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Summary: A Great Beach Read
Review: Although this book does nothing to really stand out from the crowd of similar books out there, in my opinion, it definitely is one of the better ones. Instead of ansgt, love and happily ever after - there are a few twists in this book, which may at first seem unrealistic, are actually quite entertaining and easy to relate to. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Fluffed
Review: Amy Jenkins created and wrote 'This Life' for BBC2, which was an incredibly intelligent and compulsive piece of viewing. On hearing that Jenkins has written a novel, you immediately picture a huge Dickensian affair of modern London life with multiple characters. Instead of this, we get 'Honeymoon'.'Honeymoon' is the narrator, and you can't help but groan as soon as you hear her name. One of the most attractive things about 'This Life' was its ensemble cast of men and women. Here you only get Honey as a first person narrator, and you immediately feel bereft. Yep, the portraits of men in 'Honeymoon' are okay, but you don't really get any deep insights into any of the characters. Jenkins is scrupulously fair, mentioning that in the majority of marriage break-ups, it's the women who have walked out. But this is as about as close to real life, or any life, as 'Honeymoon' gets. Take 'Mac', for example, Honey's boss. He's something big in Hollywood, we're told. But we never really get to see what he does, apart from paying airfares at propitious moments (a lot of the events in the novel seem dependent on the old-fashioned device of Providence). Because Honey is so shallow, you never really get to care about her, despite her sob story of being orphaned when young. Ed, her groom to be, is so anonymous that he could be Anyman. There is the odd bit of humour, but never really enough to make the novel sparkle. Ed is right when he observes that Honey is far from reaching the heights in the hilarity stakes. Everything about this novel is so... comfortable. Honey and Ed arrive in New York by accident en route to their Honeymoon, and Ed thinks nothing about abandoning their reservations in Mexico to stay in Manhattan. Poor little rich kids, you sigh. Even their best friends and employer turn up in New York. Later on, when Honey has to agonise about returning to England... the fact that she does have such a coterie really renders this dramatic choice meaningless. There are moments of high drama that ultimately fail to get your pulse racing. Jenkins refers to a lot of Cult TV and movies (with Honey ultimately losing all credibility when she claims that Roger Moore was the best Bond), and maybe reading novels is not her first choice of recreation. But you still feel she could have produced something much more meaty than this. The main story is really too girlie to have any great appeal. On the back cover, the legend is 'Fiction: General' which just about sums it up...
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Summary: Gets you laughing AND thinking!
Review: At first, I had trouble getting through the first few chapters of this book. I almost stopped reading it...this is why I gave it 4 stars. I am just being honest! Don't let this deter you from reading it. I am SO glad I kept on reading. I bet if I re-read the first few chapters again I would upgrade my review to 5 stars. Anyway.... This is a wacky story about being with the one you love and loving the one you are with...realizing the truths at every moment...and the search for that one SOULMATE. The emails were a unique way to tell parts of the story and I loved Honey's circle of friends and family. This book will make you laugh and also make you think.
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Summary: Gets you laughing AND thinking!
Review: At first, I had trouble getting through the first few chapters of this book. I almost stopped reading it...this is why I gave it 4 stars. I am just being honest! Don't let this deter you from reading it. I am SO glad I kept on reading. I bet if I re-read the first few chapters again I would upgrade my review to 5 stars. Anyway.... This is a wacky story about being with the one you love and loving the one you are with...realizing the truths at every moment...and the search for that one SOULMATE. The emails were a unique way to tell parts of the story and I loved Honey's circle of friends and family. This book will make you laugh and also make you think.
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Summary: Just too much............................
Review: Big pink book, big writing, lines not too close together, a story that transcends the believable and takes the reader into the realms of unimaginable fantasy - the perfect combination to attract little girls learning to read........or is it Honeymoon? Could be both. A contrived fairytale of the modern day - Honey re-meets the love of her life in a country she's not actually supposed to be in (America) on a hotel balcony on, of all things, her "honeymoon" (except she was supposed to spend her honeymoon in Mexico). The characters are almost without exception quite unbelievable (Theresa being the exception?), I felt no sympathy, empathy, admiration, pity or dislike, they were quite untouchable. Such a let down after the compulsive viewing that was "This Life", I think Amy Jenkins should stick to screen plays.
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Summary: A fun romance if you believe in giant coincidences
Review: Ed is kind, handsome, and dependable. Honey knows all that as she gets ready to marry steady Ed. However, she tells her friends that she met "the love of her life" seven years ago. Nothing came of her chance meeting of the American "Blue Eyes" in her native London though she will always have the memory of that one glorious, albeit sexless, evening together. In New York on her honeymoon, Honey looks over at the next balcony only to see Alex, her love of a lifetime standing there. Alex has married Chenelle. Now comes the question of who belongs with whom in spite of their marital contracts? Can Honey turn back the clock, assuming she and Alex want too, to regain what she thought was lost forever? HONEYMOON requires a major stretch, but if one can accept the DNA helix look at the Heartbreak Kid, they will enjoy this tale. The story line depends on coincidence, Honey's self-deprecating humor, and likable characters, especially Ed and Alex. Any one who enjoys a romantic romp filled with chaos and confusion will gain pleasure from this inane but entertaining look at the Loving Spoonful's Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? Harriet Klausner
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Summary: A Tremendous Disappointment
Review: I began this book with great expectation. After all, the premise is compelling. The book turned out to be a complete disappointment. While it is obvious that the author can, indeed, write, she did not make much effort with this novel. The characters all were dislikable, to be kind, except for the heroine's poor fiance, who just was a jerk. The story was full of holes. How did the heroine's sister realize that her sibling's long-lost mystery love was a man whom she just had met if they didn't know his last name? The best thing that can be said about the whole book is that it was short. In a better work, I might have felt cheated by the length but, here, it was an assist. I couldn't read anymore of it.
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Summary: More than just fluff ...
Review: I didn't expect much more than a quick, entertaining read from this book, but when it was over, I found I had a lot to think about. If you can stay with the book through the end (and I agree that it includes some rather implausible moments), it's really worth it. Jenkins raises some really interesting questions about the concept of soulmates. I found myself thinking about these questions long after I'd finished the book. If nothing else, read it for an inventive take on love and destiny.
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Summary: Fun to read
Review: I enjoyed this book though the beginning was a bit too slow. It did pick up in the middle though and the end just flew by. It's every person's dream to find her soul mate. I don't believe the ending would necessarily happen though, seems a bit too far fetched and "settled". Nice story overall.
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Summary: Fun to read
Review: I enjoyed this book though the beginning was a bit too slow. It did pick up in the middle though and the end just flew by. It's every person's dream to find her soul mate. I don't believe the ending would necessarily happen though, seems a bit too far fetched and "settled". Nice story overall.
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