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The Beach House

by: Jane Green

June 12, 2008
I want Nan as a friend! I wish she would adopt me. I thought she was the best female charactor I have read about in a long time. All the charactors were believable and I cared what happened to them all.

This is Jane Green's best book in a while, The Beach House is definately somewhere I would want to visit!

Get this book I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

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AQA Psychology A AS: Student's Book (Aqa As Level): Student's Book (Aqa As Level)

by: Jane Willson, Rosie McGinley, Julia Willerton, Simon Green, James Bailey

March 28, 2008
I want Nan as a friend! I wish she would adopt me. I thought she was the best female charactor I have read about in a long time. All the charactors were believable and I cared what happened to them all.

This is Jane Green's best book in a while, The Beach House is definately somewhere I would want to visit!

Get this book I guarantee you won't be disappointed.

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Second Chance

by: Jane Green

June 12, 2008
I was given this book as a birthday present and was really looking forward to reading it after having enjoyed previous Jane Green novels and generally being a fan of easy to read 'chick-lit' but I was left a bit disappointed.
I found myself not really caring about what happened to any of the characters - except Paul and Anna who I liked.
Like other reviewers, I thought that the idea of old friends getting back in touch was a good one but so much more could have been done. In the end I just skip-read it really quickly to get it finished.

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Jemima J

by: Jane Green

August 06, 1998
This book reads like a 'chick-lit by numbers'. It was described as 'the ultimate makeover story, with irony', yet by the end I was left to wonder where the hell the irony was? Where was any sort of self-awareness? Instead we have a really obvious story - fat girl has no friends, fat girl cries herself to sleep eating biscuits, fat girl gets thin and suddenly has an amazing life.

The characters had absolutely no depth, the only smiles the book raised were unintentional (i.e. creepy Jemima cutting out photos of models), and it's so unbelievably dated! The internet and internet dating may have seemed fresh back then, but now it's just cringeworthy.

Don't buy this book - spend the money on something better: perhaps biscuits. ... Read More:

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Life Swap

by: Jane Green

April 13, 2006
When I started this book, I couldn't help feeling that the author hadn't really put too much thought into her characters. As I went on, I couldn't bring myself to empathise with these cardboard cut out caricatures.

Though the story is a decent enough idea, it's carried out with too much sugar and not enough grit. That it has a happy ending is hardly a suprise, and there's no kind of struggle or hardship to get to it, and so is basically meaningless.

I finished the book, and did find the odd moment amusing, but mostly found the whole thing too sweet and too pat to be satisfying.

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Straight Talking

by: Jane Green

September 05, 2002
i got this book free from a magazine, and i wasnt disappointed, its an amazing book..... its one of the books that defiently makes you laugh out loud and dont want to put down. esp love the cats name dave!! hahaha thought that was classic, she is one of my fav authours... if havent read it, i would suggest it

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Mr. Maybe

by: Jane Green

June 24, 1999
Well what can I say? This book had me gripped from beggining to end. I couldn't put it down. The plot was fantastic. I could totally relate to Libby and I'm sure many other women could too. I don't usually leave reviews on books but I felt with this book I just had to let everyone know what a book it is. I was so tempted to jump to the last page to see what was going to happen but I'm so glad I didn't. Much praise for Jane Green.

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Babyville

by: Jane Green

May 30, 2002
'Babyville' by Jane Green follows the lives of three women, all very different people, all with very different opinions when it comes to having kids.

First we meet Julia, a smart and sassy TV Producer who is desperate for a baby with her partner Mark. Julia believes a baby will bridge the ever growing gap between them, but when her beloved baby doesn't materialise she takes it out on Mark. She knows she can have babies - she had an abortion 10 years ago so the problem must be Marks - mustn't it? How will Mark react when his wife tells him that he's got the problem and not her? and will her obsession for a baby kill their relationship as well as her career? Is there anyway back for Julia and will she have the baby she so desperatly wants with or without ... Read More:

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Bookends

by: Jane Green

June 01, 2000
If all you want is a simple 'comfort read' or something to read beside the pool on holiday, this should more than meet your needs. An uncomplicated little novel about a group of friends who met at university and are now in their early thirties. You may find they are quite chlicheed but I was still absorbed by them. I wept with them and laughed with them throughout the novel.

Don't be expecting anything 'high-brow' but if you enjoy the likes of Maeve Binchey, Marian Keyes, Sophie Kinsella and so on, I don't think you will find anything to object to in 'Bookends'.

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Spellbound

by: Jane Green

December 04, 2003
I must say I am enjoying Jane Green more and more as I read her books and this one casts a sort of spell on you that makes you want to keep reading until you get to the end -the ending was bit predictable but didnt disappoint the read! What can I say she has another fan! well done!