Prudence
£2.69
pure feel-good nostalga - This book really does make you feel good. It s easy reading with great characters and lots of humour. OK, so it s set in the 70 s, well thats not a problem, novels can be set in any part of history and still make good reading. JC writes with warmth, fun and a sense of whimsy. Her characters are, in the main, larger than life which takes the reader away from the drudgery of ordinary life. Brilliant!
the oldies are the goldies - Some people may think that these books are outdated, with archaic language and hooray henrys, god how sad you are. Jilly is the original chick lit author, the rest followed. Prudence I think is her best short story, you ll love the characters and the story flows beautifully. Yes it may be a little old but its well loved. For all those giving it less than 5 stars, you try writing a best selling novel from that era that can still be enjoyed today and see how well you do!You wont match the easy read style and character development that Jilly does so well everytime!All her shorts are great but if you like dog walking and beautfilly depicted scenery try the common years .
Oh dear! - Oh dear, Oh dear, Oh dear!!! I chose this as part of some light, summer reading and was interested to see that many of Jilly s earlier novels have now been re-released and re-packaged. Really don t know why they bothered with Prudence . It s so dated and painfully so. You just cringe at both the outmoded behaviour and shockingly inappropriate language. I don t know who would be interested in reading this - certainly not the 18-25 age group of today which I suspect was this book s original target audience. Historians and social scientists may be more appropriate to see a snapshot of 1970 s life which is thankfully behind us. 1 star was the minimum I could give - there are truly no stars in this piece of drivel. Avoid it at all costs!!
Prudence - Wonderful writing from Jilly, she really grabs you and pulls in you the book. It is so good I have had to buy it again as the last one fell apart as I had read it so often!!!Go on what are you waiting for, go and order it!!! Just one click........
Prudence - Prudence is definatly the best book out of all the girls name. You will fall in love with all the characters!