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Only Way Is Up (2000)

by Carole Matthews(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0755373774 (ISBN13: 9780755373772)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

review 1: A book that seems to have polarised opinion amongst reviewers, but I enjoyed it and found it difficult to put down. I could understand Lily's feelings and how easily she fell for the attentions of Seymour. But she recognized her mistake and had the strength to break off the relationship. The secondary characters were strongly drawn - Tracey, Skull, Les, Christopher, and yes perhaps there was some class stereotyping with Lily's new neighbours having hearts of gold and her former so called friends snobby and snooty. The fact that Amanda and Anthony suffered the same fate with loss of job and income was one aspect of the plot at the end which did not quite ring true. An intelligence chick lit and a very good read!
review 2: I liked this book.It's not my fav... moreorite Carole Matthew's book, but it's a good one. It was a good take on how the mighty fall and come to realize what is important. The twists were predictable and so there were no real surprises. My favorite scenes have to be the ones with Lily, in which she gets her stolen jewelry back from Freddie and the one in which she gets the loan shark off Tracey's back, literally. I am however, looking excitedly towards Carole's next release! less

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