- Paperback: 300 pages
- Publisher: Lipstick Publishing (26 Oct 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904762239
- ISBN-13: 978-1904762232
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 14 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,892,271 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Set in Edinburgh Twice Michelin star chef Charlotte Brown is the main character in this delicious novel. Charlotte Brown (Charlie) Twice Michelin starred chef is at the pinnacle of her career. For the first time in her life cracks begin to appear. This moving story of the addictions that drive Charlie - sex, drugs and the quest for gastronomical excellence - shows the horrid aftertaste of a top restaurant.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Too many cooks,
This review is from: Nocturne in Bleu (Paperback)
This is a very clumsy effort. There is no real narrative voice and characters come across as one dimensional ciphers forwarding a dreary unimaginative plot.
This novel offers us a depressingly unperceptive view of the world. A world were promiscious sex and drugs appear to be seen as the be all and end all. In short, with it's pre-school philosophy, bad language and explicit sex scenes, there is not much else going on of any real interest.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
A patchwork of ideas awkwardly stitched together.,
By Bookish Babe "Sarah" (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nocturne in Bleu (Paperback)
This novel is not very good. I withdrew it from the library to have a look after happening on to the author's blog page. I only got three quarters of the way through. It makes for extremely poor reading. This is very clearly a POD (Published on Demand) book.
It's written with no real grasp of story telling ability and there is no distinctive narrative voice present. It just seems to be a patchwork of different ideas. There is also an awful lot of research padding the thing out. I tried hard to find positive things to say but unfortunately it's just not good enough.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Simply Awful!,
By The Critic (Castle douglas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Nocturne in Bleu (Paperback)
A rather irritaded friend gave me his copy to read for my opinion on the quality of this work. Well! I have read it and now here is my opinion.
It's nicely bound with an interesting picture on the front. There is also a positive review at the top of the cover that advises that this is an 'Outstanding debut'- Um,well... It's actually an appalling book that is so obviously Self-published. Do I think the author put his heart and soul into this book? Yes, I do. In fact, you can tell that he did an extensive amount of research that, in the right hands, could have been turned into a fascinating story. He even hit on what could have been an effective, engaging way to tell the story. Except... He was obviously not equipped to do so. And, at the risk of sounding snotty, I don't think he ever will be. Nor do I think he has any idea how truly horrid this book is--how frustrating, even infuriating, it is to read.
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