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Up to date reading, November 12, 2003
I have one more chapter to go before I'm finished reading this book! This is really a great book. Mr. Eric Jerome Dickey if you are reading this I would like to request for you to have a continuation of this book...this book IS a must read...
When you read this book it feels like you are reading about today...the things that are happening on this day are also happening in his book. For instance he mentions the Kobe Bryant case, and a couple of other things that are happening today in 2003! It's really a great book. I would advise anyone who enjoys good reading to purchase it!
Thank You.
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
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He does it again!!, November 10, 2003
Again, I have to say congrats on a perfect book! "Naughty or Nice" is off the chain. I read it in one day! Just to let you know though, "The Other Woman" has to be one of the best books on relationships dealing with adultery that I have ever read. Or maybe even relationships period!
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NOT A CHRISTMAS TALE, BUT STILL A GOOD READ., December 22, 2003
I always look forward to a new novel by Eric Jerome Dickey, having read all of his previous published works, and found NAUGHTY OR NICE to be up to his expected standards.
Although the novel was not really a Christmas story as promoted (despite its occasional reference to the holiday season), it was a fascinating relationship tale nevertheless--from the candid exploration of step-sister interactions, to the less revealing glimpse into the trials experienced between friends, lovers, parents, and spouses.
As usual, the dialogue was crisp, the characters realistic, and the plot absorbing. The novel's single flaw was the ending--not because it was too "rushed", as expressed by other readers, but because it was incongruous with the tone and temperament of the rest of the novel. For example, "Panther" devolved from an exciting young woman into a caricature, and the tarnish splashed on "Carpe's" true nature served only to render "Livvy" a fool--at least in regard to her people-reading skills.
If EJD had ended this novel at the point just three sentences shy of the second to the last chapter (the chapters weren't numbered after all) and omitted the last chapter altogether, then the book would have been a much better read. No one is perfect, though, and NAUGHTY OR NICE is definitely a keeper.
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