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Nice [Paperback]

Jen Sacks
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5 Feb 1999
Grace is a nice girl. She can't stand the thought of hurting anyone's feelings. The problem is she usually wants out of her relationships first. So rather than break up with her boyfriend, she murders them. But one man is just like Grace. What happens when two murderers fall in love?

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  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books (5 Feb 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0330371576
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330371575
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 64,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Quirky, with fun elements 17 Dec 2002
By Joseph Haschka HALL OF FAME TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Enter Grace, a thirty-ish young woman who hasn't the self-assurance to say "no". Thus, when faced with the escalating sexual demands of male friends, she doesn't know how to ratchet down the intensity. Rather than hurt their feelings with rejection, she kills them. Nothing personal, you understand, she only wants to be decent about it.

Enter Sam, a former KGB crack assassin. Now that the Cold war is over, he lives in the U.S. working as a contract killer. He encounters Grace while randomly testing a wireless eavesdropping system, and something in her demeanor prompts him to begin following her around. He becomes witness to her killings, and is fascinated by her modus operandi and what he speculates to be her motives and state of mind. He is smitten.

The book's 55 chapters - they're short - alternate back and forth between the Grace and Sam viewpoints. As the two eventually meet and establish a relationship, each acts as a therapist for the other. Grace acquires self-assurance and fortitude. Sam becomes a more compassionate hit man.

This novel by Jen Sacks is quirky enough to be worth buying. Some readers may also perceive in it nuggets of insight regarding the dating/mating ritual between the sexes. The ending is neither profound nor unexpected. It's, well ...NICE.

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4.0 out of 5 stars brillant! 15 Nov 2001
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Format:Paperback
It's been a well known fact that it's always the quiet ones that you should watch out for and this book almost proves it. I think most people will recognise parts of Grace in themselves, polite, well brought up, completely incapable of committing to anything more demanding then a pot plant etc. One of the great unsolved mysteries of our time is how do I dump someone gracefully without hurting their feelings or give them a license to stalk me because I accidentally gave them hope for the future? Grace accidentally hits on an almost foolproof but quite messy way of dealing with the problem. Unfortunately like a lot of things in life someone inevitably finds out and that's when the fun starts, Grace finds herself dating a professional assassin who is more then a little concerned about her odd habit.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Brillant 1 Jun 2001
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Format:Paperback
This book is brillant, I have recommended it to all my friends and they totally agree with me. All I can honestly say is that Grace hits on a rather unorthodox method of ending her relationships that might not be to everyones taste but it doesn't mean the reader can't thoroughly enjoy it.
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