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You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Sweet, bookish Neve Slater always plays by the rules. And the number one rule is that good-natured fat girls like her don't get guys like gorgeous, handsome William, heir to Neve's heart since university. But William's been in LA for three years, and Neve's been slimming down and re-inventing herself so that when he returns, he'll fall head over heels in love with the new,...more
Paperback, 560 pages
Published
February 3rd 2011
by Corgi
(first published February 1st 2011)
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LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.
This is hands down one of my most favourite and treasured books. I LOVE it to bits, it's a book that I have read over and over again and will never tire of. It's my dreamy go-to book and I want everyone to love it as much as I do.
'You don't have to say you love me' is a gorgeous story of love finding itself in the strangest of places. Overconfident, successful playboy Max meets literature expert and self conscious, Neve. Through a tangled web of misunderst...more
LOVE. LOVE. LOVE.
This is hands down one of my most favourite and treasured books. I LOVE it to bits, it's a book that I have read over and over again and will never tire of. It's my dreamy go-to book and I want everyone to love it as much as I do.
'You don't have to say you love me' is a gorgeous story of love finding itself in the strangest of places. Overconfident, successful playboy Max meets literature expert and self conscious, Neve. Through a tangled web of misunderst...more
May 19, 2013
Anna
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommended to Anna by:
Lisa Jayne
Shelves:
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I loved this book. You want to know why ? Well first because my bestie across the pond Lisa Jayne recommended this book to me ! Two, I love all things Brit ( especially lisa ) so from the get go I was ready for and I quote Lisa here " love love love made easy peasy lemon breezy ". Finally a character I can relate to. Sure I trip at work all the time but there's no billionaire there to rescue this Anna. Hell no. My heads in the clouds but I do get a healthy dose of reality quite often. So Neve in...more
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I’m so happy I took a risk on this new author, what a wonderful read, what an excellent writing. Everything was surprising from start to the very end, even though it was a very long book. Very realistic, original dialog while the story took me through many emotions including laughing out loud at the dry British humor sprinkled through the book. I loved it despite the things that usually bother me, such as no hero’s point of view and the heroine with weight issues theme (whining, uncertain heroin...more
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Jan 18, 2013
Jane Stewart
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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5-star-romance
Fun and enjoyable contemporary romance. Pleasant surprises and humor. Overweight woman with cool looking guy.
During the first half I was chuckling sooo many times. I was intrigued with the relationship. Very well done. Neve has a masters degree. She has been made fun of most of her life for being overweight. She used to be a size 32. She exercises hard and is strict with food. She is currently about a size 16. Her goal is to be a 10.
Neve has a friendship with William (a professor) who is away fo...more
During the first half I was chuckling sooo many times. I was intrigued with the relationship. Very well done. Neve has a masters degree. She has been made fun of most of her life for being overweight. She used to be a size 32. She exercises hard and is strict with food. She is currently about a size 16. Her goal is to be a 10.
Neve has a friendship with William (a professor) who is away fo...more
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Rating: 3.5 Stars
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me is the type of novel whose story you can predict from the synopsis itself. You know, even before you crack open the spine, that it's going to be a typical romantic comedy, a chick-flick, just like the thousands you've already seen, but you're willing to give it a try anyway. Or, at least, I was. Granted, I picked it up primarily because I wanted a taste of Sarra Manning's writing for adults after enjoying her YA Novel, Adorkable, so much last ye...more
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me is the type of novel whose story you can predict from the synopsis itself. You know, even before you crack open the spine, that it's going to be a typical romantic comedy, a chick-flick, just like the thousands you've already seen, but you're willing to give it a try anyway. Or, at least, I was. Granted, I picked it up primarily because I wanted a taste of Sarra Manning's writing for adults after enjoying her YA Novel, Adorkable, so much last ye...more
Me gusto este libro a pesar de todo lo que voy a decir a continuación.
Leer este libro fue toda una odisea, lo juro. Debería recibir una medalla solo por terminarlo. De ahora en adelante me dedicare a leer libros de menos de 400 páginas (Los de Cassandra Clare y John Green serán la excepción). Pero hay tantas cosas buenas y malas en este libro ni siquiera se por donde empezar.
Neve Slater tiene 25 años y ha esperado 3 años por el supuesto amor de su vida. A solo tres meses de su llegada, Neve qu...more
"Mira, la revelación completa, yo no estaría muy feliz si tuvieras una talla treinta y dos otra vez, pero prefiero tenerte en esa talla a no tenerte en absoluto. ¿No lo entiendes, Neevy? Como luces es sólo una parte de lo que eres pero no es lo que eres."
Ojalá, todas tuviéramos la posibilidad de tener un Max aunque sea una vez en la vida. El es absolutamente perfecto, aún cuando no lo es y tiene mil defectos, lo que solo lo hace mas atractivo.
Me encantó la historia, los personajes, la trama, tod...more
Ojalá, todas tuviéramos la posibilidad de tener un Max aunque sea una vez en la vida. El es absolutamente perfecto, aún cuando no lo es y tiene mil defectos, lo que solo lo hace mas atractivo.
Me encantó la historia, los personajes, la trama, tod...more
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me is a makeover book with not one but two characters who need some perspective. Where she obsesses over what she looks like, he has hang-ups in the relationship area. And just like Grace and Vaughn in Unsticky, Neve and Max had me so frustrated at times. While her with her size ten goal and him with his missing the hints did bother me, there were times when they could be sweet and funny.
Even if the transformations were lengthy in this one, things balanced out wit...more
Even if the transformations were lengthy in this one, things balanced out wit...more
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“What you look like is just one part of who you are - but it's not all you are.”
I am very satisfied reading this book. It is kind of long but once you start reading it, you'll get hooked right away. You'll definitely end it with a triumphant satisfied smile. It's funny and messy, quite crazy humanely irritating/annoying at times (thanks to some characters) but what makes me cherish it most was the amusing "Pancake Relationship" the main characters have, they're lovable and they fit perfectly to...more
Yazarın kaleminin çok iyi. Anlatımı çok akıcı, sürükleyici ve okuyucuyu kitaba bağlayan bir şekilde. Evet kalın bir kitap ama dili o kadar sade ve akıcı ki sayfaları nasıl çevirdiğinizin farkına varamıyorsunuz ve bir bakmışsınız kitap bitmiş.
Favori sahnem son sahneydi. Çok güzeldi. Çok romantikti. Özellikle Neve'nin inancını ve o inancını yerine getirmeye çabalaması çok iyiydi.
Kısaca karakterleri şöyle tanıtabilirim size. Neve kendine güvensiz vücudu ile küskün 25 yaşında zayıflamaya çabalayan...more
Favori sahnem son sahneydi. Çok güzeldi. Çok romantikti. Özellikle Neve'nin inancını ve o inancını yerine getirmeye çabalaması çok iyiydi.
Kısaca karakterleri şöyle tanıtabilirim size. Neve kendine güvensiz vücudu ile küskün 25 yaşında zayıflamaya çabalayan...more
I'm not gonna post a recap of the story but just tell you why I loved it.
I don't think I ever read any +500 pages book that fast that's how good it was.
In all its predictability Neve's journey was wonderfully well written, real, heartwarming, funny, sexy and romantic in the best way possible.
In some aspect I could really relate to some of Neve's insecurities and heartache so that could explain why I felt immediatly attached to the character.
She was frustrating at times, the fact that she couldn...more
I don't think I ever read any +500 pages book that fast that's how good it was.
In all its predictability Neve's journey was wonderfully well written, real, heartwarming, funny, sexy and romantic in the best way possible.
In some aspect I could really relate to some of Neve's insecurities and heartache so that could explain why I felt immediatly attached to the character.
She was frustrating at times, the fact that she couldn...more
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“The thing about love was that it caught you unawares, turned up in the most unexpected places, even when you weren't looking for it.”
'You don't have to say you love me' was truly beautiful, it made me feel so many things and I got to love all the characters during this one book. Max is like one of the best books!boyfriends I ever saw and I don't even care if he's a 'bad boy' or anything like this. He was so supportive and Neevy was such a sweet person. So many parts of this made me feel like...more
'You don't have to say you love me' was truly beautiful, it made me feel so many things and I got to love all the characters during this one book. Max is like one of the best books!boyfriends I ever saw and I don't even care if he's a 'bad boy' or anything like this. He was so supportive and Neevy was such a sweet person. So many parts of this made me feel like...more
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This book was a hard read for me, It is written in 3rd person style (which I hate) it took 20 something chapters for me to actually start liking it. Neve a very smart girl who has struggled with obesity all her life, and had been waiting on what she thought was the love of her life for 3 years. In those 3 years she worked out, followed a strict diet and lost massive amount of weight. She meets Max and they start a (pancake?) relationship (It is noted at the beginning that it will only last until...more
I have utmost regret reading more than a handful trashy (possibly trashiest to date) books for the past few weeks only to find a great one stocked in my reader for so long. I cant remember why I only made it to chapter 1 the first time i read it.
Neve's got annoying issues all right but I still dont seem to hate her. She's flawed but amazingly written. Max is just as well written here, (the entire book actually) like he felt like a Real guy , spitting out charming sometimes wrong things every oth...more
Neve's got annoying issues all right but I still dont seem to hate her. She's flawed but amazingly written. Max is just as well written here, (the entire book actually) like he felt like a Real guy , spitting out charming sometimes wrong things every oth...more
I happened across this by accident and I'm actually really glad I did. I'm not sure how well it will go down with 'across the pond readers' as it's very English as in, it's totally British vernacular and oh how I loved it.
I have to say I read an awful lot of 'big words' as Max would say and become quite settled very early on the way this book was delivered to the reader. I loved the idea of the pancake relationship and how Max and Neve dealt with it.
Max, so affable and so endearing but he's a to...more
I have to say I read an awful lot of 'big words' as Max would say and become quite settled very early on the way this book was delivered to the reader. I loved the idea of the pancake relationship and how Max and Neve dealt with it.
Max, so affable and so endearing but he's a to...more
Muy, muy diferente a lo que esperaba de este libro pero me gusto mucho.
Hay demasiados temas tratandose, pero estuvieron muy bien.
Neve es totalmente dulce pero claro no olvidemos ese pequeño problemita de la obsesion con su peso. Tenia muchas ideas equivocadas y sobre todo una imagen muy diferente de su amor. Pero eso es totalmente normal, cuando somos jovenes no podemos evitar el ser soñadoras e imaginar miles de escenarios lindos. Me desesperaba mucho cuando aun se veia gordisima y sin chiste....more
Hay demasiados temas tratandose, pero estuvieron muy bien.
Neve es totalmente dulce pero claro no olvidemos ese pequeño problemita de la obsesion con su peso. Tenia muchas ideas equivocadas y sobre todo una imagen muy diferente de su amor. Pero eso es totalmente normal, cuando somos jovenes no podemos evitar el ser soñadoras e imaginar miles de escenarios lindos. Me desesperaba mucho cuando aun se veia gordisima y sin chiste....more
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This book had so much potential. It is genuinely funny with more than one laugh-out-loud moment and lots of things that rang true to life. My main problem was with the main character, Neve.
I have read several of Sarra Manning's YA books before, and loved most of them. The best bits in this are really fabulous - Max and Neve's relationship, the family dynamic, the friendships and all the messy bits that come with love and growing up. It was an easy read as well, despite the length.
If only Neve...more
I have read several of Sarra Manning's YA books before, and loved most of them. The best bits in this are really fabulous - Max and Neve's relationship, the family dynamic, the friendships and all the messy bits that come with love and growing up. It was an easy read as well, despite the length.
If only Neve...more
Fue un buen tiempo leyéndolo, es una historia capturante.
Al principio me pareció difícil cogerle el hilo con tantas notas al pie de página además por el montón de marcas y nombres desconocidos que nombraban, también me perdía un poco con tanto que contaba la autora que me parecía excesivo y pasaba a la parte interesante, también muchos libros y autores que no había escuchado, tal vez por el origen de la novela. Los personajes. Max me pareció lindo, tierno y muuuy paciente con una Neve de baja a...more
Al principio me pareció difícil cogerle el hilo con tantas notas al pie de página además por el montón de marcas y nombres desconocidos que nombraban, también me perdía un poco con tanto que contaba la autora que me parecía excesivo y pasaba a la parte interesante, también muchos libros y autores que no había escuchado, tal vez por el origen de la novela. Los personajes. Max me pareció lindo, tierno y muuuy paciente con una Neve de baja a...more
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“Sarra Manning // Aşk Kaç Beden?”
Okuduğum en eğlenceli kitaptı…
Kusursuz fiziğe ve güzelliğe sahip diğer hanım karakterlerimizin aksine,hayatını rejim ve diyet programlarıyla geçiren kızımız Neve ile tanıştığım için şanslıyyım. Zira arada sırada da olsa insan kendine eş karakterler ile karşılaşmaktan mutlu olabiliyormuş :))
Yazarın okuduğum ilk kitabıydı, zira zaten çokda kitabı çevirilmemiş. Ama açıkcası birkaç kitabını da okuyabilirdim..
Her türlü tadı almak mümkün. Çik-lit olarak başlayıp,duygus...more
Okuduğum en eğlenceli kitaptı…
Kusursuz fiziğe ve güzelliğe sahip diğer hanım karakterlerimizin aksine,hayatını rejim ve diyet programlarıyla geçiren kızımız Neve ile tanıştığım için şanslıyyım. Zira arada sırada da olsa insan kendine eş karakterler ile karşılaşmaktan mutlu olabiliyormuş :))
Yazarın okuduğum ilk kitabıydı, zira zaten çokda kitabı çevirilmemiş. Ama açıkcası birkaç kitabını da okuyabilirdim..
Her türlü tadı almak mümkün. Çik-lit olarak başlayıp,duygus...more
Sep 30, 2012
Suey
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
realistic love stories
Recommended to Suey by:
amazon
I think this book has it all: a good story - from the ugly duckling to the beatiful swan - sex, literary references, strong women. Only the Name of the protagonist, Neve, I hate. Neve is fat - or WAS fat. It took her three years to lose her weight and become a size 12 (my own size). The change from everybodys victim into a self confident woman is the main goal of the 555 pages and is entertaining. Not in the way books by Sophie Kinsella are entertaining, with one embarassing situation following...more
I'm on a run of really good books at the moment!
I picked this one up from the library and, to be honest, I wasn't expecting much. The blurb sounds okay, I thought it would be interesting but same-old same-old.
How wrong I was, this book simply blew me away.
Not only is this a surprisingly sexy read, but it is also full of emotion, wit, intelligence, and plenty of fun.
I applaud the author for writing such a brilliant heroine - Neve is a wonderfully crafted character. When I read the blurb the bit a...more
I picked this one up from the library and, to be honest, I wasn't expecting much. The blurb sounds okay, I thought it would be interesting but same-old same-old.
How wrong I was, this book simply blew me away.
Not only is this a surprisingly sexy read, but it is also full of emotion, wit, intelligence, and plenty of fun.
I applaud the author for writing such a brilliant heroine - Neve is a wonderfully crafted character. When I read the blurb the bit a...more
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Ja dieses Buch ist nicht das was es auf den ersten Blick scheint. Hinter einer süßen Story mit viel Humor verbirgt sich eine recht tragische Geschichte einer jungen Frau die mit viel Willen und Geduld einen neuen Lebensabschnitt betreten möchte. Neve war mal richtig dick. Sie hat eine lange Zeit eine sehr strenge Diät vollzogen und ist nun auf dem besten Weg eine wirklich tolle Figur zu bekommen. Aber durch die vielen fiesen Blicke und die Hänselleien in ihrer Schulzeit, ist Neves Selbstbewussts...more
This was my second time reading Sarra Manning young adult or adult novel. At first I was a bit angry with Neve and her size ten goal and Max with his devlish ways with woman. But as you read on they began to seem like human being doing things they have no contol over. And I love how she mentioned Grace from Unsticky in the book as well. I never liked William as in the begining of the book I felt he was using Neve and he had her wraped around his finder when he needed things. I also loved how Nev...more
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me by Sarra Manning took me by surprise. I didn’t just love it, I LOVED it. It isn’t just gonna make my 2011 favorites shelf – it’ll make the favorites shelf, period.
There are so many wonderful things about the book that I’m not even sure where to start. Basically, the book takes a piece of Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (another favorite of mine), another of Bridget Jones (especially since the book is set in London)…and then a little something all its own and made a bo...more
There are so many wonderful things about the book that I’m not even sure where to start. Basically, the book takes a piece of Bet Me by Jennifer Crusie (another favorite of mine), another of Bridget Jones (especially since the book is set in London)…and then a little something all its own and made a bo...more
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I read this book a little while ago and Neve's story is still present in my head. Her fight against her weight, but especially against herself, hasn't left me since.
When I think about Chick Lit as a genre, I usually picture a couple of blonde fashionistas going shopping and searching for love in a big city (like probably most of the people who don't actually read Chick Lit). So I tend to dismiss those books very easily - you know, with all those pirates, dragons and werewolves books I haven't re...more
When I think about Chick Lit as a genre, I usually picture a couple of blonde fashionistas going shopping and searching for love in a big city (like probably most of the people who don't actually read Chick Lit). So I tend to dismiss those books very easily - you know, with all those pirates, dragons and werewolves books I haven't re...more
I'm giving this book five stars for its logical and realistic story-telling. It's a dramatic story that isn't overly dramatized by characters who act like reality stars. You can expect to read about people who can think, act, a talk like a reasonable adult who doesn't storm out banging doors after every misunderstanding.
I had gotten into the book thinking it was one of those quick-read women's novels with a relatable lead character—albeit a two-dimensional one. Except Neve was nothing like that...more
I had gotten into the book thinking it was one of those quick-read women's novels with a relatable lead character—albeit a two-dimensional one. Except Neve was nothing like that...more
The first book I read from this author. Actually this was recommended by my good friend. I had fun reading this book. From startinf to finish that I don't want it to put down. I will start first at the postive side of the book. For the h/h both characters both it suited fro each other. This h/h reflected what is the real world. What most female overweight are feeling about themselves. To counter it with a male character who is feeling empty inside and needs a purpose. This story is not far from...more
Mar 18, 2013
Katria
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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sizzling-feeling,
stand-alone,
love-story,
chic-lit,
contemporary-romance,
humor,
british-literature,
books-i-want-to-read-again,
5-star,
characters-i-love,
chubby-heroines,
favourite-shelf,
heroes-i-fantasize-about,
rom-com,
sniffy,
my-boyfriend-lit
It has been a long time since I really got addicted to a book and guess what You Don't Have to Say You Love Me broke the spell. YAY!
I am eternally grateful that I stumbled into this book because it is what I need right now. Although I asked myself if it is really worth my time reading a predictable plot and ending but in the end I knew that it is not about the ending but the journey of the characters' lives.
First of all, I would like to give Neve a loud applause for losing weight and still havi...more
I am eternally grateful that I stumbled into this book because it is what I need right now. Although I asked myself if it is really worth my time reading a predictable plot and ending but in the end I knew that it is not about the ending but the journey of the characters' lives.
First of all, I would like to give Neve a loud applause for losing weight and still havi...more
I think I know why the title is "YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME". I think it's because when it comes to love ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS. So I must say that although Neve and Max weren't that serious at first towards each other but what they don't know is that their feelings towards for each other as time goes by is that it's getting deep but they don't have any idea how to truly acknowledge it. They just go along the way not knowing that they truly care about each other which explains wh...more
Every person in love is desperately waiting for the 3-letter-word to say or to be said. Now how about a couple that aren't looking for love?
Neve works in a archive library (or something). She's the exact definition of naive. She's also a book geek and a used-to-be overweight. She's has a crush of a co-worker, William, that she hopes won't be a "crush" anymore but the real thing. BUT she's got no relationship basics so she persuades Max, "the man-slut", to just pretend they're dating in order to...more
Neve works in a archive library (or something). She's the exact definition of naive. She's also a book geek and a used-to-be overweight. She's has a crush of a co-worker, William, that she hopes won't be a "crush" anymore but the real thing. BUT she's got no relationship basics so she persuades Max, "the man-slut", to just pretend they're dating in order to...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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“That was the worst thing about having a relationship with someone, even a pretend relationship. You opened up, let someone in, and when it was over, they had all the ammunition they needed to completely destroy you.”
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“The thing about love was that it caught you unawares, turned up in the most unexpected places, even when you weren't looking for it.”
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Jun 06, 2013 06:10am
Why Thankyou poppet ❤❤ this is one of my all time favourites!!
Jun 06, 2013 06:11am