Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780767915595
ISBN: 0767915593
Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: 2003-09-23
Publisher: Broadway
Release Date: 2003-09-23
Studio: Broadway

Delivering a straight-talking look at modern love, Jane Green’s novels have taken readers by storm. Now her avid fans on this side of the Atlantic can indulge in the book that started it all: her funny, flirty, and ultimately tender debut, Straight Talking.

Featuring the clever scenarios, endearing characters, and smart dialogue that have become the author's trademarks, Straight Talking follows the lively dilemmas of Tasha, a single career girl who sets the record straight regarding the real world of dating. As she and her three best friends have discovered, contemporary romance is nothing like the fairy tales promised. Each of Tasha’s friends contends with a hurdle of the heart: a dependable but loveless relationship; the empty elation of drinking contests and one-night stands; an impasse when the other half refuses to propose. As for the men, there’s Andrew, who’s head over heels in love . . . with himself. Simon is allergic to commitment. And Adam is sweet, but too sweet to be sexy.

Sharing the ingenious adventures of four young women as they search for happiness and the right kind of love, Straight Talking is sure to have everybody talking.

Customer Rating:
Summary: I wish "Straight Talking" wouldn't
Comment: "Straight Talking" wasn't the first Jane Green book I read; that was "Swapping Lives," which was so fun and frivolous and just plain delightful that I really looked forward to reading the rest of Green's repretoire. "Straight Talking" was an immense letdown. It's self-centered, stuck-up, and the narrator has a practically pathological addiction to sex, somehow thinking that the best of it will magically make all her problems go away. I really, really wanted her to stop talking about her quest for the perfect romp in bed. It's just terrible. No fun at all. Not interesting. Not engaging. Not only could I not relate to Tasha, I wanted to have her involuntarily committed to a psych ward -- especially before she ruined more poor men's lives, and her own health.

I appreciate my experience with "Swapping Lives" for what it was. From now on, I'll stay away from Jane Green.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Straight Talking
Comment: I just finished this book and loved it. It was so good I couldn't put it down and than ordered it for my girlfriend. Great chick-lit read. A mix between Bridgette Jones and Sex in the City.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not Her Best Novel
Comment: Straight Talking wasn't the first novel of Greens that I started on. I read Jemima J and Bookends first. I think that might have affected how I reacted to this novel. It isn't the same style. It's not as light and "chick-lit" as her other novels. The main character actually had me routing for her to lose. I don't think this is Green's best novel but that being said it is still a well-written novel. Jane Green is still an excellent author.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Great book!
Comment: I just finished reading this book, and I have to tell you that I loved it!!
It wasn't Jane Green's best book that I have read, but I really enjoyed it!

For every woman in her 20s and 30s that has looked for love or wondered, if it'll ever happen to her, this book is for you..

It is VERY honest, direct, holds nothing back, real to our time..

It made me laugh really hard but it made me cry as well..you will love Tasha and most likely identify with her.
I couldn't put this book down!!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Self-indulgent twaddle
Comment: I totally agree with the reviews by Sebastian and Berthap. I have read other, much earlier Jane Green novels before and quite enjoyed them for what they are (enjoyable "chick lit" about love and friendship etc). This one was dreadful though. I had expected it to change perspectives between the different characters but it is all told from the point of view of one very unlikeable vain, superficial character. She is the type of woman I would want to shake (or avoid like the plague) if I met her in real life. I also thought the writing was very lazy, ie, repetitive, contradictory, full of cliches etc etc. I think that after this and Jemima J (which I didn't mind but certainly didn't like as much as other Jane Green books)I will be staying well clear of this writer.

My recommendation for potential buyers - don't buy this book, check out writers Sheila O'Flanagan or Elizabeth Noble instead.

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