A sweet, funny and romantic novel from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller.
Lola has no intention of accepting when her boyfriend Dougie's snobbis...
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Dec 29, 2011
Stella
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Awful.. such a painfully disappointing and dull read! It was pure torture reading it through, which is even worse, since I was so interested by the plot that I went to great efforts to order it online, buy it have it delivered, and all for such an irritating and boring, undeveloped, low quality novel which just dragged on and on! I'm not prejudiced against chick lit, I like it, there are some authors I love : Sophie Kinsella, Melissa Nathan, Marian Keyes, etc, but this one definitely put me off
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Feb 17, 2012
Anyta
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This was selling cheap at $1.99 so I whipped myself up a copy.
At first I found the story a bit difficult to get into--I guess I wasn't really feeling the voice. Additionally there's a lot of time jumping over a period of ten years before the main part of the novel starts.
But there was certainly enough interest to keep me reading.
I'm hot and cold on a few things though.
Starting with the positives, I loved the depth of characters. Jill Mansell mana More...
At first I found the story a bit difficult to get into--I guess I wasn't really feeling the voice. Additionally there's a lot of time jumping over a period of ten years before the main part of the novel starts.
But there was certainly enough interest to keep me reading.
I'm hot and cold on a few things though.
Starting with the positives, I loved the depth of characters. Jill Mansell mana More...
Nov 02, 2011
Katherine
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Book starts off 10 years ago when Lola and Dougie are in love at 17 and 18. They have promised to stay together even though Dougie is moving to go to University, however, Doubgie's mom has other plans. Early on in the novel she tries to pay off Lola with 10,000 pounds! Lola is offended, however, when a situation in her home-life occurs Lola is desperate for cash to save her family. This secret between her step-father and herself will haunt her 10 years later when Lola realizes how much she still
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Sep 29, 2011
Margarida
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Foi o primeiro livro que li de Jill Mansell e confesso que fiquei fã. "Uma Oferta Irrecusável" é um livro leve, que nos rejuvenesce e anima os dias. Ao mesmo tempo, é um livro carregado de ternura, amor e toda uma mistura de sentimentos, cuja fonte é invariavelmente o coração. Todos os gestos das personagens que conhecemos neste livro são baseadas em lealdade, ternura, carinho, devoção, amor e laços de amizade.
Apesar de ser um romance cor-de-rosa, tem o poder de nos fazer a More...
Apesar de ser um romance cor-de-rosa, tem o poder de nos fazer a More...
May 19, 2011
Kim
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I liked this book and yet it made me uncomfortable for a strange and unusual reason. Jill Mansell writes great realistic characters who are honest and likeable. Her supporting characters are just as great and that does not always happen in chick lit, this makes me squirm. I am so used to reading about the cute girly character who is silly and screws everything up and the reader follows along as she stumbles through disaster after disaster only to pull everything together at the end with the help
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Jan 12, 2011
Jane
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I read this book immediately after Prodigal Summer and that book was far superior. I question whether that has made any difference to my review. I have read a couple of Jill Mansell's chick lit books previously and they were readable when choice was limited. Marginally better than An Offer You Can't Refuse. One of the main ingredients to good chick lit is humour. The heroine has to be someone you can relate to or even admire (give or take one or two embarassing situations!). This book was
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Jan 26, 2010
Michelle
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The concept of this book is not particularly unique — mom paying off the destitute girlfriend who needs to save her family to leave the rich boy she loves behind. But still, I enjoyed it none the less.
Most of Mansell’s characterizations (on an individual level) were wonderfully entertaining. Lola was funny and somewhat outlandish; she wasn’t afraid to be who she was despite leaving the man she loved behind to better the lives of her family. Gabe, her BFF, was a great counterpart wi More...
Most of Mansell’s characterizations (on an individual level) were wonderfully entertaining. Lola was funny and somewhat outlandish; she wasn’t afraid to be who she was despite leaving the man she loved behind to better the lives of her family. Gabe, her BFF, was a great counterpart wi More...
Apr 22, 2009
Samantha
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From the back of the book:
"Young Lola, under duress, accepts a huge bribe to break up with her boyfriend. The worst part is, the bribe is from his mother. Ten years later, when they meet again, her feelings for him are as strong as ever-but how is she going to win him back without telling him why she broke his heart in the first place?"
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"Young Lola, under duress, accepts a huge bribe to break up with her boyfriend. The worst part is, the bribe is from his mother. Ten years later, when they meet again, her feelings for him are as strong as ever-but how is she going to win him back without telling him why she broke his heart in the first place?"
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Apr 09, 2009
Kristi (Books and Needlepoint)
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Lola and Dougie were very much in love. Though only 17 and 18, they had promised each other forever. This changed in the blink of an eye. Dougie's mother was not a big fan of Lola's. She didn't think that Lola belonged in her son's "privileged" life, so she offers Lola 10,000 pounds to leave Dougie and convince him that it is over. Lola is outraged and is bound and determined to tell Dougie what kind of mother he has. Before she has a chance to speak with him, her circumstances change
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Sep 28, 2011
Nikki
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Naprosto příjemné a relaxační čtivo, které vás nenechá ani na chvíli na pokoji. Jakmile s touhle závislostí od Jill začnete, musíte ji dojet co nejdříve do konce. Příběh je propleten hned několika postavami, z nichž mi nejsympatičtější byla asi dvojice Sally a Gabe, kteří vůbec nejsou hlavními postavami, ale u nichž jsem se naprosto bavila. Ano, tahle kniha je velmi humorná, na konci ukápla i ta slzička. Přestože by se v jednoduchosti měla hledat krása (a tahle kniha určitě vůbec nebyla špatná),
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Jul 05, 2011
Vanessa
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I thought this book would be really good, I have read 4 of Jill Mansell books, and this is the 5th one, and I am afraid I did not find this as good as her other books.
Lola is 17 and Dougie is 18, and they are very much in love, Dougie mother does not think Lola is good enough for her son, so she offers her money to stay away from him, first of Lola was horrified, then someone needs the money desperately who Lola knows, and she asks for £12,500,and she breaks up with Dougie by letter an More...
Lola is 17 and Dougie is 18, and they are very much in love, Dougie mother does not think Lola is good enough for her son, so she offers her money to stay away from him, first of Lola was horrified, then someone needs the money desperately who Lola knows, and she asks for £12,500,and she breaks up with Dougie by letter an More...
May 18, 2009
Laure
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A really, really fun book! If you're in a bad mood, it'll cheer you right up! And don't make plans --I read it in one sitting.
So...what about it...
Lola really never, ever, gave up on trying to get Dougie back -- even when he kept throwing daggers at her and quite frankly it was hilarious!
Don't worry, you don't have to be a sadist to appreciate the way Doug shuts her down, you just can't not enjoy it with Lola being Lola!
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Lola really never, ever, gave up on trying to get Dougie back -- even when he kept throwing daggers at her and quite frankly it was hilarious!
Don't worry, you don't have to be a sadist to appreciate the way Doug shuts her down, you just can't not enjoy it with Lola being Lola!
Plus, you have to admit, that fr More...
May 08, 2011
Filipa
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Mais outro livro que li da autora e que adorei. Esta fórmula não desilude e adoro ler os livros dela. São uma lufada de ar fresco.
Leves, divertidos, românticos q.b., é tudo o que se pode pedir para uma tarde bem passada.
Sobre este livro, vou primeiro dizer as partes negativas e deixar o melhor para o fim.
A tradução está péssima. Até dá vontade de arrancar cabelos. Desde frases deste género: " A Sally entrou pelo apartamento de Sally", ao facto de a moeda neste liv More...
Leves, divertidos, românticos q.b., é tudo o que se pode pedir para uma tarde bem passada.
Sobre este livro, vou primeiro dizer as partes negativas e deixar o melhor para o fim.
A tradução está péssima. Até dá vontade de arrancar cabelos. Desde frases deste género: " A Sally entrou pelo apartamento de Sally", ao facto de a moeda neste liv More...
Feb 22, 2012
Vera
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Mais uma vez a autora não me desiludiu. De vez em quando gosto de ler estes livros leves e que me fazem rir, que contêm uma pitada de romance e humor irresistíveis.
Lola e Doug têm 17 anos e são namorados. Têm a vida pela frente e muitos sonhos para realizar. De repente Lola termina o namoro, deixando Doug sem chão e sem compreender porque é que a sua namorada resolveu desaparecer para Maiorca, sem grandes explicações. Lola não esperava ter de ceder à chantagem da mãe do namorado, mas foi e More...
Lola e Doug têm 17 anos e são namorados. Têm a vida pela frente e muitos sonhos para realizar. De repente Lola termina o namoro, deixando Doug sem chão e sem compreender porque é que a sua namorada resolveu desaparecer para Maiorca, sem grandes explicações. Lola não esperava ter de ceder à chantagem da mãe do namorado, mas foi e More...
Sep 01, 2010
Rowena
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...Jill Mansell has hit it out of the park again for me with this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I loved how Mansell wasted no time in jumping right into the thick of things. This book starts off when Lola is 17 and madly in love with Dougie Tennant. Dougie is getting ready to go to university in Dublin and though he's mad for Lola, they've worked out how they were going to do things. If things got to be too much, Lola would move to Dublin to be with Dougie but until then, they would take tur
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Apr 03, 2009
Serena
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An Offer You Can't Refuse by Jill Mansell is witty, charming, engaging, and Chicklit to the max.
For a reviewer this was a treat to find in a book, this is definitely how many of us feel about books and reading, and reading these lines instantly cemented my attention to this book.
Lola is a young girl in love with a boy, Dougie, whose family is wealthy and whose mother hates her guts. His mother makes her an offer that she can't refuse, so she takes it and says goodbye to t More...
For a reviewer this was a treat to find in a book, this is definitely how many of us feel about books and reading, and reading these lines instantly cemented my attention to this book.
Lola is a young girl in love with a boy, Dougie, whose family is wealthy and whose mother hates her guts. His mother makes her an offer that she can't refuse, so she takes it and says goodbye to t More...
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Oct 13, 2009
Elizabeth
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Jill Mansell's story is a delightful British romp through love, loss and renewed love. I happen to be a bit of an anglo-phile and enjoyed adding this title to my growing library of British chick-lit, which also includes Sophie Kinsella and Madeleine Wickham. Mansell's story is told through the perspective of lovely Lola, who is just the right combination of "girly girl" as well as someone who uses her head on a regular basis. She is a bibliophile, which makes her completely lovable
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Oct 18, 2010
Goddess
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Jill Mansell's books that I have read so far have been far too chick lit and stupid for me. Be prepared to lose brain cells when reading her trite, clichéd rubbish.
The heroine is generally naïve is either unsuccessful in her career or from a disadvantaged background, and a bit of a sap and misunderstood by the “hero” - and are usually been betrayed by a former boyfriend or just broken up from a long term relationship.
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The heroine is generally naïve is either unsuccessful in her career or from a disadvantaged background, and a bit of a sap and misunderstood by the “hero” - and are usually been betrayed by a former boyfriend or just broken up from a long term relationship.
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Oct 25, 2011
Christel
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The second book for my chick-lit reading group.
I would have liked to give this book half a star more, because it's really quite cute, but it has a couple of things to it that annoy me:
Firstly, at a charity dinner our heroine finds herself in a situation that is too much like the Law Council Dinner in Bridget Jones' Diary: the edge of reason. That kind of recycling really anoys me...
Secondly, the characters are very much stereotypes of the genre, which works s More...
I would have liked to give this book half a star more, because it's really quite cute, but it has a couple of things to it that annoy me:
Firstly, at a charity dinner our heroine finds herself in a situation that is too much like the Law Council Dinner in Bridget Jones' Diary: the edge of reason. That kind of recycling really anoys me...
Secondly, the characters are very much stereotypes of the genre, which works s More...
Aug 13, 2010
Mary
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This book was nothing extraordinary but entertaining none-the-less. My main point of contention, however, is the the synopsis provided on the back cover certainly does not aptly describe the plot. Only a very small portion of the story was dedicated to Lola and Dougie's relationship. The bulk of the book dealt with the relationships' of every other person in Lola's life (a bit too heavily weighted in this arena if you ask me). I recommend this book mainly just for a beach read- the short c
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Aug 12, 2009
Jackie
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Lola and Dougie fall in love in high school, much to Dougie's mother's dismay. He's from a rich family, Lola is working class. So, the summer between graduation and college, Dougie's mother offers Lola 10,000 pounds to break up with Dougie without telling him
about the money. A horrifying offer that Lola wants to refuse, but at the same time her beloved father has gotten himself into money troubles that would break up her own family. She takes the deal. Flash forward 10 years and Lola More...
about the money. A horrifying offer that Lola wants to refuse, but at the same time her beloved father has gotten himself into money troubles that would break up her own family. She takes the deal. Flash forward 10 years and Lola More...
Jul 12, 2011
Jackie
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Now that I've read quite a few of Mansell's books, I can see a pattern: the hero in her main plot lines is typically quite underdeveloped, often making the second and third romance pairings far more interesting to read than the main one. This book was a perfect example of this trope. Lola, our female lead, was fun to read about, but as we never get inside Doug's head, and since he and Lola are estranged for most of the book, readers don't get to see his reactions to the romance, and thus the mai
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Jan 16, 2011
Samantha
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This book started off wonderful. It seemed like a great read. It's been on my shelf for awhile and I regretted not picking it up sooner. I think that it would be a great vacation read. Very trivial, very soap opera-ish, very little thinking going on. Sometimes you just need those kinds of books. That being said, I think that the length of the book is a little too much. The last 90 pages were terrible to get through and I found myself skipping bits.
The book focuses on about three mai More...
The book focuses on about three mai More...
Feb 10, 2011
Rosie
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I've wanted to read this book for a long time and just never got round to it. As I'm ploughing through my paperbacks I thought it would be a good time to pick it up and I'm glad I didn't wait any longer!
I really felt for Lola, I thought she was a great character and her reasons for doing what she did were right even though it meant losing the love of her life. In addition to this we see a lot of her thoughts during the novel and it kept me amused, in fact I saw a bit of myself in some More...
I really felt for Lola, I thought she was a great character and her reasons for doing what she did were right even though it meant losing the love of her life. In addition to this we see a lot of her thoughts during the novel and it kept me amused, in fact I saw a bit of myself in some More...
Aug 29, 2011
Célia
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Já há algum tempo que tinha curiosidade em ler um livro da Jill Mansell (tenho mesmo A Felicidade Mora ao Lado por ler), mas só agora com este Uma Oferta Irrecusável surgiu oportunidade de experimentar.
A oferta irrecusável a que o título deste livro se refere é feita a Lola pela mãe do seu namorado, Dougie, por achar que a jovem não está à altura do filho e pelas diferenças entre a classe social em que cada um deles se insere. Apesar de inicialmente rejeitar, Lola acaba por aceitar o More...
A oferta irrecusável a que o título deste livro se refere é feita a Lola pela mãe do seu namorado, Dougie, por achar que a jovem não está à altura do filho e pelas diferenças entre a classe social em que cada um deles se insere. Apesar de inicialmente rejeitar, Lola acaba por aceitar o More...
Jun 10, 2010
Jill
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Lola and Dougie at 17 and 18 respectively were young and in love. Even though Doug was headed off to college, Lola and Doug vowed that the distance wouldn't come between them. Doug's mother never approved of Lola and seeing how close Doug and Lola were decided to throw a wrench into the mix. She offers Lola money to stop seeing Doug. Now, ten years have past after Lola did the hardest thing she ever had to do. Quite by accident she runs into Dougie and discovers she still has feelings for him. S
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Jan 18, 2011
Bird
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Bleh. Really, I should have known better than to read this. I loathe books where the entire plot revolves around some secret the main character can't divulge, thus creating all sorts of complications. But I read it, partly because I had enjoyed a previous Jill Mansell book, and thought that this would be as fun and quirky, too. Nope. Instead, I slogged through 400 pages of a bad plot and obnoxious characters.
Lola was an immature, shallow, self-centered brat, plain and simple. S More...
Lola was an immature, shallow, self-centered brat, plain and simple. S More...
Dec 29, 2011
V.E.
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It's never a good sign when my mind starts going "blah blah blah" when I'm reading a book. Unfortunately, that's what happened here.
I'm usually a fan of Jill Mansell's stories because they're light and fun and you usually know who's going to end up with who. The best things about her books are the cute moments when we get to see characters fall in love and realize that they are in love. However, in this book there was such a disproportionate focus on celebrity culture, bordering More...
I'm usually a fan of Jill Mansell's stories because they're light and fun and you usually know who's going to end up with who. The best things about her books are the cute moments when we get to see characters fall in love and realize that they are in love. However, in this book there was such a disproportionate focus on celebrity culture, bordering More...
Jul 12, 2009
Brie
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The main couple of the book not only bored me, but apparently they bored the author as well. No effort was spent on their relationship being developed, and all the effort was spent on EVERY OTHER PAIRED OFF COUPLE. It was like, if you saw that everyone else was happy, clearly, the main two will be alright. And even if he did discover, did he really PINE after her for ten years? A cute notion, but I think a bit unrealistic. however, it was a cute read, so it gets three stars. Would I read again?
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Aug 11, 2009
Jackie
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Great Chick Lit/Humor/British Fiction. Funnier than Sophie Kinsella, so if you liked the Shopaholic series, you'll LOVE Jill Mansell. Great read for when you're in a crap mood & need uplifting...or if you're in a great mood & need something new to laugh about. I must now read everything she's written. On a side note, this one holds a special place in my heart because I really feel the author truly understands what booksellers have to put up with...hahaha!
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