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Two best friends go backpacking through Europe and let men finance their fun. When their last victims turn up dead, the gig is up and the Bandit Queens are on the run.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Sparkle Hayter just keeps getting better with every book. After following the Robin Hudson novels with the darkly comic and delightful Naked Brunch, i have been intrigued to see where she would take me next.
Strangely the synopsis put me off for weeks until desperation kicked in.
What a joy. We are taken on a journey through Europe with a fabulous array of characters and a complex and beautifully crafted plot. Places and people leapt off the page, making me read faster and faster!
I recommend this to anyone who enjoys noticing the surreal in every day life. For anyone who has ever travelled off the package tour route, there is a marvellous reality to how the bizarre can creep up on you, or hit you smack in the face.
This was a pleasure to read, never a chore. The various strings of the plot are deftly woven, and the writing itself succeeds in removing you from your present reality of sitting and reading: you are there, the sun on your skin and the smells in the air. Characters, no matter how brief their appearance, seem real and each fully formed.
How delightful to be surprised and eager for every turn, rather than the usual predicting of what is to come a third of the way through.
My only disappointment is i now have an age to wait for Sparkle's next offering - type faster Sparkle!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
really enjoyed this one, had previously read naked brunch by the same author and wasnt sure if i would like this. written in the same style as naked brunch i felt it was better for this story and as it said on the back cover "Thelma and Louise do Europe" this is exactly what this novel is about. i recommend this one
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Was it my gender?
25 May 2006
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
My wife made fun of me for reading this book because it's pink (and I'm color-blind and couldn't tell).
I've read almost all of her other books. In general they're all pretty good. But this one sort of confused / bored me. It's got the "girls out of country go wild thing" going on but it just never really seemed to develop beyond that to me. Oh well, maybe her next book will pull me in better.
I've read almost all of her other books. In general they're all pretty good. But this one sort of confused / bored me. It's got the "girls out of country go wild thing" going on but it just never really seemed to develop beyond that to me. Oh well, maybe her next book will pull me in better.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Definitely a different novel for Hayter...
11 Sep 2004
Format:Paperback
With my reading of Sparkle Hayter's latest book, Bandit Queen Boogie, I'm now up to date on her writings. And I must say, this one is unusual... It's difficult to describe the plot, as there are several wacky subplots that seem unrelated but converge at the end...
Blackie and Chloe, two friends who appeared mismatched but understood each other, decide to head off to Europe to help Chloe forget a relationship. While over there, they find out that they have a knack for running cons that separate men on the prowl from their money. That's the main thread. In initially unrelated subplots, you have an Indian crime boss who's Ganesh god statue is stolen with something of value stashed inside. There's a rebellious heiress that skips out on court-ordered rehab and is trying to meet up with her boyfriend so they can run off together. A reporter who's apparently on the edge is over in Europe on a company-ordered "vacation" and is stripped of a story he's been working on. And believe it or not, all these things end up meshing at the end. The girls are thought to have killed the son-in-law of the crime boss after he stole the statue. They are being pursued unknowingly by his hired goons. The reporter is trying to come up with a blockbuster story, and he's going to try and uncover the story of the heiress. The heiress is on the run but her boyfriend has apparently dumped her and taken off with her money. Chloe is mistaken as the heiress traveling with a Canadian friend, so everyone wants to find her. Neither of the girls know much of what is transpiring. There's a few more subplots there, too... But any more would give things away, and it's just too confusing to try and explain anyway...
This is a strange novel. If you like crazy stories going off in different directions, and situations where peoples' lives intersect with each other in unusual ways, then you'll most likely enjoy this read. If you want a logical plot with believable story lines and rational scenarios, then this one will drive you up the wall. I think I enjoyed the writing more than the story, but your mileage may vary...
Blackie and Chloe, two friends who appeared mismatched but understood each other, decide to head off to Europe to help Chloe forget a relationship. While over there, they find out that they have a knack for running cons that separate men on the prowl from their money. That's the main thread. In initially unrelated subplots, you have an Indian crime boss who's Ganesh god statue is stolen with something of value stashed inside. There's a rebellious heiress that skips out on court-ordered rehab and is trying to meet up with her boyfriend so they can run off together. A reporter who's apparently on the edge is over in Europe on a company-ordered "vacation" and is stripped of a story he's been working on. And believe it or not, all these things end up meshing at the end. The girls are thought to have killed the son-in-law of the crime boss after he stole the statue. They are being pursued unknowingly by his hired goons. The reporter is trying to come up with a blockbuster story, and he's going to try and uncover the story of the heiress. The heiress is on the run but her boyfriend has apparently dumped her and taken off with her money. Chloe is mistaken as the heiress traveling with a Canadian friend, so everyone wants to find her. Neither of the girls know much of what is transpiring. There's a few more subplots there, too... But any more would give things away, and it's just too confusing to try and explain anyway...
This is a strange novel. If you like crazy stories going off in different directions, and situations where peoples' lives intersect with each other in unusual ways, then you'll most likely enjoy this read. If you want a logical plot with believable story lines and rational scenarios, then this one will drive you up the wall. I think I enjoyed the writing more than the story, but your mileage may vary...
Not my type of book
27 Dec 2011
This book has great chapter names. Unfortunately, that's where my enjoyment of the book ended. I didn't like the writing style, the book was hard to read and the characters were not enjoyable or interesting. This was not my type of book.
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