This series has been left untouched for the last twenty-plus-years, but I thought I'd have one last read before I made a decision on whether to send them to a charity shop or not. "Emily" - see here - didn't go down overly well & I'm sorry to say "Bella" fared even worse.

Once again the attitudes seemed very dated. That's not so much a problem times change after all but , even for someone who has lived through the non-PC seventies, this was a bit near the knuckle in parts.

I recall Cooper's characters being beautiful, sexy & a bit ditsy -as Bella's a stage actress wouldn't you expect a bit of glam & glitz from her? Nah.. she was just irritating, childish & downright annoying! Would any woman go out to a posh dinner to entertain guests wearing a pair of shorts & a borrowed T-shirt? Remarks such as "I practically let you rape me", "Any moment he'd be raping her & she didn't care" just don't sit well. Bella also recalled that sex with Steve had.. "..her head threshing back & forth like a meningitis victim"..c'mon, why on earth chose that as a metaphor? Not appropriate at all in my view.

To be honest I'm wishing I hadn't bothered re-reading it. Somethings are better left in the past....

Added to the LFL at New Street Grove, Pudsey.




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