Sleeping Arrangements

Enjoyable

This is the second book that I have read from this author and I found it equally enjoyable. It was a fun summer read that kept me looking forward to the next chapter ahead.

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Sleeping Arrangements is just ok

It's nothing special. I really like her books and I was a bit disappointed in this one. It was hard for me to finish it. I really could have just stoppped reading half way through and not thought twice about it.
It just was kinda boring and dragged on. I just didn't care to find out what happend.
Look for something else to read.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Fun Read!

This is a fun read that is great for the beach or rainy days. The characters are interesting and the plot is humorous and heart-warming at the same time. I was able to relate to the characters in the story. This book would make a great gift for girlfriends!

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

ok but not her best

A little too predictable; seems like she couldn't decide between writing a mystery or a romance. I love this author but this wasn't one of her best.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Don't Bother

I really like this author, but not this book. Frankly, I read it quickly, but only because I wanted to finish it, so I could read something better. The plot and characters were weak. Not worth the time invested.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Not the best

I was really disappointed with this book. Usually I love books by Sophie Kinsella though she was writing under Madeline Wickham for this book. The characters were lacking. I didn't like them. None of them ever became characters I really care about. They all seemed shallow and full of self interest. The best characters were the kids of the "lovers" and they don't play that big a role. I think Madeline should stick with being Sophie.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Ho Hum

I'm disappointed that I didn't like this book more, because I usually like the author's work (whichever name she writes under!) The characters weren't really likable and the renewed 'affair' was lame and unbelievable... after 15 years apart and a few creepy stares at each other across the room they succumb that easily? The only one I was amused by was the nanny, but she couldn't carry the whole book with her 'Jokes!'. Sorry - just didn't think this one was worth the time.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Riveting

Keeps you guessing!

Ok

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WHORE-ible!!!!

Very, very disappointed. I loved SK's first Shopaholic book and her other stand-alone titles. This book made me nauseous. The plot revolved around every character justifying why it's okay to sleep around. The other reviewer mentioned "baby barfing" throughout the entire book...I couldn't have said it better myself.

This book had me baby barfing all the way through.

I enjoyed many of Sophie Kinsella's books. This book was an unbelievable disappointment for me....on so many levels. I COULD NOT believe the "heroin" justified an affair at all, let alone after a few stolen glances. The nanny would have been funny if she wasn't so disturbing. I'm not a prude when it comes to romantic comedy. But this was ridiculous and nauseating. Sorry.

FUN AND LIGHT-HEARTED READ

Summer is here and this is a beach read type of book. Or as I call them-car books. I always keep a book like this in the car-I can read it in spurts while I am waiting to pick the kids up from school, stuck in traffic, need a few minutes to myself, etc. Put it down, pick it up two days later and you really don't lose continuity. For some reason, writing as Sophie Kinsella, the tone of the novel is frothier and more fun than when the author writes under Madeleine Wickham. I loved the SHOPAHOLIC series but some of her other books tend to be a bit dragged out. The storyline here is cute, not entirely unoriginal and has some aparks to it.

Easy Read with some good Qualities

I am a bug fan of Sophie Kinsella/Wickham. I loved the shopaholic series as well as Can you keep a Secret. Now, I enjoyed reading this book. It is a light read, easy to follow, and had some interesting occurences. The characters were fun, yet some of the situations such as Chloe and Hugh getting together and no one finding out about it, ticked me off a bit. These two characters got around their partners with a secret they had for 16 years, and its a bit unbelievable. I guuss thats why it is a story, but you feel like you want to knock the characters upside the head!

All in all its a cute book, some may love it, others may hate it. But if your looking for a cute beach read pick this one up!

SHe did it again....

This book is great! I started in during a golf tournament and could not put it down...till the tournament was over...and so was the book. Of course, I promptly gave it to my sister to read

I'd b*tch-slap all the main characters if I could.

I loved her Shopaholic series and looked forward to reading this. However, I was sadly disappointed with this one. The characters are mere caricatures and none likable. The book was just gratuitous whining, drunkenness, illicit sex, underage sex, and pot smoking. I'm not a prude, but instead of using any of this to drive character growth, it was simply background. And boring background at that.

It's a quick read if you don't want to engage your brain and are fine with extreme redundancy and false drama.

I do feel slightly guilty bagging on her like this, as I've always been a fan. I guess prolific writing will produce a bad result every now and again.

Fun Read

I'm a big fan of Wickham's work. She has a talent for writing light hearted, entertaining novels that are great for a rainy day or just to make you smile. If you're looking for an easy but fun read this is a great book for you.

Not my sort of book.

Grown woman appearing topless in front of an eight and a sixteen year old boy, pot smoking babysitter, adultery, teenage sex, gratuitous use of F-word. Somewhere in there was a story but I felt there were more gimmicks than a developed story. The story had potential but it had no substance to make it work well.

A serious disappointment since I had heard so many good things about the author.

A little disappointing.

Two separate families are anxious to go on a holiday. Chloe and Philip are both frustrated with work. Chloe is a seamstress who is tired of squeezing women in dresses a size smaller than they really wear and a recent takeover in Philip¿s company has left him wondering if he will have a job in the near future.

Amanda and Hugh are going through a rough patch in their marriage. Philip is obsessed with work and spends so little time with his family that his children barely even know him and Amanda is currently stressing the redecoration of their home.

When both families receive an invitation to their friend Gerard¿s villa they each look forward to a restful week in Spain. What they find out when they arrive is that Gerard has accidentally double booked his villa and they end up having to share it as every hotel in the area is fully booked.

To make matters worse Chloe and Hugh were once a couple whose relationship ended badly and their respective spouses have no knowledge of the past relationship. Faced with the shared sleeping arrangements stress mounts between the couples and soon all the adults are fighting between themselves and Chloe and Hugh are drawn to each other again.

Overall I thought the book was an okay read but I was a little disappointed in it. I love Wickham¿s writing as Sophie Kinsella in the Shopaholic series and really enjoyed The Wedding Girl by her but Sleeping Arrangements was a let down. The characters were not as likeable as characters in her other books. Hugh is a major jerk throughout the whole book, Philip¿s lack of a backbone was annoying, Amanda is too uptight and Chloe was just not likeable. The only bright spot in the book was the nanny, Jenna. She had a weird sense of humor and always made the scenes she was in surprising. I¿m really on the fence about recommending this one so I¿ll say read it if it¿s readily available but I don¿t recommend searching it out.

she did it again

Another great book by the same author of the Shopaholic series Sophie Kinsella. this new book sleeping arrangements by Madeleine Wickham is outstanding, and funny. The ending was the only thing I wish she would have elavorated alittle more on. I wish Gerard would have come to the Villa and discovered that they all inspite him they got along. Great novel. now I'm reading cocktails for three and its great.

Wonderful

I think this is the best novel M. Wickham has written under her actual name. While Sleeping Arrangements does not beat her work under Sophie Kinsella, it certainly beats out her other books. I finished it in a day, it was cute.