Straight Talking

Well that was pretty much read-it-all-in-one go Chick Lit perfection! Super fun. It's Sex and the City if it was set in London, if Carrie was more Samantha-ish and if she ended up with Aidan

Out of all of Jane Green's novels, this was by far my least favorite. I had a very difficult time finishing it because the main character seemed so repulsive. Goodness knows I tried while I was reading it to find the redeeming qualities in her, but it seemed to me that she was simply not a character to whom I was supposed to relate. As a result, finishing the book was a struggle and even the ending failed to satisfy me. I wouldn't say this was up to the quality of the others.

#13, 2004

I read "Bookends" by this author and really enjoyed it; I was a bit disappointed by this one, though. It's sort of like "Bridget Jones" but not nearly as funny, nor as charming. It wasn't a bad book, and it was a quick and easy read, but I found that I just didn't like the main character well enough to really care about her troubles. In some ways, I think this was the author's intention - it's told as though the main character is telling the reader about her life, and she sometimes inserts comments like, "Well, I'm sure you think I'm an ass after what I did." Well, yes, actually. And, if I'd felt more cameraderie with her, I might not have minded. But I didn't, so I did. (Hee! Did that make any sense)? I don't think I'd really show more recommend this book. show less

This is a book that starts a little boring, then it starts to get on your nerves a little bit, and, in the end, you realize that instead of being a reader, you become a psychiatrist. It is passing one, but not too convincing...

I heard such great things about Jane Green’s books but I just wasn’t impressed with this one. For the first half or so there was just too much swearing for my taste and a little too much details during the sex scenes. Don’t get me wrong I love romance stories even though I hate the ones with the graphic love scenes but I really did not expect so much in a chick lit book.

I think the deal breaker for me was I just did not like the main character Tasha and she never grew on me. I know the book is supposed to be how Tasha starts off as this relationship wreck and kind of superficial and then matures into a healthy relationship and self outlook but her progression did not make me like her even as she started to change. I was hoping for show more something like Emily Giffin’s, Something Blue, in which you think the main character is a b*tch but then you grow to like her and wanted her to get the fairy tale ending. Even at the end Tasha just got on my nerves and I was not rooting for a happy ending for her because I felt she did not deserve it and the guy could do better.

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It was the first book by Jane Green I've read. Sooo stupid...! But that's probably because of the translation, later I've read other books by Jane Green and they were ok.

I read this when I was in my early twenties and loved it. I reread it recently (about ten years later) and unfortunatly didn't have the same reaction. Maybe my tastes have changed or maybe its a young, single girl novel...