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Nine Uses for an Ex-Boyfriend
Hope Delafield hasn't always had an easy life.
She has red hair and a temper to match, as her mother is constantly reminding her. She can't wear heels, is terrified of heights and being a primary school teacher isn't exactly the job she dreamed of doing, especially when her class are stuck on the two times table.
At least Hope has Jack, and Jack is the God of boyfriends. He'...more
She has red hair and a temper to match, as her mother is constantly reminding her. She can't wear heels, is terrified of heights and being a primary school teacher isn't exactly the job she dreamed of doing, especially when her class are stuck on the two times table.
At least Hope has Jack, and Jack is the God of boyfriends. He'...more
Paperback, 524 pages
Published
February 2nd 2012
by Transworld
(first published January 1st 2012)
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The story is about Hope who finds out her boyfriend has been cheating on her with her best friend. This is one of the most frustrating books I've ever read. I wish I never read this book because it kind of scarred me for other books.
*SPOILERS*
First of all I just want to say, who in there right mind would give the cheaters a happily ever after without giving one to the main heroine? I mean ok so she gets to live in Australia but by herself. With Wilson saying he wasn't even going to wait for her...more
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First of all I just want to say, who in there right mind would give the cheaters a happily ever after without giving one to the main heroine? I mean ok so she gets to live in Australia but by herself. With Wilson saying he wasn't even going to wait for her...more
I have to admit that I wasn't amazed by this book. I thought that the plot wasn't particularly strong and I didn't feel like I could connect with any of the characters which I think is the first step to even beginning to enjoy a book. There were many occasions when I wanted to give up reading it but I was intrigued by the ending although I was sure I could already guess what would happen because it was predictable although what I thought would happen just happened on a much smaller scale which w...more
Being the huge Sarra Manning fan that I am, I was nervous to read this because of all the mixed reviews. Manning just did a post on her blog about the fall out of this book not being well received and that post gave me extra incentive to check this one out.
I didn't hate it, and I guess part of my negative feelings come from holding this author to a higher standard than most. I could see where she was going with it, but I was very frustrated by the main character. I also didn't find the heroine'...more
I didn't hate it, and I guess part of my negative feelings come from holding this author to a higher standard than most. I could see where she was going with it, but I was very frustrated by the main character. I also didn't find the heroine'...more
This book is an lesson in frustration... I actually wish that I hadn't read this book. I can think of a few things wrong with the title... Ex? What ex? The fact that there was no ex until the last fifth of the book completely leads you astray and since there was no ex, there were certainly no uses to be found.
Usually I'm the kind of girl that shouts at the TV, for probably the first time in my life I was shouting at my book, telling Hope to "grow a backbone!". This is a character I just couldn't...more
Usually I'm the kind of girl that shouts at the TV, for probably the first time in my life I was shouting at my book, telling Hope to "grow a backbone!". This is a character I just couldn't...more
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Don’t be fooled by the front cover of this read – it isn’t what you think. If you’re expecting a quick break up at the beginning, a few chapters on the emotional state of Hope and then the rest of the book on revenge – you’ll feel cheated! Don’t get me wrong I enjoyed the book, but really it was the sex that kept me going in this book – Sarra Manning is very, very good at writing about sex! But hands up to Sarra she hasn’t conformed to the norm, bu...more
Don’t be fooled by the front cover of this read – it isn’t what you think. If you’re expecting a quick break up at the beginning, a few chapters on the emotional state of Hope and then the rest of the book on revenge – you’ll feel cheated! Don’t get me wrong I enjoyed the book, but really it was the sex that kept me going in this book – Sarra Manning is very, very good at writing about sex! But hands up to Sarra she hasn’t conformed to the norm, bu...more
Hope and Jack are childhood sweethearts who have been together for 13 years. They grew up next door to one another and their mothers are BFFs. They live a comfortable life with a shared mortgage, bank account and are practically pre-engaged. When Hope catches Jack and her best friend, Susie, snogging, Hope can't believe it! How could her Jack and Susie do this to her?
First, I have to say that I adore Sarra Manning's Unsticky and You Don't Have to Say You Love Me. Nine Uses is different from her...more
First, I have to say that I adore Sarra Manning's Unsticky and You Don't Have to Say You Love Me. Nine Uses is different from her...more
I'm a little conflicted over this book, I'll be honest. Coming from my new-favourite-author, I knew it was going to be a) superbly written, b) deeply gripping, and c) brilliant... And it certainly was all of those three things.
I think it deserves a better title, and cover, but that of course that doesn't have any effect on my overall enjoyment.
The heroine of this story is really put through the ringer - she's chewed up, spit out, then put through it all over again. But she never loses herself to...more
I think it deserves a better title, and cover, but that of course that doesn't have any effect on my overall enjoyment.
The heroine of this story is really put through the ringer - she's chewed up, spit out, then put through it all over again. But she never loses herself to...more
This book is long, but it's very readable because it's realistic. There are so many other chick lit books that involve our heroine breaking up with her boyfriend, crying for a week or two that is all summed up in a couple pages, and then (unrealistically) moving on with her life. This book isn't like that. On the first page Hope, our protagonist, finds her boyfriend of thirteen years, Jack, making out with her best friend Susie. From there, Hope's life is basically a hot mess. She cries, she yel...more
Before I say what I thought about this book I have been reading Sarra Manning novels since I was like 17 ( 25 now) and I have always felt like I have grown up with her story's and often they relate to my live and experiences. Before I started 9 uses for an ex boyfriend a friend told me it wasn't that good. It done something for me though that by half way through I didn't even want to finish it. I wanted to throw it away too be honest. It took me 2 days to go back to it but in the end I am very g...more
9 Uses for an Ex Boyfriend is a story about a girl dealing with catching her boyfriend of thirteen years (half her life) and her best mate copping off, leading her to discover their affair. The title, not unlike the 90s classic 10 Things I Hate About You, actually refers to a list Hope makes late in the book. I've been a fan of Manning's since her J17 days, and a massive fan of her subsequent 'adult' work, whilst 9 Uses isn't as good as Unsticky or YDHTSYLM (both of which take place in the same...more
Hope Delafield hasn't always had an easy life. She has red hair and a temper to match, as her mother is constantly reminding her. She can't wear heels, is terrified of heights and being a primary school teacher isn't exactly the job she dreamed of doing, especially when her class are stuck on the two times table.At least Hope has Jack, and Jack is the God of boyfriends. He's sweet, kind, funny, has a killer smile, a cool job on a fashion magazine and he's pretty (but in a manly way). Hope knew t...more
Don't get me wrong. I love Sarra Manning's books but from the beginning I had doubts.
This books starts out when Hope's 13 yr boyfriend, Jack is making out with her best friend Susie and Hope witnesses this and it hurts bad. U understood this concept a lot even though I have never experienced this before. I was annoyed with most if the characters in this book. Hope was just pathetic trying to convince Jack to fall in love with her than Susie. Jack was stupid as he didnt actually cover evidence th...more
This books starts out when Hope's 13 yr boyfriend, Jack is making out with her best friend Susie and Hope witnesses this and it hurts bad. U understood this concept a lot even though I have never experienced this before. I was annoyed with most if the characters in this book. Hope was just pathetic trying to convince Jack to fall in love with her than Susie. Jack was stupid as he didnt actually cover evidence th...more
I love Sarra Manning. I think this was a very brave book to put out there because she must have known it was going to annoy a lot of people. It's basically the story of a girl whose boyfriend of 13 years cheats on her with her best friend. And unlike most books that would show us the characters - or at least the heroine - moving on, learning to love again, gettin gher life back, Ms Manning instead takes the reader on the far more realistic journey of coming to terms with the betrayal - or rather...more
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I'm a big fan of Sarra Manning, but this book got me frustrated. Not that it was a bad story, instead it is a grown-up phase of a long relationship. To choose and decide which way to take after the cheating disaster. To choose the comfort zone or make up your mind and step on a new 'blank' area which might be better.
It's just me for not liking the theme, similar with me not liking a divorce theme where the opposite couple admitted that he/she is in love with somebody else while we've still not...more
It's just me for not liking the theme, similar with me not liking a divorce theme where the opposite couple admitted that he/she is in love with somebody else while we've still not...more
This was not what I expected. I thought the book was going to be about a girl who ends her relationship with her boyfriend when he cheats on her with her best friend. I thought the relationship would end within the first 100 or so pages and then we could get to her moving on and maybe even getting revenge.
Instead, this book is too realistic, in how absolutely shitty ending a relationship can be. Just completely draining and a bit depressing. By the time you get to the end, you feel like you need...more
Instead, this book is too realistic, in how absolutely shitty ending a relationship can be. Just completely draining and a bit depressing. By the time you get to the end, you feel like you need...more
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Feb 18, 2012
Charlotte E
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So, I don't normally write reviews on here but I've been very surprised by other reactions to this books so I just thought I'd add my view. I have to admit, I didn't agree with some of the decisions the characters made and they way in which they sometimes behaved but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it. There wouldn't be much of a story or much enjoyment from a book if all the characters always did what you expected/wanted from them!
The book was sometimes frustrating but it did really make me th...more
The book was sometimes frustrating but it did really make me th...more
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look at the title, i expect it to be a funny revengeful story of a girl who wanna take revenge on her bf for cheating on her. BUT sadly it wasnt! it happens to be a story of a girl who keeps pleading and whining for her bf to come back to her and the whole story is so draggy and mainly focuses on how sad the girl is and how much she wanted her bf back. i got quite sick of this book, maybe because of my expectation for it to be a comedy-romance but it turns out to be not, and cant wait to put it...more
Ugh, silly question here, but what nine uses are there anyway? Because I’ve just unclenched my jaws from having had them clenched for a good ninety percent of the book. And couldn't get past how annoying/unlikeable the lot of them were. I mean really, I don’t know when the last time I encountered such silly MC's. Where Hope read weak and too willing to believe that love could conquer all, Jack was positively exasperating. At first, he's the typical commitment-phobe, but from there he went on to...more
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I have no idea how to rate this book, so I'm going with 3 stars. I just don't like that the official description of 3 stars is "liked it" because I didn't like it. It kept me interested, I zipped through it because I kept hoping things would happen as I wanted them to, but that never panned out. I learned early on that this book was nothing close to what I was expecting, and even after I learned that and changed my expectations, it still wasn't what I expected. That's a good thing, I guess? Mayb...more
I didn't like this book. But I thought it was incredibly well-written. I can't understand why people cheat. This is a book about a girl who's been stuck in a relationship so long she doesn't know who she is without her partner. And when she catches him cheating, she's shocked. So there's anger, frustration, lots of crying... She just goes back and forth. I can't break up with him. I don't know how to be on my own. What he feels for Susie will pass. Thoughts like these run through her mind. It's...more
Mar 11, 2012
Bhahirah Larai
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I have read and loved all of Sarra manning books apart for the Fashionistas series.I felt this book stood out from all her books in a bad way. I was expecting something similar or different from her previous books like "You dont have to say you love me". I was confused as i was reading the book as I wasnt sure if Hope actually love Jack.I think she just like the fact that he has always been there so he will always be there. Just because they have been together for 13 years doesnt change anything...more
I could say that the emotional ups and downs of this book were like a roller coaster ride. I could say that, if not for the fact that there were absolutely no thrills.
So really, this book was more like staring at a yo-yo going up and down for a few hours. At first, you feel slightly anxious trepidation as the yo-yo makes its way to the floor, and you wonder whether or not it's going to go back up, but then it does and you relax a little before it begins its descent downwards once more. After a...more
So really, this book was more like staring at a yo-yo going up and down for a few hours. At first, you feel slightly anxious trepidation as the yo-yo makes its way to the floor, and you wonder whether or not it's going to go back up, but then it does and you relax a little before it begins its descent downwards once more. After a...more
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I've read Sarra Manning's teen novels and enjoyed them so I picked this one up expecting a nice, escapist read. What I got was a frustrating read that dragged on for about 200 pages too long. I like books with realistic, flawed main characters but I do like my heroine to have a bit of a back bone. I lost all respect for Hope the second she started plotting to get her ex boyfriend back after he cheated on her with her best friend. Jack represented every negative aspect of the male race: cheating,...more
I really enjoyed this book. The title is extremely misleading and having never read anything of this author I was expecting either a funny tale of revenge or a man hating bitter story. What I got was an incredibly well written story about a woman dealing with her cheating "almost" fiancé and how if you really love someone and are not ready to give up yet, you will take, do and accept an awful lot in order to get your relationship back on track while at the same time dealing with your anger and t...more
This is a 2 star only because it's by Sarra Manning, whose You Don't Have To Say You Love Me I completely adored. If it wasn't for her, this book would have been my first ever DNF.
For me, 9 Uses For An Ex-Boyfriend represents everything that is wrong with women and men today. A woman whose self loathing and mere stupidity reaches insanity levels. A guy who is so spoiled and self absorbed that he is blinded by it. Imagine the kind of relationship these two can have. Awful, yes? Now, multiply it b...more
For me, 9 Uses For An Ex-Boyfriend represents everything that is wrong with women and men today. A woman whose self loathing and mere stupidity reaches insanity levels. A guy who is so spoiled and self absorbed that he is blinded by it. Imagine the kind of relationship these two can have. Awful, yes? Now, multiply it b...more
I've been a Sarra Manning fangirl since J17 days, and have really enjoyed her two previous 'grown-up' books. I rarely purchase books upon their immediate release, but do for Ms Manning. However, it pains me to give this book 2 stars. It felt like perhaps it was written in a rush, without the tenderness and attention paid to developing the characters that I love so much. I'm also starting to see similar themes throughout all the female characters in the books(put on weight, lose weight, shag hot...more
When hearing the expression, "never judge a book by it's title", this would be the perfect example. The story follows the main character, Hope, and her relationship with her long-term boyfriend, Jack. The story initially had me interested as it starts with the realization that her boyfriend has cheated with her best friend, and how she deals (or doesn't in most cases) with the situation. Assuming, from the title, that Jack will become an 'ex-boyfriend', and then the "real story" would start was...more
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Sarra Manning is a teen queen extraordinaire. She spent five years working on the now sadly defunct J17, first as a writer and then as Entertainment Editor. She then joined the launch team of teen fashion bible Ellegirl, which she later went on to edit and has consulted on a wide range of youth titles including Bliss, The Face and More.
Sarra is now editor of What To Wear magazine. She's also been...more
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