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Looking for a change, Hannah moves 3,000 miles away from her friends and family in the US to start over in London. She's looking for love and searching for a new job in a country she thought spoke the same language as she did, but it turns out there are a few communication problems in her new location. Will she find the love she seeks and a fabulous career or will her adventure end up leading her back to the home she fled in the first place?
Lydia - 4.5 Star
Single in the City is like Sex in the City told through the eyes of an American Bridget Jones and it was so funny that I laughed out loud throughout this delightful chick lit novel. The first few pages had me giggling and I think my now all time favourite chick lit line was just after Hannah orders her first pint in a pub. When the bartender asks if she wants 'a half', I spit water across the room at her reaction and was hooked even further. And this wasn't the only moment I loved and laughed about. There were too many to even count.
I love reading stories about picking up and moving to a new place and Single in the City did not disappoint. Seeing London through her American eyes was always hilarious and her disasters had me snickering and cringing. Hannah's get on with it attitude was fantastic, where I would have just wanted to go running back home or hide under the covers at some of the situations she finds herself in.
Her relationships with her best friend in America, Stacy, was a constant source of amusement as were all the new friends she makes in London. And her dating disasters were priceless. I loved that she wasn't willing to settle, deciding to take on new men instead of falling into old patterns and how she picked herself up and moved on after each disappointment.
I love reading stories about picking up and moving to a new place and Single in the City did not disappoint. Seeing London through her American eyes was always hilarious and her disasters had me snickering and cringing. Hannah's get on with it attitude was fantastic, where I would have just wanted to go running back home or hide under the covers at some of the situations she finds herself in.
Her relationships with her best friend in America, Stacy, was a constant source of amusement as were all the new friends she makes in London. And her dating disasters were priceless. I loved that she wasn't willing to settle, deciding to take on new men instead of falling into old patterns and how she picked herself up and moved on after each disappointment.
As much as I adored this novel, I did find I had hoped for a little more for Hannah, wanting her to have a few more life realizations rather than just the male factor. Although she did come to some conclusions about her love life, I might have been more satisfied if she had figured out more about her career. Maybe I'm just more accustomed to chick lit with more life lessons these days. Or maybe I'm just looking for some lessons myself. Or maybe Gorman is leaving that for the sequel! Regardless though, Single in the City is still terrific and this didn't take away too much from my overall enjoyment of this novel.
If you're looking for a laugh out loud read, pick up Single in the City today. You won't be disappointed. I can't wait for the sequel and look forward to more Michele Gorman novels in the future.
Kathryn - 3.5 Star
This novel really entertained me and I laughed out loud on more than one occasion-especially about the little English things and it made me wish for a half a pint and an absurdly overpriced sandwich. I had been hoping for something funny and wasn’t disappointed at all on that front. However, at the end, despite really enjoying it, there were a few things I found a bit lacking.
I found the premise for the actual plot to be original (as uprooting to another country just on a whim hasn’t been done repeatedly) and I liked Hannah’s idealistic dream of being able to find herself in another country- many people, I’m sure, have a dream about doing that! The loose plot had an enormous amount of potential and perhaps the potential was so big that getting all the details as grounded as I would have liked was a bit difficult in a short novel? I found much sympathy for Hannah and did relate to her voice but her constant dating (without seeming to have to actually hunt out any of these men- how do they keep falling into her lap?) was fanciful. She is also seemingly interested in her new career and at times comes across as both capable and intelligent only to have her flit off to another subject, abandoning the career, on virtually the next page. The story sometimes bounced around so quickly that I even found myself turning back a page to see if I missed a couple of paragraphs.
I suppose I’m saying that there were some character inconsistencies that I would really have liked to have been more firmly rooted but if I hadn’t really liked the novel and the voice I probably wouldn’t even have noticed this enough to bother to comment. The truth is that I finished the book and really enjoyed it and would definitely try another Michelle Gorman novel for her humour alone!
Thank you to Michele Gorman for our review copy. All opinions are our own.
Thank you to Michele Gorman for our review copy. All opinions are our own.
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