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Anyone read Dorothy Koomson?

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Haylstones · 19/09/2008 13:15

I was a bit sceptical at first as I thought she would be yet an other chick lit author but I've read (and enjoyed) a few of her books.
However, I have just finished Goodnight Beautiful and it was soooo good. I takes a lot for me to say that and I also have to admit that it made me cry real tears on several occasions . I kept putting it down, thinking I couldn't read any more because I couldn't stop crying but I had to keep going.
I'm very impressed!

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Claire236 · 19/09/2008 13:33

My sister lent me a Dorothy Koomson (My Best Friends Girl) & it was brilliant. Made me both laugh & cry which I always think is a sign of a good book.

Jennyusedtobepink · 19/09/2008 13:36

I really enjoyed Marshmallows for Breakfast.

poeia · 19/09/2008 13:38

Really enjoyed My Best Friend's girl, and now reading Goodnight, Beautiful - strongly recommend...

AbbaFan · 19/09/2008 13:38

I liked 'My Best friends girl' but 'Marshmallows for breakfast' just annoyed me.

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Haylstones · 19/09/2008 13:39

I've read both of them and loved them but Goodnight Beautiful was my favourite.
I ythink she has another one out but can't remember the name

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AbbaFan · 19/09/2008 13:42

Something about Chocolate (that was written before MBFG got really popular).

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Haylstones · 19/09/2008 13:44

Was it the chocoate run? have read that but can't remember much about it.
I'm sure threre is another one...
9sorry one hand typing!)

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AbbaFan · 19/09/2008 13:47

That's the one.

biscuitsmustbedunkedintea · 26/09/2008 22:06

Read MBFG and loved it. Marshmellows was a disappointment after that, and yes as you said Abbafan, annoyed me.

Have just been on holiday and took The Chocolate Run and the Cupid Effect with me. Loved both of them, The Chocolate Run I was biting me lip at parts hoping it would turn out well. Cupid effect was too Chiclit-y but still enjoyable.

My mum has just lent me Goodnight Beautiful, so am rushing thru the naff book am reading at the mo. Have good expectations after reading your reviews now

Umlellala · 26/09/2008 22:21

I borrowed MBFG from the library but have lost it somewhere in the house. Glad it was good!

kt14 · 06/10/2008 20:18

I'm really out of kilter with everyone else's opinion of Dorothy Koomson. I read My Best Friend's Girl and honestly thought it was one of the worst books I had ever read. It was sickly sweet, with a plot full of holes, and was so badly and imo immaturely written, it made me want to hurl it across the room.

I stupidly bought The Cupid Effect and Marshmallows for Breakfast at the same time, as I generally love chick lit, and thought I'd enjoy these. A year on they're sitting unread on the bookshelf as I just can't bring myself to waste precious time reading them.

moocowmrs · 06/10/2008 20:29

Have just finished goodnight beautiful, and was gripped, thought it was a wonderfully written and enjoyed every tear stained page would recommend to all.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 06/10/2008 20:58

Really didn't like My Best Friends girl, so haven't bothered with the rest.

babyOcho · 06/10/2008 21:01

I just read Goodnight, Beautiful on holiday and I couldnt put it down.

I was actually really suprised at how good it was and am tempted now to read her other stuff.

kslatts · 06/10/2008 21:50

I've just finished Goodnight beautiful and found it quite a good book. Not fantastic, but I've read a lot worse.

angrypixie · 06/10/2008 21:56

Goodnight Beautiful...BLEUGH

Won't read another one

GrabShellDude · 06/10/2008 22:01

Dreadful. Read My Best Friend's Girl and thought it was pretty bad and for some barmy reason started Marshmallows for Breakfast. Couldn't finish that one. Never again.

kt14 · 07/10/2008 13:46

not just me who dislikes her books then, was beginning to wonder if I was missing some literary genius that everyone else could see apart from me..

stroppyknickers · 07/10/2008 13:49

kt14, i loathe them! really sickly, and she is always an expert on raising troubled kids despite no prev experience!

FiveGoMadInDorset · 07/10/2008 16:54

What I didn't get in MBFG was that she was a buyer for a major store but couldn't afford a child monder things didn't add up and I just wanted to scream at the book.

stroppyknickers · 07/10/2008 19:47

and that awful one where she rented somewhere and the kids were all stressed and kept turning up in her flat? how likely was that!

mm22bys · 09/10/2008 20:40

I read MBFG (so good I had actually forgotten its name till this thread) and started the Marshmallows one, but like others here never finished it. Pretty dire...

Piffle · 09/10/2008 20:43

I cried too
Really like her
An buying up rest of her stuff to read on aeroplane to oz!

kt14 · 12/10/2008 19:54

I'm selling my other Koomson books on ebay at the moment, unread!! I don't know why but I just can't get on with her style of writing.

WigWamBam · 12/10/2008 20:08

I read My Best Friend's Girl, and thought it was dreadful. I thought to begin with that I was going to enjoy it; it started out with quite an interesting concept and initially I thought it was quite moving and interesting. The real problem is that it can't make it's mind up what it wants to be: a hard-hitting novel which tackles serious issues, or a fluffy bit of chick-lit. It doesn't really manage either.

The plot is completely unbelievable - and some of the key elements of the story are based on factual inaccuracies. I also suspect the writer has never been near a five year old child and should probably have done so if she wanted to write a book based around one!

I lost interest as soon as I realised that the entire plot had more holes in it than a sieve, and that the entire plot was based upon something which couldn't possibly have happened. I was also screaming inwardly in frustration at the terrible writing and the appalling typos on almost every page (but that's just the pedant in me!).

Shan't be bothering with any more of hers.