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Do NOT come back to this!

Advantages: Nothing.
Disadvantages: Everything.

...Once upon a time, Eden had it all; she was one of the most successful young singers in the UK, and the darling of the pop industry. Life couldn't have been better. But just two years after a sell-out tour, Eden is regarded as a has-been, better known for ...

mummy2harry 22.08.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The ComeBack Girl - Katie Price

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Has Katie Done It Again?

Advantages: easy read, fun story and lots of excitement
Disadvantages: predictable

...(My first book review) Unlike many others, I am a big fan of Katie Price. Yes, she might spend her life in the limelight being constantly critisized - but she is also a very successful business woman! How many women do you know that's a glamour model alo ...

beautybabiex 26.08.2011 · Read full review
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Review of The ComeBack Girl - Katie Price

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By Eck! What a Great Read!

Advantages: Simply a brilliant read; great characters
Disadvantages: None

Having left the army after an incident in Afghanistan in which several civilians were killed, Hector Chetwode-Talbot (known by his friends as Eck) drifts into a job working for an investment company in the city; he’s not a financial expert, in fact he kno ...

fizzytom 28.07.2010 · Read full review
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Review of The Hopeless Life of Charlie Summers - Paul Torday

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Two privileged people from the Jazz Age

Advantages: Atmospheric if rather cruel story of two people during the era
Disadvantages: Unsympathetic, unlikeable characters

I picked up this book to read partly as a challenge. Firstly, I had not read any early 20th century American fiction for some years, my experience consisting largely of some of Hemingway’s titles some years ago. Secondly, I was interested in finding out ...

JOHNV 02.01.2013 · Read full review
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Review of The Beautiful and Damned - F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Downfall of a "Great" Work

Advantages: Colorful descriptions; and immense sense of imagery; insight into the psychology of Youth
Disadvantages: little to no proof behind descriptions; lack of movement; static characters; bleak motivations

...Fitzgerald's biggest flaw is in his biggest accomplishment: he has an uncanny ability to write pages upon pages of embroidered words on the psychology and behavior of a certain character. Yet, in execution, the characters never match his analysis. Each ch ...

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