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Summary: this was a good day at the beach book.
Review: I very much enjoyed this book. It brought back many memories having been in similar circumstances. The author has a way with discriptions which brings long forgotten memories to the surface of the mind. A light enjoyable read...
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Summary: Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful
Review: It broke my heart when I read the other reviews and saw that someone could possibly suspect that an author as sincere and wonderful as Elizabeth Berg would write solely for the income. This is not kitsch; it's real. She writes to touch people. And does so incredibly. Kudos to Elizabeth for writing another beautiful book.
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Summary: Berg bashes women
Review: Until the Real Thing Comes Along is a first-time and last-time Berg read for me! I found this ridiculous litany of whining nothing less than a total insult to women. Berg portrays her leading lady as a pathetic, incompetent, dependent dreamer of the coming of Mr. Right. I don't think there was a paragraph in the piece that didn't contain a needful rumination of Patty's empty self. And, her inaccurate description and depiction of alzheimers disease is a further insult. I couldn't stop wondering if Berg needs some in depth psychoanalysis to help her accept her own fast ticking biological clock.
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Summary: A big disappointment
Review: Although Berg's exquisite style never fails, this trite and irritating story doesn't live up to it.
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Summary: A huge disappoint from my favorite author
Review: I don't even know what else to say. I was so disappointed in it. And, by the way, why do these customer reviews begin with two people giving the book 5 stars without having read it? Shouldn't that be a prerequisite to commenting?
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Summary: Her Funniest Yet!
Review: I've been a fan of Elizabeth Berg for years. Until the Real Thing Comes Along did not disappoint me at all - in fact, it showcases Berg's considerable comic talent! By far her funniest book - I laughed out loud throughout!Keep writing Elizabeth!
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Summary: A total waste of time. An insult to readers and women.
Review: This book was so bad, I almost returned it to get my money back. I am an avid reader and one-time fiction writer, and I could not believe the predicability of this plot. The story and character development were much like those of a soap opera (I don't watch soap operas), and thus were hard to take seriously. The main character resembled a bad "Ally McBeal" rip off. It astonishes me that this writer has won awards! I don't consider myself a feminist, however, I found the main character's complete obsession with finding a man and having a baby insulting to me as a woman, and insulting to men as well. Furthermore, her "love" for gay-Ethan had promise at first, but come on -- I do remember learning in my first writing class that a writer much "show and not tell" and I could not help but think of that as I read this book. As if you could not tell, I do not recommend this book if you normally enjoy good writing.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: I love most of Berg's books, but this one had no depth and was a waste of time. I was very disappointed. Incredibly fluffy book.
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Summary: Disappointing book from Berg, usually a wonderful writer
Review: Berg has never let me down before, but this book did. Nicely written, but plot was too pat, altogether too predictable. Neither Patty nor her friends and family seemed real to me. I can certainly empathize with Patty, being childless myself, but this novel was much too simplistic. Berg can usually nail a feeling or sentiment exactly, what happened this time?
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Summary: A Big Disapointment - A Silly Bit of Fluff
Review: I have been a great Elizabeth Berg fan for a long time. Her novels have the ability to reduce me to tears with their wisdom, and I look with much eagerness for each new one. But this one was a terrible disappointment. How many times has this story been done already? Dozens. A 36 year old single woman, whose biological clock is running, wise cracks her way through bad dates and life while wasting her time being in love with a gorgeous gay man. The first three pages contained the beautifully wise writing of a Berg novel, but it was downhill from there. This novel made me wonder if Berg wrote it solely for a quick dollar.
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