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The Big Love
The Big Love
Author: Sarah Dunn
A fresh and hilarious debut novel about commitment, competition, and the occasional joys of unencumbered sex, for readers of Pride and Prejudice to The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing. Sometimes being left in the lurch is the best thing that can happen to you. Alison Hopkins's live-in boyfriend, Tom, goes out in the middle of a dinner party ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780316010788
ISBN-10: 0316010782
Publication Date: 6/2/2005
Pages: 256
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 93 ratings
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Ladyslott avatar reviewed The Big Love on + 113 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
Alison's live in boyfriend goes out during a diner party, and while out calls up and tells Alison it's over and he is in love with someone else. So begins Alison's examination of her life and the meaning or existence of Big Love.

A cut above many chick lit books I have read. The dialogue is witty, the characters very real and believable. Snappy dialogue reminiscent of a scene from Sex and the City, you will be rooting for Alison the whole way.
goddessani avatar reviewed The Big Love on + 268 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
This book was a disappointment. I did not find it funny. The character, who makes a big deal out of being an ex-Evangelical Christian, is politically incorrect for chunks of this book.

It was amusing at best at times.
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Helpful Score: 4
Haven't quite finished yet, but unless something strange happens, I am REALLY digging this book! I have some things in common with the main character, though she's WAY more neurotic.
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Helpful Score: 4
after reading the summary to this book i thought it'd be fantastic. well, it was far from that. i always finish a book even if it's just pretty unbearable to read. it started out slow and didn't grab my attention. once i got to the middle there were 2-3 chapters that were quite page turners, but then it turned sour again, kind of like that bad taste in your mouth. the story jumped too much around and she always exaggerated on things that i don't think really should be exaggerated on in this story, so that was another turn off to this book. although i was glad for the book to end, the ending seemed rather abrupt rather than a slow ease into the main characters farewell.
sweetnessandsass avatar reviewed The Big Love on
Helpful Score: 3
I really liked this book. It is written like the author is speaking to you personally. She describes conflict between her spiritual upbringing, her choice to have a live-in boyfriend and what she has done vs. what she could have done.
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Bookfanatic avatar reviewed The Big Love on
I didn't expect this book to be as funny as it was. The dialogue and the innner dialogue were hilarious. There were some really good lines said such that I wanted to memorize them to use later.

This is quick, easy read. As a previous reviewer mentioned, this is a cut above your average chick lit book. Often the heroines of chick lit books are very ditzy and annoying, but the heroine here was likable.

I would definitley read more from this author.
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A real disappointment. I couldn't get into this book until the very end. It just dragged on and on. I didn't find any parts funny and I can't believe it good four stars. Totally a waste of time.
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Witty and true without being sappy. Better than the average chick lit. 8/10.
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Loved the love story. easy read.


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