آن برنده شوند. یعنی یک وکیل باهوش می تواند از شکاف های قانون استفاده کند و حتی از مجرم گناهکار یک بی گناه آسیب پذیر بسازد.
اما آیا هوش و ذکاوت فقط باید در جنبه شغلی به کار گرفته شود؟
جنیفر در اطرافیان خود می بیند که عشق به غیرهمسر موجب فروپاشی خانواده ها شده است. (مادر خودش، همسر و فرزندش را رها کرده و موجب شکست و فوت پدر جنیفر شده است. همسرِ دوستِ جنیفر، کنت، نیز به خاطر رابطه ی همسرش با فرد دیگری، خودکشی کرده است.) با این وجود جنیفر خود را درگیر عشق مردی متاهل می کند. آیا این ذکاوت است؟ آیا باید همسر این مرد که در بزنگاه از همسرش حامله می شود تا زندگیش را حفظ کند، بدجنس و مکار بدانیم؟
تفاوت عشق زنان و مردان
جنیفر (و شاید هر زنی) برای عشق خود حاضر است هر کاری انجام دهد. حتی اگر غیراخلاقی و نادرست باشد. در این موارد است که هوش و ذکاوت زنانه رنگ می بازد و فقط حفظ و صیانت از عشق مطرح است. او مانند عشق خود می شود، خواه اخلاق مدار باشد (مانند سناتور آدام وارنر)، خواه یک خلافکار دغل باز (مانند رئیس مافیا، مایکل مورتی). هوش در این مواقع دلایلی مناسبی برای سرکوبی وجدان و پنهان کردن خطاها از دیگران می یابد.
اما مردان در مواجهه با خطای عشق شان چگونه اند؛ اخلاق مدار به حکم شرافت، نمی تواند از خطاکار محافظت کند. اما مجرم دغل باز! ذات او پاک نیست که کسی را بیش تر از خود دوست بدارد. پس چرا باید معشوق را محافظت کند. او برای حفظ خود حتی می تواند معشوقش را حذف کند.
خشم فرشتگان
اما برای خطاها، باید عیسی ای وجود داشته باشد که به صلیب کشیده شود و کفاره ی گناهان باشد.
وکالت و خصوصا وکالت جنایی شغلی بسیار سختی برای زنان است. اما جنیفر پارکر، وکیلی که از زیر صفر شروع می کند، به سرعت هوش و استعداد خود را نشان می دهد و تبدیل به یک وکیل سرشنا�� می شود. در دادگاه، معمولا نه دادستان و نه وکیل مدافع، هیچ یک در پی عدالت نیستند. آن ها به فکر بازی و مبارزه ای هستند که می خواهند در آن برنده شوند. یعنی یک وکیل باهوش می تواند از شکاف های قانون استفاده کند و حتی از مجرم گناهکار یک بی گناه آسیب پذیر بسازد.
اما آیا هوش و ذکاوت فقط باید در جنبه شغلی به کار گرفته شود؟
جنیفر در اطرافیان خود می بیند که عشق به غیرهمسر موجب فروپاشی خانواده ها شده است. (مادر خودش، همسر و فرزندش را رها کرده و موجب شکست و فوت پدر جنیفر شده است. همسرِ دوستِ جنیفر، کنت، نیز به خاطر رابطه ی همسرش با فرد دیگری، خودکشی کرده است.) با این وجود جنیفر خود را درگیر عشق مردی متاهل می کند. آیا این ذکاوت است؟ آیا باید همسر این مرد که در بزنگاه از همسرش حامله می شود تا زندگیش را حفظ کند، بدجنس و مکار بدانیم؟
تفاوت عشق زنان و مردان
جنیفر (و شاید هر زنی) برای عشق خود حاضر است هر کاری انجام دهد. حتی اگر غیراخلاقی و نادرست باشد. در این موارد است که هوش و ذکاوت زنانه رنگ می بازد و فقط حفظ و صیانت از عشق مطرح است. او مانند عشق خود می شود، خواه اخلاق مدار باشد (مانند سناتور آدام وارنر)، خواه یک خلافکار دغل باز (مانند رئیس مافیا، مایکل مورتی). هوش در این مواقع دلایلی مناسبی برای سرکوبی وجدان و پنهان کردن خطاها از دیگران می یابد.
اما مردان در مواجهه با خطای عشق شان چگونه اند؛ اخلاق مدار به حکم شرافت، نمی تواند از خطاکار محافظت کند. اما مجرم دغل باز! ذات او پاک نیست که کسی را بیش تر از خود دوست بدارد. پس چرا باید معشوق را محافظت کند. او برای حفظ خود حتی می تواند معشوقش را حذف کند.
خشم فرشتگان
اما برای خطاها، باید عیسی ای وجود داشته باشد که به صلیب کشیده شود و کفاره ی گناهان باشد.
February 10, 2020
“Being poor is only romantic in books.”
― Sidney Sheldon, Rage of Angels
One of his best.
SPOILERS:
I loved this deeply layered story about Attorney Jennifer Parker, her life in NYC and the two men she loved. This was great from start to finish and remains one of my favorite Sheldon novels.
Seldom have I read a bleaker last paragraph in a book where the main character survives. I was haunted by it. Sheldon was one of the best. In a recent work of fiction I read one of the character sin the book disses him as not writing "real books". What the heck does that even mean? It offended me. I am here to say Sheldon's books are as real as you get. I was so moved by Jennifer's story, her love for her son. This was was a terrific book.
I hated what happened to Joshua and it was a tough section of the book. I could not stand Adam Warner. Michael? He was hard to hate no matter what awful things he did, although at the end, I stared to.
But Adam's wimpyness really kept me from relating to his character. He wanted power so much he was willing to ruin his life and the lives of everyone else. So even though he is a good guy in the book, I could not stand him.
4.5 stars. I am still haunted by that last scene. I wonder where Jenifer is now..
― Sidney Sheldon, Rage of Angels
One of his best.
SPOILERS:
I loved this deeply layered story about Attorney Jennifer Parker, her life in NYC and the two men she loved. This was great from start to finish and remains one of my favorite Sheldon novels.
Seldom have I read a bleaker last paragraph in a book where the main character survives. I was haunted by it. Sheldon was one of the best. In a recent work of fiction I read one of the character sin the book disses him as not writing "real books". What the heck does that even mean? It offended me. I am here to say Sheldon's books are as real as you get. I was so moved by Jennifer's story, her love for her son. This was was a terrific book.
I hated what happened to Joshua and it was a tough section of the book. I could not stand Adam Warner. Michael? He was hard to hate no matter what awful things he did, although at the end, I stared to.
But Adam's wimpyness really kept me from relating to his character. He wanted power so much he was willing to ruin his life and the lives of everyone else. So even though he is a good guy in the book, I could not stand him.
4.5 stars. I am still haunted by that last scene. I wonder where Jenifer is now..
June 19, 2020
I do not believe in judging books by modern standards, its unfair and sometimes silly. So if this book had been written pre-Women's Movement, I would have given it more slack, but 1980 is a little late for some of the crap spewed here. I bought a stack of Sidney Sheldon books at a library sale thinking they would be fun-bad, and mostly, they've just been bad-bad. This did start out to be reasonably entertaining despite the cringe. But it deteriorated into ludicrousness about the time that Our Heroine starts sleeping with a Mafia guy who she knows is "an amoral killer" but darn, you know, he's just so irresistibly hot and a woman can't "feel like a woman" without "approval" from some hot guy even if he is a sociopathic murderer, well, I could work up a rant here, but I won't bother.
June 14, 2017
I'm not sure why is Sheldon against women in general, since I've read like only three books of his, but in both The Sky Is Falling and A Stranger In The Mirror can be found a miserable and lonely woman that ends up exactly like that. And she hasn't really done anything so bad.
In "Rage of Angels" Jennifer is the main character and the tragedy itself. She is intelligent and hard-working, but her life is anything but happy. Yes, she has made some pretty stupid decisions (most of them connected to married men) but I still don't see how's that the reason that her son must die, she stays jobless and alone for the second time. I mean seriously? And don't you dare tell me that it happens. Because this book left me depressed and fucked up for a couple of days. It's terrible. Not even one spark of hope.
In "Rage of Angels" Jennifer is the main character and the tragedy itself. She is intelligent and hard-working, but her life is anything but happy. Yes, she has made some pretty stupid decisions (most of them connected to married men) but I still don't see how's that the reason that her son must die, she stays jobless and alone for the second time. I mean seriously? And don't you dare tell me that it happens. Because this book left me depressed and fucked up for a couple of days. It's terrible. Not even one spark of hope.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 13, 2012
My First Sidney Sheldon and I fell in love.
The story never gave a hint that it would be such a heart breaking novel at the beginning at all.I had guessed that the trouble that had began for Jeniffer at the start of the story will be overcomed by her and she would have a beautiful happy ending.
Boy was i in for a Shock.
Conclusion : Never take for grated the happy ending for a story and be ready to have you own heart broken in pieces over it.
The story never gave a hint that it would be such a heart breaking novel at the beginning at all.I had guessed that the trouble that had began for Jeniffer at the start of the story will be overcomed by her and she would have a beautiful happy ending.
Boy was i in for a Shock.
Conclusion : Never take for grated the happy ending for a story and be ready to have you own heart broken in pieces over it.
August 25, 2016
Beautifully written. Beautifully intensive.
This is another Sidney Sheldon novel that will take you off your seats, a real page-turner. A masterpiece. Another Phenomenon. If you remember his novel Nothing Lasts Forever where it revolves around an intelligent doctor, now, the Rage of Angels tells the story of a young brilliant lawyer and anything that goes around the courtrooms. Rage if Angels is filled with love, tragedy, and a woman with two men. One of them is a good (white) angel, another is a dark angel.
The young intelligent attorney is Jennifer Parker, an attractive lady who lives in a cruel man's world, full of crimes, lies and murders, as she tremendously rises as a successful prominent lawyer in New York after being framed for threatening the District Attorney Robert De Silva who is the Chief executive against a Mafia boss, Michael Morreti which in turn leads to a situation that almost break her life's dreams. As the story progresses, our protagonist picked up every pieces of strength and dignity she still has in her and after having been successful in her pro bono cases she turns out to be the figure of the Godess of the courtrooms.
If you are an aspiring lawyer or in the field of law, this is totally a book for you. You will learn several courtroom dialogues which might be useful for future Criminal Cases whether you are a Prosecutor or a Defense Counsel. You will also learn how to look into details in every possible (legit) way.
[..to be continued]
This is another Sidney Sheldon novel that will take you off your seats, a real page-turner. A masterpiece. Another Phenomenon. If you remember his novel Nothing Lasts Forever where it revolves around an intelligent doctor, now, the Rage of Angels tells the story of a young brilliant lawyer and anything that goes around the courtrooms. Rage if Angels is filled with love, tragedy, and a woman with two men. One of them is a good (white) angel, another is a dark angel.
The young intelligent attorney is Jennifer Parker, an attractive lady who lives in a cruel man's world, full of crimes, lies and murders, as she tremendously rises as a successful prominent lawyer in New York after being framed for threatening the District Attorney Robert De Silva who is the Chief executive against a Mafia boss, Michael Morreti which in turn leads to a situation that almost break her life's dreams. As the story progresses, our protagonist picked up every pieces of strength and dignity she still has in her and after having been successful in her pro bono cases she turns out to be the figure of the Godess of the courtrooms.
If you are an aspiring lawyer or in the field of law, this is totally a book for you. You will learn several courtroom dialogues which might be useful for future Criminal Cases whether you are a Prosecutor or a Defense Counsel. You will also learn how to look into details in every possible (legit) way.
[..to be continued]
March 6, 2016
Loved every single page of it.
November 20, 2009
I read this book when I was in college. I think I still have it. Smart lawyer lady (Jennifer) gets involved with mob guy (Michael Moretti...I just loved that name) when she enlists his help to find her illigimate son (Fathered by a powerful congressman)who has been kidnapped by a lunatic who blames her for mishandling his case.
In return for Moretti's help, she becomes involved in a relationship with him.........all the while still being in love with her son's Father (the senator).
It's good vs. evil with Jennifer in the middle.
This is one of the books. Probably considered a bit "low brow" but, I don't care........I loved it. Of course, that was almost 30 years ago. I might read (skim) it again and see if I feel the same way about it.
In return for Moretti's help, she becomes involved in a relationship with him.........all the while still being in love with her son's Father (the senator).
It's good vs. evil with Jennifer in the middle.
This is one of the books. Probably considered a bit "low brow" but, I don't care........I loved it. Of course, that was almost 30 years ago. I might read (skim) it again and see if I feel the same way about it.
April 15, 2020
Review to follow
December 30, 2019
brief synopsis:
the fall and rise of attorney jennifer parker, and further stuff.
setting:
new york
monaco, france
charlotte, north carolina
las vegas, nevada
acapulco, mexico
singapore
named personalities:
suetonius - a roman historian
michael 'mike' moretti - son-in-law of antonio granelli
robert 'bobby' di silva - district attorney for the county of new york
antonio 'tony' granelli - head of the largest of the five eastern mafia families
camillo 'the twitcher' stella - one of michael's soldati
martin van buren - a new york governor who went on to be us president
grover cleveland - same
teddy roosevelt - same
franklin roosevelt - same
abe 'kid twist' reles - a government witness who had "fallen" out of a sixth-floor window
jennifer parker aka wrong-way parker aka yellow canary aka miss potter aka mrs jay - a slender dark-haired girl with pale skin, an intelligent, mobile face, and green, thoughtful eyes
j edgar hoover - an fbi director
john lindsay - a politician
richard nixon - the 37th us president
jack dempsey - a professional boxer
thomas colfax - the consiglieri for the syndicate
lawrence waldman - a judge
jimmy serrano - a loanee who got behind and was consequently taught a lesson
jesus h christ - a jewish preacher
eddie ramos - a murder victim
albert 'al' ramos - another murder victim
roy riegels - a football player who had carried the ball to his own team's one-yard line
abner parker - jennifer's father
ammini williams - an indian student
josephine collins - a big, rawboned irish girl
noah larkin - a young, attractive medical student
ben munro - a law student
warren oakes - jennifer's criminal law professor
kenneth bailey - the ace investigations agency
mrs desser - a client of kenneth
otto wenzel - the rockefeller collection agency
emma lazarus - a sentimental idiot
adam 'aw' warner aka mr adams - a member of the disciplinary committee of the new york bar association
stewart needham - adam's law partner
mary beth - stewart's niece and adam's wife; an ex-secretary of the navy
lucinda - adam's bright, black paralegal assistant
mrs wenzel - otto's wife
mr peabody, jr - a tall, thin lawyer
william carlisle - a subject of a summons
billy wilder - the screenwriter, director and producer of the apartment
clarence connery - a vagrant
luna tarner - a hooker
francis joseph ryan - a priest
abraham wilson - a sing sing convict serving a life sentence
raymond thorpe - abraham's fellow prisoner
howard patterson - sing sing's assistant warden
mr galin - a court clerk
ahab - a fictional captain
salvatore 'sal', 'little flower' fiore - an almost midget soldati
nick vito - a cadaverous-looking soldati
joseph 'big joe' colella - a huge soldati
carmelina - big joe's strict catholic wife
giovanni - michael's father; antonio's distant cousin
rosa - michael's wife; only daughter
robin hood - a government defying authorithy challenger
cynthia ellman - jennifer's secretary
lauren bacall - an applause actress
andré soltner - lutèce's owner
jacqueline kennedy - a fan of lutèce
lee browning - a holland and browning partner
henri - lutèce's captain
connie garrett - a quadruple amputee
martha steele - connie's aunt
melvin hutcherson - connie's lawyer
dan martin - a former football player from northwestern university
ted harris - a slight, diffident young man
jane eyre - a fictional governess
helen cooper - a dowager who was committed at the heathers asylum in westchester
loretta marshall - an elementary grade schoolteacher stereotype
curtis randall iii aka mr charming - a wealthy socialite
melanie - loretta's daughter
roger davis - curtis's lawyer
mrs franklin - the head of the heathers asylum
mrs danvers - a fictional character in rebecca
albert - helen's butler
dorothy - helen's daughter
herbert hawthorne - dorothy's husband
archie bunker - a fictional character
'three-finger brown' lucchese - antonio's predecessor
patrick maguire - a tough, hard-bitten irishman who represented the nationwide motors corporation
joey la guardia - a short, compactly built man charged with assault
john kennedy - the 35th us president
paul richards - a transient accused of robbing a bank
fred stevens - a strict disciplinarian judge
carter gifford - a federal prosecutor
edward munroe - a tall, thin man
john trowbridge - the incumbent senator; a veteran politician
rick arlen - a rock star
grace - a film actress
rainier grimaldi - a prince of monaco
pele - a great soccer player
andré monteux - an elderly doctor
edwin newman - a newscaster
eric linden - an abortionist in charlotte, north carolina
lipschitz - presumably jacques lipschitz
noguchi - presumably isamu noguchi
miró - presumably joan miró
bob clement - jennifer's california client
dr spock - presumably benjamin spock
ames - presumably louise bates ames
gesell - presumably arnold gesell
dr harvey - jennifer's obstetrician
dr seuss - a children's author
joshua adam parker - adam and jennifer's son
mrs mackey - a middle-aged scotswoman
philip redding - the president of a large oil corporation
louis auchincloss - a lawyer
george plimpton - a writer
peter fenton - jennifer's client who owned a large manufacturing firm
marty allen - a comedian
abe - a restaurant captain
samantha - adam and mary beth's daughter
max - a german shepherd puppy
clark holman - an attorney with the legal aid society
jack scanlon aka frank jackson aka john doe - a kidnaper
tammy - a helpless little girl
evelyn - jack's wife who died in childbirth
earl osborne - the federal prosecutor for the scanlon case
barnard - the judge for the scanlon case
notaras - a captain connected to the syndicate
big joe ziegler - jack's fellow scammer in kansas city
mel cohen - another of jack's fellow scammer in kansas city
gus stavros - a greek fence
mickey nicola - jack's cellmate
blanche jackson - jack's sister
clara thomachevsky thomas - a the shakers in queens waitress
petrone - a syndicate doctor
thomas aquinas - a friar who said that when you got to the heart of the evil, there was nothing there
vasco gambutti - a syndicate member who killed a cop
scott norman - the slain policeman
arthur 'fat artie' scotto - a syndicate member
eddie 'little eddie' fratelli - a lewisburg inmate on a ten-year sentence
al capone - a gangster
lucky luciano - a mobster
marco lorenzo - a friend of the syndicate convicted of extortion and robbery
bebble brothers - presumably george and bert bebble
carl stotz - the founder of little league baseball
eddie santini - a two-time loser
blair roman - head of the second largest advertising agency
luis - a mexican lawyer
pete - big joe's cousin
tommy angelo - a wheel man on a fur heist
terry waters - a little league pitcher
raul mendoza - a mexican doctor
chuck morrison - adam's chief assistant
roy wallace - a major general; the quantico base commandant
mrs stout - joshua's homeroom teacher
miss williams - one of joshua's teachers
mrs toboco - another of joshua's teachers
craig swan - a major league baseball pitcher
morris - a very fat doctor with a red face and nicotine stains on his fingers
hieronymus bosch - a dutch painter
stefan bjork - an airline steward
tony santo - a syndicate member
jimmy - a dumb son of a bitch
gino gallo - a syndicate member who strangled jimmy
charlie corelli - the business manager of the janitor's union
wally kawolski - a timid, badly dressed man
chou ling - michael's singaporean contact
ck tang - a singaporean entrepreneur
tan chin tuan - a peranakan banker
lee kuan yew - the singaporean prime minister
david touh - a reasonable police inspector
tan kee seng - an undertaker
clin noh - ditto
ang yung long - ditto
goh soon - ditto
jimmy guardino - a syndicate member with the national commission
marina - sal's mistress
beauty queen - big joe's racing horse
tanner - a queens police captain that is on the syndicate's payroll
david terry - a justice department agent in charge of creating new identities for witnesses who wished to disappear
william bennett - a judge of the supreme court of new york
john lester - a former judge
hazel - an acquaintance of some stout woman
clay reddin - an agent assigned to adam's guard detail
typos:
p39: it was a prize that took years to attain, and he was not about to deprive someone of it unless he was cerain there was justification.
p86: the truth, if he had know it, would have surprised granelli for rosa found her father's business terribly exciting.
p328: jennifer shifted in her seat so that she could study inspector spector touh.
whew, that was a lot of names.
a whole lot.
the fall and rise of attorney jennifer parker, and further stuff.
setting:
new york
monaco, france
charlotte, north carolina
las vegas, nevada
acapulco, mexico
singapore
named personalities:
suetonius - a roman historian
michael 'mike' moretti - son-in-law of antonio granelli
robert 'bobby' di silva - district attorney for the county of new york
antonio 'tony' granelli - head of the largest of the five eastern mafia families
camillo 'the twitcher' stella - one of michael's soldati
martin van buren - a new york governor who went on to be us president
grover cleveland - same
teddy roosevelt - same
franklin roosevelt - same
abe 'kid twist' reles - a government witness who had "fallen" out of a sixth-floor window
jennifer parker aka wrong-way parker aka yellow canary aka miss potter aka mrs jay - a slender dark-haired girl with pale skin, an intelligent, mobile face, and green, thoughtful eyes
j edgar hoover - an fbi director
john lindsay - a politician
richard nixon - the 37th us president
jack dempsey - a professional boxer
thomas colfax - the consiglieri for the syndicate
lawrence waldman - a judge
jimmy serrano - a loanee who got behind and was consequently taught a lesson
jesus h christ - a jewish preacher
eddie ramos - a murder victim
albert 'al' ramos - another murder victim
roy riegels - a football player who had carried the ball to his own team's one-yard line
abner parker - jennifer's father
ammini williams - an indian student
josephine collins - a big, rawboned irish girl
noah larkin - a young, attractive medical student
ben munro - a law student
warren oakes - jennifer's criminal law professor
kenneth bailey - the ace investigations agency
mrs desser - a client of kenneth
otto wenzel - the rockefeller collection agency
emma lazarus - a sentimental idiot
adam 'aw' warner aka mr adams - a member of the disciplinary committee of the new york bar association
stewart needham - adam's law partner
mary beth - stewart's niece and adam's wife; an ex-secretary of the navy
lucinda - adam's bright, black paralegal assistant
mrs wenzel - otto's wife
mr peabody, jr - a tall, thin lawyer
william carlisle - a subject of a summons
billy wilder - the screenwriter, director and producer of the apartment
clarence connery - a vagrant
luna tarner - a hooker
francis joseph ryan - a priest
abraham wilson - a sing sing convict serving a life sentence
raymond thorpe - abraham's fellow prisoner
howard patterson - sing sing's assistant warden
mr galin - a court clerk
ahab - a fictional captain
salvatore 'sal', 'little flower' fiore - an almost midget soldati
nick vito - a cadaverous-looking soldati
joseph 'big joe' colella - a huge soldati
carmelina - big joe's strict catholic wife
giovanni - michael's father; antonio's distant cousin
rosa - michael's wife; only daughter
robin hood - a government defying authorithy challenger
cynthia ellman - jennifer's secretary
lauren bacall - an applause actress
andré soltner - lutèce's owner
jacqueline kennedy - a fan of lutèce
lee browning - a holland and browning partner
henri - lutèce's captain
connie garrett - a quadruple amputee
martha steele - connie's aunt
melvin hutcherson - connie's lawyer
dan martin - a former football player from northwestern university
ted harris - a slight, diffident young man
jane eyre - a fictional governess
helen cooper - a dowager who was committed at the heathers asylum in westchester
loretta marshall - an elementary grade schoolteacher stereotype
curtis randall iii aka mr charming - a wealthy socialite
melanie - loretta's daughter
roger davis - curtis's lawyer
mrs franklin - the head of the heathers asylum
mrs danvers - a fictional character in rebecca
albert - helen's butler
dorothy - helen's daughter
herbert hawthorne - dorothy's husband
archie bunker - a fictional character
'three-finger brown' lucchese - antonio's predecessor
patrick maguire - a tough, hard-bitten irishman who represented the nationwide motors corporation
joey la guardia - a short, compactly built man charged with assault
john kennedy - the 35th us president
paul richards - a transient accused of robbing a bank
fred stevens - a strict disciplinarian judge
carter gifford - a federal prosecutor
edward munroe - a tall, thin man
john trowbridge - the incumbent senator; a veteran politician
rick arlen - a rock star
grace - a film actress
rainier grimaldi - a prince of monaco
pele - a great soccer player
andré monteux - an elderly doctor
edwin newman - a newscaster
eric linden - an abortionist in charlotte, north carolina
lipschitz - presumably jacques lipschitz
noguchi - presumably isamu noguchi
miró - presumably joan miró
bob clement - jennifer's california client
dr spock - presumably benjamin spock
ames - presumably louise bates ames
gesell - presumably arnold gesell
dr harvey - jennifer's obstetrician
dr seuss - a children's author
joshua adam parker - adam and jennifer's son
mrs mackey - a middle-aged scotswoman
philip redding - the president of a large oil corporation
louis auchincloss - a lawyer
george plimpton - a writer
peter fenton - jennifer's client who owned a large manufacturing firm
marty allen - a comedian
abe - a restaurant captain
samantha - adam and mary beth's daughter
max - a german shepherd puppy
clark holman - an attorney with the legal aid society
jack scanlon aka frank jackson aka john doe - a kidnaper
tammy - a helpless little girl
evelyn - jack's wife who died in childbirth
earl osborne - the federal prosecutor for the scanlon case
barnard - the judge for the scanlon case
notaras - a captain connected to the syndicate
big joe ziegler - jack's fellow scammer in kansas city
mel cohen - another of jack's fellow scammer in kansas city
gus stavros - a greek fence
mickey nicola - jack's cellmate
blanche jackson - jack's sister
clara thomachevsky thomas - a the shakers in queens waitress
petrone - a syndicate doctor
thomas aquinas - a friar who said that when you got to the heart of the evil, there was nothing there
vasco gambutti - a syndicate member who killed a cop
scott norman - the slain policeman
arthur 'fat artie' scotto - a syndicate member
eddie 'little eddie' fratelli - a lewisburg inmate on a ten-year sentence
al capone - a gangster
lucky luciano - a mobster
marco lorenzo - a friend of the syndicate convicted of extortion and robbery
bebble brothers - presumably george and bert bebble
carl stotz - the founder of little league baseball
eddie santini - a two-time loser
blair roman - head of the second largest advertising agency
luis - a mexican lawyer
pete - big joe's cousin
tommy angelo - a wheel man on a fur heist
terry waters - a little league pitcher
raul mendoza - a mexican doctor
chuck morrison - adam's chief assistant
roy wallace - a major general; the quantico base commandant
mrs stout - joshua's homeroom teacher
miss williams - one of joshua's teachers
mrs toboco - another of joshua's teachers
craig swan - a major league baseball pitcher
morris - a very fat doctor with a red face and nicotine stains on his fingers
hieronymus bosch - a dutch painter
stefan bjork - an airline steward
tony santo - a syndicate member
jimmy - a dumb son of a bitch
gino gallo - a syndicate member who strangled jimmy
charlie corelli - the business manager of the janitor's union
wally kawolski - a timid, badly dressed man
chou ling - michael's singaporean contact
ck tang - a singaporean entrepreneur
tan chin tuan - a peranakan banker
lee kuan yew - the singaporean prime minister
david touh - a reasonable police inspector
tan kee seng - an undertaker
clin noh - ditto
ang yung long - ditto
goh soon - ditto
jimmy guardino - a syndicate member with the national commission
marina - sal's mistress
beauty queen - big joe's racing horse
tanner - a queens police captain that is on the syndicate's payroll
david terry - a justice department agent in charge of creating new identities for witnesses who wished to disappear
william bennett - a judge of the supreme court of new york
john lester - a former judge
hazel - an acquaintance of some stout woman
clay reddin - an agent assigned to adam's guard detail
typos:
p39: it was a prize that took years to attain, and he was not about to deprive someone of it unless he was cerain there was justification.
p86: the truth, if he had know it, would have surprised granelli for rosa found her father's business terribly exciting.
p328: jennifer shifted in her seat so that she could study inspector spector touh.
whew, that was a lot of names.
a whole lot.
September 16, 2022
শেষ করলাম সিডনি শেলডনের আরেকখানা রুদ্ধশ্বাস থ্রিলার। কয়েকদিন ধরে কিছু পড়তেই ���ালো লাগছিলো না। এই বইটা টেনে নেবার পরও প্রথম দুই এক পাতা অনেক কষ্টে পড়ছিলাম। মনে হচ্ছিলো,রিডিং ব্লক শুরুর সময়টাতে পড়তে যাচ্ছি। কিন্তু হঠাৎই মোড় ঘুরলো। বিশ পৃষ্ঠায় একটা মরা ক্যানারি পাখি হঠাৎই উড়ে এসে জুড়ে বসে আমার চক্ষু চড়কগাছ করে দিলো। তারপরেরটা ইতিহাস। বইটা শেষ করে যখন উঠলাম ঘড়িতে সকাল আটটা। মাথা ঝিমঝিম করছে ঘুমে এদিকে বই রেখেও উঠতে পারি নাই।
গল্প - জেনিফার পার্কার নামক এক তরুণী খুব ভালো রেজাল্টের সাথে ল কলেজ থেকে পাশ করে বের হয়েই দেশের শীর্ষস্থানীয় এক উকিলের অধীনে কাজ করার বিরল সৌভাগ্য অর্জন করলো। অচিরেই অর্থ,প্রতিপত্তি দিয়ে ভরে যাবার কথা তার জীবন কিন্তু হলো উল্টো। ছোট্ট একটা ষড়যন্ত্র কর্মক্ষেত্রে প্রথম দিনেই তার জীবন উলটপালট করে দিলো। মিডিয়ার চোখে সে ভিলেন হয়ে গেলো। কোথাও কাজ পায় না,এমনও হলো সারাদিন টাকার অভাবে না খেয়েও থাকে।
সময় বদলায়,তারও বদলালো। তাকে ভালোবাসতে শুরু করলো দুইজন বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তি। একজন আমেরিকার প্রেসিডেন্ট এবং একজন ইটালিয়ান মাফিয়াপ্রধান। সন্তান গর্ভে এলো তার। একজন বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তির সন্তানকে তার থেকে,দুনিয়ার থেকে ছয় ছয়টা বছর দূরে রেখে মানুষ করে চললো জেনিফার। তার যে একটা সন্তান আছে তা অব্দি জানতে দিলো না কাউকে। কিন্তু এভাবে আর কতদিন! বাচ্চার চেহারা,আচার-আচরণ সবকিছু মিলতে শুরু করেছে তার বিখ্যাত বাবার সাথে,যাকে প্রতিদিন টেলিভিশনে দেখায়। জেনিফার তার বাচ্চা নিয়ে প্রচন্ড প্রোটেক্টিভ, বাচ্চার কিছু হলে সে পাগলের মতো হয়ে যায়। কিন্তু এত করেও কি রক্ষা করতে পারবে সে তার সন্তানকে?
বিরাট বড় উকিল হয়ে উঠেছে জেনিফার। কোনো কেসেই সে হারে না। একদিকে আমেরিকান প্রেসিডেন্ট ওয়ার্নার যে জীবনে সবকিছু পাওয়া সত্ত্বেও তার একমাত্র না পাওয়া ভালোবাসা জেনিফারকে ভুলতে পারে না, আরেকদিকে মাফিয়া সর্দার মোরেট্টি যে জেনিফারকে মাফিয়াদের পার্সোনাল লইয়ার বানাতে চায়। এদিকে ওয়ার্নার আর মোরেট্টি একে অপরের সবচেয়ে বড় শত্রু, সুযোগ পেলেই একজন আরেকজনকে ধুলোয় মিশিয়ে দেবে। কিন্তু একটা জায়গাতে দুজনেরই মিল, জেনিফারকে অসম্ভব ভালোবাসে তারা। জেনিফার কার সঙ্গ দেবে?
রুদ্ধশ্বাস এই থ্রিলারটি মাত্র এক বসায় পড়ে ওঠা অসম্ভব কিছু না। সিডনির অন্যান্য নারী চরিত্রগুলোর মতোই জেনিফার অন্তত শক্তিশালী এক চরিত্র যাকে ভালোবাসতে বাধ্য হবেন পাঠক।
একপর্যায়ে এটাকে মনে হবে সিরিয়াল কিলিং কারণ একজন সিরিয়াল কিলার কিছু সময়ের জন্য উপস্থিত হয়েছিলো এই বইয়ে। একশন,পলিটিক্যাল,কোর্ট রুম সবকিছুর মিশ্রনেই এই চমৎকার বইটি। এসব ছাড়াও এখানে উঠে এসেছে ভালোবাসা, বন্ধুত্ব, মাতৃত্ব। সবকিছুর মিশ্রনে অপূর্ব এক রন্ধ্রন সিডনির এই বইটি।
গল্প - জেনিফার পার্কার নামক এক তরুণী খুব ভালো রেজাল্টের সাথে ল কলেজ থেকে পাশ করে বের হয়েই দেশের শীর্ষস্থানীয় এক উকিলের অধীনে কাজ করার বিরল সৌভাগ্য অর্জন করলো। অচিরেই অর্থ,প্রতিপত্তি দিয়ে ভরে যাবার কথা তার জীবন কিন্তু হলো উল্টো। ছোট্ট একটা ষড়যন্ত্র কর্মক্ষেত্রে প্রথম দিনেই তার জীবন উলটপালট করে দিলো। মিডিয়ার চোখে সে ভিলেন হয়ে গেলো। কোথাও কাজ পায় না,এমনও হলো সারাদিন টাকার অভাবে না খেয়েও থাকে।
সময় বদলায়,তারও বদলালো। তাকে ভালোবাসতে শুরু করলো দুইজন বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তি। একজন আমেরিকার প্রেসিডেন্ট এবং একজন ইটালিয়ান মাফিয়াপ্রধান। সন্তান গর্ভে এলো তার। একজন বিখ্যাত ব্যক্তির সন্তানকে তার থেকে,দুনিয়ার থেকে ছয় ছয়টা বছর দূরে রেখে মানুষ করে চললো জেনিফার। তার যে একটা সন্তান আছে তা অব্দি জানতে দিলো না কাউকে। কিন্তু এভাবে আর কতদিন! বাচ্চার চেহারা,আচার-আচরণ সবকিছু মিলতে শুরু করেছে তার বিখ্যাত বাবার সাথে,যাকে প্রতিদিন টেলিভিশনে দেখায়। জেনিফার তার বাচ্চা নিয়ে প্রচন্ড প্রোটেক্টিভ, বাচ্চার কিছু হলে সে পাগলের মতো হয়ে যায়। কিন্তু এত করেও কি রক্ষা করতে পারবে সে তার সন্তানকে?
বিরাট বড় উকিল হয়ে উঠেছে জেনিফার। কোনো কেসেই সে হারে না। একদিকে আমেরিকান প্রেসিডেন্ট ওয়ার্নার যে জীবনে সবকিছু পাওয়া সত্ত্বেও তার একমাত্র না পাওয়া ভালোবাসা জেনিফারকে ভুলতে পারে না, আরেকদিকে মাফিয়া সর্দার মোরেট্টি যে জেনিফারকে মাফিয়াদের পার্সোনাল লইয়ার বানাতে চায়। এদিকে ওয়ার্নার আর মোরেট্টি একে অপরের সবচেয়ে বড় শত্রু, সুযোগ পেলেই একজন আরেকজনকে ধুলোয় মিশিয়ে দেবে। কিন্তু একটা জায়গাতে দুজনেরই মিল, জেনিফারকে অসম্ভব ভালোবাসে তারা। জেনিফার কার সঙ্গ দেবে?
রুদ্ধশ্বাস এই থ্রিলারটি মাত্র এক বসায় পড়ে ওঠা অসম্ভব কিছু না। সিডনির অন্যান্য নারী চরিত্রগুলোর মতোই জেনিফার অন্তত শক্তিশালী এক চরিত্র যাকে ভালোবাসতে বাধ্য হবেন পাঠক।
একপর্যায়ে এটাকে মনে হবে সিরিয়াল কিলিং কারণ একজন সিরিয়াল কিলার কিছু সময়ের জন্য উপস্থিত হয়েছিলো এই বইয়ে। একশন,পলিটিক্যাল,কোর্ট রুম সবকিছুর মিশ্রনেই এই চমৎকার বইটি। এসব ছাড়াও এখানে উঠে এসেছে ভালোবাসা, বন্ধুত্ব, মাতৃত্ব। সবকিছুর মিশ্রনে অপূর্ব এক রন্ধ্রন সিডনির এই বইটি।
July 1, 2010
This is the first Sidney Sheldon novel I've read, and I can now understand why he's so popular.
Jennifer Parker is on her first day of her new job working for the District Attorney's office in New York City, when she does something horrible. She takes a package from a man in the courtroom and delivers it to the witness. She thinks the man works for her boss, but she's wrong. And the package contains a dead canary. With his Mafia trial falling apart once the witness refuses to continue his testimony, the district attorney vows to disbar Miss Parker. The defendant was Micheal Moretti, heir to one of New York's great Families.
Weeks after the trial, Adam Warner steps into Parker's life. He's been asked to investigate her case for the disbarment hearing and to make a recommendation. People have political ambitions for Warner, and Parker's case is seen as a stepping stone for his great future.
But nothing goes as planned. Moretti used Parker, and finds himself fascinated by her. Warner sees in her everything he's missing in his wife. The triangle between these three people will change their lives and the lives of everyone around them.
The opening pages of the book are set in 1969, and it moves up to near the publication date of 1980. When I was reading the book, I had no idea that it was published thirty years ago. The writing felt vital and alive, and it was a powerful story.
Jennifer Parker is on her first day of her new job working for the District Attorney's office in New York City, when she does something horrible. She takes a package from a man in the courtroom and delivers it to the witness. She thinks the man works for her boss, but she's wrong. And the package contains a dead canary. With his Mafia trial falling apart once the witness refuses to continue his testimony, the district attorney vows to disbar Miss Parker. The defendant was Micheal Moretti, heir to one of New York's great Families.
Weeks after the trial, Adam Warner steps into Parker's life. He's been asked to investigate her case for the disbarment hearing and to make a recommendation. People have political ambitions for Warner, and Parker's case is seen as a stepping stone for his great future.
But nothing goes as planned. Moretti used Parker, and finds himself fascinated by her. Warner sees in her everything he's missing in his wife. The triangle between these three people will change their lives and the lives of everyone around them.
The opening pages of the book are set in 1969, and it moves up to near the publication date of 1980. When I was reading the book, I had no idea that it was published thirty years ago. The writing felt vital and alive, and it was a powerful story.
April 27, 2013
Crime, justice, sex, romance, family, love...
All you want when you read a book is already in this book. Sheldon was always successful to describe anything so clear and easy to understand/imagine.
He described crime like it is not as sinful as it sounds, he described justice like it's not just about law, he described sex and make me agree that sex has so many shadows, he described romance and make people like me think that romance can be sweet too, and he described family just as it is.
And he described love like...
Somehow, it's about someone who sacrifies everything without even thinking that what he/she is doing is a sacrifice...
All you want when you read a book is already in this book. Sheldon was always successful to describe anything so clear and easy to understand/imagine.
He described crime like it is not as sinful as it sounds, he described justice like it's not just about law, he described sex and make me agree that sex has so many shadows, he described romance and make people like me think that romance can be sweet too, and he described family just as it is.
And he described love like...
Somehow, it's about someone who sacrifies everything without even thinking that what he/she is doing is a sacrifice...
August 5, 2015
The very first day of Jennifer’s career as a lawyer has been crumbled. Michael Moretti ruins it. But Adam Warner comes into her life, only to bring love and life into it. Her world turns upside down when he leaves her. Her fate ties her with Michael Moretti. Being loved by two influential men of the society, Jennifer could’ve done anything to elevate her up, but she reduces herself to be a pawn in their hands. Joshua Adam Parker’s death left me speechless. Caught in-between the race of muted love and unnoticed sacrifices, Jennifer stole my heart as a wonderful lawyer. Sidney entertained me again
November 29, 2011
Wt a book!! Firstly I feel bad for not reading this book earlier!! While reading this thought went thru mind!! Nevertheless, better late!!
Speaking about this book, it is one of the books which took me along with its script!! The narration by Sheldon was as awesome as usual!! It gives u an unexplainable thrill and the way it was maintained through out the plot is praiseworthy!!
Plot begins slowly gains its pace n never looks back!! Its a perfect amalgamation of thriller, romance and fiction!! No one can beat sheldon in this area!!
Kudos to him for writing such a wonderful book!!
Speaking about this book, it is one of the books which took me along with its script!! The narration by Sheldon was as awesome as usual!! It gives u an unexplainable thrill and the way it was maintained through out the plot is praiseworthy!!
Plot begins slowly gains its pace n never looks back!! Its a perfect amalgamation of thriller, romance and fiction!! No one can beat sheldon in this area!!
Kudos to him for writing such a wonderful book!!
June 26, 2020
This was my first book by Sidney Sheldon and I loved it so much.
Although it has a tragic end, it is no doubt well written, we just can’t put it down.
Later on I realised that this is the speciality of Sidney Sheldon.
“Pretty woman in crisis”. This book is pretty different that his other books.
In this one she takes help of many people while in his other books the woman stands for herself.
Anyways this is my first book by him and hence it holds a special place. Coz he became my favourite author after this and I never looked back.
Although it has a tragic end, it is no doubt well written, we just can’t put it down.
Later on I realised that this is the speciality of Sidney Sheldon.
“Pretty woman in crisis”. This book is pretty different that his other books.
In this one she takes help of many people while in his other books the woman stands for herself.
Anyways this is my first book by him and hence it holds a special place. Coz he became my favourite author after this and I never looked back.
March 1, 2008
I read this books ages ago but still remember it as one of my favorite books. This book prompted me to read every other Sydney Sheldon book i could get my hands on. Some of his books are too predictable, but not the case here. Great book that includes a love story, intelligence, mystery, murder and anything else you could think of.
August 7, 2008
The first book I read by Sidney Sheldon. I love learning about the dirty ways of the mafia and how much control they have over Brooklyn. If you like deception, seduction, and a freaking hot mafia leader, then you will go nuts for this books!
April 29, 2016
Tako sam ljuta. Zelim srecan kraj...
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