Chapter One<br >"OKAY, I WANT an explanation and I want one now," Dusty<br >MacKanley demanded irascibly as he paced the suddenly<br >immaculate living room of his century-old ranch house. He<br >regarded his children sternly. "What in blue blazes is going<br >on here?"<br > "What makes you think there s something going on,<br >Daddy?" twelve-year-old Lily asked, as she pushed her<br >glasses higher on the bridge of her nose.<br > "Maybe the fact that all five of my children are lined up<br >like ducks in a row, dressed in their Sunday best. On a<br >Monday afternoon. And the house is cleaned up."<br > "We re just trying to ~elp," sixteen-year-old Jason said,<br >giving Dusty a look of choirboy innocence, as he took a<br >comb out of his back pocket and smoothed his straight dark<br >brown hair. "You know, now that we re on summer vaca-<br >tion and everything."<br > "Uh-huh." Dusty looked at his kids suspiciously. "You<br >guys think I was born yesterday? Is that it?"<br > "No, sir," they said in unison.<br > " We know how old you are," five-year-old Billy piped up.<br >"You were thirty-eight on your last birthday!"<br > " Shh! You know you re not supposed to mention that!"<br >eight-year-old Susie scolded.<br > "Yeah," SaUie chimed in, taking her twin s side imme-<br >diately. "Stop that or you re going to make Daddy feel old!"<br > The truth was, Dusty already felt old. And barely able to<br >cope. Which was why he d been thinking about getting<br >Dear Fairy Godmother<br >married again. It was becoming increasingly<br >kids needed a mother. No one could replace<br >affections, of course. But he couldn t help but<br >be nice to have a woman in the house again, he<br >herd on the kids.<br > "The twins are right. Daddy is in good sha<br >tinued, looking at Dusty as if he needed som~<br >ing.<br > "For someone his age, anyway," Jason ad<br > " Thanks a lot," Dusty said dryly.<br > "Come on, Daddy. You know what we me<br >tested with a blush.<br > Yeah, Dusty did. Hard physical labor k,<br >three inches of him fit and trim. As usual, i<br >long between haircuts, but his dark brown<br >pnlously clean beneath his black felt Stetson,<br >jaw was clean-shaven and dabbed lightly wit<br > "But maybe you might want to get dressec<br >lie added slyly.<br > "Why?" Dusty s blue eyes swept his scut~<br >jeans and pale blue Western shirt. "What s<br >way I m dressed?" he asked, incensed.<br > Guilty looks were exchanged, but no one ,~<br > The sound of a car door slamming made tl<br >up expectantly. Dusty strode to the window<br >planation. Only it wasn t a car he reco~niTed<br >a rental. And the person driving it had alrea<br > Frowning, Dusty strode to the front dooJ<br >open before the beU had even rung. He stopl<br >tracks as he stared at the vision of loveliness i<br >It had been--what?--nearly eighteen year.<br >come face-to-face with Meg Winthrop, and y,<br >so little had changed. At thirty-eight, she wa.,<br >most beautiful women he had ever seen. Tag<br ><br >
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如果用一个词来形容我的阅读体验,那一定是“沉浸”。我几乎是屏住呼吸读完了这本书,生怕错过任何一个微妙的暗示或转折。这本书的氛围营造能力实在太强了,它不仅仅是关于发生了什么,更是关于那种“感觉”。无论是书中描绘的特定历史背景下那种压抑的气氛,还是角色之间那种心照不宣的紧张关系,都构建了一个极为真实的感官世界。我感觉自己不仅仅是在阅读,更像是在亲身经历。这种代入感是如此强烈,以至于在合上书本后的一段时间内,我都需要时间来“清理”自己,从故事构建的世界中抽离出来,重新适应现实生活。它成功地打破了书页与现实之间的那层薄膜,让虚构的故事获得了近乎于实录的重量感和冲击力。这绝对是一部值得反复品味、并且能让人在不同人生阶段读出不同感悟的佳作。
评分这本书最打动我的地方,在于它对“选择的代价”这一主题的深刻探讨。它不回避人性中的软弱和错误,反而将这些缺陷放大,让我们得以直视它们。很多小说会歌颂英雄主义或者圆满结局,但这部作品却坦诚地展示了,即便是最好的意图,也可能导向令人遗憾的后果。阅读过程中,我多次感受到一种沉重的真实感,这种真实感不是来自于血腥或暴力,而是来自于对生活真相的毫不留情的揭示——生活往往是充满妥协和未竟之事的。作者用一种近乎哲学的冷峻,来审视角色们在巨大压力下所做的每一个权衡,无论是为了名誉、责任还是爱,总有一部分必须被舍弃。这使得故事的基调虽然略显忧郁,但其带来的思考却是极其深远和建设性的,它让人学会接受生活的不完美性。
评分从情节设计的角度来看,这本书简直是一部精密的机械装置,所有的伏笔和线索都巧妙地编织在一起,直到最后一刻才猛然揭晓,带来的冲击力是巨大的。我向来不喜欢那种看到一半就能猜到结局的文学作品,但这本书成功地将我完全蒙在鼓里,直到作者决定揭示真相的那一刻,我才恍然大悟,并对作者的布局能力感到由衷的佩服。它巧妙地利用了读者的固有认知和偏见,让你自然而然地走入作者为你预设的“误区”,而真相的出现,则像是一次对既有世界观的颠覆。这种智力上的博弈,让阅读过程充满了刺激和乐趣。书中还设置了几条看似不相关的支线,让人一度感到困惑,但最终,这些支线都以一种意想不到却又合乎逻辑的方式,汇聚成了最终的主题,展现了作者宏大的叙事野心和卓越的掌控力。
评分这本小说的文风带着一种古典的优雅和现代的犀利感,语言的锤炼达到了令人赞叹的境界。我翻开扉页时,首先被那种精心雕琢的句子结构所吸引,每一个词语的选取都像是经过了千锤百炼,绝无赘余。作者在环境描写上更是功力深厚,无论是对某个特定年代氛围的重现,还是对城市景象的速写,都极其生动,仿佛我本人就置身于那个场景之中,呼吸着那里的空气,感受着那里的光影变化。更难得的是,这种华丽的辞藻并没有掩盖故事本身的力度,反而像是为故事的内核镀上了一层引人入胜的釉彩。书中对于情感爆发点的处理,处理得极为克制,往往是情绪达到顶峰之前的那种蓄力,那种眼神的交汇、细微的动作,比直接的呐喊更具穿透力。读完后,我常常会不自觉地回味某些段落,不是为了看懂情节,而是为了品味那语言本身的韵律和力量。
评分这本书的叙事方式简直让人拍案叫绝,作者在描绘角色内心挣扎时,那种细腻入微的笔触,仿佛能直接触摸到人物最柔软的神经。我尤其欣赏它在处理人际关系复杂性上的深度。它没有将任何一方简单地塑造成“好人”或“坏人”,而是呈现出人性中那种灰色地带,每个人都有自己的动机和不得已的苦衷。比如,主角在面临重大人生抉择时,那种左右为难、进退失据的状态,真实得让人心疼。你会跟着他一起在脑海里权衡利弊,甚至会忍不住想,如果是我,我会怎么做?叙事节奏的把控也相当到位,该快则疾风骤雨,催人奋进;该慢则如品陈年佳酿,让人细细回味那些关键的对话和场景。特别是书中关于家庭结构和社会期望之间矛盾的探讨,那种张力拉扯得恰到好处,让人在阅读的过程中,不断反思自己所处的环境和所做的选择。它绝不是一本轻松的读物,但它提供的精神食粮是极其丰富的,读完之后,感觉自己的思维层次似乎都被提升了一个维度。
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