Name: Bloodline
ISBN: 9781568650944

Sidney Sheldon

Bloodline

Sarah Sammis

The book centers around a pharmaceutical company and the family squabble over control of it after the president dies mysteriously.

The book should be mostly about Elizabeth Roffe, heir to the Roffe and Sons empire, the man who wants to marry her and the person who wants to kill her. Unfortunately the plot is diluted by the backstories of all the other potential heirs to the company and with a lengthy exposition into Elizabeth's childhood, including her brief experimentation with being a lesbian.

Frankly, Elizabeth Roffe would have been a more interesting and sympathetic a protagonist if Sheldon had written her a lesbian all the way through the book. Instead he invents for her a dashing rags-to-riches Welshman named Rhys Williams who has risen through the ranks of the company and right into Elizabeth's heart.

By himself, Rhys Williams is an interesting character. His outsider's view of Roffe and Sons provides a nice counterpoint to Elizabeth's memories of her father. He doesn't need to hook up with Elizabeth to complete the story in a satisfactory fashion.

Finally there is the rest of the Roffe family, the sisters and brothers-in-law of the late president. One of them is out for blood. One of them wants to kill Elizabeth. Who the assassin is drawn out to the very end of the book, making a slow starting thriller, a fast page turner at the end.

Lewis Ngugi

** spoiler alert **
           It's so good that every time I think about starting my own family, I always go back to this book to look at the strategy of having your kids learning different things.

Fellowes Cynthia

Read it many years ago when Sidney Sheldon and Mary Higgins Clark were my "go to" authors. Would love to re-read them someday.

Ankesh Bharti

Reading this I've certainly been teleported to the beautiful world Sidney Sheldon had crafted with his wonderful storytelling lines.
I've felt close to characters; at times going very anxious for their well being, as if living their lives for meself. I've wrote this review rather late; would surely review again if I get my lazy a** to re-read this beauty again descriptively.
PS - This was my first Sidney Sheldon and had hold more than true to the expectations.