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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
light entertainment but light plot and characters too.... , 25 May 2007
Purchasing Gangsters Wives on the basis of another crime author's glowing cover recommendation of this novel I was expecting a rollercoaster ride with intricately developed characters and illicit insights into a seedy underworld with lots of twists and turns and dodgy deals.
Unfortunately this did not live up to expectations - the characters were 2 dimensional with loose interactions and left to an unsatisfying, if predictable resolution at the end.
Martina Cole this is not, however it is readable and if you don't worry too much about having believable characters and exciting plots its a good read that is a bit of light entertainment.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
NOT a Martina Cole read, 28 Aug 2007
I find it perplexing when someone as unique and absorbing an author as Martina Cole gets somehow roped into front cover recommendations on a book that is not worthy of any of her work.
It is an easy,predictable and unchallenging read, with truly unbelieveable characters that don't end up the chiselled images in your head that many of Martina's do. (Maura's game etc)
The true villans code is dissolved virtually the instant that temptation crosses these women, which is an unlikely scenario for people whose not unsubstantial livelihoods have grown from sticking to it.
(A hardened gangsters wife, sleeping with an Asian policeman, hours after meeting him....I dont think so.)
If you want something to read in a day, then fine, but frankly I would not be taken in by the recommendation.
It's not badly written, but I had guessed the plot and the outcome about 2/3 through.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Mandasue Heller either, 17 Jun 2008
I saw this book and decided to buy it, being a Martina Cole/Mandasue Heller fan. But I was surprised.
It was nothing like I expected it to be. From the first page, I found myself just reading, not because the plot was so scintillating i couldn't put it down, but because it was a light, easy read. Perfect for filling a few hours on a rainy day or a light read before bedtime.
It is not rocket science, it doesn't tell you how to split the atom, but its' good.
It follows the 4 gangsters wives, Poppy, Niki, Sadie and Kate. After one of the husbands is put into prison, it is basically about how his wife and her cohorts go about trying to get by when the money runs dry.
I thought that the writer kept the pace up throughout the book, and the storyline was really easy to follow. The chapters are pretty small too, and you can put it down, not pick it up for a few days but still remember the plot.
It isn't as indepth or as dark as Martina Cole/Mandasue Heller, but even so, it's a good story which keeps up a cracking pace. What I liked about this book was that it didn't have too many characters, basically just the 4 women and their men. But one drawback was I didn't really connect with any of the characters enough to care about what happens to them, and I don't like that in a book.
So if you're at a loose end you could do worse than have a look at this book. Its quick and easy to read, easy to follow, not exactly chick-lit, but in some parts, just as light (and in some places,) just as fluffy
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