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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780340769188 ISBN: 0340769181 Label: Coronet Manufacturer: Coronet Number Of Pages: 480 Publication Date: August 17, 2000 Publisher: Coronet Studio: Coronet Related Items:
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 Rating:  - predictableaverage reads, girl realises that the love of her life has been right in front of her the whole time. enjoyable enough to pass a week lounging at the beach/pool. got kinda bored so flicked to the end to find out what happens! Rating: - unfinishedI picked this book up many times and read it, but i never finished it, i have read and re-read the beginning of the book so many times, but i always loose interest. I feel Chris Manby is perhaps for a older generation who get her humour and plot lines. I am chick lit fan, and i didn't feel that this book reached that audience. My mum on the other hand has almost every book Manby has wrote, and loves her, which is why i thought i would have a bash at a manby novel, as me and my mum have the same humour style, alas i couldn't get into this book. Rating: - GoodThis book was published in 2000, so as you can imagine quite a long time ago! Since then I've felt Chris Manby's style of writing has improved greatly - from her plot ideas, to her sentence structure. Therefore after reading a couple of her newer (and slightly more highly regarded) books, I began Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life. However, I was slightly disappointed with this book. Don't get me wrong; this book is good, I did enjoy it, but relatively (compared to her newer work such as 'Second Prize' and 'Ready or Not?') I found it was nothing on her newer work. The main "pro" as such was the plot: I did enjoy it, as predictable as it was. However, to me, it felt somewhat 'done-before' (I later realised, Jane Green had done something mildly similar in her novel 'Jemima J' - but the two novels did indeed have their strong differences). It was amusing and straight-forward, and I did find myself hooked after the first few chapters. A book without a strong plot which goes somewhere doesn't tend to impress me, but I felt that Manby definitely had a good plot going in Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life. However... there were some negative points I picked up throughout the novel. As petty and pedantic as they may be, they are important to me and I'm sure some other readers. I hope Manby changed editor after this book (or he/she shaped up) because the number of typographical errors and simple grammatical mistakes irritated me. Typographical errors included "Tve" and "somethign". Her speech marks seemed everywhere - I noticed, more than once, sentences that were in a similar way to this: "Hi," he said. How are you?" - It's just the simple, careless mistakes which get on my nerves (this is not Manby's fault). However, after reading her newer works, I haven't noticed any typographical errors or grammatical mistakes, so hopefully all is well. Her writing style in this novel got on my nerves slightly - her constant repetition of the phrase 'en route', her lack of capatalising the 'G' in 'God' (I may be mistaken, but I've always thought the correct way to write 'god' is with a capital 'G'?). Also, her extremely long sentences irritated me. I found one sentence that was 10 lines long! I mean yes, it did have commas etc. in it, but still, what's the need for such a long sentence? Not only is it confusing for the reader, but it becomes messy and clumsy. I do ackonowledge that all of these points are rather fastidious, and I in no means mean to discourage anyone from reading this book because of the few small errors. However it was just those mistakes that turned me to give the book only 4 stars, as oppose to the 5 Manby could have gained. So all in all - good book by Chris Manby. Good plot, amusing story, read it if you're up for a light, amusing read. On the other hand, if you're like me and you find the little things irritate you to high end, maybe her newer novels would be more suitable for you. Rating:  - Loved It!I loved this book. it was witty and funny and i couldnt put it down. it made me laugh out loud. i must admit Lizzie was self-centred and self-pitting but thats what made it so fun for me. i defently didnt want it to end though! thats why i was really pleased when i was brousing and found "running away from richard" this is the next book from Lizzie Jordon and i loved it even more than the first one. i have now read more of Chris Manby's books including "ready or not" "getting personal" and "girl meets ape" READ THEM ALL...xxxx Rating: - Not BadI quite enjoyed this book - it has bits that make you smile and bits that you can relate to. It was a good story with some twists (although some you could see coming!). I would like to read more books by this author.  Try searching the Internet for "Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life" or Ebay for "Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life". You might also be interested in the following great products:
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