Tycoon

A lot of people dont like this book because they say that its a simple variation on the typical business storylines in Harold Robbins' books. I disagree. In this one...which, by the way, got me into reading Mr. Robbins, we have all sorts of business dealings, steamy sex, and it has a great retrospective on the media in contemporary society. You people need to lighten up. This was a good book, it was fun to read, and I think its got some of the better writing of the book. My only problem is...Mr. Robbin's dialogue isnt always great. Jack Lear, to me...is almost as interesting as Jonas Cord from The Carpetbaggers. Read this book. You wont be disappointed.

Harold Robbins was (and still is) a very famous author here in Brazil. His books, that are usually known as books full of sex, intrigue, passion and hatred, don't have good stories that keep the reader on the edge of the seat, on the other hand. And that's not different with that book. Although the story at first seem interesting, soon it starts to get pretty trite, but what really matter in this book is that Harold tried to fit in every empty space scenes of pure sex, a characteristic that made him famous worldwide. Although his books have more sex and erotic scenes than a real good story, this book is interesting and a good reading. It's the kind of book that you enjoy reading even though you feel disgusted when you read some parts of the book, like a woman who has sexual relations with her brother and even get pregnant of him... And he describes the sex scenes, that's what most terrible. Though, these scenes are interesting because it's not the kind of thing you usually see in books. Harold Robbins was brave enough to brake some taboos, and that's great. Reading this book is just a great fun, nothing else. But it's worthwhile. It's always (or almost always) worthwhile. Even if you don't like the books, at least you learn lots of new ways and positions of making sex!Marco Aurelio.

the way the story goes and the way it ends simpy describes harold style..it is very good and interesting to read!!

I read a lot of Jackie Collins and the like, but I never read a Harold Robbins novel before (well, I skimmed through "Butterfly" when I was in 6th grade just to read the dirty parts, but I don't think that counts). I confess, I bought this because I wanted a sleazy, hopefully shocking, entertaining light read. I wasn't dissapointed on any of these fronts, and parts of the book made me laugh at loud they were so vulgar. I take away a star for the misogynistic tone of the book. (Though after I finished this book I read a few of his others and this one is feminist compared to, say, "The Storyteller") But that didn't stop me from reading it and shaking my head in disbeleif at how sick and twisted some of the plot developments are. I was reading it at work and hoping no-one could read it over my shoulder, because it was so filthy dirty. But I really did like it, and have to say enjoyed it a great deal. A couple times I could see something especially juicy was being set up and saying to myself, "Oh, this should be good!" It's also fun that it has real-life characters such as Ava Gardner, and some who have different names but are obviously supposed to be, for instance, Marilyn Monroe. If you like sleazy Hollywood novels and are a Jackie COllins fan, it's worth picking this one up. Just be prepared for it to be WAY more graphic!