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Summary: Shallow, poorly written, generally not good
Review: I thought this book would be fun to read and have a good, light storyline. it was, however, so HORRIBLY written that it was painful to get through it. The concept (of dog-handling) was poorly explained or supported. The characters were shallow, they had little depth. Scenes were poorly explained -- sometimes I got the concept because it was so obvious not because the writing made it exciting, interesting, or apparent. i generally recommend avoiding this book.
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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I loved "Dog Handling"! It was the perfect mix of independence, sensuality, and imagination. The characters were all very interesting and i loved Liv and Ben, they were great.
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Summary: Mildly Interesting - Disgustingly Shallow
Review: Yawn. This is a book written for young women but they will probably not be interested because this is so stupid. More likely teen agers will buy it and think it is great.The only good thing about it is that it deals with the topic of how men sleep with women and then never call again. However if I were a man and I slept with this shallow woman I would never call again either. But then again I probably wouldn't have slept with such a twit in the first place anyway. I hate the way the author in this book is so shallow - as if life were a soap opera! How about a book about this character when she if 45 and divorced? Now that would be funny. I especially bristled at this passage on page 244 of the paperback where she is saying how disgusting her date is. Presumably all because he is fat. She goes on with it and says she is going to throw up later. I'm sorry but I find that offensive. The main character was not likeable at all because of this. And she wasn't even likeable before that page anyway. And it has nothing to do with women choosing multiple lovers, it has to do with being a jerk or not being a jerk.
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Summary: Very funny and light hearted book
Review: This book was great. I could not stop laughing. The worst thing about this book is that it is so hard to put it down.
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Summary: Good Clean Fun
Review: I wanted to read this book after reading Naylor's book: Love:A User's Guide (really great book, read it). So I read this book and I was not disappointed in the least. It's a classic story, really. Or maybe it's more like every girl's fantasy: dumped by a boyfriend, devastated, and reunited with your first love. Naylor's writing style is very casual and conversational: she makes you feel like a friend. The characters she creates are charming and enjoyable. Just a really fun book, not exactly deep, but extremely entertaining. P.S. I reread this book immediately after I finished it cuz I just wanted more.
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Summary: average
Review: Some of the one-liners are funny, but on the whole this novel is way too predictable. As soon as they come up with the dog handling plan you know what the end result is. Oh well.
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Summary: Fun summer read, ,,, ,
Review: Great descriptions of the beautiful hunk, leaves a woman craving a trip down under. This was a fun reead, but at times the main characters were a bit too hysterical for me ... the hysteria went on and on for a bit too long. Still, it was an enjoyable get-away from one's hum-drum daily plan.
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Summary: an easy read and summer escape
Review: this book is not something i usually pick up, especially with a title like "Dog Handling, A Good Man is Hard to Train". It would seem like a very superficial one dimensional book about relationships, but there's more to it than you would guess from the book title. clare naylor wrote her characters with some depth and witty dialogue. it was a light and funny read for me. the storyline and writing reminded me of a cross between "Bridget Jones' Diary" and HBO's "Sex and The City". give it a try, you might like it!
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Summary: Decent escape read
Review: A lovely daydream read. It begins with the perfect break-up expericence--your significant other dumps you, and you have both the time off from work and the funds to whisk off to a sunny land to hang out with your playgirl (or boy) friend and pay nothing for rent or food. What's not to like? The heroine is swept up in the world of Australia's rich and idle, who can afford to drink, gamble, and have yacht parties all the day long. If you've been working too much and are feeling burnt out, you'll likely enjoy living through Ms. Naylor's soothing prose. You also won't have to think too hard, a great mind vacation. The story is fun, quick, and lush with sights and scents of Australia. The characters aren't too deep, and some are annoyingly hypocritical (enter our hero, the man our heroine has never forgotten) and a tad immature, but overall they're a decent crew to spend time with. It's no Keyes book, but it is an entertaining way to while away a few hours. Recommended.
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Summary: chick-lit without all the same old, same old
Review: This is the first of Naylor's books that I have read, and I was vastly entertained and delighted. Liv Elliott has been dumped by her fiancee, and takes a sabbatical from her job as an accountant (thank God she's not a copyeditor like all the others!) --- at her boss' request --- to go do all the things she would have done if she hadn't been engaged in the first place. She decides to follow her glamorous friend Alex to Australia, where Alex lives the life of a kept woman and makes all her money for herself and her brothers by being a concubine. Liv starts looking for new things to do, more to have something to report back to her boss than to reinvent her life. Alex helps her find her first love, Ben, in Australia -- they hadn't seen each other in 10 years -- but he is with a glamorous socialite. Meanwhile, Liv has befriended and gone into the lingerie business with two drag queens she has met -- and they teach her about dog-handling --- treat men like dogs and they'll beg for more. But does Liv want to dog-handle Ben, or Tim, her ex-fiancee? Or cute Rob, or not-cute-but-good-kisser Will, both of whom she's met in Australia? Or does she want to concentrate on her new career as lingerie designer? The book has enough twists and turns to keep the reader entertained. The characters of Dave and James, the gay couple who are drag-queens, are smart and sassy and a welcome leave of the stereotypical requisite gay male friend in other chick lit.
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