Shockingly repetitive and dull!!! - Rated 
Having read some of Danielle Steel's books in the past this one was a complete surprise for me. The book from the beginning was extremely repetitive and daunting to get through. Nonetheless, it got exciting in the middle when Tanya Harris, the main character finally gets to Hollywood and a new life begins for her. But just as you think great story, I felt Steel destroyed the plot and you ended up confused as to where the story was going and ends with a completely disappointing finish. I've not read a book that has disappointed me so much in a while after perhaps... Maeve Binchy's short stories in 'This year will be different', which were just as repetitive and every story it seemed had some extra-marital affair happening...GRIM!
Boring book - Rated
Danielle Steel books are getting worse each time. She says the same thing a dozen ways i.e. Tanya loved her kids and her husband. Tanya's life was with her husband and kids. there is no descriptions of the background to the stories.
Disappointing - Rated
The jacket flap says the reader will be taken to a world of fame and fortune, celebrity and genius,and the glitter of Hollywood.... The wrong story must have been included. I did not get any sense of the film world, it was just about a wife and mothers choice to persue a career and the affect it had on the family. I think Ms. Steel has lost the plot. In fact it feels like someone else is writing for her. It doesn't have the same flow as previous novels of hers. This book is so boring. She repeats facts about the characters many times even on the same page. I felt that I was reading her notes that had been cut and pasted into place. The 338 pages could be condensed into less than 100 with no loss of plot. Half way through the book and I still did not know where the story was going, neither did I care really, so I gave up. Which is a shame because I have enjoyed reading all her books, but have been very disappointed with the later ones. Do any other DS fans feel the same?
Don't bother! - Rated 
This book tells a story. An exciting story for the main character, not so exciting for the reader.
Whether housewife cum writer Tanya is comparable with Cinderella, Snowwhite, Alice in Wonderland or a melange of the three, is hard to say. Anyway, the lovely, youngish-looking, blessedly content wife and mother of three from San Francisco, suddenly finds herself presented with an offer to write a movie script for one of the most important - and exciting! - film directors in Hollywood. Overnight what has for years been a bit of work on the side, turns into a career opportunity beyond Tanya's wildest dreams.
The glitter and fascination of Hollywood, which Tanya is certain she can control, is soon working its magic and Tanya's world is turned upside down. Will it ever be possible to return to her old life? Or if not, where does her new life lead her? (Of course, her innocent freshness sweeps all the important guys off their feet, so choices are plenty...)
"Bungalow 2" is a pretty boring book. Especially are the first 100 pages or so extremely repetitive. The decision as to whether Tanya should accept the Hollywoood offer is discussed in great detail within the family, page after page. Day and night Tanya analyzes her big chance, her choices and duties - in spite of an AWFUL LOT of money... While all the time the reader knows that Tanya is going to Bungalow 2, Bel Air Hotel in LA and that BIG changes are about to take place.
It gets a little bit more fun later. Predictable, but refreshingly naughty as Tanya gets the hang of life in the movie metropol.
If you get through the first quarter of the book, you will probably manage to finish it.
Actually one star, the second for the naughtiness!
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