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Got You Back | 
 enlarge | Author: Jane Fallon
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 6646
Media: Paperback
Pages: 416
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Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 1.1
ISBN: 0141034408
EAN: 9780141034409
ASIN: 0141034408
Publication Date: August 15, 2008
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Good Holiday Read January 3, 2009
E L Royston
Started off well and really got me hooked. I conected with both the women involved in the book and in the end began to feel sorry for James. I was a little dissapointed that the hook, was in the end a let down as it didn't happen!
I then began to want a different ending, buit that didn't happen either, the plot was really good but the outcome was a bit of a let down.
Worth a read though if you are by the pool or don't want anything too heavy.
 Don't bother January 1, 2009
Ms. M. E. Sydenham (London)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I really liked Getting Rid of Matthew but this book was just awful. It kind of 'skims the surface' and there is no depth to it at all. Major events that happen to the characters are hastily covered in less than a paragraph and the end is inconclusive which is really annoying.
 Good until the ending November 11, 2008
Samij
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book until about the last 100 pages. Up until that point it was witty, funny, entertaining and I sympathised and wanted both women to get their own back. However I felt that the writer got towards the end and either hit a deadline or ran out of steam and the ending was very poor and completely unrealistic. Very disappointing.
Patronizing and so annoying! October 28, 2008
L. Goldsmith (Cheshire, UK)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Jane Fallon goes on and on page after page lecturing about relationships, male and female psychology and what would have happened if certain characters in the book had taken "psychology classes" (they would have understood that James was leading a double life to mask his personality weaknesses).
This book is written with the working class housewife-type in mind, who, by the way, Jane, hates being lectured to.
The characters are incredibly annoying, especially Stephanie and Katie. I didn't even like Finn...
Every sentence is overwritten as to make sure we got the message, just in case we weren't smart enough to get in the first place.
If this is the level of quality Curtis Brown have got to, well done, Jane Fallon, for finding an agent ready to take this on.
My copy will go to my local charity shop today.
Great idea!!! October 25, 2008
Mrs. D. Lee (Newtownards Co Down)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was the first book by this author that I have read, but I found it a little sloppy.
It started out well enough. Stephanie, James's wife finding out that her husband was living a double life, with a mistress safely tucked away in the country. Neither woman had known about the other. Instead of confronting him immediately they decide to join forces and exact their own kind of revenge. Sounds good? Great idea, just a shame about the delivery.
The first half of the book is enjoyable, and you keep the pages turning to see what else the women can come up with, and there are some genuine moments when you root for them both. However, after a while it just all gets a little tedious, and the author's attempts at writing sub-plots are pretty lame. It's as if she can't think of a way to pull it all together and finish the book properly. In fact, in my humble opinion, it doesn't really finish. It just peters out.
I also agree with some other reviewers, that the editor must have been having an off day. Many typing and punctuation errors. Definitely a rush job.
It's a shame, because this book should have been great if handled properly. I gave it two stars because I actually finished it without skimming.
If you're looking for great chick lit with a few good twists and turns, I would check out Melissa Hill first.
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