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0 out of 0 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A58ZQ666FW5UD 2008-11-11
 
Review Summary: Good until the ending
 
Review Content: I enjoyed this book until about the last 100 pages. Up until that point it was witty, funny, entertaining and I sympathised and wanted both women to get their own back. However I felt that the writer got towards the end and either hit a deadline or ran out of steam and the ending was very poor and completely unrealistic. Very disappointing.
 
 
 

3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A2SSDKXX29XJNV 2008-10-28
 
Review Summary: Patronizing and so annoying!
 
Review Content: Jane Fallon goes on and on page after page lecturing about relationships, male and female psychology and what would have happened if certain characters in the book had taken "psychology classes" (they would have understood that James was leading a double life to mask his personality weaknesses).
This book is written with the working class housewife-type in mind, who, by the way, Jane, hates being lectured to.
The characters are incredibly annoying, especially Stephanie and Katie. I didn't even like Finn...
Every sentence is overwritten as to make sure we got the message, just in case we weren't smart enough to get in the first place.
If this is the level of quality Curtis Brown have got to, well done, Jane Fallon, for finding an agent ready to take this on.
My copy will go to my local charity shop today.

 
 
 

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A3CB3EC5HFX3LK 2008-10-25
 
Review Summary: Great idea!!!
 
Review Content: This was the first book by this author that I have read, but I found it a little sloppy.

It started out well enough. Stephanie, James's wife finding out that her husband was living a double life, with a mistress safely tucked away in the country. Neither woman had known about the other. Instead of confronting him immediately they decide to join forces and exact their own kind of revenge. Sounds good? Great idea, just a shame about the delivery.

The first half of the book is enjoyable, and you keep the pages turning to see what else the women can come up with, and there are some genuine moments when you root for them both. However, after a while it just all gets a little tedious, and the author's attempts at writing sub-plots are pretty lame. It's as if she can't think of a way to pull it all together and finish the book properly. In fact, in my humble opinion, it doesn't really finish. It just peters out.

I also agree with some other reviewers, that the editor must have been having an off day. Many typing and punctuation errors. Definitely a rush job.

It's a shame, because this book should have been great if handled properly. I gave it two stars because I actually finished it without skimming.

If you're looking for great chick lit with a few good twists and turns, I would check out Melissa Hill first.
 
 
 

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A254V41EJP9ERN 2008-10-24
 
Review Summary: A Let Down
 
Review Content: Getting Rid of Matthew was sparky, witty, well-written and at times, off-colour. Get You Back is none of these. I was hugely let down and gave up after 140 pages. The story started well, but ran out of steam, dipping its toe in suburban boredom and never really managing to take off. Maybe I gave up too soon.

As a side-note, whoever edited the book might like to give it a second look to correct the typos and missing/inaccurate punctuation.

Had all the signs of a rush job both for the author and the publisher.

Wouldn't bother reading a third Fallon book after this.

 
 
 

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A3K6NZNRJWXMM 2008-10-23
 
Review Summary: A real anticlimax
 
Review Content: I have been waiting for this book since thoroughly enjoying Getting rid of Matthew - I'm also a collector of some authors and was looking forward to placing this on the 'READ' shelf next to her preious book.

However, after only getting gripped by it after reading a third way through I pressed on and on to the end. But it was a complete dissapointment and I felt deflated when I read the last page - it was like Jane Fallon had run out of steam and couldn't be bothered to think up an ending that suited the story. All in all a dissapointment and this won't be an author that I will follow OR collect. ANTI-CLIMAX