Is it ever too late for a second chance? Tammy and Alvin had mapped out their entire lives together, including a pre-parental plan - a list of everything they wanted to do as a couple before they had children. But no amount of planning could have anticipated the heartbreaking problems that lay ahead problems that shattered their once-perfect relationship and led to a traumatic break-up. Then, after years of trying to move on, Tammy's world is turned upside down when Alvin comes back into her life asking for a second chance - with a difference. He proposes that they spend time together, doing the things they had once so eagerly planned, in a bid to remember why they felt they'd have children together some day, and ultimately recapture what they had. Still in love with Alvin, Tammy finds herself powerless to say no, even though their problems are still simmering in the background and threatening to boil over at any moment. Still, what they once had is surely worth trying to save. But can something that's broken ever truly be whole again?
Can We Start Again?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Squid
Format:Paperback
Having read, the first book "Looking for Leon", I've had Shirley Benton's new book "Can We Start Again?" on order for ages and read it on my Kindle straight away. I had a lot of expectations from this book, as her first novel was so quirky and so entertaining and this one did not disappoint in anyway.
"Can We Start Again" is a very original story about a young couple called Tammy & Alvin who go through it all, fall in love, break up, get back together. Yeah, I know we've seen this before in other books, but the author manages to deal with this in a completely original way. She puts an amazing emotional spin on things, you really feel that Tammy & Alvin are soul mates from the off and you get that warm feeling when everything is going well. However, we go through the emotional rollercoaster that is their relationship, and I feel the reader with go through it too.
Again, like her first novel, Shirley Benton really writes characters very well, you feel like you've known these people for years. However, the story has a lot of twists and turns that keeps the reader engaged through out, exactly what everybody wants from a novel.
Shirley Benton is a very talented and gifted writer; she exhibits originality in a unique writing style that I haven't seen in a long, long time. You go on a journey with "Can We Start Again", you go through the high & lows of a modern relationship and it leaves you wanted more.
This novel gets my definite thumbs up, 10 out of 10, 5 stars. A must read for everybody.
"Can We Start Again" is a very original story about a young couple called Tammy & Alvin who go through it all, fall in love, break up, get back together. Yeah, I know we've seen this before in other books, but the author manages to deal with this in a completely original way. She puts an amazing emotional spin on things, you really feel that Tammy & Alvin are soul mates from the off and you get that warm feeling when everything is going well. However, we go through the emotional rollercoaster that is their relationship, and I feel the reader with go through it too.
Again, like her first novel, Shirley Benton really writes characters very well, you feel like you've known these people for years. However, the story has a lot of twists and turns that keeps the reader engaged through out, exactly what everybody wants from a novel.
Shirley Benton is a very talented and gifted writer; she exhibits originality in a unique writing style that I haven't seen in a long, long time. You go on a journey with "Can We Start Again", you go through the high & lows of a modern relationship and it leaves you wanted more.
This novel gets my definite thumbs up, 10 out of 10, 5 stars. A must read for everybody.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Megan ReadingInTheSunshine
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Format:Paperback
I first discovered Shirley Benton when I read her book `Looking for Leon', and I instantly became a fan of hers, so I was very much looking forward to `Can we start again?' and I wasn't disappointed one bit.
In `Can we start again?', we meet Tammy and Alvin, two people who were very much in love, had their whole lives planned out together and had a pre-parental plan - a list of things that they both wanted to do together before settling down and having children. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen as a devastating break-up occurs. Years later, Alvin turns up at Tammy's door, desperate to make another go of things, and proposes that they go ahead with their pre-parental plan, doing the things that they most wanted to experience together to see if it can bring them together again.
I must say, the idea behind it was brilliant, I loved the `bucket-list' idea of a to-do list before children came along, and some of the activities in their list were fantastic! It really took the story to another level, and as the reader I went on a journey with them, being there for not just the lows, but for the high and happy moments too.
Tammy and Alvin were great characters. As the story progressed I began to understand their personalities more and both of them were very likeable, I felt as though I knew them personally, and could imagine exactly how they'd be in real life.
I loved every part of the story and it was a book I couldn't put down! Shirley Benton has created a fantastic story with some twists and turns that kept me wanting to read on to find out more. As much as I loved `Looking for Leon', I'm going to say that I think `Can we start again?' was even better!!! A brilliant read!
In `Can we start again?', we meet Tammy and Alvin, two people who were very much in love, had their whole lives planned out together and had a pre-parental plan - a list of things that they both wanted to do together before settling down and having children. Unfortunately, this doesn't happen as a devastating break-up occurs. Years later, Alvin turns up at Tammy's door, desperate to make another go of things, and proposes that they go ahead with their pre-parental plan, doing the things that they most wanted to experience together to see if it can bring them together again.
I must say, the idea behind it was brilliant, I loved the `bucket-list' idea of a to-do list before children came along, and some of the activities in their list were fantastic! It really took the story to another level, and as the reader I went on a journey with them, being there for not just the lows, but for the high and happy moments too.
Tammy and Alvin were great characters. As the story progressed I began to understand their personalities more and both of them were very likeable, I felt as though I knew them personally, and could imagine exactly how they'd be in real life.
I loved every part of the story and it was a book I couldn't put down! Shirley Benton has created a fantastic story with some twists and turns that kept me wanting to read on to find out more. As much as I loved `Looking for Leon', I'm going to say that I think `Can we start again?' was even better!!! A brilliant read!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By Book-Shelf
Format:Paperback
This is the first Shirley Benton book I have read and I have to say I will be going off to get her other one (Looking For Leon)! Although we have all seen the lets get back together story, this is written with a brilliant amount of humour. From page one I was hooked and loved every bit of the whole story. Fabulous to see more talent coming from Ireland which in my eyes holds the best writers in the whole genre.
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