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Book Reviews Title Come
Together Fiction-Net
Rating Buy It
From Amazon.co.uk - BUY
NOW! Cover
Story Meet Jack: Jack
Rossiter. I'm twenty-seven years old, single, and
live with my best mate, Matt. Matt and I started
hanging out when we were eight. Life was simpler
then. Our idea of fashion was polyester. I told him
I wanted to be a spy and he asked me who I'd marry.
I imagined falling in love with a girl so perfect I
couldn't even guess her name. Things have changed
since then. I did fall in love for a while but it
didn't work out. And single is good, single is
fun. Meet Amy:
Sometimes in my darker moments I've thought about
applying to go on Blind Date. 'She's gorgeous,
she's from London, come in Amy Crosbie!' (Wolf
whistling and applause.) Actually it's a bit of a
worry. I think it's my warped way of telling myself
that something's got to change. It's been six
months since I last had sex. Six months!
I mean, I've got my own flat, I've got A
levels - so come on down Mr Right. At least it
would get my mother off my back. He can't read her
mind. She can't read his... You can read
both. We
Say A classic idea -
chapter one is told by Jack, chapter two is told by
Amy, and so on. Fascinating to watch each of them
trying to work out what the other is thinking and
then finding out for yourself in the next chapter.
Jack is a single
guy and, as far as he knows, has no plans to change
that- as he says, "single is fun". Amy, on the
other hand, is single but doesn't want to stay that
way. When the two meet the story explodes and runs
at break-neck speed. The meetings between the two
are all too realistic and you will need to be an
unemotional stone not to find yourself caring
deeply for Jack and Amy - the two are immensely
likable characters. You WILL smile when they smile,
you WILL worry when they hit a rocky patch, and
believe me, you WILL be absolutely gutted when they
split up. I won't tell you if they patch things
up... Come Together is,
without a doubt, one of the best books written in
recent years. The story literally flows from one
page to the next. Look forward very much to our
review of the sequel, 'Come Again'. Review by: Rob
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