Good at Games
by Jill Mansell | Women's Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0747261326 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0747261326 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Beqi of Daventry, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on 2/22/2008
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Given to me by a local Freecycle member.
Amazon.co.uk Review
With undertones of a Shakespearean love-romp, love's true course gets a distinctly bumpy ride in this, oddly named, fifth novel from Jill Mansell. While the action centres around the court (Bristol-based mansion) of ex-rock star and former alcoholic, Jaz Dreyfuss, his ex-wives, current bubble-head and a selection of their relatives and friends, the lead role and heroine of our tale is taken by feisty, wise-cracking, ex-wife number two, estate agent extraordinaire, Suzy. Suzy's mother, recently departed for designer-heaven (as in the sky, not Bond Street), has left Suzy and her siblings to discover a skeleton (with skin and blood still attached) leaping out of the family cupboard.
While the summer bookshelves groan with an ever-growing mountain of books charting modern girl¹s search for "true lurrve", Good At Games is a well-executed example of its genre, with a bunch of characters you can actually care what happens to and a plot that, although you know exactly where it's going, makes you want to keep reading until the very last word. --Carey Green
Amazon.co.uk Review
With undertones of a Shakespearean love-romp, love's true course gets a distinctly bumpy ride in this, oddly named, fifth novel from Jill Mansell. While the action centres around the court (Bristol-based mansion) of ex-rock star and former alcoholic, Jaz Dreyfuss, his ex-wives, current bubble-head and a selection of their relatives and friends, the lead role and heroine of our tale is taken by feisty, wise-cracking, ex-wife number two, estate agent extraordinaire, Suzy. Suzy's mother, recently departed for designer-heaven (as in the sky, not Bond Street), has left Suzy and her siblings to discover a skeleton (with skin and blood still attached) leaping out of the family cupboard.
While the summer bookshelves groan with an ever-growing mountain of books charting modern girl¹s search for "true lurrve", Good At Games is a well-executed example of its genre, with a bunch of characters you can actually care what happens to and a plot that, although you know exactly where it's going, makes you want to keep reading until the very last word. --Carey Green
Journal Entry 2 by Beqi at Summersault Coffee House and Emporium in Rugby, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Thursday, May 8, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (5/8/2008 UTC) at Summersault Coffee House and Emporium in Rugby, Warwickshire United Kingdom
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Taking to Summersault, to restock the shelves, at around 3.30pm today, 8/5/08
Taking to Summersault, to restock the shelves, at around 3.30pm today, 8/5/08
Found it in Summersault I will comment more after I have finished it.
Journal Entry 4 by chrissybean at Myton Hospice Day Centre in Rugby, Warwickshire United Kingdom on Thursday, October 2, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (10/2/2008 UTC) at Myton Hospice Day Centre in Rugby, Warwickshire United Kingdom
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A good beach read, light and bright. Left with the receptionist.
A good beach read, light and bright. Left with the receptionist.
