Oh wow, it was one hell of a "THRILL" ride from L.A.'s fast lanes, studios and beach houses to it's darkest alleys, behind-the-bedroom-door dramas. This book gives you an insight of all the hot and happening, juicy tidbits and gossips of the tinsel town. From first page of the book, I totally got hooked, yeah Thrill will get you hooked from it's first page. This novel is about Lara Ivory, a 'very' beautiful, A-class Holly actress falling for an 'incredibly' hot, junior actor, Joey Lorenzo, and hence all hell broke loose in Lara's life because of this. This novel is also about another character, Summer, Nikki's(Lara's Bff) wild child from her first husband Sheldon. Summer, who lives with her father in Chicago, comes to L.A. to spend her vacation with her mom. Summer is a victim of her father's sexual abuse. Hence after finding freedom in L.A., Summer gets on roll, from wild parties, drugs, alcohols to even escorting high-class actors in their hotels. And in case of Lara, she almost got murdered because of her stalker's hatred and her ex- husband, Richard Barry's obsession with her. This novel is an eye-opener, it let's you see-through the lives of every actors and directors, even not-to-forget, there's a lot of usage of examples of real-life actors and their dramas. Each and every character has something to hide in their past, everybody's past was like very distasteful, not worth remembering. This is the first JC novel that I read, and I'm already a fan. I never wanted this book to finish, it was so amazing,thrilling and very, very hot, an unputdownable of course. Reading this novel will make you want more,and I'm already yearning for more JC books. Her writing is so very flawless and detailed. The shocking twists and turns are definitely going to keep you on your edges. Yeah it's not an intellectual kind, but yeah surely a light-read page turner filled with suspense in it's every pages. A must-read for everyone.
I started reading this a few years ago but never got round to finishing it. I picked it up earlier intending to read a few pages and it is now 1.05am and I finished it a few minutes ago. Another unputdownable book from Jackie Collins. And, as I noted in The Love Killers, this book doesn't feel dated. Add a few mentions of Facebook, Twitter and some random L.A. zelebrities and this could have been written in 2013. Unfortunately however, despite Ms. Collins being my favourite author I am yet to read the book from her that beats Chances. I firmly believe she peaked with that novel and nothing that followed it has been better. Some of her books have certainly come close, for example Lucky and American Star but Chances is the book I tell everybody to read and the book I could (and have) read multiple times without getting bored. So I always read Jackie's books remembering Chances and being disappointed that the book I am reading probably won't beat it. That's not to say this isn't a good book because it is a fantastic book. I loved the characters of Lara and Joey however they did share similarities with characters from other books, for example American Star but I did feel that the story had enough originality for their characters to not be total copies of other Jackie creations. Nikki was a good character who I wish had been explored more. The same with Summer. What I like most about Jackie's books is the detail she puts into them. Or at least the detail she used to put into them judging by her last few books. The main characters usually have italicized paragraphs which are usually about their history and in this book I was actually tricked by the italicized paragraphs when it comes out that it is about (view spoiler)[another character and not Joey Lorenzo as I thought (hide spoiler)]
What do You think about Thrill (1998)?
Plenty of sex, drugs, drama and messed up relationships...typical Jackie Collins. I wanted to read some mindless fluff and that is exactly what I got. Multiple character story lines inter-woven and coming together at the end. Although I have to say that the ending seemed a bit lame in some respects. The "unknown character" chapters I had figured out pretty early on - wasn't too surprised when it was revealed who it was. The incest storyline was quite good but I wanted more revenge for Summer than she actually got. As for the obsessed stalker thing - I got a bit bored with her and wanted to get back to the rest of the story.
—Loraine
I haven't read a JC book for a really long time, so this was a taste of the past for me. It was an enjoyable read, although I thought it lacked the depth into it's characters. JC uses lots of different characters in her book. Lara is the famous movie star who everyone wants to be, Richard is the crazed ex husband who is obsessed with Lara, Nikki is her best friend who seems to live in Lara's shadow, and upcoming movie star Joey becomes the new sexy love of her life, Alison the stalker who wants to be Lara's best friend, but then plots to kill her when she thinks Lara is just like all the other movie stars. And then the other characters JC introduces add to a script full of drama, suspense, and typical Hollywood lifestyles.JC delves into the past with several characters and she keeps you guessing as to who she is writing about with some of the flash backs. The final chapters of the book were exciting as she brought alot of the characters together in a dramatic ending, but I would have liked a little more detail into Lara and Joey's relationship! Enjoyed this......not fantastic, a change to what I really like reading at the moment.......but bring on the next hot romance book please!!
—Mary
Jackie Collins is by far the author that you want to read when you want to read about Hollywood life. Jackie's descriptions of her characters are on target. She makes you feel that you know them personally and enables you to understand how they react with each other. There is never a dull scene in any of her writings and she is able to intertwine her characters with ease. As soon as you are reading about one of them, she changes to another character to begin that little story. Then, when you are almost into that character, she brings you back to the first one. Jackie keeps you on your toes when you read her books. For a night home,this is the book to read.
—Rashina
