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The Superpower of Love (Paperback)

by Sophie Hannah (Author)
5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (7 Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099416999
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099416999
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 497,941 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A cut above the rest, 13 Feb 2002
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Finally Sophie Hannah gets away from lurid covers with heart-shaped bike chains on them. The Superpower of Love, much as the title sounds like your average romance novel, actually refers to American superpowers, companies who get in the way and mess everything up! And in the same way, this novel is subversively political, comparing the way we treat our loved ones to large political news stories such as Kosovo. Despite the serious themes of the novel, it is entertainingly and wittily written with a touch of the absurd about it - people dressing up as elephants, larger-than-life idiots on a grand scale, and the hilarious tale of Gatting the cactus. A novel about the way we form attachments and the important impact they have on our lives. But only by reading it can you understand how good it really is.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very realistic, absorbing book about friendship and love, 17 April 2002
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This book is unusual in that it really delves into the way freindship works, in a way that makes other books with similar themes seem quite superficial. The book dissects the way friends can help, hurt and affect each other, and the cast of characters are so vivid and plausible that you really feel as if you're there in the book with them! There are some moral issues that these characters have to get to grips with and, as a reader I found the novel really made me think. It's also hilarious in parts and very warm - it really cheered me up!
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5.0 out of 5 stars A 'Pride and Prejudice' of contemporary society!, 16 Jan 2002
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Simone Purdy is a classic manipulative but humorously likeable heroine, in the tradition of Mrs Bennett in Pride and Prejudice. This is a hilarious tale of what friends will, won't and shouldn't do for each other, and of the pain and complications when friendships are not strong enough. This novel doesn't exactly have a moral - it's too sophisticated for that - but it raises many moral questions, and asks the question: is public/political life really any more important than the decisions we make in our day-to-day lives. I loved it!
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