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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I love the single girl genre, but this book was a disappointment. The characters are 1-dimensional. There was NO character development. No plot development. The story is about 4 friends, yet I didn't see much friendship. It's simply a series of benign conversations that try too hard to be witty. If you're looking for fun, interesting characters, and plot development try any of Marian Keyes' books.
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Summary: go Erin!
Review: I loved spending a year in Boston with Erin and her girlfriends! She has really captured the way women talk to each other with no boys around, as well as the unique and irreplaceable ways in which we are supportive to each other. Very revealing of how this society makes us feel as single women in our thirties (pariahs) and how we might see our way to breaking free of this insane prejudice. Plus, it was a very fun read:)!
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Summary: Holly Chamberlin is FUNNY!
Review: I really enjoyed much of this books--the parts I read. Ms. Chamberlin is a very funny woman and a great writer with a smooth style. Unfortunately, her editor let her down. This book should be 100 pages shorter. I skipped from March to June without any loss in continuity. Didn't feel I missed a thing. Then, in August, I started scanning and skipping scenes. I loved the places in Boston the friends met--and I liked all the friends--but I felt at least 1/4th of those shared meals could have been cut because they didn't go anywhere. I don't understand the need for the affair between Erin's father and Abby. Nor was there much of a need for Maureen. There was a LOT here that could have been cut. This would have picked up the pace and made this a much better novel. And, sadly, the length hurt the best part of the book--Ms. Chamberlin's great voice and terrific wit. While the ending was not sloppy, was actually very well written, by the time I fainally got there, I was worn out and Ms. Chamberlin wasn't funny anymore. What happened to Erin's smart mouth when we needed it? I'm not sure I want to spend more money for her next novel and end up skipping 1/3 of it.
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Summary: just okay
Review: I really wanted to love this book, but the story kind of dragged. We have 4 women who we really don't understand why they are "long term" friends. One is downright mean, and one is a "no show" for part of the book. The only characters worth reading about are Erin And Abby. I loved the start of each chapter where Erin gets a postcard from her Mom,and would have liked her to be introduced to the story in the end. Leave out 2 of the women and concentrate more on Erin and Abby. I also enjoyed reading about Boston. However, the ending fell quite flat.
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Summary: Sex and the Bostonians
Review: Living Single is a novel about four thirty-something single women looking for love in the big city. They exchange witty dialogue over cocktails at trendy bars. Sound familiar? Well, this novel is a carbon copy of TV's Sex and the City -- only that this book is set in Boston. I am not attacking Holly Chamberlin for having written a novel that's uncanny to the popular series. On the contrary! The novel's insights on single life are quite accurate -- especially the way the heroine's illicit affair with a married colleague progresses throughout the novel. Chamberlin has hit the nail in the head with the taboo topic of infidelity. This novel has enough wit and insight to outweigh its lack of originality. I know that chick lit enthusiasts (like myself) will enjoy it. So sit back, relax and set out to read this novel with gusto!
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Summary: Extremely Disappointing
Review: The characters were forgettable and the plot was unimaginative. Very disappointed, the book was trying to hard to be like Sex and the City (and is not even close)!!!
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Summary: Not believable, no character development
Review: This book is great if you're looking for names of Boston restaurants. As for the story... no chracter development at all. The man she's sleeping with is about as three dimensional as a piece of cardboard. He's not even a cliche, he's barely there! Why would she go out with him? What makes her keep thinking about him? The author tells us almost nothing about the guy, his conversational skills seem to be nada and consist of very brief phrases. On the other hand, the conversations the main character has with herself and REASON, ROMANTICISM and her other little voices stretch on tediously for pages. I loved Bridget Jones, I love Sex and the City, I hated this book. Pick up something by Jennifer Weiner or Sophie Kinsella instead.
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Summary: Living as female Bostonians
Review: This novel is a quick read as Holly Chamberlin looks into the lives of a group of female friends living in Boston, living the single life. As reason and romance battle the mind of the main character, Erin, you live her life with almost an erie reality. The novel does not cover many topics, but always has something new intertwining within Erin's life. This novel includes everything from affairs with lovers to the psychological disorders emerged from family life as a child. It might be Holly Chamberlin's first novel, but it deserves a read, a few laughs, and a good reputation. I highly recommend diving into these girls lives when you just want to get away from yours!
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Summary: Trying too hard!
Review: When I bought this book, I was so excited as I am from Boston and I work in PR! As soon as I started reading I was disappointed as this book is trying too hard to be a combination between Sex and the City and Bridget Jones' Diary. I felt like the author was continually dropping names of hip and chic restaurants in Boston and made this aspect too much of a focus. The book just seemed really false and shallow.
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