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Summary: Helped me fall asleep at night...
Review: This book pretty much was my remedy for those sleepless nights. It really didn't keep me all that interested and I felt like I was reading something I totally wasn't interested in. Not my type of thing. It totally sounded like it from the cover. Oh well, better luck next time.
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Summary: Good, but plain
Review: This book was a good book, but the writing style was too plain. The plot was well thought and fairly unique, but the author left too much to the imagination. The book lacked imaginary detail, sensory, and all around style. The reader was given no clue as to what the surroundings the protagonist lived in or what she looked like. Granted, the reader must imagine some of these things, but the author gave us no premise to base this all on. This was obviously the author's first novel because it lacked everything that good novel should have. There was hardly any character development, no style, her words were plain and seem to have been written for the level of a two-year-old, yet the book was obviously, and very clearly directed at an adult audience. She seemed to forget which audience she was writing for. All in all, the book was mediocre and lacking style.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book was wonderful. Sarah ,the main character, had such an amusing life: between her "invloved" family to her personal ads she managed to work and have some what of a life. I was sad to see the book end but it is a must read romantic comedy. I can't wait to find more Claire Cook books.
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Summary: Fun and funny
Review: This is a great story if you are recently divorced and have been on the dating scene!! Very entertaining.
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Summary: Couldn¿t put it down!
Review: This witty tale of life after divorce is a real page-turner. From the first scene, you get wrapped up in Sarah Hurlihy's adventures in the dating scene. Part of the fun is wondering what will happen next... and things get pretty crazy. But the story is always believable because at the heart of it is a real truth -- that there are many kinds of love: for partners, for family, for pets, and ultimately for self.
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Summary: A great summer read...
Review: What a hoot this book is, to remember when we all dated and the crazy things our families put us thru. I laughed from the first page out loud and was sorry to see the book end.
A must read that is a fun and enjoyable read.
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Summary: I finished it, but...
Review: While the book was mechanically well-written, it may be awhile before I read another book by Cook.Sarah Hurlihy is a young 40's recent divorcee who has finally (after much "encouragement" from her family) started dating again. Hi-jinks ensue that situationally could be really funny in the "that would happen to me" sense. What bothered me throughout the novel is that Sarah has appallingly poor self-esteem and is always expecting any relationship to go the way of her marriage, not feeling that sh'es beautiful enough, or deserving someone who makes her happy. The entire time I read the book, I sat there thinking "You DON'T need a relationship, you need to be happy with yourself first!!" What kept me reading the book was wondering if this shift would occur for her - in which case it could've been a very good book - divorcee starts dating again, has funny, embarassing encounters, thinks lowly of herself and in the end decides that her life is fine the way she is - she's beautiful enough, etc. Since her nights were spent either with her family or in front of the tv watching the Brady Bunch, she could've got involved in a hobby or club and explored her interests. Perhaps at the end she could've met some nice guy and have the end of the novel the beginning of the relationship. While some have compared Sarah to a early 40's Bridget Jones, I have to disagree. Yes, both don't have the best self-esteem and get themselves into dating disasters, but at the same time, there is a key difference. Bridget is pathetic in a very real way - while her self esteem isn't the best, it's not in the gutter and she still makes goals and plans for her life, even if it's just losing weight. With Sarah she's beyond pathetic into desperate, and instead of identifying with her I jsut felt sorry for her and had a hard time identifying with her or supporting any of the decisions she chose to make.
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