It's 1999 and for the staff of one newspaper office, the internet is still a novelty. By day, two young women, Beth and Jennifer, spend their hours emailing each other, discussing in hilarious detail every aspect of their lives, from love troubles to family dramas. And by night, Lincoln, a shy, lonely IT guy spends his hours reading every exchange. At first their emails offer a welcome diversion, but as Lincoln unwittingly becomes drawn into their lives, the more he reads, the more he finds himself falling for one of them. By the time Lincoln realizes just how head-over-heels he really is, it's way too late to introduce himself. What would he say to her? 'Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mails - and also, I think I love you'. After a series of close encounters, Lincoln decides it's time to muster the courage to follow his heart ¿ and find out whether there really is such a thing as love before first-sight.
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By Moonless
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Remember the time when the internet was just making its appearance in the workplace and employers feared we'd all be shopping, chatting and surfing if they allowed it into their offices? I certainly do and this book is a great reminder of that.
It's 1999 and the World Wide Web is resolutely yet inexorably making its way into mainstream life. The Courier is a local newspaper in small town Nebraska and Lincoln has been recruited to stop any abuse and time wasting from happening. Lincoln works the nightshift and it's his job to read any emails which could be breaking the rules, and to send warnings to employees. This is pretty amusing as Lincoln has to read emails which have been flagged up for containing, for example, supervisors' names, nasty words and words like `classified', which causes chaos in the classified ads department.
Lincoln is diligent but then he gets drawn in by the email conversations between two female friends, and before he knows it, has fallen for one of them. While he battles with himself over the ethics of what he is doing, he can't help himself as he is drawn deeper in.
The story and plot keep you reading but there are some drawbacks here. The email format between the two female colleagues is very hard to follow at times. I often had to refer back to see who was who and it got very confusing. It also ruined the flow of the book. Nor can I believe that two people would write pages and pages of email rather than chatting over a coffee. However, the premise of the book would not work without this, so I tried not to dwell too much on it! The story starts off well but chugs along for a bit before picking up again. I would say to stick with it. It is an easy, fun read. Lincoln is a likeable character, as are the two friends, Beth and Jennifer. It's a cute love story and aside from that, just the references to the internet (`The worst thing about the internet was that it was now impossible to distinguish a room full of people working diligently from a room full of people taking the `What Kind of Dog Am I?' quiz') are funny and maybe a prophecy!!
It's 1999 and the World Wide Web is resolutely yet inexorably making its way into mainstream life. The Courier is a local newspaper in small town Nebraska and Lincoln has been recruited to stop any abuse and time wasting from happening. Lincoln works the nightshift and it's his job to read any emails which could be breaking the rules, and to send warnings to employees. This is pretty amusing as Lincoln has to read emails which have been flagged up for containing, for example, supervisors' names, nasty words and words like `classified', which causes chaos in the classified ads department.
Lincoln is diligent but then he gets drawn in by the email conversations between two female friends, and before he knows it, has fallen for one of them. While he battles with himself over the ethics of what he is doing, he can't help himself as he is drawn deeper in.
The story and plot keep you reading but there are some drawbacks here. The email format between the two female colleagues is very hard to follow at times. I often had to refer back to see who was who and it got very confusing. It also ruined the flow of the book. Nor can I believe that two people would write pages and pages of email rather than chatting over a coffee. However, the premise of the book would not work without this, so I tried not to dwell too much on it! The story starts off well but chugs along for a bit before picking up again. I would say to stick with it. It is an easy, fun read. Lincoln is a likeable character, as are the two friends, Beth and Jennifer. It's a cute love story and aside from that, just the references to the internet (`The worst thing about the internet was that it was now impossible to distinguish a room full of people working diligently from a room full of people taking the `What Kind of Dog Am I?' quiz') are funny and maybe a prophecy!!
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By J. Leckie
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I read this book in two days and thoroughly enjoyed it!
Set in America, just before the millennium, two women email each other about their lives and ups and downs. Meanwhile unknown to them an IT worker reads their emails and falls in love with one of them.
It is such a warming read that really tugs at your heart strings. The characters are realistic, easy to relate to and entertaining.
I could not put the book down, I wanted to keep reading!
Would highly recommend this romantic, sweet read. Total feelgood book!
Set in America, just before the millennium, two women email each other about their lives and ups and downs. Meanwhile unknown to them an IT worker reads their emails and falls in love with one of them.
It is such a warming read that really tugs at your heart strings. The characters are realistic, easy to relate to and entertaining.
I could not put the book down, I wanted to keep reading!
Would highly recommend this romantic, sweet read. Total feelgood book!
By need2know
Format:Paperback
I just LOVED this book! The main character, Lincoln, is very deep and complex but is a real good guy...except when during the course of his job he becomes fixated on reading private emails between two co-workers, Beth & Jennifer. One teeny weeny bit of criticism is that though the dialogue between the two girls is cracking, fast-paced and witty, it's a little hard to work out which girl is which, but once I had it down in my head that Jennifer was the chubby one it was fine. It's a tender love story, if a bit unusual, but all the more interesting for it. It's also nice that a lot of the book deals with Lincoln's life rather than the girls'.
I wouldn't call Attachments chick-lit (seems a bit insulting). It's a tender, warm romance, written extremely well with lovely characters that you actually care about.
A wonderful first novel from a very talented writer.
I wouldn't call Attachments chick-lit (seems a bit insulting). It's a tender, warm romance, written extremely well with lovely characters that you actually care about.
A wonderful first novel from a very talented writer.
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