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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Tremendously funny!,
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This review is from: Talking to Addison (Paperback)
After reading and enjoying Amanda's Wedding, I wasn't sure how Talking to Addison would measure up. I was hoping for a fun, light novel, which I did get, but then there was a bonus -- Talking to Addison was HYSTERICAL!
This book probably has the most real comedy in it that I've ever read. I don't think I've ever laughed so hard in my life. The timing was perfect! The characters were so fantastic and goofy. I loved every second of this book. I hope there is more to come from Jenny Colgan. Talking to Addison begins with Holly Livingstone living in the land of nightmares. Her roommates are crazy clean freaks, and Holly just can't take it anymore! So she begs her best friend, Josh, to let her move in with him and his roommates. This is where the story really begins. Living in the flat are Kate, a neurotic career-woman, and the ever elusive Addison, who holes up in his cavern of a room instant messaging his agoraphobic girlfriend 3000 miles away. Holly is determined to make him hers, which leads to some very funny scenarios. I recommend this one very highly. I rarely give chick-lit 5 stars because for the most part they are good, but not earth-shattering. Well, I couldn't help myself on this one! Talking to Addison is super-funny and I think well deserving of the highest praise.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Pales in comparison to her first effort,
This review is from: Talking to Addison (Hardcover)
Having read Amanda's Wedding, I became a big fan of Jenny Colgan. She has the humor, irony and quirky approach that has become the trademark style of great contemporary British authors. However, I was slightly disappointed with Talking to Addison, her sophomore effort. It lacks the humor and original comic timing of Amanda's Wedding.Holly, an out of work florist, is stuck sharing a flat with some rather eccentric people. Josh, the boy-next-door who wants everyone to get along; Kate, the neurotic and self-absorbed career woman; and Addison, the gorgeous geek whose life revolves around the Internet. Addison becomes Holly's object of desire, and she does whatever is in her power to get his attention away from his computer and online girlfriend and unto her. There are some amusing moments in this novel -- there are some twists at the end as well. Even though it is not as original and witty as her first novel, Talking to Addison is still worth reading, if only for Colgan's ironic humor.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ehmm. Raunchy, Ribald, and Randy,
By Mamalinde "mamalinde" (Dallas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Talking to Addison (Hardcover)
Much, much naughtier than my usual read, still TALKING TO ADDISON was a sublimely droll peek into the life of Holly Livingstone and Friends. The dialogue is quick paced, very British, sarcastic, witty and utterly coarse, lewd, vulgar and bawdy. An eccentric and highly amusing bit of farce that kept me laughing throughout. The reader will meet some bizarrely enchanting characters as well as learn when a kiss is NOT just a kiss. Some screamingly hysterical scenes of "a model of a Modern Major General" together "with many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse." If you are missing a sense of humor or easily offended or snared in a quagmire of conformity, I would recommend giving this one a pass. Otherwise, click on "Add to Shopping Cart" and get ready to laugh.
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