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kricketa's review against another edition
3.0
a light, amusing farce about three middle-aged sisters who live together, and what happens when the eldest's ex-fiancee returns to explain himself. i enjoyed lipman's writing and i'd like to read others by her.
anderson65's review against another edition
4.0
Smooth read.
Everything tied up neatly at the end.
Humorous, light, fun read.
Everything tied up neatly at the end.
Humorous, light, fun read.
karak's review against another edition
4.0
Nash Harvey/Harvey Nash is despicable and never gets what's coming to him, but everyone around him gets better when they get him out of their lives.
el73's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Not very good, not even sure what the plot was. Quite confusingly written too
sharonfalduto's review against another edition
A womanizer comes back to Boston to meet with the woman he abandoned 30 years before--and woos other women along the way, showing that leopards don't really change their spots. The book is actually about the stranded woman and her two sisters, and their love lives at their more-mature-than-most-heroines' ages.
tculp's review
2.0
I don’t normally even finish a 2-star book, but this one was clever enough I wanted to know what happened. But I just felt empty at the end. Like it had no soul. Ive heard Lipman called a modern Jane Austen - comedy of manners type thing - and this was a modern comedy of manners, but it had none of Austen’s character development or universal-human-spirit appeal. Maybe this isn’t her best work, but I don’t plan on picking her up again.
giovannnaz's review
4.0
Lipman's books look as if they must be 'guilty pleasure' books, but I swear they're good--Lipman has a singular voice and dry sense of humor. They're in a class of books that is hard to come by--maybe not 'literary fiction' but fun: well-written keen studies of people. Though I and others might argue that they are 'literary fiction'! If only the covers didn't scream 'chick lit'...
dashausfrau's review against another edition
3.0
"I thought he was my reward for years of coping so beautifully with being single, for making my own way, for not dieting or going to aerobics classes or having liposuction, but accepting myself." A story of how even smart, happy women can be vulnerable to handsome, charming men, & can also be motivated to find a Good Man once they realize they've been conned.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review against another edition
4.0
Harvey Nash skipped out on his
own engagement party. Thirty
years later, Nash drops in on
his former (almost) bride-to-be
to see what has transpired in the
intervening years. Clever plot.
own engagement party. Thirty
years later, Nash drops in on
his former (almost) bride-to-be
to see what has transpired in the
intervening years. Clever plot.
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