Notting Hell: A Novel

Een soort ironische chicklit, een luchtig tussendoortje. Wel grappig om te lezen maar wat mij betreft wat aan de dikke kant, had wel wat bondiger gemogen. Het zal me niet lang bijblijven, vermoed ik. ( )

Good story slightly ruined by the mistakes in the print. It didn't seem to have been proof read before being sent off to the printers! ( )

The cover of the book misled me into thinking that this would be a super cute and fun book to read; but I’m sorry to say this, it’s not. I thought it was going to be like Bridget Jones, but it wasn’t. There’s a communal garden (like the Julia Roberts “Notting Hill” movie) and everyone is cheating on everyone else, and I don’t know who is talking and I just got lost. Ultimately, it’s a rather depressing book about nothing, to which I have lost interest. I have 5 chapters left, but I’ve put it down, and I don’t know when I’ll pick it back up. ( )

Witty and real, funny but dramatic, Johnson will give you a taste of what is like being rich (or being in the right place at the wrong time!). ( )

Good chicklit! Having lived in England, some of this is so recognisable! The book deals with the lives of some very rich people around an enclosed garden. They just love to spend money for no good reason, and queue up, just like us lowlives, but they queue in expensive health food shops. On the other hand, the chauffeur picking up their husband, spends up to an hour double parked near the front door, so the husband, when he is ready to leave, does not have to wait a single moment. That sort of thing. Meanwhile adultery is rife as well as the betrayal of friends. ( )