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Dumping Hilary?
Michael Roe is trying to give up smoking, The Sunday Times and his girlfriend Hilary. He works in television and plays in cocktail bars, where he can be found on a daily basis studying the finer points of Zen Master Martini drinking with his lovely but slightly deranged colleague Yasmin. Sadly, though, Yasmin's interest seems only to extend as far as the olive/lemon twist debate. Until, that is, they are thrown together on a work trip to New York and the City That Never Sleeps looks set to work its spell ...
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First published January 1, 2001
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January 18, 2023
Aquest llibre el vaig agafar d'una d'aquestes estanteries on se suposa que pots agafar llibres a canvi de que tu en deixis algun. Me'l vaig començar per passar el temps amb una lectura senzilla, res més. Però la veritat és que m'ha agradat molt, és molt entretingut.
La història tracta d'un home que vol canviar certs aspectes de la seva vida, entre els quals s'inclou deixar a la seva novia. M'ha agradat sobretot perquè, al contrari de tots els llibres d'aquest tipus que he llegit anteriorment, tota la història és narrada des del punt de vista de l'home que, tot i ser bastant idiota, m'ha caigut bé.
La història tracta d'un home que vol canviar certs aspectes de la seva vida, entre els quals s'inclou deixar a la seva novia. M'ha agradat sobretot perquè, al contrari de tots els llibres d'aquest tipus que he llegit anteriorment, tota la història és narrada des del punt de vista de l'home que, tot i ser bastant idiota, m'ha caigut bé.
November 19, 2020
Hilarious
February 26, 2017
awful. gave up after two chapters which mostly concentrated on the main characters feelings about smoking
August 24, 2009
Hmmm, this is new I thought, romance from a male perspective. Errr, wrong, there's no romance here, just the rather confused shennanigans of Michael Roe, who is fed up with life and has made a list of things he wants to do to change it. One of them is to dump his girlfriend Hilary, because, well, she's just too nice!
He lusts after one of his co-workers Yasmin, and a lot of the story centres around his pursuit of her. There's also a fair bit of the story dedicated to his work in television, which in some parts is funny, but in others, quite dull!
I did finish the book, because a story has to be REALLY bad for me not to want to see what happens in the end, but it wasn't what I was expecting from reading the book blurb. I was imagining a male Bridget Jones and it was nothing like that. Maybe that's the difference between a males view of romance and a womans, hey? It's worth a read, if only to see things from the male view, and, don't get me wrong, some of it is very witty, just a little drawn out maybe.
He lusts after one of his co-workers Yasmin, and a lot of the story centres around his pursuit of her. There's also a fair bit of the story dedicated to his work in television, which in some parts is funny, but in others, quite dull!
I did finish the book, because a story has to be REALLY bad for me not to want to see what happens in the end, but it wasn't what I was expecting from reading the book blurb. I was imagining a male Bridget Jones and it was nothing like that. Maybe that's the difference between a males view of romance and a womans, hey? It's worth a read, if only to see things from the male view, and, don't get me wrong, some of it is very witty, just a little drawn out maybe.
June 14, 2017
Ok, this one was odd. This a book that my husband was given by his best friend back before we were even dating. We were in the same circle of friends, and I was bored so I asked to borrow the book.
It was funny and a good story, but the ending was completely lame. The two characters broke up because they simply weren't a good fit. After the guy dates other women and strikes out with them, he rekindles the relationship with his ex-girlfriend for lack of any better options - hence my judgement of LAME.
It was funny and a good story, but the ending was completely lame. The two characters broke up because they simply weren't a good fit. After the guy dates other women and strikes out with them, he rekindles the relationship with his ex-girlfriend for lack of any better options - hence my judgement of LAME.
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