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Cargando... Semi-Sweet: A Novel of Love and Cupcakes (edición 2011)por Roisin Meaney (Autor)
Información de la obraLove in the Making por Roisin Meaney
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I really enjoyed Semi-Sweet, in fact I could barely put it down and was 15 minutes late to work because I didn't want to leave it at that particular spot. At first I wasn't enthused with the jumping around at first, but it soon didn't bother me at all--I felt like I was watching a soap opera, where they cut to each of the various characters right in the middle of a good scene-it compels you to continue reading. I was really pleased that the author didn't take any easy outs with a few of her storylines, I was expecting from the beginning that she was going to put Hannah and Adam together in the end, which is an obvious but popular plot. I was surprised numerous times by the mini-plot twists. I had hoped that there would be some reconciliation between the two moms or between Hannah and Leah, but there wasn't-which I guess is fairly true-to-life. *received a digital copy free through netGalley Semi-Sweet is a charming story about characters in the Irish town of Clongarvin. Hannah Robinson, who recently opened up a cupcake shop, shares a flat with her best friend Adam. As best friends, both of them aspire to find happiness in love relationships, and as the novel unfolds, they are both led toward self-discovery and new beginnings. As I read this story, I was slightly annoyed by the author’s constant juxtaposing between characters from chapter to chapter, and I felt that this literary technique detracted from my interest in the story. Since the chapters were often short snippets or scenarios, this determined juxtaposition made for what I considered overkill. The author, Roisin Meaney, has a descriptive style that I appreciated, but on occasion, I felt that the story line progressed a little too slowly. The tempo of the story certainly picked up, however, during the sexual encounter between Nora and Patrick in his office. In this scene, as well as in other segments of the book, the author uses dialogue encoded in italics to designate what a character is thinking or saying. This technique effectively drew me further into the story. Overall, I felt that this novel was an enjoyable read, not compelling or of high interest, but rather a pleasant novel that reminded me of the small-town setting in Jan Karon’s Mitford series of books. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
Hannah Robinson is just about to open the doors to her new shop Cupcakes on the Corner when out of the blue her boyfriend Patrick announces that he's leaving her for another woman. Faced with starting a business on her own, Hannah begins to wonder if her life-long dream has just turned into a nightmare. So her best friend Adam sets his birthday as a deadline - seven months to make her shop a success, or walk away from it all. And as Hannah immerses herself in her new business, she soon discovers that she's too busy to think about Patrick and his now pregnant girlfriend ...or to notice an increasingly regular customer who has recently developed a sweet tooth for all things cupcake. But while Hannah is slowly piecing her life back together, family friend Alice's is falling apart. Her husband Tom's drinking is getting out of control and things are about to get a whole lot worse. As the seven-month milestone approaches, Hannah must decide her future. And while she's figuring out what's really important, it becomes clear to everyone that happiness in life, and in love, is all in the making. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Too many characters, too many situations destroyed the story at the begining. It is set in a very small town in Ireland and I think that the author tried to give us the whole town. I liked what she wrote enough to keep reading until the end but I wish that the author would include a diagram of all the characters showing the relationships. ( )