|
|
Sold Out
Book Categories |
Jerry O'Connell lends his talents to this delicious romantic comedy, —-more Cary Grant then Hugh Grant—-begins on a New York to Los Angeles flight.
When Peter Russell finally meets the woman of his dreams he falls as madly in love as you can on a flight from New York to LA. Her name is Holly. She's achingly pretty with strawberry-blonde hair, and reads Thomas Mann for pleasure. She gives Peter her phone number on a page of The Magic Mountain, but in his room that night Peter finds the page is inexplicably, impossibly, enragingly...gone.
So begins the immensely entertaining story of Peter and his unrequited love for his best friend's girl; of Charlotte and her less-than-perfect marriage to a man in love with someone else; of Jonathan and his wicked and fateful debauchery; and of Holly, the impetus for it all. Along the way, there's the evil boss, the desirable temptress, miscommunications, misrepresentations, fiendish behavior, letters gone astray, and ultimately, an ending in which every character gets his due. Both incisive and wonderfully funny, this is a brilliantly understated comedy of manners in which love lost is found again.
"James Collins has written a romantic, funny and insightful page turner about love in modern times, missed opportunities and the wheel of fate (with a blow-out!) that is so engaging and real, you will find it impossible to put down. Peter Russell is an everyman filled with longing, lust and good sense. I promise you will root for him as fate throws him curves aplenty on his path to true love. BEGINNER'S GREEK and Peter Russell are keepers."
— Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of Lucia, Lucia and Big Stone Gap
…the fact is that whether it is confection or literary comfort food, Beginner's Greek is, from start to finish, delicious. Put aside the two essential improbabilities of the plot…and put yourself in Collins's good (and relentlessly good-doing) hands. All will be well…This is a writer…who knows how to write. One of the great pleasures of this novel—and what sets it quite apart from chick lit—is the sheer felicity of its prose. I am certain Collins could write virtually from birth, but as a middle-aged first novelist, he brings burnished style, wisdom and compassion to the enterprise.
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
| WonderClub |
Kimberly A Curry
reviewed Beginner's Greek on January 24, 2008
Beginner's Greek
Be warned - I have found the secular world's answer to BD Dayehu - James Collins. Midway - no, actually, a few pages in - I thought, is this his first novel? Yep. Which would stand as good argument against the 'most authors best books are their first.' Not so much with Jimmy here.
So I was excited for this one because it sounded cute - like the movie Serendipity which I totally enjoyed - guy meets girl on an airplane, a life long fantasy of finding true love in a random twist of fate and alas, he loses the number. So I thought this would move into interesting territory of maybe this wasnt meant to be/twists and turns of such nature. But no.
So I am going to do some plot spoiling because, for Gds sake, do not bother. First of all, Holly, the woman of his dreams, is another Christine of With all my Vomit - she is beautiful, but a certain type of beauty, blah blah blah, and she is funny, and perfect, and nice, and blah blah - she totally falls for Peter who strikes me as incredibly boring, personally, over this five hour flight, and is devastated when he does not call.
Well Fate brings Holly back into Peter;s life three years later - but, alas - oh those funny tricksters, she is dating his best friend. The best friend, by the way, is a bleeping bleep bleep, but somehow Peter the Great is still best friends with him and Saintly Holly goes on to marry him. I guess this is supposed to further the ... um ... irony? Anyway Peter is heart broken and watches best friend cheat on Holly left and right. Peter marries the incredibly annoying Charlotte, sealing the fate that he and Holly will never blend their one dimensional souls together. But wait. The night of the wedding, Holly's husband Jonathan, after having a fling with Charlotte's step mother, is struck by lightning and dies. I'm not kidding. So now Holly is a widow and Peter is stuck for life. But don't worry, as they harbor their secret crushes, and continue to be the noble and perfect people they are, Charlotte realizes they have feelings for each other and is thrilled for them (??), especially once she reconnects with a beau from her past and runs away with him, thus leaving the star crossed lovers to no longer be star crossed. Yay.
In the meantime, we meet the Evil Boss who is there for, um, humor? Certainly not to lend any credibility to the story. Dialogue would go something like:
Evil Boss: Peter, I hate your guts and I am looking to destroy you. Wah ha ha.
Peter: Ok.
Uch dont ask - Holly ends up with some boyfriend and this happens to be the head of Peter's company and when Peter decides he must have Holly the boss is all, well who can resist Holly, sure go ahead.
The BDE part was especially apparent at moments like this - describing Holly as having a horrible cold - eyes red, nose sniffly, lips chapped - and I am thinking, let me guess, she had never looked more beautiful. Yup. Vomit.
Login|Complaints|Blog|Games|Digital Media|Souls|Obituary|Contact Us|FAQ
CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X
You must be logged in to add to WishlistX
This item is in your Wish List
X
This item is in your Collection
Beginner's Greek
X
This Item is in Your Inventory
Beginner's Greek
X
You must be logged in to review the productsX
X
X
Add Beginner's Greek, , Beginner's Greek to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClubX
X
Add Beginner's Greek, , Beginner's Greek to your collection on WonderClub |