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The Trials of Tiffany Trott

The Trials of Tiffany Trott

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Mainly Read It For Some Laughs
Review: I will say that this novel can be funny. However, a book length riff on a 37 year old career woman's endless dates wears thin after awhile. Dismayed that all of her friends are marrying, TT dates just about every nightmare guy you can imagine, some courtesy of dating bureaus and personals' ads. These encounters can be really hilarious. The best guy of the bunch is married and looking for an affair, claiming he can't get a divorce. One annoying thing that TT does throughout is give stinging, witty comebacks to other characters and then tell you, in the next breath, she didn't have the nerve to say that after all. She only wished she could say it. If this was meant to be a comic device, it didn't work for me. Romance readers may not be happy with the ending, which is ambiguous instead of definitive with Mr. Right. An ambiguous ending was ok with me because I was never convinced TT really knew what she wanted in a man or a marriage. She seemed suited to being single.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Pretty boring
Review: I was disappointed with this book. Maybe it's because I'm not British but I didn't think it was hilarious. Every now and then I chuckled but still she was kind of annoying. Then there was this whole "Actually I didn't say that, what I said..." was extremely annoying. She wrote it like 25 times throughtout the book and it would've been ok if she didn't say it exactly the same way every time. A little variety would have been helpful. By the middle of the book I could predict when she was going to put "actually I didn't say that..." before I read it, then I realized I was right and rolled my eyes. I just didn't enjoy it but I had to finish it just to see how it was going to end. And that was even more disappointing. Read Bridget Jones instead.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hilarious,witty, a great read
Review: What a wonderful book - clever, fast, funny and well-written. Tiffany is a wonderful character - someone we can all relate to. I couldn't stop turning the pages. How wrong you are Jennifer. I highly recommend this book. A must read.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A more annoying character I've NEVER met...
Review: I have to say, that after reading all of the reviews of this book, I was really looking forward to this one. And I was highly disappointed. Tiffany Trott has to be one of the most annoying female characters I have ever read. Bridget Jones, she is not. I took this book with me on vacation and was expecting to finish it in a day or so. It took me 5 days to dredge through all the horrific dates in this book. I kept on through it all, hoping that the ending would redeem the rest of the novel. No such luck. (Upon finishing this book, I threw it against the wall of my hotel room in disgust)! Tiffany Trott as a book and a character has little, if any, redeeming qualities. My advice: stick to Bridget and leave this wannabe alone!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Lackluster ending-be prepared! But it is a fun read.
Review: The dialogue between Tiffany and all of her friends/dates is a hoot! The book is very hard to put down, but I was angry with the ending. Leaves you feeling very empty and wondering why you read the darn thing. I would have given it 4 stars, had it not been for the ending...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Finally! Something for us Singletons in our 30s!!!
Review: Fantastic book that might be overlooked with all the Bridget Jones hype -- but a must read! I could identify with so many aspects of what Tiffany Trott would do, including yelling at a cyclist riding on the pedestrian path she was walking on, and also thinking silently all the things she COULD have said to people. The fact that Tiffany and her friends were all in their late 30s was great, not only for those of us the same age, but also because the author truly captured what it is like. Her characters are so interesting, you want to hang out with them discuss your own relationship woes and horrors, and hopefully successes too!! If this was a movie, it would be a great ensemble cast on par with Four Weddings and a Funeral! I laughed out loud thru-out this book!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Could be better
Review: I don't know if it was the fact that I read this after reading The Making of Minty Malone, but I just didn't find it anywhere near as fresh or as funny. I wonder would I think otherwise if I had read this first. Nevertheless I will still gibe this 3 stars and Minty 5!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This book saved my family's life....
Review: Seriously. You try and pack 5 people in a mini-van between Tennessee and Texas and see if you don't want to kill someone along the way. But wait! There was something to provide relief! The Trials of Tiffany Trott kept me laughing long enough to ignore every irritating moment of the long, long car ride. This book is funny and reminds me of Marian Keyes' work. I appreciated the fact that the ending was not the typical "formula" that is so often used (or should I say over used?). I've been joking lately that with everyone jumping on the Bridget Jones type bandwagon it's like a lot of modern day Jane Austens. You always know what the outcome will be before you read the first line. Not so with this book. Thank you, Isabel Wolff.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: wonderful
Review: I loved this book - partly because it so aptly describes the singles scene in London, though any one with a sense of humour would recognise their own culture in it. It could probably catch a few on the raw as they recognise their own hang ups in it, so - if you find yourself uncomfortable or angry with what you read, maybe you'd better look at your own motives and get the necessary help - dating agencies certainly seemed to help Tiffany and, as she shows, those who try them aren't all sad, lonely singles! Have a good read, a good laugh, and maybe try some of Tiffany's own medecine for a different outlook on your life!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A most amusing read - true to London life today
Review: Tiffany Trott's a crazy lovable character. She romps through disaster after disaster but always comes up hoping. The picture of London life is a slight exaggeration, but you could bump into Tiffany all over town - not only in the Ritz ! We enjoyed every page and followed up by reading Isabel Wolff's second novel, "The Making of Minty Malone", with equal pleasure. We're looking out or the next offering from this entertaining writer.


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