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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A reinventing page turner, 13 Sep 2002
I read this first novel in two sittings and it would have been one if I had started earlier in the day.It is a love story set in the world of celebrity astrology and is a wicked satire of modern celebrity and teh world of tabloid journalism. The central characters are very credible and the reader is left wondering what is the secret of the central character, Tara, very early on. Tara has reinvented herself from fat unhappy Scarlet to thin gorgeous famous Tara, and yes she doesn't want anyone to find out, but therte is more.... Great page turner - enjoy it
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Weak , 8 Aug 2008
I am not suprised that this book has only 3 reviews. I was loaned this book whilst in hospital and am not suprised that it has become a hand-me-down.
The book is based on on 4 characters that each have a weak and predictable character. Tara, the re-invention (if going on a diet, excercising and dying your hair, deems you unrecongnisable to the rest of the world), Jordan, the egotistical sterotypical book character, Dave - the 'I'm so grounded that the reader will work this out' character and Flora, the mother figure all round hero character, are anything to go by, then I believe that I have read my all time worst book.
You are lead to believe that Tara/Scarlett, the next best thing since sliced bread, has a deep dark secret that doesn't want to be exposed. You hope that something extra-ordinary happens, only to find that you spend 3 minutes on the great 'reveal'. Which doesn't dig up any undiscovered ground.
The story seems unfeasible, the characters you will have crossed before, but if you really want to delve into the world of the make believe, then this is the book for you.
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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
An 'all right' first novel, 11 May 2003
By A Customer
Re-Inventing Tara centres around the main character Tara (understandably) and several other sub plots. Tara MacDonald is a celebrity stargazer, famous for her insightful readings on morning telelvision, but she also has a deep dark secret, a must for carrying a story like this along. The story sees her being actively pursued by tabloid journalist Jordan Holmes who is simultaneously trying to uncover her big secret whilst penning her autobiography, helped along the way by faithful chum David Swift.
The plot eases effortlessly between the present (Tara's life) and the past (Scarletts life). Initially, we assume the only secret Tara is concealing is that she used to be very fat and lived on a council estate. As the story progresses, we are lead to believe that the secret is actually much bigger. I didn't like the continuous suspense that the author tried to keep us in, as the secret wasn't all that shocking in the end.
The characterisation were not all that rounded, although Tara/Scarlett was a slightly different character than we are used to seeing (i.e, she is not all that sweet and innocent). The sub plot of David was unneccessary in my opinion, and the concluding love affair was obvious from the beginning. The author came slightly too close to home with her 'famous' characters (Posy Rees Jones (the Countess) and Rupert & Jilly (the morning tv presenters).
All in all, it kept my attention on journeys to work, but was almost instantly forgetable once finished, with the obligatory happy ending for all.
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