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I read this book when it was originally published in paperback, what may be 20 years ago now. It is almost as fresh and fun as it was originally. I didn't laugh as much as I did when it was new, perhaps, but it was still chuckle worthy, and the characters are still amazing, and the story still original, fun, and terrific. The story is full of details and every character is painted with loving detail. The heroine is drawn a trifle TOO perfectly but perhaps that's her one flaw. All in all, one of the best of the genre.


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For the Roses Julie Garwood 9780671870980 Books Reviews

First of all let me say, the movie did not do this book justice. I thought the movie was pretty good until I picked up this book. I found that the movies plot was entirely different and completely changed from the book.
I loved all of Garwood's characters with Adam being my absolute favorite. He really did hold the family together and was wise, subtle, and a kind man. Mary Rose continuously made me laugh with her stubbornness but kind and naive heart. I loved her wistfulness, and unfailing love for Harrison. Harrison though, like Mary Rose had me fooled with his changing moods or "spells" especially how he became so arrogant in his love for her and forceful. I really wasn't expecting their intimate scenes scenes with one another but, to each their own.
I really did love the letters sent between the siblings to mama rose, and how it kept the bond between them all so strong. I can't wait to read more in this series.
This was a good story. The author just took to long to tell it. The first couple of hundred pages were repetitive. Once she got into the story and stopped repeating herself it was good. If I had not read the reviews on the next books in the series I would never had finished the book
One of my all time favorite Garwood series, especially everything that takes place in the west. I had just reread it before watching Hallmark's Rose Hill that claims to be Julie Garwoods book. Well, maybe 5% is. And yes I do enjoy watching Jennifer Garner, but Good Grief! The movie kills off major character that has own book with own love story. Dialog in book had me ROTF, not the movie. And believe me the movie is not a love story! I kept thinking where is the sexy, fascinating " Harrison".I watched all way thru because the cast listing had a Harrison only to turn up at end as lost biological brother. The scot male lead has different name and everything else, by end of movie she puts her hand on his arm! So read one of the funniest, most intricate, stories on multiple layers I've read in my 66 years. Skip the movie. Ok, I admit I am feeling cheated having looked forward after finishing the book at midnight- I then wasted 138 hrs on the movie- yes, I'm venting. Well, I am grateful the movie had me reread For The Roses.
So many lessons taught here. Such an incredibly heartwarming and heart provoking story of four young orphaned boys finding and raising a foundling infant girl in late 19th Century NYC...and becoming a family. A fabulous story of dropping all prejudices, respecting one another and living in peace. Even though this story takes it's necessary time laying out a foundation of deception, mystery, intrigue and of course romance, it's sprinkled with JG's infamous humorous situations and certainly captivates. As soon as you think you've gotten it figured out, the situation(s) takes a sharp right turn and leaves your butt in the dust. Totally unpredictable.

Exceptionally well told in my humble opinion (IMHO)...and, at times, reminded me of Diana Gabaldons' "Outlander" Saga (4th book "Drums of Autumn").

SPOILER ALERT
Would it be asking too much to read Harrison's reaction when he finds out he's gonna be a father?????!!!???? Talk about disappointment!!! Cripes JG...are ya tryin' to kill me?
Other reviewers have mentioned the Hallmark made for TV movie, Rose Hill, which was inspired by this novel. It's been criticized by hardcore Julie Garwood fans for not being at all like the novel and, while I agree that the movie is highly flawed in several areas, I find myself wishing that the novel had been more of a drama.

The uniqueness of the Clayborne family, particularly in such a time as the mid to late 19th century, is what drew me in as a kid and which still appeals to me as an adult four street rats (one of whom is a runaway slave) band together for survival and find an abandoned baby girl whom they decide to raise and, in doing so, are transformed into intelligent, respectable, honorable individuals, men they would never have become had they not united around this baby. Each of the family members are characterized somewhat well, with special attention being given to the elected patriarch, Adam, the family's heart, Mary Rose, and Cole, who for some reason takes precedence over the other two brothers, Douglas and Travis, who are not as well-drawn as their siblings. There is an added poignancy to this family in the fact that they come to regard Adam's mother, Mama Rose (the only living biological mother of any of the siblings), as their matriarch despite none but Adam, of course, ever having met her. Through letters sent over the span of 20 years, each child establishes a meaningful relationship with Mama Rose, who wields incredible influence and stability over her adopted children.

This is too unique a storyline to play second fiddle to a stereotypical romance, especially when padded out by the letters. Because I'm an adopted child in an interracial family, I would very much like to see this unconventional story of the ties that bind explored in a different genre, a genre in which priority doesn't have to be given to things so frivolous as fluffy dialogue, vain and horny protagonists, and other trivial, worn out romantic tropes when a much more interesting plot line could be developed. The Hallmark movie's de-emphasis on the romance aspect in deference to the elevation of the family dynamic is why I favor it, though I think the movie's depiction of the family dynamic is not nearly as intricate or revealing as it could have been, given the well-described relationships in the novel.

The romance is unconvincing, in my opinion, but I didn't particularly care for the male protagonist or Mary Rose, when she was with him. I also disliked his odd, wildly inappropriate announcement to the brothers that he intended to sleep with Mary Rose, before they were married. That was incredibly jarring to read, particularly after having spent hundreds of pages (by then) understanding that the Clayborne brothers are predictably overprotective when it comes to Mary Rose. Their blase reactions to this primal sex announcement were thoroughly unconvincing, especially Adam's. As a romance novel, this book is too long. There is way too much inane chatter between characters; it's a bit of a headache to read chapter after chapter that's 90% dialogue. There are also annoying moments in the narrative when characters are musing inwardly and swear phrases such as "Lord/God/Heavens, but so and so was this", "Lord/God/Heaven help him/her", "For Heaven's/God's sake" crop up repeatedly, sometimes within the same page.

For readers, be aware that there are typos; however, they are not distracting, mostly having to do with punctuation rather than misspelling.
I read this book when it was originally published in paperback, what may be 20 years ago now. It is almost as fresh and fun as it was originally. I didn't laugh as much as I did when it was new, perhaps, but it was still chuckle worthy, and the characters are still amazing, and the story still original, fun, and terrific. The story is full of details and every character is painted with loving detail. The heroine is drawn a trifle TOO perfectly but perhaps that's her one flaw. All in all, one of the best of the genre.