- Paperback: 407 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; Reprint edition
- ISBN-10: 0451204522
- ISBN-13: 978-0451204523
- Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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Format:Paperback
I have always enjoyed Olivia Goldsmiths books, they are funny, witty and often have a twist in the tale. This story is no where near imaginative as 'Flavour of the Month' or 'Young Wives', in fact if her name wasnt on the cover I wouldnt have wasted my money. The concept is quite fascinating,I would love to scrub up some of my male friends, but I am sorry to say the story does not live up to expectations. I am deeply disapointed as Ms Goldsmith generally writes such good stories. I am still a fan, and will wait with eagerness for her next book in hope that its better than this one.
Format:Paperback
This is the first novel I have read by Olivia Goldsmith and I'm not entirely impressed. The story is predictable and has been done by many authors but just with their own twist added.
The plot starts of slowly and is really bland with no life to it, the narrative needs to grip the reader and sadly this just doesn't do that.
The ending is rushed as the reader is trying to read faster just so they can move on from the annoying arguement tracie and jon have.
The only enjoyable bit of the book were the lessons jon were receiving from tracie.
If men believe they have to act like that to get a woman then they really don't know.
Read this book for something light on holiday because it doesn't take much attention to find out what is happening
The plot starts of slowly and is really bland with no life to it, the narrative needs to grip the reader and sadly this just doesn't do that.
The ending is rushed as the reader is trying to read faster just so they can move on from the annoying arguement tracie and jon have.
The only enjoyable bit of the book were the lessons jon were receiving from tracie.
If men believe they have to act like that to get a woman then they really don't know.
Read this book for something light on holiday because it doesn't take much attention to find out what is happening
Format:Paperback
This is the story of a geeky IT exec (Jon)and his journalist female friend (Tracie). Exec is too nice to get any 'action'. He begs journo to help him lose the niceness, develop some fashion sense, and the heartlessness to go with it. He becomes successful with women, and she worries that she's created a monster!
It's a good plot, and it'll make a good film someday. But the plot is slow to start off and it has something of a rushed ending. The bit where Jon is delivering Mother's Day gifts to all his stepmoms is too long drawn out, and barely believable. Also, the character of Molly has some of the worst 'Cockney' dialogue I have ever read!
There's a fair amount of gratuitous man-bashing which is par for the course in Olivia Goldsmith's books. Character development is good, though...by the end, both Jon and Tracie (the journo) have learnt that it's wrong to manipulate people and use them for your own ends. There's also a subliminal bad-karma-gets-you-in-the-end message when a ghost from Jon's past seems to get a comeuppance for past misdeeds.
One problem though...throughout the book we're encouraged to hate Phil, Tracie's loser boyfriend. But he too goes through positive change, and at the end we actually feel sorry for him!
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really enjoyable
I have just finished reading this book and loved it - it was very hard to turn out the light at night and stop reading. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2005 by J. B. Bowley
Frothy Chick Fic, Seattle-Style
Olivia Goldsmith is known for her sharp-ish wit and keen observations. Her books are usually geared towards the late-30s (plus) reader ("First Wives' Club",... Read more
Published on 25 Feb 2002
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