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Zzzzzzzzzzz
“This is the worst book i have ever read. It is not even worth reading , forget buying it. It is repetitive.Seems like Quinn wrote this book in a day or two. Wonder if i will ever buy her book again.
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-10-20.
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The only Julia Quinn novel to ever disappoint me!
“I won't go into how much I disliked the format of this story and how it took place simultaniously with the The Lost Duke of Wyndham, suffice it to say it make reading this book slow and repetitive and not as interesting as it could have been. I actually liked the characters of Thomas and Amelia better than Jack and Grace and felt they deserved a better, more in depth story line all their own, away from all the goings on in the first book. Ultimately it was better than some regency historicals that I've read just b/c it was a Julia Quinn novel, but I felt like I basically read the same novel twice with a bit of a different ending, and it made the ending feel very rushed also. I hate to be disappointed in a favorite author, but I definitely was this time. I have higher hopes for What Happens in London and hope that this was just an whim on the authors part and won't be repeated in future novels.”
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-09-18. -
Should have been a novella
“I won't reiterate what several other reviewers have said. If this had been released as a $3 or $4 novella, I think that would have silenced a great deal of the criticism. At full paperback price, it just seemed greedy. The ripped off feeling lost the book one star.
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-08-24.
In terms of the book itself, I didn't find much of interest in this book. The additional character development didn't feel very significant and, as we know, there wasn't much new in terms of the plot. If the writing had been up to her usual standards, I would have given the book 3 stars (or 4 if it had been really exceptional), but as it was, it didn't deserve more than 2.” -
Terrible
“This was the first Julia Quinn book I wanted to throw across the room. Always before, I would buy her books without even looking at the story because I knew she would be good for an entertaining read. How wrong I was!!!
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-08-21.
I could only get half-way into the book because it read like one of the made up Victorian novels her own heroines would read.
It felt like a sad, pathetic attempt by the author to make some quick cash. "Oh hey, I know! I'll take this background info from this previous novel and I'll totally turn into a new novel!! Egad, I'm such a genius!!! $$$$"
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lazy writers way
“ This is the first review I have felt the need or want to do. I have read all of the Kindle available books of Julia Quinn and I have enjoyed them but--- Do not read this book right after "The Lost Duke"--- it is a rehash of that book until you get to the last two chapters. Both of these characters deserved better. I would have liked to know what sort of childhood Thomas had to mold him instead of the too convenient "my father never loved me he was harsh and unloving which was over and over said in each book. What was the agreement between Jack and Thomas to allow him to marry and provide. What was their life about for the five years after they married. How was their adjustment in society after they married. There was so much more to write about then to rehash an already written book. This was laziness on the part of the author,did she have a contract to provide another book and didn't have time to write it. Stay away from this one or borrow someone else's and just read the last two chapters and the epilogue. That's all you need.”
An amazon user wrote this on 2009-07-29.
