Riders

Rating:
Summary: An excellent read
Review: I actually found Jilly Cooper by reading books by Fiona Walker(who is brilliant by the way). Jilly's books are a little hard to come by, but boy am I glad I searched...soooo worth it. Riders was a great read...don't let the length of the book intimidate you...you'll fly through it...You are with the characters through so much and for such a span of years..that by the end...you really feel as if you know them. I definitely recommend this book..also, go out and get Fiona Walker's books as well!! French Relations and Well Groomed( In that order) are my favorites of the bunch.

Rating:
Summary: it was great
Review: I read everything I can get my hands on - from classics, to fantasy, romance, technical publications, and best sellers. This is my favorite book of all time. I find Jilly Cooper's writing style fast, sexy, and enthralling. I read this book for the first time over 10 years ago and have just re-read it. It's mesmerizing. Rupert, Jake, Fen, Billy and company will keep you glued to the pages. Add to that horses and show-jumping, this book just couldn't get any better.

Rating:
Summary: Great trashy novel
Review: If you are ever in the mood for a good trashy summer beach novel this is the one to read (no summer or beach actually required). Jilly Cooper's novel are fun and full of sexy charcters. This is definitely her best one.

Rating:
Summary: Hilarious, irreverent and jolly good fun
Review: Jilly Cooper finds it hard to take much seriously - which is great for us as her novels are a rollicking good reads. I suppose if you were to get deeply meaningful and analyse her books then you would find some serious themes underlying them - guilt, betrayal, loyalty, and love - but Jilly Cooper sets out to seduce us with great verve and fun - and she definitely succeeds

Riders is the first book in her series of six books (so far) and begins the career of Rupert Campbell Black - rake and world class show-jump rider. He is up against the part Gypsy Jake Lovell his arch rival, who has our initial sympathy. Around them are a cast of dozens major and minor characters all inextrciably linked in the quest to win a gold medal at the upcoming Olympic Games. - oh yeah, and her characters are all the glamorous people of the British Upper class.

It is hard to know at times who one ought to feel sympathetic with because above all else Cooper provides us with very likeable but wildly flawed characters. Rupert, as she is has much frustration in his life but little self doubt. Jake is suspcious, dark, and deeply superstitious.

I just love Cooper's writing style, it is full-bodied, funny, stacked with puns and totally tongue in cheek - but it is rather explicit sexually so if you don't like 'bonk-busters' then this probably isn't for you. Her next book, Rivals, I think is her best.

Rating:
Summary: A celebration of gloriously bad behavior!
Review: Jilly Cooper's fiction is breezy, bitchy and great fun. While the characters in Riders appear in much of her fiction, it can certainly be read as a stand-alone novel. Her characters are wonderful, frequently shooting themselves in the foot with their all-too human foibles. It is a glorious celebration of people who drink too much, screw too much (usually the wrong people), and no matter what their position in life, are chronically short of money. You will be instantly drawn in to the fast-paced and competitive world of international show jumping.

NOTE: If I remember correctly, Andrew Parker-Bowles, Camilla's ex, is one of the sources credited in the front of the book.

Rating:
Summary: x-rated saddle club
Review: This book is much better than Cooper's "Players," mostly because it has a plot and some hysterical scenes (designed to appeal to the reader's inner seventh grader). But it's basically every young adult horse book I've read, only with a terrifically horny English cast and an author who's allowed to use bad words and bad metaphors when it comes to writing sex scenes.

Here are some very familiar characters to anyone who's ever read horse lit.
Rich snobs who are outrageously nasty and get their come uppance - Check.

Spunky, sassy young horse mad girls - who are basically National Velvet with a sex drive to rival certain species of rodent. - Check.

Poor but gifted young trainer with a long festering grudge - Check.

Throw in vapid assorted other characters, and you've got a book!

Also, why does this author have such an obsession about making sure we know a character is overweight - to the point of using "fat" and its synonyms for pages on end? Just asking.






Rating:
Summary: I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS BOOK
Review: This is the type of book you never want to put down. I thought the characters were so well developed that I just had to know what they were doing. Even if you are not into horses, show-jumping, or not into British culture, the characters alone get inside your heart. I loved this book so much that I wish it never ended. I wish I knew all of these characters in real life. I recommend this book to everyone especially those looking for a good captivating sexy trash novel. Definitely good to bring on a long vacation.

The BEST steamy, trashy novel EVER!!!!