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The Greatest Love Story of All Time

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It's Fran's thirtieth birthday and things are good . . .

She's bluffed her way into a Very Posh Job and her outlandishly handsome and talented boyfriend Michael is escorting her to the Ritz with a bulge the shape of a ring box in his pocket.

But something has gone wrong. Very wrong. By the end of the evening Fran is howling in bed with a bottle of cheap brandy and one of Mic...more

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Published April 12th 2012 by Penguin (first published 2012)

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Mar 04, 2013 Duygu rated it 5 of 5 stars

Altın Kitaplar’dan çıkmış olan “ LUCY ROBİNSON’UN – TÜM ZAMANLARIN EN GÜZEL AŞK HİKAYESİ “ adlı kitabı, bitirmiş bulunmaktayım .

Çevirisi son derece sade ve akıcıydı .Kelime hatasına bile rastlamadım.Titiz bir çalışmanın ürünü olduğu buradan belliydi zaten .

Chick-lit tarzında yazılmış bir roman .Okurken sayfalar su gibi aktı. Bunda tabi ki çevirmenin büyük katkısı olduğunu düşünüyorum .Okurken çoğu yer de güldüm , çoğu yer de duygulandım .

Kitabın benim için tek olumsuz yanı ; biraz fazla argo sö...more Altın Kitaplar’dan çıkmış olan “ LUCY ROBİNSON’UN – TÜM ZAMANLARIN EN GÜZEL AŞK HİKAYESİ “ adlı kitabı, bitirmiş bulunmaktayım .

Çevirisi son derece sade ve akıcıydı .Kelime hatasına bile rastlamadım.Titiz bir çalışmanın ürünü olduğu buradan belliydi zaten .

Chick-lit tarzında yazılmış bir roman .Okurken sayfalar su gibi aktı. Bunda tabi ki çevirmenin büyük katkısı olduğunu düşünüyorum .Okurken çoğu yer de güldüm , çoğu yer de duygulandım .

Kitabın benim için tek olumsuz yanı ; biraz fazla argo sözcükler in olmasıydı .Tabi argo sözcükler de kitaba ayrı bir hava katmıştı . 

Kitabın konusuna gelirsek ; Fran adlı bir kadının , doğumgünün de erkek arkadaşı (Michael ) tarafından beklenmedik bir şekilde , belli bir süreliğine terk edilmesi (üç aylık bir süreç için ), bunun akabinde hayatında yaşadığı zorluklar , arkadaşlarının ona yardım etme çabaları , ailevi ilişkiler , arkadaşlık – dostluk ilişkileri , kedisiyle yaşadığı olaylar ve yaptığı diyaloglar ( o diyologlar da o kadar çok güldüm ki ) o kadar güzel bir şekilde , arada hiçbir kopukluk olmadan anlatılmış ki , ben çok severek okuduğumu itiraf etmeliyim.

Kitaptan çıkarılacak dersler de var .Zaten chick-lit tarzını sanırım bu yüzden seviyorum ,okurken sadece güldürmüyor aynı zaman da düşünmeye de sevk ediyor .

Çıkarılacak derslerden bir tanesini söyleyecek olursam ; ummadık taş baş yarabiliyor , kimseye körü körüne güvenilmemesi gerektiği ile ilgili güzel mesajlar içeren bir kitaptı .

Aynı zaman da belki de yaşamak istediğiniz aşk, yanıbaşınızdadır , kim bilir ? Bu ve bunların cevaplarını öğrenmek istiyorsanız , bu kitabı kesinlikle okumalısınız .Tavsiyemdir .

Kitaba bir puan verecek olursam , on üzerinden dokuz puan verirdim . Ayrıca bu kitabı bizlerle buluşturduğu için , “ ALTIN KİTAPLARA “ çok teşekkür ederim .Saygılarımla ..
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Dec 14, 2012 Tania Scott rated it 4 of 5 stars

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It's Fran's 30th birthday and she seems to have all she has ever wanted: she has a job she adores, amazing -and drinker- friends and a loving boyfriend with slate grey eyes. She thinks her life is about to change when she notices a small box on her partner's pocket, but things take a turn for the worst and that exact night she ends up getting dumped in a park instead of celebrating her engagement.

Refusing to let Fran waste her -now not so perfect- life, her friends come up with a plan to keep he...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Penelope Irving rated it 3 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book, it entertained me and kept me intrigued almost until the end - I qualify this because it doesn't take much ingenuity to foresee the final twists of the plot, and this renders the final section a tension-free epilogue to some extent. It has its flaws though, and so I give it three rather than four stars.

This is one of those chick-lits that open with a freshly dumped heroine. Fran, newly turned 30, and despite her irritating self-deprecation obviously possessed of an in...more I really enjoyed this book, it entertained me and kept me intrigued almost until the end - I qualify this because it doesn't take much ingenuity to foresee the final twists of the plot, and this renders the final section a tension-free epilogue to some extent. It has its flaws though, and so I give it three rather than four stars.

This is one of those chick-lits that open with a freshly dumped heroine. Fran, newly turned 30, and despite her irritating self-deprecation obviously possessed of an intense and high powered career as a TV journalist, has been dropped without warning by her amazingly perfect boyfriend of two years, Michael. We watch her bewail this turn of events, while her unrealistically attentive gaggle of friends attempt to support her, and there's a long 'how we got here' retrospective interspersed with Fran's present-day struggle with the situation. Michael was apparently going to propose to her that day, and instead suggested a 90-day separation with no explanation at all as to why. Michael's motive for ending their relationship, or at least suspending it, becomes the primary mystery of the plot.

Fran herself devotes very little headspace to solving it, however, at least as far as the narrative goes. At the urging of her over-engaged friends, she tries to get over Michael by internet dating. Meanwhile she is letting her career slide, and trying to cope with her alcoholic mother.

Things I liked. The characters are vivid and recognisable, the London setting is well used, the plotless plot races along nicely and never failed to keep my interest (until near the end when it was obvious what was going to happen). The resolution of Fran's relationship with Michael is done very well.

What I thought I didn't like. Fran seemed for most of the book to be an unsympathetic protagonist, even though she was the narrator. I couldn't bear her constant self-deprecation, her shallowness (she rejects one of her internet dates at first glance because his bottom is the wrong shape) and her lack of insight (she handwrings about her mother's drinking while getting constantly pie-eyed herself). However, she sorts herself out by the end of the story, and actually does acknowledge and develop past these flaws.

What I didn't like. While I enjoyed the characters of Fran's friends, I found their behaviour pretty unrealistic a lot of the time, particularly towards Fran herself. I'm not sure many people would be so thoroughly involved as they all seem to be in her life - plotting, scheming, cajoling, baking things, offering unsolicited and often obnoxious advice. When the mother of one of her friends, whom Fran had never met or spoken to before, took it upon herself to forcibly offer her life advice down the phone, my eyes rolled. It's almost as if all the other characters know that Fran is the heroine of the book.

Secondly, to hang together the story absolutely requires an extraordinary degree of non-communication between various characters who really would have been talking non stop, and when you get to the end you realise how contrived and unrealistic the misunderstandings are. There seems to me no way that Fran wouldn't have solved the plot months previously, especially with such a frank and attentive entourage.

Thirdly, the wretched cat! Anthropomorphised pets should be banned from novels. There is nothing worse than a character who regularly interacts with an animal to which is ascribed human insight and reaction. You know the kind of thing: "After I had explained to him about Robert, Fluffy gave me a long look of contempt, then turned disdainfully on his paws, with a dismissive meow." There are paragraphs of Fran talking to her cat and describing his response to her, and by halfway through the book I was curling my fists and hissing every time he appeared. Half a star off for the cat!

Despite all these moans, this is a fun read. I don't think it's as good as the author's subsequent novel, A Passionate Love Affair with a Total Stranger. It does preview its successor's central plot conceit in a small way, which might be a bit of a spoiler if (like me), you read it first.

There isn't enough good quality chick-lit out there, so I would definitely recommend this as an enjoyable read if this is a genre you like.

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May 20, 2013 Barbara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Als ich den Klappentext las, wurde ich sofort neugierig. Verspricht dieser doch einen wundervollen Frauenroman voller Wirrungen und Herzschmerz. Allerdings muss ich gestehen, dass mich der Roman schon etwas enttäuscht hat.
Irgendwie bin ich nicht richtig in die Geschichte reingekommen. Am Anfang dachte ich noch, dass dies am etwas holprigen Start liegen würde. Man war irgendwie sofort mitten im Geschehen, ohne dass man so recht wusste, was man davon halten sollte.

Im Mittelpunkt der Geschichte ste...more Als ich den Klappentext las, wurde ich sofort neugierig. Verspricht dieser doch einen wundervollen Frauenroman voller Wirrungen und Herzschmerz. Allerdings muss ich gestehen, dass mich der Roman schon etwas enttäuscht hat.
Irgendwie bin ich nicht richtig in die Geschichte reingekommen. Am Anfang dachte ich noch, dass dies am etwas holprigen Start liegen würde. Man war irgendwie sofort mitten im Geschehen, ohne dass man so recht wusste, was man davon halten sollte.

Im Mittelpunkt der Geschichte steht Fran, die von ihrem Freund Michael verlassen wurde (bzw. der eine Beziehungspause eingeläutet hat) und nun am Rande der Verzweiflung ist. Um über Michael hinweg zu kommen und wieder zurück ins Leben zu finden, legen ihre Freunde ihr auf, sich mit acht anderen Männern treffen zu müssen, bevor sie wieder mit Michael in Kontakt treten darf.
Im Grunde hätte dies ja auch eine überaus turbulente Geschichte sein können, allerdings war mir Fran als Hauptperson die meiste Zeit ziemlich unsympathisch und konnte somit nicht richtig mit ihr mitfühlen. Die meisten Charaktere wirkten auf mich ziemlich überzeichnet und hatten zu viele übertriebene Attribute, die sie „besonders“ machen sollten. Allerdings sorgte dies zumindest bei mir dazu, dass ich mich nicht so recht mit den Personen anfreunden konnte und mich dadurch auch nicht auf die Geschichte einlassen konnte.

Ich will die Geschichte aber auf keinen Fall verteufeln. Er hat auf jeden Fall Potential aus dem man hätte mehr machen können. Wer auf überaus schrille und überzogene Charaktere in einem Roman steht, wird diesen Roman auf jeden Fall lieben. Mir war es aber alles ein wenig too much!
Die Tatsache, dass Fran einen Kater hat und mit dem sie Zwiegespräche hält, der sie aber scheinbar nicht leiden kann und ihr dies auch durch Missachtung zeigt, fand ich wiederum lustig und liebenswert.
Das Ende des Romans ist auch überaus gelungen, da es mehr als eine Überraschung parat hält, mit der man beim Lesen nicht gedacht hätte. Wäre insbesondere Fran etwas sympathischer und die Nebencharaktere nicht so übertrieben skurril, dann könnte dies auch ein Spitzenroman sein.
Da ich jedoch die ganze Zeit leicht genervt von Frans Verhalten war und nie so recht in die Geschichte reingekommen bin, bekommt dieser Roman von mir 3 Punkte (mit leichter Tendenz zu 4 wegen des guten Endes).
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Feb 05, 2013 Francessca rated it 3 of 5 stars

I guessed the end of this book one chapter in and at first I found it too predictable and too unrealistic and fabricated. I couldn't stand it and didn't think I'd be able to finish it.
I found the characters were like over exaggerated caricatures rather than people with believable personality traits.
This idea was further reinforced by a Russian/middle eastern character Stefania, whose accent was spelt out phonetically and this grated on me hugely.
However, somewhere along the way, and I'm still n...more

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Jan 06, 2013 C rated it 5 of 5 stars

One of the reasons I loved this no so much is because it went completely against my expectations. I bought it on audiobook and so I didn't read the blurb, I just went on the title to decide what it might be like. Instead of straightforward romance, this book provides romance, friendship, sex, and extremely clever comedy! Initially I was worried I wasn't going to be able to get into the novel because it starts in the midst of main character Fran and her friends rallying round her in her hour of n...more One of the reasons I loved this no so much is because it went completely against my expectations. I bought it on audiobook and so I didn't read the blurb, I just went on the title to decide what it might be like. Instead of straightforward romance, this book provides romance, friendship, sex, and extremely clever comedy! Initially I was worried I wasn't going to be able to get into the novel because it starts in the midst of main character Fran and her friends rallying round her in her hour of need. I felt a bit like I had just joined a party here everybody knew each other and I had to catch up quickly, but once I had indeed caught up, got the know the characters, I was instantly involved in this fabulously funny tale.

I really liked the characters in this novel and the relationships between them. I think that main character Fran is a very real representation of what one might feel like if they had been unexpectedly dumped rather than proposed to on their thirtieth birthday. She has to deal with issues of alcoholism, nepotism, and other everyday trials and tribulations of thirty-something women. The fact that the characters and issues contained in this novel were so realistic meant that I found myself, gasping in parts, laughing in others and completely shouting down one of the characters towards the end of the novel when they were blatantly lying to another character!

One of my favourite things about this novel was the Internet dating messages that Fran receives when friend leonine makes her join a dating site. Again these were so true to life, it was hilarious, this author has obviously done her research well into this area and I found myself waiting for the next message that Fran would receive from possible suitors as if it were me on my own dating profile, waiting for the next message! I also really really loved the character of Glaswegian Dave (despite the fact that the narrator of the audiobook could NOT do a Glaswegian accent in any way, shape or form!) he is however, an amazing character, straight to the point, yet lovely and completely out for what is best for Fran! I'm sure any reader will warm to him straight away.

Have thoroughly enjoyed this novel, laughed, grasped and 'awwed' my way through the entire thing, I really look forward to reading Lucy Robinson's next offering. I am sure this will be a sure fire hit with any reader, and certainly a case of 'you shouldn't judge a book by its cover'!(less)

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May 15, 2012 Ellie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fran might be a hopeless case but she has the perfect boyfriend. On her thirtieth birthday, she's pretty sure he's about to propose to her, there's even a ring box shaped bulge in his pocket... But instead, Michael tells her he needs a break. Three months with no contract. Fran is heart broken and refuses to leave her flat for days, drinking gin and smoking joints. Her loyal friends, Leonie, Stefania and Dave, decide something must be done and set her the eight date plan. Before she even thinks...more

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Mar 20, 2013 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

In the prologue of the book Fran is in her dirty bed, surrounded by leftover food and photos of her ex, when her friends come in in attempt to drag her out of her bed and make her regain her life.
After this, we are told about Fran's job, and the lead up to her meeting Michael, and a taste of her busy, scary life working as a journalist in the Balkans. The book then continues to swap between 2008, when her relationship with Michael started, and 2010, when it has fallen apart. Fran gets caught up...more

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Jun 12, 2012 Sarah Goodwin rated it 3 of 5 stars

I bought this book because I'm trying to write some chick-lit, and this book was described as origional and barmy and hilarious.

I'm afraid I stopped reading after page fifty, simply because, the character who started out being funny and peculiar and interesting - became irritating and snivelling. She was supposed to be passionate about her career, and yet started hanging off a man's coat tails the minute 'the one' showed up. I couldn't get past one of the lines, where Fran decides she doesn't mi...more

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Apr 16, 2012 Sharon Goodwin rated it 4 of 5 stars

In the prologue we’re introduced to Fran. She’s laying in her snot-encrusted bed, hiding away from the world. Friends Stefania, Leonie and Dave break into her flat and present their plan.

Next, it’s 2008 (two years earlier) and we get to know more about Fran’s lead up to her meeting Michael Slater. The days following her meeting him are interspersed with chapters in the ‘now’. The reader is learning about the back story as well as getting a picture of what’s happening to Fran now.

The story is ver...more In the prologue we’re introduced to Fran. She’s laying in her snot-encrusted bed, hiding away from the world. Friends Stefania, Leonie and Dave break into her flat and present their plan.

Next, it’s 2008 (two years earlier) and we get to know more about Fran’s lead up to her meeting Michael Slater. The days following her meeting him are interspersed with chapters in the ‘now’. The reader is learning about the back story as well as getting a picture of what’s happening to Fran now.

The story is very much character-led. I have to admit I liked Fran from the very beginning – she comes across as very ditzy with very little belief in her own intelligence – but she has so much energy and is larger than life. She loses her way after Michael wants the break but it was great to see her start living and realising how much of her life she’d been neglecting! Her group of friends also have their own stories that emerge as the timeline progresses. The banter between them is fun and they really do look after Fran.

Fran stalking Nellie is hilarious! So funny. Yes, desperation really can get you into the situations Fran found herself. On reflection, in the restaurant I feel extremely sad for one of Fran’s friends who was by her side.

By the time the three months break is almost up, I wasn’t sure whether I wanted Fran to get back with Michael. Her life seemed to be going really well without him! The dating had been hilarious and she was picking up the pieces of her almost broken career. Have to admit the trip to France to meet him was really romantic … sigh

The ‘hero’ of the story is unexpected. I loved it that I didn’t know this would happen.

*Warning* There is swearing – but it does fit with the whole and for me didn’t detract from my enjoyment. There is also a hot intimate scene.

The Greatest Love Story of All Time … is a debut novel. It is chick lit that is fast paced and fun but it also tackles the deeper issues of alcoholism. I’ve enjoyed the journey in Fran’s life and would recommend to any fan of chick lit or contemporary romances.

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Jun 13, 2012 Barbara Elsborg rated it 5 of 5 stars

Really liked it for its sheer energy. This was a book that drove the reader, making them laugh and bite their fingernails until the very last page. I loved the wit, the crudity, the situational comedy, the characters--- yep it was a very good book. Others have given details of the story so I won't repeat - but it's basically the story of understanding what 'to love' really means. Yes, the conclusion was predictible despite the attempt to muddy the water, but that didn't make it any the less enjo...more

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Jan 18, 2013 Alessandra rated it 5 of 5 stars

I found this book while browsing around in Sainsbury's and as much as I hate to admit it, I was initially attracted to it by it's funny cover. I took it home and immediately sat down to read. Three pages in I startled my friend who thought I was having a fit, as I was laughing almost hysterically at the main character's actions. I am a fantasy, magic, dreamer kinda reading girl and I have to say, this book is among my top choices. It is a light reading, laughing-out-loud, crying, thought inducin...more

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May 13, 2013 Natalie aka: PajamaBookGirl rated it 5 of 5 stars

So, here we have what I can only describe as a book for the girls of today. A book for the girls who will give the men a run for their money.

From the very start you connect with Fran, she's that friend that you've known forever. The one who you be extra silly with and tell everything too. You will also love her 'charming' cat Duke Ellington. Her friends sex mad Leonie, Princess Stefania and big huggy bear Dave become your circle of friends too. Altogether you can take on the world and more so...more So, here we have what I can only describe as a book for the girls of today. A book for the girls who will give the men a run for their money.

From the very start you connect with Fran, she's that friend that you've known forever. The one who you be extra silly with and tell everything too. You will also love her 'charming' cat Duke Ellington. Her friends sex mad Leonie, Princess Stefania and big huggy bear Dave become your circle of friends too. Altogether you can take on the world and more so take on the world of online dating, catastrophic relationships, alcoholic mothers, political scandals, stalking, sex, love & marriage. You feel every ounce of pain & happiness for every one of these people. As I said, they're now your friends too.

The story covers most aspects of relationships and heartache. It puts you through your paces and has you laughing nonstop even in the sad parts. It is hand on heart the funniest book I have read so far. Fran’s speak before she thinks potty mouth. Leonie’s no shame in telling strangers about her sore bum from anal sex. Stefania’s wacky dress sense, organic vegan recipes & her miss pronounced words. Dave’s manliness, Glaswegian swear words and roll ups. This all mixed together becomes utterly fantastic!

From the minute I started this book I was gripped. I hand on heart was so excited to turn the page to see what was next. I even refused to put it down to eat! This resulting in a terrible Spag Bol stain on page 365. Devastated!

To anyone who knows me personally, I have a terrible mouth Never mind a potty mouth, I've got a full on garbage mouth.
Lucy Robinson has captured today's way of thinking and new found freedom of speech and miraculously produced a book of wonder and excitement with using the dreaded and much frowned upon C word! Good on you girl!!

This isn't your typical chic lit/ Rom-Com book it's trendy, honest & fucking brilliant!

If you want nonstop laughter, a brilliant love story with an alcoholic twist, then this is the book for you.
I can guarantee you will not be disappointed. Not for the faint hearted I may add, but for the normal, everyday girl this is the book of your dreams.
Serious praise for Lucy Robinson

5/5**
Book on its way to my friend, will be reading this again soon!(less)

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May 18, 2012 Hannah (Jaedia) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adult, chick-lit, fiction, received-for-review, humour, favourites, romance

Review originally posted at Once Upon A Time.

It feels like yonks ago I read and fell in love with this book, looking at my Goodreads page, I suppose a month ago is a fair while, but hey that’s why I take notes and I do remember how much I absolutely adored this book, to the point that I told off Ms. Lucy on Twitter for making me actually cry and I couldn’t read anything else for three whole days afterwards and I told a random lady in Tesco to buy it because it’s really really good (as well as ma...more Review originally posted at Once Upon A Time.

It feels like yonks ago I read and fell in love with this book, looking at my Goodreads page, I suppose a month ago is a fair while, but hey that’s why I take notes and I do remember how much I absolutely adored this book, to the point that I told off Ms. Lucy on Twitter for making me actually cry and I couldn’t read anything else for three whole days afterwards and I told a random lady in Tesco to buy it because it’s really really good (as well as many other people). *ahem* Yes.

Lucy’s writing style pulls you in from the very first page when Fran is telling us about how and why her friends broke into her flat, only to be disgusted by the state they find her in, and demanding that she go on this “Eight Date Plan” while on her 3 month break from her boyfriend Michael. She has this fantastically hilarious way of wording things, and it’s such a British sense of humour. So often I’d burst out laughing at something or other1 and I’d get the “what are you laughing at?” look from my other half.

“Walking out of the building and into the cold, hard afternoon sun, I caught sight of Michael’s bottom. I’d not realized I was a bottom sort of girl until that moment but Michael’s was exquisite. Small, manly and firm, with just a hint of muscle. I wanted to cup it gently. And then firmly. And maybe give it a soft slap just to be sure.”

My only major criticism of the writing style itself was the overuse of exclamation marks. Whilst they did add a lot more excitement to the text, often they added a little too much.

Fran is just so absolutely mental and Bridget Jones-like with her clumsy, drunken, lovesick stalking ways. She has low self esteem yet loves her life and when she suspects her currently ex-boyfriend of dumping her on her birthday to date a posh, gorgeous girl called Nellie Daniels she gets a little crazy. Whilst it could all have been fixed by a simple text, it did make for a hilarious read and things wouldn’t have worked out quite the way they did. And that was a pretty freaking epic ending. I’m also completely in love with the side characters. Dave the Glaswegian cameraman who always seems to have a cigarette in his mouth and there for Fran through thick and thin. Barmy Stefania the nutty European, exact origin unknown. Duke Ellington the evil cat. And the dates! My word, they’re so hilarious! Though it isn’t all hilarity. Fran’s mother has been dealing with an alcohol problem for years and there are some very heartfelt dealings with that problem as she tried to get her mum to go to Alcoholics Anonymous. They all give the story a kick of life and it wouldn’t have been quite the same without them.

Should you read this book? Hell to the yes. There is a lot of swearing and a teeny tiny bit of sex but it’s not too adult in my honest opinion. I thoroughly believe that it’s too brilliant to miss. Often, I find chick lit has a lot of trouble with predictability but here I just didn’t see any of the twists coming and.. Kay, finished gushing. If you have a secret penchant for chick lit while nobody’s looking or a great stonking love of it, give The Greatest Love Story of All Time a go! I love it so much and I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.(less)

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May 16, 2012 Choi Tang rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

Quite a title to live up to! What a wonderfully lovely book this is! I laughed aloud many times and my heart broke a few times too, this has restored my faith in contemporary romance novels (or chick-lit!). Though Franny was a little crude she was relatable, Robinson's portrayal of her during her recovery of her heartbreak was realistic and when viewed from the perspective of her close group of friends, very touching indeed! Their attempts to retrive her from the bowels of hell was entertaining...more

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Apr 22, 2012 Georgie rated it 5 of 5 stars

This book was really outstanding, i love how the story opens up with Fran in bed living in total dismay. Her three best friends and gin drinkers, Stefania (the crazy exotic vegan), Leonie (the red-headed, man lover who is also her longest friend), then Dave (the Glaswegian, chain smoking, camera man) bust down the door to her home to pull her out of the crazy hole she's dug herself.

Fran, is a typical 30 year old woman living in London trying to make herself a big career in television, when she'...more

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Dec 25, 2012 Agi rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-releases, 2012

Abso - hmmmhmmmhmmm (the word most used in this book :))) - lutely hilarious! Just my type of book, my kind of humour, a lot of irony, cynicism, it must be read with a lot of distance to the heroes and to you yourself.
I loved all of the characters but Michael of course, Fran's Michael, I didn't like him from the veyr beginning, he was like a little child, so unsecure, so selfish, so full of shit (sorry). Fran was amazing, so pron to accidents, but so good and full of warm, she would never do any...more

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Apr 24, 2012 Aileen rated it 4 of 5 stars

Fran is a journalist and is madly in love with her boyfriend Michael but on her 30th Birthday when she thinks he's about to ask her to be his wife it all goes horribly wrong. Fran takes to her bed for a few weeks with her cat for company until her friends rescue her and come wu with a plan. Does the plan work? or is the love oof her life nearer than she thinks?
I enjoyed this book it was funny I loved the cat there was a lot of swearing but the way it was done was really funny. A good debut novel...more

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Jun 13, 2012 Vanessa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-loved

It does exactly what it says on the front cover makes you laugh out loud! Very funny, parts of it everyone can relate to at some point in their lives. Made me look like a complete weirdo laughing out loud on the train but I highly recommend this especially of your a fan of Bridget Jones as this will right up your street!

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Mar 19, 2013 Precious Angeles rated it 3 of 5 stars

If I have read this book before The Passionate Love Affair with a stranger, I would be giving this a five star and be all giddy and smiley by the end of it but I wasn't, Why? It's not that it's a bad read, it's just that I've read it before. Almost the same plot and characters as well. The story was too familiar cause I've finished her 2nd book before I braved myself on reading her debut novel. A major percentage of the story is similar with it. Nonetheless I enjoyed reading it just not as much...more

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Mar 23, 2013 Adele rated it 4 of 5 stars

This was the first Lucy Robinson book I have read. It took me a while to get use to her writing style but once I got into the book the writing style fitted the characters and at the end of the book I really enjoyed it. A sort of updated Bridget Jones.

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Jul 04, 2012 Kat rated it 2 of 5 stars

This is Lucy Robinson’s first book, and I had high hopes for it, I really did. I love the cover; it makes you want to grab it off the shelf when you see it. The plot sounded awesome, but the actually story itself didn’t happen for me. Lucy is a good writer; there is no doubt about that. I loved Dave as he was always there for Fran, and liked the ending. There were some shocks in the story which I didn’t see coming so this is why it’s got two stars.

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Apr 01, 2013 The Commuting Bookworm rated it 5 of 5 stars

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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Mar 06, 2013 Angela rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance

Avoid this book. It's badly written, full of cliches and you will really want to slap the main character. I gave up because it was truely that bad.

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Aug 11, 2012 Paris Cassee Marie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favourites

Absolutely Amazing!

One of the funniest chick lit's I've ever laid my hands on.

Have already recommended it to 3 people. There will be more!

Maybe chick books aren't that bad.......=]

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May 05, 2012 Blodeuedd Finland rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: chic-lit

Review to be posted later at Book Lovers Inc

but fun and cute :D A light read even though its size

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Apr 02, 2012 Juwi rated it 3 of 5 stars

so it took me ages to read this because i found Fran incredibly frustrating and annoying
thank god for duke ellington and dave and freddy and stefania and leonnie etc all those madly awesome friends

it wasn't THAT FUNNY but it was quite funny.
lots of swearing though
but i was happy with the ending

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Dec 30, 2012 Suze rated it 5 of 5 stars

Hilarious, feel good and relatable what more could you want?

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Jul 04, 2012 Kat Carline rated it 5 of 5 stars

An amazing book. Laughed and cried all the way :-)

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Mar 05, 2013 Jess Mann rated it 4 of 5 stars

Really good... the first few chapters dragged a little.

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