The Last Year of Being Single

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Summary: A disappointment
Review: After reading Something Borrowed (Emily Giffin), this one just didn't seem to compare. I didn't like the short, choppy, incomplete sentences and I didn't feel like any of the characters were really developed. It was predictable and just not my type of book...

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Summary: amusing but at times serious look at modern day relationship
Review: Everyone who knows Sarah Giles believes her boyfriend, investment banker Paul O'Brien is Mr. Perfect. Everyone believes that except Sarah. She knows he is handsome, nice, has a good job, and will spend money on her. However, she feels their relationship lacks passion.

Sarah meets the Regional Director of Rogerson Railways John (that is his name, honest cowboy) Wayne. Though he is a womanizer, she finds the double entendre emails exciting and the secret lunches even more so. While Paul wants to become engaged, John also wants to move to the next level of passionate lovemaking. Sarah must choose between bland, faithful, and steady or exciting, undependable, and wild. Will she select a person who will never cheat on her or an individual who will probably make her a notch on his belt?

THE LAST YEAR OF BEING SINGLE is an amusing but at times serious look at modern day relationships. The story line focuses on Sarah torn between two lovers. Fans will empathize especially those about the same age as the heroine (twenty to thirty something) while those geriatric boomers will tell her to make up her mind based on the one the she feels the most spoons full of love. Though at times inane, Sarah Tucker's novel is a fun character study, but will she and to whom requires reading the novel.

Harriet Klausner

Rating:
Summary: amusing but at times serious look at modern day relationship
Review: Everyone who knows Sarah Giles believes her boyfriend, investment banker Paul O'Brien is Mr. Perfect. Everyone believes that except Sarah. She knows he is handsome, nice, has a good job, and will spend money on her. However, she feels their relationship lacks passion.

Sarah meets the Regional Director of Rogerson Railways John (that is his name, honest cowboy) Wayne. Though he is a womanizer, she finds the double entendre emails exciting and the secret lunches even more so. While Paul wants to become engaged, John also wants to move to the next level of passionate lovemaking. Sarah must choose between bland, faithful, and steady or exciting, undependable, and wild. Will she select a person who will never cheat on her or an individual who will probably make her a notch on his belt?

THE LAST YEAR OF BEING SINGLE is an amusing but at times serious look at modern day relationships. The story line focuses on Sarah torn between two lovers. Fans will empathize especially those about the same age as the heroine (twenty to thirty something) while those geriatric boomers will tell her to make up her mind based on the one the she feels the most spoons full of love. Though at times inane, Sarah Tucker's novel is a fun character study, but will she and to whom requires reading the novel.

Harriet Klausner

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Summary: Self-Centered Woman On The Run
Review: I could barely skim this book. It is written in a diary format a la Bridget Jones, but it doesn't contain the humor or plot; it does, however, consist mainly of sentence fragments. I got very tired of reading about oral and anal sex, infidelity, and ripped knickers. Why anyone would want a relationship with this woman is a mystery to me. Read Good In Bed by Jennifer Weiner instead-it is much funnier and better written.

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Summary: A real page turner!
Review: I did not want this book to end. I love the way this book was written from Sarah's point of view. Sarah was depicted so vividly - a great character any woman could relate to. Sarah's situation although unique was very enticing and fun to read about. The author kept me wanting to know what she was going to do next. The love scenes were hot, hot, hot! I liked it because it had a surprise ending - not the traditional happily ever after. This is a book you would be foolish to miss!

Rating:
Summary: Not a great read
Review: I don't usually give less than 3 stars to a book, but this novel was poorly written, the characters weren't well developed, there were too many unnecessary sex scenes (if I wanted a romance novel I'd get one) and finally the main character is not likeable. I could not muster any sympathy for the protagonist because she made poor choices for herself time and time again throughout the book. BYPASS this chick lit read and buy something like the book 'You Have to Kiss a lot of Frogs' or 'Slightly Single'. Those novels will quench your thirst for a good read. 'Last Year of Being Single' will not.

Rating:
Summary: A real page turner!
Review: It's hard to muster much sympathy for Sarah Giles, a woman with a caring boyfriend, an exciting lover and the world at her feet. Sarah is engaged to a Catholic banker named Paul, who is repressed in more ways than one. At the same time, she embarks on an affair with notorious womanizer, John Wayne, who is never quite developed. We see most of Sarah's relationships develop via text messaging, and if this is realistic, the state of romance today is in peril.

The title itself focuses on the fact that Sarah is engaged to be married, although the details of the actual event are sketchy. Sarah's wedding comes and goes with little fanfare or drama, and the love triangle is poorly developed. Perhaps this is indicative of Sarah's character? I can't be sure.

I found the story to be slow and annoying at times. There are several issues that could have been developed that would have made this story more poignant, but the plot falls a bit short. There are much better books in the Red Dress Ink series.

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Summary: Is this for real?
Review: It's hard to muster much sympathy for Sarah Giles, a woman with a caring boyfriend, an exciting lover and the world at her feet. Sarah is engaged to a Catholic banker named Paul, who is repressed in more ways than one. At the same time, she embarks on an affair with notorious womanizer, John Wayne, who is never quite developed. We see most of Sarah's relationships develop via text messaging, and if this is realistic, the state of romance today is in peril.

The title itself focuses on the fact that Sarah is engaged to be married, although the details of the actual event are sketchy. Sarah's wedding comes and goes with little fanfare or drama, and the love triangle is poorly developed. Perhaps this is indicative of Sarah's character? I can't be sure.

I found the story to be slow and annoying at times. There are several issues that could have been developed that would have made this story more poignant, but the plot falls a bit short. There are much better books in the Red Dress Ink series.

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Summary: Fun and poignant look at romantic and sexual relationships!
Review: Sarah Giles chronicles her last year as a single woman. After five years of ups and downs, Paul proposes marriage. Sarah accepts. After all, Paul is lovely, affectionate and perfect. But why is she having an affair with an eccentric womanizer named John Wayne? She drives from one side of London to another to meet her oversexed lover. Things aren't as well in the home front as others think. And she doesn't know which road to take...

The Last Year of Being Single is one of those rare chick-lit novels that showcase flawless character study. The heroine delves into some rather profound questions regarding love and infidelity (is it just me, or do most recent Brit-chick novels center on infidelity?). Ms. Tucker's takes on relationships are insightful, ironic and poignant. The writing style is different and interesting, though disjointed at times. However, the storytelling is great. The Last Year of Being Single is one of the best British novels released this year. RDI has scored big again. Highly recommended...

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Summary: Self-Centered Woman On The Run
Review: Sooo many people stay in relationships because it's convenient. You love the person but you aren't IN LOVE and you don't know how to end it. Or worst of all your family or friends think you should stay with them regardless of if you're happy! All of what you just read describes Sarah Giles! She knows Paul, her long-term boyfriend turned fiancee, isn't who she wants to spend her life with but she can't seem to break his heart. Then she has a VERY STEAMY affair with John, but she doesn't want to be with him long-term either!

This great book takes place throughout the year before Sarah's wedding. I think many women will completely sympathize Sarah... It's a great look into a mind of someone who has doubts about their married future!