tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post1992871275243881093..comments2024-03-25T22:59:30.053+00:00Comments on Desperate Reader: Jump - Jilly CooperDesperate Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-42584805662157221032020-12-29T14:39:17.125+00:002020-12-29T14:39:17.125+00:00Poorly edited. This novel is about 500 pages too l...Poorly edited. This novel is about 500 pages too long. It is littered with too many characters about whom I could care less. As a result I found myself skimming and scanning great swathes of the book in order to follow the main story line. The fact that the List of Characters was 80 characters long should have been a warning.Mrs Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11606740995882261394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-15885558209374062812015-08-09T13:09:56.859+01:002015-08-09T13:09:56.859+01:00They really should. Couldn't quite believe jus...They really should. Couldn't quite believe just how bad this one was, and on so many levels too. Still cross I wasted so much time on it! Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-76844491689185828662015-08-09T13:07:02.225+01:002015-08-09T13:07:02.225+01:00Early Cooper is fun, she's a tremendous snob, ...Early Cooper is fun, she's a tremendous snob, but they work as period peices as much as anything. Late Cooper isn't worth the £1.99 I paid for this! Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-73897759958545102342015-08-07T13:44:54.396+01:002015-08-07T13:44:54.396+01:00Was a fan for a long time, especially of some of h...Was a fan for a long time, especially of some of her short novels before Riders came along, and thoroughly enjoyed Rivals, which I think was her best - but the later ones are awful, and Jump truly dreadful, couldn't get past about chapter 12. Somebody - her editor - should have taken her firmly in hand long, long ago, cut the length, the appalling attempts at reproducing any kind of regional accent in writing, the cack handed metaphors ... SarahCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-52844315929842905342015-08-07T09:28:57.750+01:002015-08-07T09:28:57.750+01:00Ew, that's not what I want in a book, which is...Ew, that's not what I want in a book, which is sad as I have a soft spot for the Judith Krantz and Shirley Conran genre, so would presumably love the early Coopers.skiourophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08200877834536477400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-3195077400973251692015-08-06T15:20:33.593+01:002015-08-06T15:20:33.593+01:00I've just been reading your review! I tried to...I've just been reading your review! I tried to comment but not sure if it accepted it. I loved her books from Riders / Polo vintage though and spent a bit of time flicking through riders last night to see if it held up. I thought it did, silly but fun, and so much better than Jump that I really wish she'd stopped years ago. Don't think much of the new covers at all. There's no point being coy about the type of books they are. Desperate Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708411387912078122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8011557877105021955.post-27000771675835208262015-08-06T15:03:33.956+01:002015-08-06T15:03:33.956+01:00What a coincidence - I've just read and review...What a coincidence - I've just read and reviewed Polo, which was still very much in Riders mode and I enjoyed it, and although full of dodgy non-PC language, at least the heroine held off leaping into bed until she was legal. Jump sounds as if it goes too far.Annabelhttp://www.annabookbel.net/noreply@blogger.com