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Dune Road

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The instant "New York Times" bestseller from one of the most beloved voices in women's fiction
An ever-growing legion of fans greets the publication of each new tale from the inimitable Jane Green. Her latest gem, "Dune Road," is set in tony Highfield, Connecticut, where recent divorcee Kit Hargrove has joyfully exchanged the requisite diamond studs and Persian rugs of a...more

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Published June 16th 2009 by Plume Books (first published January 1st 2009)

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Jan 07, 2013 Christine rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Kit, a recently divorced mom of 2, moves from her palatial mansion in a wealthy suburb of CT to a smaller home in the same area. She has a great relationship with her ex-husband, a Wall Street banker (she didn't want to become the trophy wife she felt he wanted) and a great group of girlfriends. She starts working as an assistant to a reclusive writer and begins dating a new man. Meanwhile, one of her friends starts dating her boss yet is being secret about it, and another is facing financial pr...more

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Jun 29, 2012 Spotsalots added it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

Another novel found in the Prague apartment. Not remarkably more to my taste than the last one... another tale of women in the 1% experiencing some loss of revenue. While this one was overall more believable, it lacked the wacky humor of the shopaholic book. The protagonist and her ex-husband were relatively likable, and I appreciated the portrayal of a couple getting along pretty well post-divorce, but in general, while I like to enter unfamiliar worlds via fiction, I have little interest in th...more

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Oct 30, 2011 A.gasior rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I listened to this book on CD while taking a solo road trip up to Canada. I'm in the middle of a divorce so the topic struck a chord with me, life after divorce. I guess I turn to fiction rather than self help books. This story was a bit too "Lifetime" movie for me. I could have definitely lived without the long lost sister and shady criminal boyfriend. It was too much for me; too far from reality.

The characters seemed flat and underdeveloped, not like real people I could relate to and understan...more I listened to this book on CD while taking a solo road trip up to Canada. I'm in the middle of a divorce so the topic struck a chord with me, life after divorce. I guess I turn to fiction rather than self help books. This story was a bit too "Lifetime" movie for me. I could have definitely lived without the long lost sister and shady criminal boyfriend. It was too much for me; too far from reality.

The characters seemed flat and underdeveloped, not like real people I could relate to and understand. They all seemed so generic and gimmicky, serving very little purpose other than to push the story forward. The yoga instructor, the elderly neighbor, the author, the mommy friend, even the ex-husband, had little more than one dimension to them. The ex-husband's narrative was particularly unbelievable; it's like his world view wasn't his own, it seemed like a woman's interpretation of a man's brain, inaccurate at best. I'm pretty sure men have other things on their minds, not just sex.

Green never really went into detail about the circumstances surrounding the divorce, instead leaving the reader to interpret what may have happened in the moments leading up to it, the really critical moments. I would have rather she focused on this aspect of the story; it would have made it real for me. I think most people can agree that for all the couples out there, none of us really knows what goes on between them when the doors are closed. Things are different on the inside of a relationship vs. the outside looking in. That's the part I'm most curious about, the private lives of people that project outward an air of marital bliss. It would have been far more interesting to get those kinds of details rather than have all these sensationalized plot twists.

Overall, this book just didn't have enough substance to make me feel anything other than frustration. I wish I could avoid such mellow dramatic dribble. I especially didn't like the ending. Green left the reader to wonder at the possibility of Kit reconciling with her ex, the one we never really got a good picture of. I suppose she wanted the reader to come away hopeful that an ideal family unit can be fixed after it's been broken by divorce. This ending debases Kit and her judgement. All we know of her is that her life improved after leaving Adam, so to have her look at him with googly eyes at the end really pissed me off. It's like Green decided to throw her own heroin under the bus while attempting a version of a happy ending. I had to recalculate my impression of Kit as a weak willed and naive woman, akin to those women who just don't know what's good for them so they keep coming back to an abusive mate.

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Jul 22, 2011 Rebecca rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chicklit

Greens' books are getting worse and worse as the years go on. I think I have read them all and maybe I just can't relate to them anymore. You can tell, for the most part when someone is single and they write to when someone isn't anymore. If you read Green's earlier books, they are all insane and fun and single and in London. Now, they are all old and married and living outside NYC, which is you read her bio, is just like her now. Blah. This book had so many characters, by the end, I was like, a...more

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Mar 26, 2011 CB rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Once upon a time, Jane Green wrote light, breezy, fun books about young British women coming of age. Those were stellar chick lit novels, best of the genre.

I miss that Jane Green.

The new Jane Green writes stilted, hackneyed, predictable women's fiction novels with two-dimensional characters and ridiculous motivations. I refuse to be suckered into buying another of her novels.

It's as if she is writing by numbers. She appears to pick character names out of a hat, with the result that several chara...more

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Feb 16, 2011 Kathleen rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit

Read this as a Reader's Advisory class assignment and it reminded me why I really, really don't like chick lit.

Anyway, the plot:

Newly-divorced mom lands a job (miraculously with no effort, no skills, and no interview) working for a famous author in a tony Connecticut beach town. Of course he's craggily handsome, but so is the intriguing new guy in her yoga class who just moved to town and is looking for some company. But what's this? The blond yoga instructor is making moves on her boss the wri...more

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Jul 05, 2010 Emily rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: chick-lit, reviewed

Kit's getting use to her new single life. Has her and her kids set up in a new house, is starting to get a better relationship/friendship with her ex husband. Is expanding her group of friends and has a new job as assistance to Robert McClore a famous secluded author in town. Not all is as easy and as together for everyone as it seems though.

Kit's friends lives start changing and falling apart in ways. Asking them and Kit what their priorities really are. Tracy Kit's single new yoga friend star...more

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Mar 25, 2010 Amy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Dune Road is sort of predictable and also very familiar. Perhaps because my brother works in finance, lives in Easton, Conn. with four young children (two girls and two twin three-year-old boys) and is very successful. Or maybe because my family went through similar financial situations in the 90s. I also grew up in Westport, Conn (fictional Highfield) until my parents divorced. (My mom read the book after me and said: "I feel like I'm right back in Westport.") Instead of some of the simpler, ro...more Dune Road is sort of predictable and also very familiar. Perhaps because my brother works in finance, lives in Easton, Conn. with four young children (two girls and two twin three-year-old boys) and is very successful. Or maybe because my family went through similar financial situations in the 90s. I also grew up in Westport, Conn (fictional Highfield) until my parents divorced. (My mom read the book after me and said: "I feel like I'm right back in Westport.") Instead of some of the simpler, romantic stories of past novels (Mr. Maybe, Swapping Lives), Dune Road has too many subplots at once.

Recently divorced Kit (who used to be a dissatisfied “Wall Street Widow”: I actually wish Green had explained this term a bit more because New York Magazine certainly does not) embarks on her new life in Highfield, a rather chic town on Connecticut’s Gold Coast, as a working mom who still harbors feelings for her ex-husband Adam. She starts a new job as a personal assistant to famous mystery writer Robert McClore, who lives in a secluded home on Dune Road. Of course, he has a secret (a 30-something-year-old one). Kit’s best friend Charlie and her husband Keith face the aftermath of Wall Street’s bust when Keith loses his high-level finance position. Something that really bothered me about this is that although Keith works in the finance industry, his own financial advisor told him that he didn’t need to have any savings. “So they have never quite managed to put anything away. They are only forty, after all, and his financial advisor said he has plenty of time to worry about that. They have small SEP IRAs, and of course he has had his stock over all these years.” Super financial advisor! Well done.

As all this is going on, several mysterious people are charming their way into Kit’s life. She’s gullible and doesn’t suspect that most want more than friendship. (“Kit has always secretly longed to be the type of woman men bought flowers for, and having never been that woman, not really, she is starting to discover jus how seductive it is.”) So much for that edginess she may have developed as the wife of a Wall Street financier.

Throughout the pages of Dune Road, way too much happens simultaneously. I felt that much of the book was a re-tread of stories in the news or things I’d heard before. Green is trying for a mystery and romance in one book and it just doesn’t work very well. I had one ‘mystery’ figured out at pg. 160 (I don’t know if that means I’m super smart or the writing is weak). Dune Road is not a page turner which is generally what you expect of a Green novel and what most people look for in a summer read. Green fails to create characters that you care about all that much in the end. Save your money on this one. Borrow it from the library or from a friend.
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Jul 24, 2009 Shonda rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2009

Early in the book, I found it quite difficult to follow the plot. The author flowed back and forth between the past and present, that I wasn’t sure if the next scene is taking place now or had already happened. It was quite unsettling for me as I thought the storyline was very choppy.

Around page 150 or so, I found my groove and plowed right through it. As I was reading, I thought the plot was very predictable (I knew how Kit’s story would end within the first pages of the book) and I didn’t find...more

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Oct 05, 2012 Heather rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I listened to this as an audio book and I hated it. Absolutely. Hated it. I found myself yelling in the car and shutting the disc off so frequently that I couldn't even get through the entire thing. I don't know if it's because I found the actor's voice so irritating and portrayal of the characters so annoying, or if the material really was that dreadful. I think it was both, actually.

The characters were flat. Completely flat. No depth. And they were also whiny, elitist snobs crying about the lo...more

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Sep 01, 2011 Ksenia Grekova rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Oh gosh. Am utterly disappointed! I could barely finish this one. Ok, the story itself is kind of yesterday's news, but, than again, one does not expect another "godfather" on every corner, does one? And I am ready to accept some easy/not so 'quotable' stories now and than, especially when i pick contemporary writer (doing 5 books a year) instead of, say, Mr Wilde/Joyce/Shaw/..you name it.

BUT what on earth has happened to Green's language?? I felt exactly like when i was rereading my own clumsy...more

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Jan 07, 2010 Rachel rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooked, 144booksin2010

To sum this up in one word: ZZZZZZZZZzzzzz....

The blurb promises to move the reader from laughter to tears and back again. I never laughed and only cried tears of boredom. I was always waiting for this book to pick up but it never quite got there. Just when some kind of plot point began to move forward, the narrator stops and gives us an intricate look into the character's past thoughts, history, and motivations. The other misleading portion of the book blurb says that the main character would s...more

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Jun 20, 2009 Christi rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jane Green's latest novel takes place in Highfield, CT, and centers around a group of 3 girlfriends and their relationships with each other, their families and other friends in supporting roles. Kit is the main character of the book, a divorced mother of two, who has come to love her life now that she is no longer a "wall street widow." Kit's best friend is Charlie, also a mother of two but still married to her wall street finance wizard. Tracy is the newest friend to the group, who is their yog...more Jane Green's latest novel takes place in Highfield, CT, and centers around a group of 3 girlfriends and their relationships with each other, their families and other friends in supporting roles. Kit is the main character of the book, a divorced mother of two, who has come to love her life now that she is no longer a "wall street widow." Kit's best friend is Charlie, also a mother of two but still married to her wall street finance wizard. Tracy is the newest friend to the group, who is their yoga instructor and has been unlucky in love, being twice-divorced and has a bit of a shady past.

Overall, this was a good read. I think that Green does a good job of developing her characters (which is refreshing for me, considering the last two books had no character development at all) and keeps the story interesting enough for me to want to read the book in a weekend. However, I think that Green is still missing that spark in her writing that was evident in her first few books, found in "Jemima J," "Mr. Maybe," "Bookends," "Babyville," "Straight Talking," and even "To Have and To Hold." Her characters are interesting, but at times seem one-dimensional when interacting with other characters in the story. It feels like her latest books are about quantity, rather than the quality in her first few novels.

Some other issues I have with Green's writing is her extreme overuse of commas and run-on sentences. From the very first paragraph of the story (which was, coincidentally, one sentence), it was a struggle to get used to this "style" of writing, which appears like lazy writing to me. And all of the product placement (ie iPod, YouTube, Google, Range Rover, etc) and celebrity name-dropping can verge on the annoying side. I realize that this book, like her others, should be read with the idea of fun in mind, but it can be a bit much.

"Dune Road" was a decent read, and is definitely better than some of Green's other novels. The ending was a bit abrupt and, in some ways, far-fetched to achieve the "and they lived happily ever after" feel, but it was fairly satisfying. I also think that there were too many sub-plots for a 340 page book, and some were a bit unnecessary to the main plot of the story. I would love Green to have a "back to basics" type of novel, where it felt fresh and strong instead of forced and tired...but this book is a step in the right direction.(less)

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Apr 17, 2013 Shannon Arehart rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is probably more like a 1.5, because I reserve 1 star reviews for books I actively hate. But this one is not good and I don't recommend it to anyone. I grabbed the audio book for a road trip/big commuting week and the nicest thing I can say is that it wasn't a waste of my time, simply because I was stuck in the car anyway, so why not listen to a story? It was a ridiculous story, however, and poorly edited. Some of the characters are horrible and it's all just glossed over. There is no subtl...more

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Jul 17, 2010 Kelly rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I didn't expect too much since it was a chick-lit book, but the most IRRITATING thing about this book is the language that the characters use. Jane Green is British and most of the books I've read of hers so far have characters who are also British. This book is about characters living in the US... Connecticut, to be exact.

What was most irritating is that so many British phrases were used in this book in the language of these American born-and-raised characters. How would an editor have let tha...more

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Mar 20, 2010 Meghan rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: chic lite fans

Shelves: american, brit-lit, british, fluff, library, romance

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. There are times when a girl's brain just needs a break and so you go to the chic lite aisle and grab something that sounds completely trashy and inane. This is the second Jane Green book I've read and she's definitely not one of my favorites. I find it trite to justify "chic lit" as "art" in your own chic lit story.

Green's writing is okay as far as chic lite stories go. The story reads easy enough and the premise had certain promises. The main problem I had with this story had nothing to do with...more There are times when a girl's brain just needs a break and so you go to the chic lite aisle and grab something that sounds completely trashy and inane. This is the second Jane Green book I've read and she's definitely not one of my favorites. I find it trite to justify "chic lit" as "art" in your own chic lit story.

Green's writing is okay as far as chic lite stories go. The story reads easy enough and the premise had certain promises. The main problem I had with this story had nothing to do with the author. The main character is 40 years old and experiencing things that this 36 year old has yet to face. And so I had a very hard time relating to this woman.

The other thing that got me was the ending. WHile the plot was unrealistic, one expects a certain leeway in said genre. So it says a LOT when I can't get past certain points. Like, the main character refuses to speak to her new found half-sister because said half-sister slept with her ex-huband and was slowly plotting to replace her in her ex-husband's and children's lives. BUT when its revealed her new found close friend had introduced her to said friend's domestic violence, wife-beating on-again/off-again boyfriend and said boyfriend seduced her in order to get more dirt on the local literary hero so said friend could seduce him, and the woman doesn't even blink, I was thankful there were only a handful of pages left otherwise I would have chucked the book right into the toilet.

Lastly, Green is a US-based British author. This means you get a very British-style "chic lite" story but set in America. This is annoying because British-style chic lite stories are greatly different and so characters set in the US and suppose to be American but have a very British voice is not just annoying but confusing. If you're going to write a story in the US, do us a favor and make them British ex-pats. At least then when they say things that no self-respecting American would say, you can chock it up to their British-ness.

All-in-all, if you like chic lite, this isn't a bad read. But I think there are more entertaining stories out there and definitely better written ones. And I really need to stop reading British chic lite. It's just not my cuppa.

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Oct 04, 2009 Helen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books, family-life, female-friendship, light-reads, relationships, suspense

I liked this book much better than Beach House.

It was a very recent story of what happens to the smart set on the east coast who live-way-beyond-their-means-to-impress-each-other and then the economy falls apart. Husbands lose their jobs, homes are foreclosed on and horror of horrors they have to shop at J. Crew instead of trunk shows they throw at home (like the tupperware parties most people we know would have had).

That though is not the main story of the book. Just a side story to fill out th...more I liked this book much better than Beach House.

It was a very recent story of what happens to the smart set on the east coast who live-way-beyond-their-means-to-impress-each-other and then the economy falls apart. Husbands lose their jobs, homes are foreclosed on and horror of horrors they have to shop at J. Crew instead of trunk shows they throw at home (like the tupperware parties most people we know would have had).

That though is not the main story of the book. Just a side story to fill out these characters and what drives them. Actually the story reads like a soap opera. Kit is a woman (who actually thinks she's old at 40). The mother of a daughter and a son. She has recently been divorced. Her marriage fell victim to her husbands job. He was on a career path that obviously superceded his relationship with his family. As the story moves on it will become clear that this marriage could have been saved. But it seemed like a good idea at the time. She has gotten rid of all her designer clothes and is learning to deal with the condescending looks of all the other moms at her children's schools who still have a uniform to identify who they are and to impress their other 'friends'.

It is amazing though what she thinks downsizing is. Her version of a simple life is a charming clapboard house in Conneticut with a broad veranda and a porch swing. She likes to sit out on the swing with a bottle of crisp white wine to relax. The children are no bother because her ex has moved to a small farmhouse across town. He is now trying to be the in touch father to his children. So they are with him and she has time not to worry.

Her new friends are Charlie and Tracy. Charlie is still uber-rich. Her husband also works on Wall Street with Kit's ex. They have been close friends for a while. She was the only one who didn't look down on poor Kit when she simplified her lifestyle. Tracy owns the new yoga center in town. That is how Kit met Tracy. When she shyly decided to start yoga classes. Of course Charlie takes classes too.

Life will soon take a toll on both Charlie and Tracy. Tracy has secrets she has kept for many years. Charlie has a husband who has kept secrets from her.

There are many more characters that figure into this story with their own life experiences. It turns out to be a little bit of a suspenseful intrigue. Although if you aren't half asleep when you read it (I read it in the afternoon with hot tea so I was more alert) you can pretty much guess what the secrets are and what is going to happen. But actually it really is a good read. Toward the end there were a few things that I would have questioned in real life. Instead it is all tied up with a neat little bow. But, hey, that's why we read books because sometimes we don't want it to resemble real life at all.(less)

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Feb 14, 2012 Pat rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In hindsight, I have to really ponder Jane's books that I read. This is the third I have read of hers. Last review, I said it would be a long time before I read another of hers. I succumbed. I like her style. When she writes books they do draw me in. This one was good. I did not enjoy it as much as Beach House but it was good.
I have not had the opportunity to live the life she describes in the story. I can not imagine the frivolous, snobbish life style that the people in her book live. Could pe...more

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Feb 04, 2011 Christina rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

SPOILERS (if you want to call them that considering how small of a surprise they were.)

Meh. I guess it was OK. I DID find it incredibly predictable, though ... and by the time the final big revelation came, it was delivered so nonchalantly that it seemed like the author had grown weary of pretending it was some big surprise as well. (That revelation being that Steve was, indeed, Jed was done in passing, when the POV switched back to Tracy.)

It was also incredibly repetitive and at times very, ver...more

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Aug 03, 2012 Tiffany rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I have been a Jane Green fan for roughly the last decade ever since I picked up the novel Jemima J. Ms. Green's writing style is light and gripping with a dose of plot twists. After reading the sore disappointment that was her last novel titled the Beach House, I was skeptical about picking up Dune Road. I was REALLY disappointed by the Beach House because the characters were not likable and felt flat. I was happily surprised that Dune Road was quite the opposite. The book details the lives of s...more

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Aug 03, 2011 Talia rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, chick-lit

This story focuses on Kit, a 40-something, newly divorced mom living on Connecticut’s gold coast, and her many friends within the town of Highfield, chronicling their ups and downs within their lives.

Good lord. WHY do I keep reading these books? I realize that Jane Green is writing what she knows, but it’s boring, even though she’s very careful to make sure that not all of the characters are richy snobs. No, no, the main character works for her living and is content to be in khakis and a ponytai...more

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Apr 23, 2011 Alex rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: someone wanting a gentle read

Another offering by Jane Green. All about love, commitment, getting on with your life and being happy with your lot. A lovely gentle read and all loose ends are tied up at the end of the novel. A story about Kit, her loves, her friends and her life; basically how to pick up the pieces after divorce. She lives in what seems to be a really bitchy up-market area where peoples' misery is the new gossip in town. She picks herself up and rebuilds her life, and still has a good relationship with her ex...more

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Sep 26, 2012 Shana rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jane Green is my favorite chick lit author. I have never really been into novels with frothy pink covers, though once in a while I appreciate cheesy ones about designer labels, hot men, and a woman’s quest for love. There’s no hate here, it’s just not really my thing (especially if you consider that lately I’ve been into nonfiction about birth, Christian Evangelicals, and food).

But Jane Green, well, anytime I see she has written a new book I always have to get it. And how perfect that Dune Road...more

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Sep 17, 2010 Allison rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jun 28, 2012 Nicole rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I had heard so many good things about Jane Green's books and so I decided to give "Dune Road" a try. It turned out to be Nothing like I expected. It wad funny, sad and full of life. I think the thing I loved about this book was not only the characters but the plot and how it was relatable to everyday life. It wasn't a fantasy or set in an entirely different world but set in Connecticut at the time of the economic crash. I really enjoyed reading this book and it's a really good page turner. Howev...more

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May 28, 2011 Sam rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: diehard chick lit fans

Recommended to Sam by: on the bargain pile

Jane Green books seem to have two distinct personalities for me: there’s the funny and readable (mainly the earlier books) and then there’s the annoying and predictable (her more recent books). I loved Bookends and still have the highly recommended Jemima J to read, but I think I’ll stay away from her newer books in future.

Dune Road is also known as Girl Friday in other countries. I like Girl Friday better, even though it doesn’t really fit in with the tone of the book for me. You see, Kit is a...more Jane Green books seem to have two distinct personalities for me: there’s the funny and readable (mainly the earlier books) and then there’s the annoying and predictable (her more recent books). I loved Bookends and still have the highly recommended Jemima J to read, but I think I’ll stay away from her newer books in future.

Dune Road is also known as Girl Friday in other countries. I like Girl Friday better, even though it doesn’t really fit in with the tone of the book for me. You see, Kit is a famous author’s ‘girl Friday’ in that she makes him coffee, does office work for him etc. But the book is not really about the relationship between them. Kit is recently divorced and coming to terms with single mother life. There’s also some aspects about her friends – Charlie has to face the realities of the GFC (not every book written in the last few years needs a GFC crisis – authors please take note!) and Tracey, looks like being a schemer – or is she a victim? Throw in a sweet elderly neighbour, a new boyfriend, a mysterious relative and a distant mother and you have all the plotlines in the world to play with.

The thing I found though was that Green doesn’t make use of these plotlines, in particular, Tracey’s situation. There was so much room for emotional blackmail, some serious arguments and near-misses. However, it is all glossed over sweetly and superficially without the players realising the seriousness of the situation. The ends are not only tied up, they’re wrapped into a giant bow. So much more use could have been made of the lost relative storyline – they were portrayed again without depth. This could have been a great book if a few less threads were dealt with and the characters broke out of the stereotypical moulds. Now I know why Borders had this on the bargain pile.

Unfortunately, I’ve read it all before and there’s new reading ground for me to break, so I think I’ll stay away from Green’s new books for some time. I’ll seek out Jemima J, but that’s it. Am I too old to appreciate chick lit?
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Mar 25, 2012 Ann Diab rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

On the back cover, we are told that USA Today declared this book "A total bon bon." I agree, in that a bon bon is tempting and delicious and holds promise that it will satisfy, but even as the delightful taste builds, as you near the end you realize you've made a mistake and are left only with empty calories.
I was distracted throughout the book with the overlooked Londoner colloquialisms that the editor failed to notice shouldn't be coming out of the mouths or be in the thoughts of these New En...more

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Jun 17, 2010 English rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'm not going to lie, I miss the Jane Green of old where her content was the stuff of Cosmo book reviews, if you know what I mean. They were so smutty, I loved the mental holidays. This book was also a mental holiday, but not quite as juicy as her previous works (see other books I've read on my shelf). It was a good book, definitely a fast read (I got 90% of the book read on a 2.5 hour plane ride) but my only complaint is that when the "twist" finally revealed itself, the resolution was waaaaaay...more

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May 12, 2011 Jennifer Woodside (Niewiera_ rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Just finished up with this one and I have to say it was PAINFUL to read. Honestly. The only reason I kept going with it was because I wanted to know what happened in the end, but really - it is a bad bad book! You don't even like the characters so I found it very hard to feel bad or want anything good to happen to any of them. I found myself yelling at the characters in the book, groaning because some of the parts are so pathetic. Ugggh!!! There are a few twists, one of them that I saw coming fr...more

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Jan 08, 2013 Christina rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

Impulse kindle check-out to occupy me on my commute. The characters felt too cardboard to me, and the character cliches would have made me throw the book across the room if I'd been reading a paper copy. Divorced, entitled Connecticut suburbanites, long passages about the moms at yoga classes and coffee dates while the dads work in NYC in finance... Ugh ugh ugh. Minor redemption by having the plot relate slightly to the financial crisis, but not enough for me to say I enjoyed this book. I'm not...more

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Jane Green (born in 1968 in London, England) is an U.S.-based British author. She lives in Connecticut with her husband, four children under the age of 5 - including a set of twins - and dog Palmer. She attended the University of Wales, Aberystwyth from 1987-88, although she left without completing her degree and worked as a journalist throughout her twenties. At the age of 27 she was inspired to...more

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“When I'm single, I'm this fabulous, independent, confident woman, and then I get involved with one disastrous man after another and I turn into this needy, insecure, fearful girl who becomes frightened of her own shadow.” — 9 people liked it

“Loving she realises is a verb. It is an act. It is not enough to say you love someone, and then forget about them, or trust a relationship will stay strong simply because you share a house or children or a life.
Loving requires acts of love. It requires thinking of your spouse, doing things for them to make them happy. It requires acting in loving ways, even when you are tired, or bogged down with work, or so stressed you are waking up every night with a jaw sore from grinding your teeth.
They forgot to do that, she now knows. They forgot to love each other. They expected love to continue, without putting any work into it, and today she knows this is why her marriage failed.” — 9 people liked it

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