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When Will There be Good News? by: Kate Atkinson List Price: £17.99 Childrens Toy Shop Price: £8.10 You Save: £9.89 (55%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780385608015 ISBN: 0385608012 Label: Doubleday Manufacturer: Doubleday Number Of Pages: 352 Publication Date: August 14, 2008 Publisher: Doubleday Studio: Doubleday Sales Rank: 243 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - The good news is... Atkinson returns to formIf you need a reminder of why Kate Atkinson is one of the UK's best authors, particularly after her last couple of offerings, this novel ought to do it. 'When Will There Be Good News' is a stronger novel than its two 'Jackson Brodie' predecessors, coming up towards the standard of Atkinson's earlier standalone books. A page turningly good read, the plot is tighter and cleaner than in 'One Good Turn' and, although there is still too much reliance on coincidence, it isn't as obvious. The character of Reggie, a spirited young nanny, is a breath of fresh air and she carries the story along, gluing together the various threads. Jackson Brodie and Louise Monroe, familiar from former novels, are also featured, but for me Reggie was ... Read More: Rating: - Suspension of Disbelief Required!If you can suspend your disbelief at the number of coincidences, this is a fantastic pacy read. I have to confess to enjoying it for the characters rather than the plot - Dr. Joanne Hunter in particular intrigued me and I found myself totally convinced by her, perhaps less so by the 16 year old Latin-loving Reggie, who was none the less a very attractive character. For me the plot was almost incidental but other readers would perhaps enjoy it for that alone. I feel it would make a wonderful BBC serial or one-off film. Rating: - Brilliant!After reading Case Histories and One Good Turn I was looking forward to this and I was not disappointed. Such intelligent writing with humour and class. Thank you for a wonderful week of reading! Rating: - A Coincidence Is Just An Explanation Waiting To HappenCoincidence as defined by Webster "the occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection." Kate Atkinson is a perfectionist when it comes to coincidence. Her mystery thrillers are made of such. Into each one she weaves a story that grabs us and soon we are ensconced in the telling of the tale. How to describe the beginning? A full cut madness that results in a family torn apart, one little girl, Joanna survives. She becomes a physician, a caring person with a husband and a baby son. Her Nanny is a young girl named Reggie. Reggie without family except for an outlaw brother, and the family she wants is with Joanna. Jackson Brodie, a private investigator embarking on a train trip to London, ... Read More: Rating:  - Too depressingI gave up reading this after the first few chapters, the dog body count was far too high for me to enjoy it, never mind the human one! I get enough depression and disaster in my own life I don't need to read it here. I usually love Kate Atkinson but every so often she produces a right minger (usually when she's trying too hard - see 'Emotionally Weird') I hope the next one is more readable. |
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