Going Home By Danielle steel

Going Home
By Danielle steel

Spoiler Warning

I have read this book ONLY because it is the first debut novel by Danielle Steel. Any first appearance, I believe, should be appreciated to encourage the author who seeks writing achievements.

I do not intend to be harsh on Mrs. Danielle Steel, since she has contributed so many books to the history of romance. I like Mrs. Danielle steel ever since I was in high school.

Honestly the book was extremely distressing. The story did not have any value that one could learn from. It presented drugs, drinking, and dirty language.

Here is the reason why I did not like this story at all:

Gillian Forrester is a fashion stylist who works for movies and advertisement. She decides to move, with her 4 year-old daughter, from New York to San Francisco to start a career. Gillian finds a job with a new photographer named Chris.

After shooting some photographs one day, Gillian and Chris end up swimming nude on the beach. Gillian is an irresponsible mother. She leaves her daughter with a neighbor to spend time with Chris, or sometimes, she leaves her home alone. Chris is immature and childish; he does drugs on the set, he is selfish and reckless.

Gillian Forrester thinks that Chris and she are undeniably falling in love together. Chris come and goes whenever he feels like it. Gillian blindly believes everything he tells her, even when he told her that he had a female-roommate. He disappears for days and never calls Gillian. The really annoying part is that one day Gillian comes home and finds him in bed with another woman that he picked up in the street. He says that it was Gillian’s fault; if Gillian hasn’t came home too early, she would never have caught them.

I personally wonder what is wrong with this woman. Chris has gone too far in treating her like trash. I wonder what makes her stay with him. And what keeps her in love with him. Nothing, there is absolutely no reason.

Actually, the annoying part comes right here: Gillian gets pregnant. When Chris finds out, he asks her to move back to New York, because it is demanding to have her around while she is pregnant. Also, he says that it is hard on him to have her near him. How foolish is that!

Gillian, against her wishes moves back to New York, and start a new life. She finds a new career, a new place, and a nice man called Gordon. Gordon is sweet and mature. He treats her with respect and admiration. He even accepts the fact that she is pregnant with another man’s baby. He is different than Chris; perhaps that is why she does not pay enough attention to him.

Suddenly, Chris flies to New York. Gillian lets him stay with her like nothing had happened, even though he moved his ex-girlfriend in his house since Gillian was gone. I think that Gillian has such an unbalanced personality to begin with.
Chris proposes to Gillian, and she jumps at the chance. She quits her exciting new life in New York to fly to California again. Maybe she missed being treated like trash by the childish Chris.

A few days before the wedding, Chris gets killed; Gillian loses her baby, and almost her mind.

But through all this mess Gordon calls Gillian to make her feel better and he sends her flowers to let her know that someone really cares about her. He wants her to realize who she was supposed to end up with.

Gillian feels that she must decide between living in the past, or geting ready for a better future. She finds deep in her heart that it is the only way of...Going Home.

Personally, I think that this book was hard to believe, and difficult to read. I will probably not read any more of romance books, because I do not find them as constructive as other fiction novels that teach us lessons and keep our mind busy thinking about solving problems.