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A heatwave in the height of summer in London—everyone is looking for something or someone else. As I read this book I kept thinking “Peyton Place.” It isn’t really like the original Peyton Place, but each character is dissatisfied, and looking for love, often searching for it in the wrong places.I was drawn by the cover and editing was great, but I was shocked at how it ended. In fact, I checked twice to see if I had missed something, but I hadn’t.
I am giving this book 3 stars. You may love it, but it didn’t do it for me. It wasn’t bad, I just found it frustrating.Nothing seemed to get resolved.
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Hampstead Fever Carol Cooper 9780995451407 Books Reviews
I found this book very good on one level and not so good on another. The character development and contrasts is done incredibly well. The characters are all very believable and their strengths and weakness are very well depicted. I enjoyed the way they interacted and wove a complicated web.
On the other hand, the book doesn't really go anywhere. Dan sorts his life out but he is really the only one. And I really didn't understand the end at all!
But overall, a nice read for a hot day )
I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
A succession of life sequences of residents of Hampstead, whose lives are more or less inter-related, this book just catches you. You just want to know what is next, who's doing what and why. The author succeeds to create intimacy and curiosity. Eventually, the book may continue until some of the actors are just moving out of the area. But the book should also end and it happens when you wanted the least. After all, the author is entitled to decide this. Me, I've found it too sudden and unexpected and not necessarily deserved.
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I’m always keen to read the sequel to books I’ve enjoyed, so was delighted to find Carol Cooper had written Hampstead Fever, following her wonderfully entertaining debut, One Night at the Jacaranda. I felt I was meeting old friends again, following their lives and interactions which began during a night of speed dating at the Jacaranda Club. However, it is not just the old friends we catch up with; new characters, and events, come into play in Hampstead Fever.
Through witty and entertaining dialogue, and suspense-infused events –– adultery, a mysterious illness, break ups and reunions –– the author vibrantly depicts the singles’ scene in London, and the lives of those playing it out. We empathise with her characters, their strengths and their flaws, as they each find themselves caught up in complicated webs.
Carol Cooper’s experience as a doctor shines through in her meticulous research, her compassion and her empathy, all of which add many more layers to this tale than is at first imagined.
If you’re looking for an easy, page-turning read this summer, I would highly recommend you grab a copy of Hampstead Fever!
Hampstead Fever comes under the genre of contemporary literary fiction. The book is set in London and is the sequel to One Night at the Jacaranda, where a group of people met at a speed dating event. In Hampstead Fever the reader can meet some of these characters again.
Dan and Laure are a couple with an eleven month old child. Dan, an ex-prisoner, is a chef. He’s dissatisfied with the lack of sex on offer in his relationship. He’d also like to improve his vocabulary, so every day he tries a new word. This didn't work as a defining characteristic for me I didn’t know the meaning of most of them and I didn’t want the distraction of breaking from the storyline to look them up; I felt it was a bit contrived.
Laure, a former international lawyer, is a stay-at-home mum. Like many mothers, Laure suffers anxiety over the welfare of her young son. I thought Laure’s fears were well-written, showing the author’s vast knowledge of medicine from her own background as a doctor.
Geoff is a frustrated doctor, under pressure from his workload. He’s in a relationship with Daisy, an actress who compartmentalises her life and keeps Geoff in the dark. He also has a son who lives with his mother in Australia. To begin with I thought Geoff must be an older man as he relied on pills to help him perform sexually, but it turned out he was much younger. His relationship with his son began as strained, reflecting modern family problems. Sadly, when they reunited, I felt there was too much fact and not enough emotion and depth to the characters.
Karen is a single parent, frustrated with life and going through the menopause. She has a casual relationship with a “footie Dad” (taking place in the changing room after the weekly match). This is all the emotional entanglement she needs after four children and a broken relationship (she thinks...).
Harriet and Sanjay have been in a living-separately relationship for two years, but things are about to change. After a long illness Sanjay wants more from life. Harriet is a struggling freelance journalist and wannabe author.
The medical background of this author is very clear and comes across throughout the book; there is also a sense of noir humour, especially when Geoff takes surgery. I was not sure that some of the comedic incidents translated well into general fiction, being a bit too medically specialised.
The book contains much profanity and discussion about sex, so it may not appeal to those who like a 'cosy' or 'clean read' contemporary drama. The chapters alternate between the different people in short passages which, I found, made it hard to connect with them before we moved on again.
The storylines were filled with negative thoughts and responses from the characters, and, alas, I felt the author was trying a bit too hard with the dry humour; comedy can be very hard to get right. There’s also a tendency towards 'telling' rather than 'showing', throughout. For those who prefer a happy ending to their books there is a celebration at the end, but I wasn't sure that it was consistent with the mood of the rest of the book, and aspects of it were confusing.
Who do I think would enjoy this book? Definitely those with a medical background, who will be able to relate to many of the incidents and patients portrayed, and those who have interest in the psychology of behaviour. For me, though, it was just an “okay” read.
A heatwave in the height of summer in London—everyone is looking for something or someone else. As I read this book I kept thinking “Peyton Place.” It isn’t really like the original Peyton Place, but each character is dissatisfied, and looking for love, often searching for it in the wrong places.
I was drawn by the cover and editing was great, but I was shocked at how it ended. In fact, I checked twice to see if I had missed something, but I hadn’t.
I am giving this book 3 stars. You may love it, but it didn’t do it for me. It wasn’t bad, I just found it frustrating.Nothing seemed to get resolved.
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