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Summary: "cheet" has something for the gals and the guys
Review: "cheet" by Anna Davis is a frollicking romp through the typical London cabbie's life. That is, if having five lovers and a stalker can be considered typical. Kathryn Cheet is that cabbie, and, in Anna Davis's American debut, she works her way through her life, full of deception and lies. She must, to keep her five lovers. Each lover has their own distinct personality, own neurosis, and rings a different colored cel phone in Kathryn's purse. This is how she keeps them and her deception organized. As we meet the lovers, we realize that they are each deeply troubled, and wonder why she attracts such losers. There's Richard, who seems decent enough, but with daughter, Dotty, yearns for a family life that Kathy isn't willing to give him. There's Stef, the wannabe gangster, who's too small time. There's Jonny, the angst-ridden never-was rock star. There's Joel, the beautiful young man with the sexuality questions. And, my favorite, Amy, who's the "lipstick lesbian, with the cutest butt you've ever seen", who is waiting for Kathryn to admit that she's gay. Each has a piece of what she wants, but none is a complete package. Then, walks in, Craig, a mysterious man with some secrets of his own. Why does he know so much about her and what does he want with her? You'll have to read the book to find out. As for Kathryn herself, she's got some issues of her own (beyond being able to say "no" to potential lovers); she suffers from "mazophobia", an affliction that makes her deathly afraid of corridors and unknown doorways -- so afraid, that she has the same recurring dream about a nightmarish color that she can't describe. She is also coping with the death of her mother, fifteen years after the fact. How does Craig fit into this? You can only guess. All in all, the book was an easy read -- I finished in about three days. Will Kathryn get caught? Will she ever discover the meaning of her dreams? What is Craig up to? It has an element of suspense and intrigue that made it hard to put down. And, vivid descriptions of the lesbian couple, making it appealling to guys, as well. (Sorry gals, but it's true! The guys can back me up.) One hint: you have to read the words with a British accent for it to make sense..."S logic, innit?" ("It is logic, isn't it?") "cheet" is a good summer read that makes you hope that there is a part two and a movie. Chick Lit that good for the gals and the guys
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Summary: Were she a man, she'd get a pat on the back
Review: A cool female character that doesn't conform to the norm in anything from her workout routine to her choice or numbers of partners. This intriguing novel of one woman juggling five lovers seperated only by their different personalities and the closeness they believe they share with the main character is indeed interesting. Two cheers for chick lit that even guys can love...when is the screenplay coming?
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Summary: Just okay
Review: Although this book kept me interested enough to keep reading, I just don't think it was up to par with other chick lit books I've read. I also feel like it just went downhill at the end.
I would recommend it as a quick summer read, but wouldn't recommend it as great literature.
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Summary: A new kind of romance
Review: Anna Davis has transformed the world of romance. Cheet is a romantic comedy for the 21st century. We normally see the ups and downs of a relationship or maybe even two relationships in our run of the mill romance novels, but Anna Davis has given our main character Kathryn, five people to have a romantic relationship with. It is comical at times to see our main lady juggle with her many lovers, but we are also subjected to some more serious and dramatic issues that our character has to deal with, and these issues help us to see more into the inner workings of Kathryn. This book was a nice change from modern romance novels and I enjoyed its new perspective very much.You are guaranteed a good read as you follow the main character on her many rendezvous with love.
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Summary: A new kind of romance
Review: Anna Davis has transformed the world of romance. Cheet is a romantic comedy for the 21st century. We normally see the ups and downs of a relationship or maybe even two relationships in our run of the mill romance novels, but Anna Davis has given our main character Kathryn, five people to have a romantic relationship with. It is comical at times to see our main lady juggle with her many lovers, but we are also subjected to some more serious and dramatic issues that our character has to deal with, and these issues help us to see more into the inner workings of Kathryn. This book was a nice change from modern romance novels and I enjoyed its new perspective very much.You are guaranteed a good read as you follow the main character on her many rendezvous with love.
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Summary: Ring, Ring!
Review: As a lover of Chick Lit, I must say this book has been one of my favorite reads of the summer! A great book to take to the beach, the mountains, or anywhere you go to relax! Fun, light and adventuresome Kathryn Cheet will steal you heart and make you smile! A great story full of romance, savy tension, and humor. Anna Davis has outdone herself with the tale of a single, cheating, london cab drive! Kathryn is sure to be a character you will remember for a long time to come!
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Summary: A great summer read
Review: CHEET by Anna Davis Here's the first book to hit American soil by the British author Anna Davis. CHEET is about a young woman who has one of the most interesting love lives I've read about in a long time. She juggles many lovers by using separate colored cell phones to manage each person. At the height of this book, Kathryn, a London cabdriver by night, is dealing with five different lovers at the same time. She dates each one haphazardly, as she tries to find time for every one of them without getting them suspicious. Each lover has a distinct personality. Jonny is the ex-rock and roll star who has fallen onto hard times. Stef seems to be playing ball with the mobster crowd. Amy is her sexy lesbian journalist girlfriend. Joel is her young stud muffin, barely in his early 20's. Richard is a divorced man with a cute young daughter who both want to make Kathryn his one and only. None of them know about one another, which leads to some very funny and exciting scenarios. While Kathryn is working in her cab one night, she picks up a man that she finds of an immediate interest. Does he become lover number six? He doesn't, at least not immediately. What happens between Kathryn and Craig is on a totally different level, and she soon finds out that he's not what he says he is. That makes two of them, since Craig (or Twinkle as she calls him in her mind) does not know about all her lovers. But he leads Kathryn to believe he's a very rich businessman, until one day when she finds out the truth! What makes CHEET stand out from the rest of the popular chic lit books out there? The first half of the book describes the hilarious antics that go on with Kathryn as she tries to make some sense of her chaotic dating world. But, by the second half of the book, things start to fall apart. It caught me by surprise, because what I thought would happen was that each lover would discover the other. Instead, each of her relationships takes a turn, showing a darker side of life, including a death. I recommend CHEET for its inventiveness and uniqueness in a world of same-old that is being seen out there in the genre of chic lit. For those of you not totally into chic lit, this may be for you. It is change of pace for those used to copycats of Bridget Jones' Diary and the Shopaholic novels.
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Summary: What a Great Movie It Would Make!
Review: Cheet is a fast-paced, easy-to-read story about a woman cab-driver's whirlwind-like life filled with lies, deceit, chaos, and cheat. Carrying on with 5 relationships at the same time proves to be more complicated than Katherine (the star of the book) would like you to think. I thought it was great that Anna Davis would use a Woman as the main character, carrying on in ways that are often considered in "real life" to be "not very ladylike" but seem to be ok for men to do. She creates this seemingly tough-chick who can stand on her own two feet, taking the world by the horns and doing and being whoever and whatever she wants when she wants. But read the book - there's so much more to the book, and Katherine. Who's really cheating who?.
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Summary: Excellent-though not exactly a laid back lark in the park...
Review: Cheet is Katherine Cheet, London Cabbie, workout warrior, possessor of 5 different cell phone (each of a different color and each for a separate lover) and the feisty protagonist of Anna Davis' American debut novel. Katherine is a fully drawn, complicated character. A not very nice person whose heart is nevertheless in the right place, Kat is. Having such a complicated love life is stressful but Kath is managing quit well till a fellow named Craig enters her cab and unbalances the equilibrium. And when things get out of balance in this book, they go to hell in a hand basket with great alacrity. The blurbs and come-ons for this effort paint a picture of comic, summer-lite reading. That is not really what you are getting here. Things tend to get nasty as the story moves along and there is quite a lot of graphic violence and interpersonal mayhem involved-particularly in the second half of the book. Davis is a compelling writer with a great sense of pacing and an ability to bring the reader into the story and empathize with the characters-even unsavory ones, of which there are more then a few in this effort. The story also proceeds to acquire a distinct sense of intensity and suspense as things roll along. The plot is a bit farfetched-the interrelationships that evolve among Kate's many paramours strain credulity-but that's immaterial, really, as the story [pulls] you in, grabs you by the throat and won't let you go. There's a fair amount of profanity-fair warning to those who don't fancy that sort of thing. There's also a lot of sexual content thought nothing explicit on that score. All in all, not at all what I thought I was getting into, but Davis is such a good storyteller that in the end I wasn't disappointed at all.
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Summary: To Cheet or not to Cheet?
Review: cheet is the tale of Kathryn Cheet, a London Cabbie. Kathryn has a fascinating hobby - collecting lovers. Join her as she tries to juggle five significant others at once by using color-coded cell phones. It seems to work, that is, until she starts receiving calls from a 'mystery man'. Is her cover blown? What will happen if the lovers start finding out about one another. ...And what about Ms. Kathryn? An interesting read that keeps you wondering! A great book to read while travelling, ie. it's not too long nor too short.
Target Audience - 20-40 yr. old females, but others may enjoy as well.
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