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Summary: Great summer book!
Review: This book was an easy, exciting read, with a hint of a mystery built into it.
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Summary: You'll Enjoy This "One"
Review: This book,despite it's title,is a surprisingly good story. It centers around Bee Bearhorn,a very passe pop singer from the 80's and her tragic,sudden sucicide which her younger half-sister,Ana, (whom barely knew her) finds herself ,reluctantly at first,then with increasing fascination, as she unravels what exactly happened to the sister she pictured as "having it all". She sorts out the mystery with the help of some of Bee's friends (who each have their own interesting back-story as well ) especially her former limo driver, Flint,whom Ana finds herself very attracted to. The end results are both funny and sad and the ending,though wrapped up a bit too neatly, is satisfying.Once again, London makes a great backdrop too. A chick-lit mystery(of sorts) that makes for an engrossing,fast read.
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Summary: An amazing chick lit read
Review: This is an incredible book. Lisa Jewell writes wonderful chick lit books, and this is no exception. The characters are likeable, the plot believeable, and the writing keeps it all going strong until the last page.
I have read at least 50 chick lit books, and Lisa Jewell and Anna Maxted are easily the best. The plot [stinks] you in and the characters feel like old friends at the end of the book.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down!!!
Review: This is my second Lisa Jewell novel and i must say i wasn't a bit disappointed (the first, thirtysomething). The book was funny and suspensful at the same time. I literally finished the book in 2 days, that's how good it was. Her characters were so interesting. I loved the way the book was written, going back in time to explain things to the reader, and then coming back to the present for the reaction from the characters. Great book!
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Summary: A Family Mystery
Review: This third novel by Lisa Jewell is by far her best so far. In a most entertaining and fluid manner she tells the two stories of Ana and Bee, half-sisters who have missed out on the opportunity of ever truly knowing each other well - that is, until one of them dies and the other sets out to unravel the mystery of her death and the little-known life she had prior to it. This book, in the broadest sense, belongs in the genre of other contemporary British women writers who are currently experiencing such a widespread appeal. However, it has a depth and emotion to it that marks it apart and above most of the others.
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Summary: warm witty Brigit Jonesque
Review: Though she had not spoken with her half sister in a dozen or so years, reticent Ana Willis still worshipped Bee Bearhorn as her idol like she did when she was a teen. Thus she handles it badly when she learns Bee died in a dingy London flat with the police calling it a suicide.Ana travels to London to close Bee's estate, but is stunned to learn that her sister not only adored her, but also talked in glowing terms about her to the neighbors. Ana is unable to resist learning more about Bee's groovin' life in London and what really happened to drive her sibling to take her own life. Back in the eighties, Bee had a major rock hit, but she apparently never recaptured her fifteen seconds of fame. Now Ana meets some of Bee's friends who also seek the truth. Soon the trio begins to uncover secrets about Bee that make them wonder if suicide occurred even as the country bumpkin begins to flourish in her deceased half-sister's lifestyle. Lisa Jewell shows she is no ONE HIT WONDER with a warm witty Brigit Jonesque like chick tale. The story line contains a bit of a mystery, but is more a coming of age story as the shy Ana leaves the cocoon to finally embrace life. Fans of the young single English female will find this novel is a jewel of a tale. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: I dunno, I dunno
Review: Very engaging story until the soppy romantic ending. Too many "ughs, ers, and I dunnos" for me. The writing became really irritating, maybe just a Brit language thing. I was reading an Anne Lamott book at the same time and the writing was so poor in comparison to Anne - this book became intolerable and I love chick lit. Ended up skimming that last six chapters. "I dunno - she took a slurp of beer"
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