Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780340963777
ISBN: 0340963778
Label: Sceptre
Manufacturer: Sceptre
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: June 12, 2008
Publisher: Sceptre
Studio: Sceptre

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Rating: - A good easy read but sometimes inauthentic
I liked this book, mostly for the way that being different is portrayed, and as another reviewer said "sympathy for diversity", which is the main theme that drives the book forward. The narrator is refreshingly cynical and has a very discerning outlook on life: she's also very intelligent, so while it's a fairly light read, there's nothing mindless about it.

The issues surrounding OCD are sensitively handled, though towards the end it started to scream a bit of having a "message", which ... Read More

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Rating: - Quirky
Another review I read referred to this book as quirky which I think is a good description. It is a strangely disturbing but at the same time humorous read. It is certainly a novel with a very unusual theme.

Grace Lisa Vandenburg counts due to the fact that she suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. This is a far from easy condition to live with and not an easy subject to write about in a humorous manner. Somehow Toni Jordan has succeeded and although I found the subject matter disturbing ... Read More

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Rating: - Thoroughly annoying book!
This is without doubt the most annoying book I have ever started to read. I only made it to the end of chapter 6 as I couldn't take any more. If anyone ever exists like this woman I pity them! I do not know how this got onto Richard & Judy's list.

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Rating: - Very Funny
I got this book randomly in a special offer but it was much better than expected. Packaged as 'chick-lit', it's not normally a genre I would pick up but it turned out to be a light, romantic read with depth too.
I chuckled by the second page: Grace is a witty, flawed and likeable and the characters she describes are equally funny such as her mother and psychiatrist and her therapy group of obsessive compulsives. Seamus is the man every girl wants to meet and the romance very sweet. I rooted for Grace ... Read More

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Rating: - I liked the concept...good to read something a bit different
3.5 stars

When Grace met Seamus in the supermarket the story started to get mildly amusing and it really took off for me when Grace started therapy sessions. Until then I found it a little hard to get in to (especially the Nikola Tesla - Graces's hero - parts).

The book is all told in the first person, from Graces's point of view and she is a witty character. Her take on the people she meets, especially in her therapy sessions was an amusing look at how we all imagine therapy sessions ... Read More

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