Customer Reviews
Original and entertaining - By: French reader, 29 Oct 2008 
I enjoyed reading this book. It is well written, original & funny at times. I would not say it is unforgettable but a good holiday read. Contrary to some other readers I really warmed up to Pippa.
So unconvincing - By: L. Goldsmith, 27 Oct 2008 
"Time & again, Sam took his life & the peoplein it, boiled it all down - skin, bones, all of it - till it was a paste the color, Pippa imagined, of whale bubbler." (p.48)
Is this what happens when authors try too hard to come up with an artistic image?
Very unconvincing characters, very unconvincing story.
Pippa Who? - By: Love Books, 16 Sep 2008 
I actually just read this for the second time before posting a review & liked it slightly better than I did the first time. The writing's elegant but light & therefore easy to read but... I don't believein Pippa Lee, she's not a real person, & if she were, she's not somebody I'd want to know. There's not really much of a plot, & what there is ties up far too conveniently at the end with none of the moral dilemma which would have made it interesting - although given Pippa's previous track record, there wouldn't have been much of a dilemma anyway. It's OK but doesn't hook youin emotionally, I can't believe they're making a film of it.
Boring and mediocre - By: Jennifer Hawkes, 15 Sep 2008 I have to wonder what all the fuss was about with this book. If you take the author out of the equation, then it's a pretty unremarkable piece of work. Indeed, a snapshot of many people's lives, I feel, except for the suicide maybe, & surely not worth a mention by Richard & Judy. Sorry, I must have been missing something. I expected more from Ms Miller.
Overrated and disappointing - By: Curlywurly, 09 Sep 2008 
Was really looking forward to reading this book but i have to say that i found it both tedious & uncomfortable. Its dreary style was difficult to concentrate on & the plot line was both unimaginative & uninteresting.
I wouldnt recommend this at all. I couldnt wait to finish it so that i could move onto another book.
