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Cheet
Sassy London cab driver Kathryn Cheet uses a system of color-coded cell phones to juggle five different lovers, until she picks up Craig Summer, a difficult but charming passenger who seems determined to create chaos in Kathryn's life.
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
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Anna Davis
8 books22 followersAnna Davis is the author of five novels: The Jewel Box, The Shoe Queen, Cheet, Melting and The Dinner, as well as short stories and journalism. She lives in London with her partner and two children.
Anna is also the founder and Managing Director of Curtis Brown Creative, the only creative writing school run by literary agents.
http://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
Anna is also the founder and Managing Director of Curtis Brown Creative, the only creative writing school run by literary agents.
http://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/
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April 10, 2023
2.5/5
Dit boek geeft precies wat je verwacht. Een chaotisch verhaal over een vrouw die als taxichauffeur werkt en 5 verschillende relaties probeert te onderhouden. Ze ontmoet nummer 6 en raakt verstrikt in haar eigen leugens. Het plot ging eigenlijk nergens heen. Ze kwam wel tot het besef dat dit geen leven is en de meeste relaties eindigen maar er was geen closure.
Dit boek geeft precies wat je verwacht. Een chaotisch verhaal over een vrouw die als taxichauffeur werkt en 5 verschillende relaties probeert te onderhouden. Ze ontmoet nummer 6 en raakt verstrikt in haar eigen leugens. Het plot ging eigenlijk nergens heen. Ze kwam wel tot het besef dat dit geen leven is en de meeste relaties eindigen maar er was geen closure.
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March 11, 2024
Interesting concept, easy read !
September 3, 2008
I liked this book...aside from the ending!
There isn't one...at all.
The book just stops, leaving you to believe at least a chapter fell out of the back of your book.
I guess you are just supposed to assume what happens next.
It really wasn't what I was expecting....but overall I liked it.
There isn't one...at all.
The book just stops, leaving you to believe at least a chapter fell out of the back of your book.
I guess you are just supposed to assume what happens next.
It really wasn't what I was expecting....but overall I liked it.
October 18, 2007
The writing for me was awkward, and the plot so convoluted it was hard to keep track of the trollops conquests, and what the importance was to the story line. I wish I could get my 2 dollars back.
June 18, 2025
I've had this book on my bookshelf for over 20 years. I think I bought it on the Bargain Books rack at Barnes & Noble oh-so-long ago. So I finally decided to read it.
The story is about a woman cab driver in England named Kathryn Cheet who has five lovers (4 men and 1 woman) and a separate cell phone for each. Obviously it was written over 20 years ago because who would have five cell phones today? But even in the early 2000s, I'm still not sure why she needed a separate cell phone for each when she could put each of their names in her contacts list and know who's calling. Anyway...
Kathryn drives a cab mostly during the nighttime and, apparently, isn't one to settle for just one person in her love life. She keeps them all at bay and never fully reveals her true self to any of them. Of course, maybe she's not even sure what her true self even is. She constantly lies and has to keep all her stories straight. Her best friend Winnie is the one who probably knows her best and is the only one who knows about Kathryn's juggled love life.
Unfortunately, our main character Kathryn is not a likeable person. She has a lot of issues. So that kind of makes her hard to root for her. She lies to each of her lovers about her circumstances and whereabouts. And then she becomes hypocritically upset when she thinks that any one of the lovers is cheating on her with someone else. She's truly a narcissist.
However, I did want to follow the story through to the end to see how everything turned out. Overall, it was a decent read. It's well-written and easy to follow, despite some British terminology and traditions that Americans may not be familiar with. And Kathryn finally works out most of her issues.
The story is about a woman cab driver in England named Kathryn Cheet who has five lovers (4 men and 1 woman) and a separate cell phone for each. Obviously it was written over 20 years ago because who would have five cell phones today? But even in the early 2000s, I'm still not sure why she needed a separate cell phone for each when she could put each of their names in her contacts list and know who's calling. Anyway...
Kathryn drives a cab mostly during the nighttime and, apparently, isn't one to settle for just one person in her love life. She keeps them all at bay and never fully reveals her true self to any of them. Of course, maybe she's not even sure what her true self even is. She constantly lies and has to keep all her stories straight. Her best friend Winnie is the one who probably knows her best and is the only one who knows about Kathryn's juggled love life.
Unfortunately, our main character Kathryn is not a likeable person. She has a lot of issues. So that kind of makes her hard to root for her. She lies to each of her lovers about her circumstances and whereabouts. And then she becomes hypocritically upset when she thinks that any one of the lovers is cheating on her with someone else. She's truly a narcissist.
However, I did want to follow the story through to the end to see how everything turned out. Overall, it was a decent read. It's well-written and easy to follow, despite some British terminology and traditions that Americans may not be familiar with. And Kathryn finally works out most of her issues.
April 18, 2024
Five stars for Cheet's star-shaped life! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
December 17, 2012
My attemp at Chick Lit starts (and ends) with this disappointing novel.
Not sure why I chose to read it. Maybe, its because it was set in London with a cab driver - I don't know.
What should have warned me is the name of the main character Katherine Cheet. Thats weak for a character who has five (or is it six - its so hard to keep track) lovers. She has a different coloured phone for each of them.
There is father with daughter, a would be gangster, a rent boy, a lesbian, a would be rock star with gambling problems.
She bed hops with all of them after her night shift ends "Night Time is her favorite part of day".
Normally - this type of subversion would be OK but there are two things fundamentally wrong with this book.
The start shows a fare being picked up (two pissed blokes). This turns out to be a policeman and a pimp - one becomes her lover (surprise) and one is involved with her rent boy lover. Then the policeman investigates the gangster she is with. I mean - how big is London - 12m people.
The second problem for me is the characterisation. We are told that she has committment problems but why. She is almost cartoonly drawn and seems to have no emotions or explanations as to what she is doing.
I'm afraid this was all a bit of a waste of time for me and I won't be going out of my way for other books of hers.
Not sure why I chose to read it. Maybe, its because it was set in London with a cab driver - I don't know.
What should have warned me is the name of the main character Katherine Cheet. Thats weak for a character who has five (or is it six - its so hard to keep track) lovers. She has a different coloured phone for each of them.
There is father with daughter, a would be gangster, a rent boy, a lesbian, a would be rock star with gambling problems.
She bed hops with all of them after her night shift ends "Night Time is her favorite part of day".
Normally - this type of subversion would be OK but there are two things fundamentally wrong with this book.
The start shows a fare being picked up (two pissed blokes). This turns out to be a policeman and a pimp - one becomes her lover (surprise) and one is involved with her rent boy lover. Then the policeman investigates the gangster she is with. I mean - how big is London - 12m people.
The second problem for me is the characterisation. We are told that she has committment problems but why. She is almost cartoonly drawn and seems to have no emotions or explanations as to what she is doing.
I'm afraid this was all a bit of a waste of time for me and I won't be going out of my way for other books of hers.
March 30, 2008
Warning, while this book is packaged like chick lit, it's nothing of the sort. It has a modern woman, fear of commitment thing going on, but it is not a flippant book. I wanted to like it, but I really didn't like it very much. It was ok. The characters were interesting. What I really enjoyed about it was the growth of the main character Katherine and her revelations about her 5 lovers and her own needs. I think we can all relate to at least one of the situations she was in at one time or another. The ending was awful. It didn't step off a cliff or wind down slowly, it actually introduced new issues and then finished. Unless she is planning a sequel(or maybe there is one), it felt very unfinished.
March 14, 2008
Okay, so I've dated more than one guy at the same time...maybe that's why I can loosely identify with the sassy cab-driving heroine of this humorous novel who juggles her love with five men with a clever color coded cell phone system. You have to admire the organization and the energy level it takes for her to succeed at this merry-go-round of love for more than a week. Alas, all fun plot devices must come to an end and so it follows in this novel as well. Read this book to discover who becomes the 'one' to put an end to Kat's multiple male shenanigans.
October 28, 2014
Kathryn juggles her life with different coloured phones for each of her lovers. As you would expect, this leads to a number of complications.
This was a strange book. Kathryn is an interesting character (and it is not until later in the book that you come to understand something of why she behaves how she does), yet I couldn't warm to her because of her behaviour.
And as for the ending? Just odd! My main gripe, however, was the use of American spelling for a book written by an English author and set in London!
This was a strange book. Kathryn is an interesting character (and it is not until later in the book that you come to understand something of why she behaves how she does), yet I couldn't warm to her because of her behaviour.
And as for the ending? Just odd! My main gripe, however, was the use of American spelling for a book written by an English author and set in London!
May 4, 2009
This book was alright. I found it to be a typical story about the mentally dysfunctional young lady. The good thing about the story is that she did get her life together even though it took a tragic accident.
May 29, 2008
Fun read
September 28, 2008
Not a bad read, but was a little disappointed with the abrupt ending. Not sure how anyone can go years with multiple lovers without someone finding out.
May 25, 2010
I don't recommend this book. It is very vulgar and not what I expected.
June 1, 2013
Irritating characters and an annoying premise. I've no idea why I stuck with it til the end - there must have been SOMETHING there.
January 30, 2015
Un poco agrio el final, pensé que relataría algo mas con "Craig Summer"... pero fué divertido y alocado cada situación que se dió con cada uno de sus amantes. Fué entretenido.
November 29, 2013
Ok couldn't keep up with her different lovers and their stories.
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