- Paperback: 306 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (27 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340832452
- ISBN-13: 978-0340832455
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 497,955 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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" 'Great comic characters...and smart one liners' - Observer. 'An uplifting, original tale' - Sunday Mirror. 'A moving, often funny story of high stakes, lost love and finding your place in the world. Louise Wener confirms her successful career change from pop star to novelist with this impressive second novel' - Company. 'The highly entertaining story of Audrey's search for her deserting dad, her torrid affair with gambling and her friendship with Big Louie, an agoraphobic card master. Abandonment issues have never been so funny' - USA Today. 'Brilliant' - OK. 'Combines laugh-out-loud passages with scenes that make you want to cry' - Independent"
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Captivating... well, for half of it,
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This review is from: The Half Life of Stars (Paperback)
After thoroughly enjoying The Big Blind, I have taken an interest in the works of Louise Wener.
The first few chapters spell out the recognizable traits in Louise's work; her clever wit, interesting characters and intelligent narrative, creating awkward moments we all know so well. The Half Life of Stars is a rather simple affair, yet written with many pockets of emotion, puzzle and delight. The journey searching for Claire's missing brother, Daniel is a sad, complex yet interesting and funny tale. However, I felt this start to dry out towards the second half of the book. I felt I could skip to the end, just to find out if/how they find Daniel and could miss out a chunk of the book.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good, but not quite good enough,
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This review is from: The Half Life of Stars (Paperback)
Mmmm, not really sure about this book. Bought and read the book on the back of (i) Louise Wener's power as a songwriter in Sleeper and (ii) reviews on the Amazon site. Ended up feeling half fullfilled. Is it a 'girly book'? I don't think so, but it never sucked me in, it was never unputdownable.
It's well written, and has passages of intrigue and sort of suspense, but it all ends up with a bit of an easy ending that leaves a sense of unfullfillment. Very readable but not as good as her lyrics from the mid 90's.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Even better than her other books,
By NB (Middlesbrough, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Half Life of Stars (Paperback)
This is a really good story of a missing brother and his sister who tries to find him, and why a tragic event that happened 20 years might have been the trigger.
She sets off to find him after he disappears from his seemingly perfect life, taking in dodgy Japanese restaurants in Soho, promiscuous sex, snakes, Miami, Russian sailors, kidnapping Harvey Weinstein, art deco, and alkie mums along the way. Although I liked her first two books, I REALLY liked this. You can tell she has grown as a writer, as this tale is told with much less clunky language, but like the guy in 'Goodnight Steve McQueen', you care about the main character, the flawed Claire, and root for her on her mission to find her brother, and a bit of herself.
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