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153rd out of 168 books
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266 voters
LoveHampton
by
Sherri Rifkin (Goodreads Author)
After a recent break-up sent her into a self-imposed “personal hiatus,” thirty-something New York TV-promo producer Tori Miller is determined to get a life.The fastest way?A Hamptons summer share house. She ditches her old look—thanks to a last-minute makeover on a reality show pilot—and over the next three months, the new-and-improved “Miller” becomes the wing-woman to a...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
May 13th 2008
by St. Martin's Griffin
(first published 2008)
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Lovehampton had the misfortune of being my second Hamptons read this summer so I couldn't help but start comparing the two right away. A lot of it had the same story about share house life and rules and the hustle of getting out east from the city as quickly as possible every Friday.
The main difference is a decade. How The Other Half Hamptons is about gals in their early 20s. Lovehampton is about a house of 30-somethings. Lovehampton made me realize that I'm not in my early 20s anymore. It also...more
The main difference is a decade. How The Other Half Hamptons is about gals in their early 20s. Lovehampton is about a house of 30-somethings. Lovehampton made me realize that I'm not in my early 20s anymore. It also...more
Tori (aka “Miller” to her Hampton housemates) is waking up after a two-year depression caused by the breakup with her boyfriend. With the help of her best friends, Tori is made over, has started her own business, and thrown into a house share with strangers in the Hamptons. As the summer progresses, Tori comes out of her shell and begins dating, she can’t help but wonder if “this new Tori” is the woman she truly wants to be.
LoveHampton is a perfect way to spend a lazy summer afternoon. Readers i...more
LoveHampton is a perfect way to spend a lazy summer afternoon. Readers i...more
What I'm looking for in chick lit (Nanny Diaries, Bridget Jones Diary): good female character w/unique character development; yes, a love story; setting. This one delivers. I wanted to "find out more about the Hamptons;" and I often like to get that kind of information from fiction. A good novel with characters who are representative of the people of an area (or era!) can tell you more - in a shorter time and in a more interesting way - than hard research. So this book does that. It's just I thi...more
It took me a few pages to really get into this one, but once I did it was worth reading. I thought it was going to be chick-lit, but it was "better" than that...if that makes sense.
Interesting summer read about how the other half--the trendy, fast Hampton half--live.
CRAP! Three reasons...
1. I resent authors who are from NYC and feel that anything and anyone outside that sphere is complete hick. It's insulting. Man Camp is another shining example.
2. I am 31. The main character is 35ish. I outgrew her antics, pathos, and drama years ago. Grown woman do not behave like this. How am I supposed to relate?
3. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 be the height of plot climax, this was a two. Really? The big misunderstanding was over that? You've got to be kidding me. Don...more
1. I resent authors who are from NYC and feel that anything and anyone outside that sphere is complete hick. It's insulting. Man Camp is another shining example.
2. I am 31. The main character is 35ish. I outgrew her antics, pathos, and drama years ago. Grown woman do not behave like this. How am I supposed to relate?
3. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 be the height of plot climax, this was a two. Really? The big misunderstanding was over that? You've got to be kidding me. Don...more
The introductions of so many characters at once in the beginning of the book made things a little confusing initially. But once you learned the characters the book was very enjoyable. Miller was an extremely likeable character that I imainge many women can relate to on some level. And the men in the book..my, my, my!
If you can keep up with all the many characters and the "rules" introduced throughout the book it's a great weekend or vacation read - fun and keeps you flipping the page to find ou...more
If you can keep up with all the many characters and the "rules" introduced throughout the book it's a great weekend or vacation read - fun and keeps you flipping the page to find ou...more
After a bad breakup, New Yorker Tori Miller's life spiraled out of control. Depressed, reclusive, unshowered, and decidedly un-waxed, Tori has spent two years virtually hiding in her Manhattan apartment and ignoring the outside world. When her friends decide they've had enough, they launch a campaign to help Tori re-emerge into the real world again, complete with a free makeover from the "Transformation Team" of the newest Queer Eye-esque reality show. The newly made-over Tori (aka "Miller") dec...more
Tori Miller's in a funk. She's lost her job and been dumped by her boyfriend. After a lengthy hiatus, her friends convince her to take a well needed vacation by sharing a house in the Hamptons for the summer weekends. To get her ready it, she is giving a makeover (which happens to be for a pilot of an upcoming reality show).
I have to admit that the set up to LoveHampton by SHerri Rifkin sounded hokey to me and if you stop long enough to think about the backstory, it does have a few holes, but w...more
I have to admit that the set up to LoveHampton by SHerri Rifkin sounded hokey to me and if you stop long enough to think about the backstory, it does have a few holes, but w...more
After being dumped by her boyfriend, Tori Miller finds herself in a major breakup depression that causes her three friends to take action. These beloved friends convince her to get a makeover as part of reality TV show and to buy into a share in a Hampton’s house with seven complete strangers as an effort move on with her life. Tori complies and before long finds herself dating again and entangled in the lives of her new friends. Although is this new person she is becoming really the person she...more
I would have given this book 3.5 stars were I able. I'm just not ready to commit to saying that I 'really' liked it. A good, if predictable, beach read, perfect when you don't want to have to concentrate too hard. The main character was very likable and for a change didn't embark on a series of zany adventures due to her inability to tell the truth. She was actually a very likable girl coming off a bad situation we can all relate to, and as a reaction to it, went a little overboard. Good book, I...more
not bad! very predictable though. anyone who's ever read any other chick-lit novel had to have known from the beginning not only who she'd end up with in the end but also that a) she was going to see peter in the hamptons with a new girl eventually and b) that her secret would be outed. but still well-written, maybe a little too quippy for my taste but the "true to yourself" message was minimized and not overly preachy. a solid three bordering on a four.
I really enjoyed this novel! Recently, I have been reading a lot of non-fiction and when I finished the most recent one, I decided to switch over to fiction for a change of pace, and something light and fun. With summer right around the corner this book was the perfect choice. It was light, fun, full of humor and likable/interesting characters. The main character Tori Miller is a wonderful heroine and her best friends are a hoot. Her housemates continue to fascinate and intrigue the reader throu...more
Jul 21, 2008
Amanda
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
someone who wants light & fluffy summer beach reading.
I will preface my review by saying this: I knew this book would be fluff. I got it from the library and intentionally held it to read until I myself was going to the Hamptons, thinking that it would be fun to read a book that took place there.
For those purposes, the book satisfied. It appropriately name-dropped locations and situations in both the Hamptons and NYC, and it had the Hamptons-fantasy-world quality that you'd expect from a book like this, in the Lauren Weisenberger genre. However, th...more
For those purposes, the book satisfied. It appropriately name-dropped locations and situations in both the Hamptons and NYC, and it had the Hamptons-fantasy-world quality that you'd expect from a book like this, in the Lauren Weisenberger genre. However, th...more
This was a fun easy read about some thirty-somethings staying in a summer house in the Hamptons. I had a little trouble keeping straight the girls in the book, not for lack of description or character development, but because I was pretty focused on the main character, who was very easy to like, in spite of a few bad decisions.
I'm about 70 pages in right now and I honestly can't take this book anymore. There is no substance whatsoever, I findmyself bored to tears and struggling to keep on reading. All this book is about is how rich everyone is, there's no character development and I'm not attached to any of the characters. What a waste of time. =( I have stopped reading this.
I think it reminds me of royal pain the series. There's nothing similar except that Hampton play important role. Another easy reading. I read four of them in a row to make myself a bit calm. I need to read something that doesn't need too much of my concentration and doesn't stir my emotion too much. The book serves that.
my beach read - finished in two days! normally, i don't expect much from a beach read yet this one was good.
i actually found myself flipping the pages wanting to know what kind of romp / drama / fashion "miller" was going to be in next! it's one of better beach reads in a while!
i actually found myself flipping the pages wanting to know what kind of romp / drama / fashion "miller" was going to be in next! it's one of better beach reads in a while!
Tori was jilted and had a hard time getting over it. Finally she got a life and made some interesting discoveries along the way. This book had some good relationships and definitely showed the importance of friendships. I liked the humourous edge the author had.
A light, easy read. I struggled to get into the book, however, i'm most certainly glad i continued. There is lot of characters, however, by the middle of the book the author focuses on the main characters and gets you to know them.
This was a great summer read... I could practically smell the Banana Boat wafting from the pages. It was a little disconcerting to read bout 30-somethings acting like high schoolers though...
An entertaining story about a woman who gets dumped, falls apart and then attempts to recreate her social life by getting a summer share in the Hamptons. Good beach read.
I liked this book, would definitely read more books by this author. Some things that happened were a little extreme, I thought, but I enjoyed it .
my fun guility pleasure from the beach read...nyc girl visits the hamptons,,,cute, fun and not much depth, reads like a danielle steel novel
This was such a good book! It was definitely a "beach read" ... filled w/ lots of juicy gossip and fancy Hamptons parties.
A guilty pleasure chick flick that allowed me to romp around in the Hamptons with the fun characters.
Frothy, pleasant, but unremarkable beach-type read ideally suited for my recent plane trip.
Super cute and a quick read. My first foray into Chick Lit, and I liked it!
Great summer read... lol funny and refreshing. Good writing for a first novel.
Cute summer love story, wish I could have a glamorous Hampton summer!
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