This book is designed with the young student in mind, reaching for the ages that are starting their science in school and building a foundation for them to start with. It gives the basics of weighing and measurements, basic thermodyanmics (very basic, like evaporation in boiling), gravity, etc. A simplistic view of science for the beginner, not useful for adults or anyone who has the basics down. Suggested for grade school science teachers as an idea pool to convey how science can be demonstrated.

All of JM's book have made my stomach tingles w/ excitment and lasting pleasures b/c the characters and the plot are so smoothly entwine that you actually feel them and want to be part of their lives. Yet this one was truly disappointing b/c the plot makes no sense. The characters are not all what you think. Ramon is a male chauvinist who expects his girl to obey him w/o a thought of her own while Katie's happy thoughts are on materialistic stuff. I give her a star b/c all her other books are truly amazing whereas this one was her very first novel.

Like many others of you love, I JM but this book just plain old sucked! lol First of all Katie is an racist and Romon is an idiot. Yes I too got tired of hearing about her red hair and blue eyes. Any Hispanic person beside a produce truck has got to be the rider of it...ofourse! That really upset me. Like is she really that stupid?? Katie seemed like a clutz. And then she goes on to defend Ramon at the pool side when one of her friends call him a name and that is suppose to some how many her honorable??? And Ramon is just a big old bafoon. Ordering her to change her clothes when they were going out to the pool, not letting her work, and being ashamed to show her where he lived just because it wasnt like what she was used to??? I didnt even finish the book and I paid for it! I couldnt believe that this was JM either. I recomend Perfect and Paradise. I was so surprised to see that so many people didnt like it also cause I thought that I was the only one.

If you decide to read this Judith McNaught book, save it till last. That way if you never get around to it, you won't be bad off. Might actually be better for it.

I've read the reviews on this one, and it's not as bad as most are making it out to be. I wonder if people didn't finish the entire thing b/c then you'd understand why the main characters were who they were and why they acted that way.

this is not my favorite. this one is probably my least favorite, but my least favorite of Judith McNaught is a lot better than a lot of other authors best. While that doesn't excuse it, it is fact.

This is a shorter book, so it does move along pretty quickly. Most of Judith McNaught's books approach 700 pages, and this is only 300 or so. Give it a try, I don't regret it. It makes for a decent book on a plane or on the beach.