paperbackteacups's review
5.0
After a long slump this was just the book I needed. It is perfect for reading alongside a busy schedule the short chapters make it so easy to pick up and put down regularly without losing the storyline. The story itself was entertaining all throughout and I would definitely recommend.
vicki_s's review
3.0
I picked this book up quite hastily for the challenge 2000 in Bound Together. It was very light and engaging with very short chapters that had me finishing it much sooner than expected. Romantic drama from a selfless man's perspective was a new perspective though not enlightening or anything. I cringed to see him making the choices that I knew would gt him into trouble. Overall everything that happens is fairly typical or cliche but the book is quite enjoyable regardless.
blackrose980's review
5.0
Dave Harding has what most people would call the perfect life. A great wife, a good home and a job he enjoys. However, things begin to take a turn for the worst when Dave's company goes bust and he is hired to work for a teen magazine.
One letter suddenly gives him an even bigger problem that he never thought he would be faced with - Teenager Nicole is convinced that Dave is her father.
This novel was a brilliant read with an honest male POV which was funny at points but also extremely refreshing to read. This book mainly revolved around themes of family reconnection which were heartfelt and touching, but also delves into the more mature theme of miscarriages and how this can affect both a relationship and an individual.
One letter suddenly gives him an even bigger problem that he never thought he would be faced with - Teenager Nicole is convinced that Dave is her father.
This novel was a brilliant read with an honest male POV which was funny at points but also extremely refreshing to read. This book mainly revolved around themes of family reconnection which were heartfelt and touching, but also delves into the more mature theme of miscarriages and how this can affect both a relationship and an individual.
hannahfeakes's review against another edition
4.0
3.5/5. an easy read with a good mix of humour and tension, wish the ended was a little more fleshed out but i think that about every book lol
bookish_bobbin's review
4.0
Mike Gayle's usual charm and wit mixed with heartwarming characters in strange situations. This guy is awesome. Simple as.
margenotbutter's review against another edition
3.0
I thought this was okay, it wasn't my favourite Mike Gayle book. I liked the characters and their relationships, especially the opposite sex friendships with no romantic intentions, and while I liked the plot I thought it took ages to get into it considering the blurb informs you of most of it.
yangyvonne's review
4.0
Dave Harding is a music journalist for a British magazine. He is married to Izzy and they are beginning to think about kids when Izzy gets pregnant - then miscarries. She closes down and then Dave's job is lost and he starts working as a "agony uncle" for a teen magazine. Nicola sees his picture and realizes he is her father and contacts him. Thus begins the dilemma of whether and how to tell Izzy and what it all means for the rest of his life - and he must keep dishing-out advice to teen girls along the way.
It's nice to see a book like this written by a guy and told from a guy's perspective. Although, it seems hard to believe that Nicola could find her father in this way, the whole topic is handled really well - without being too mushy. The sub-plots about friends are really shallow, which makes you wonder why the author bothered with them at all, but the couple has to do something outside their own relationship, I guess.
It's nice to see a book like this written by a guy and told from a guy's perspective. Although, it seems hard to believe that Nicola could find her father in this way, the whole topic is handled really well - without being too mushy. The sub-plots about friends are really shallow, which makes you wonder why the author bothered with them at all, but the couple has to do something outside their own relationship, I guess.
thesuperkim's review
4.0
Why is it that every book I seem to read nowadays all have crappy ending?
This book seems like a really good one and as I said, I had high hopes right from the start and the thing is, it holds up, right until the last part. It felt like I was soaring so high from the excitement of what will happen next only to be let down by the ending.
Still, an okay ending doesn't ruin thr good middle.
This book seems like a really good one and as I said, I had high hopes right from the start and the thing is, it holds up, right until the last part. It felt like I was soaring so high from the excitement of what will happen next only to be let down by the ending.
Still, an okay ending doesn't ruin thr good middle.
jenzajlp's review
2.0
I like this book, except for the plethora of music references. Reading this book was like hanging out with that guy who is always trying to one-up you by knowing the coolest band or talking about that one vinyl ep that no one ever know about. And frankly, if you're going to do that, you should do it right. Jeff Buckley's song is "Everybody Here Wants You" not "Everybody IN Here Wants You." I also thought it took a while to warm up and found some of the dialogue a bit forced. Letting go of my hangups, though, it was a decent, fast read.
averagegal's review
3.0
This is the book that many girls dream of -- an emotional relationship story written by a man and told from a man's point of view. The short chapters (some of them only a page long) remind me of how my own husband speaks, brief and to the point.