Talk of the Town
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- ISBN13: 9780764204906
- Condition: USED – VERY GOOD
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The show American Megastar is the hottest thing on television but its associate producer, Mandalay Florentino, is apprehensive. She’s just arrived in the tiny town of Daily, Texas, to arrange a surprise “reunion concert” for hometown finalist Amber Amberson. Only it turns out everyone in town seems to know the secret. And paparazzi are arriving. Word from Hollywood is that Amber has disappeared with a “terrible boy” actor. Can anything go right in this tumbleweed town? Imagene Doll likes her town of Daily, Texas, but things are lonely lacking her beloved spouse. Life seems dull. At least until that fancy-dressed woman pulls into town, looking terrified and glamorous all at once. Soon life’s not the least bit dull as Imagene and the rest of Daily find themselves at the center of a media maelstrom–with a young girl’s future on the line.
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The main reason I bought this book was the reviews from additional Christian fiction authors- who have written some of my favorite books- particularly Susan May Warren- adage it was “engaging” with “tiny town charm” and “hard to place down”. After reading Talk of the Town, I’m having distress understanding why there were so many rave reviews. It doesn’t feel like I read the same book that they’re talking about… The plot was predictable. Each chapter switches point of view from Mandalay Florentino to Imagene Doll. At first this was an well-organized way to see the tale and to see the characters from a different perspective. But it’s not as seamless as it should be- there are some overlapping events and the tale doesn’t flow very well chapter to chapter. You don’t feel as connected with the heroine because she’s not telling her own tale- you can only pick up bits from her and then the chapter ends and Imogene starts up with something else unrelated. It makes for a very choppy read. And since there are two narrators, some scenes are repeated but from the additional person’s point of view. That’s annoying- you don’t need to know where a name was when something insignificant happened. There were many times where I wanted to stop reading because I really didn’t like the tale, the characters, or the leader’s writing style (she likes to give people nicknames- more than one per person. Imagene= Majee, GiGi; Donetta= DeDe, Netta; Mandalay= Manda, Amanda-Lee. On one page they’re called one name and another it’s something different.) You’re supposed to care what happens to the heroine and I really didn’t. It was too obvious how everything would work out and who Mandalay would end up with.
The tale takes place in Daily, Texas. I know that Texans have a different way of talking but particularly in Imogene’s chapters, it’s hard to know – “don’t worry `bout a tha-ang…Yey-us, we shore do…” It’s written the way they would say it but it’s confusing to try and read it. The leader works very hard writing dialogue phonetically- you have to talk parts out loud to get the full meaning of some lines. I can just imagine how much talking to herself she had to do…
For a Christian fiction tale there was really very small comments regarding faith, prayer or beliefs. Overall a disappointing read. I guess I can’t trust additional leader’s opinions of each additional- there are probably ulterior motives involved (i.e. same publishing house, agent, editor, etc.) I forced myself to read until the end hoping that I would see why a name thought this was so excellent… but I never saw why…
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I caught this title when it was free a couple weeks ago. It’s a excellent read. It’s a romance tale, not a collection of steamy scenes loosely tied together. The townsfolk were brought to life and I really wanted everyone to be pleased in tale and loved the character development. I’m hoping the leader will write additional tales about the town and bring it further to life, hopefully focusing less on faith.
A lot of free romance novels for the Kindle are Christian tales. That’s fantastic if that is what you want to read. Very annoying when it’s not. I don’t read Christian tales as they don’t interest me. This book lies somewhere between Christian and secular. It has overtones of faith and Christianity, but they are not too frequent and are balanced with enough generic belief and a character that has visions that the tale can possibly win over a reader not interested in that. I wish, but, I’d known before and didn’t have to find out while reading the tale.
Not sure it’s worth $10, it’s current fee, but it was certainly a steal at free.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I selected it up because it’s placed in romance genres. There is no romantic interest in the first 1/3 of the book. It’s slow and dull. I’ve read more appealing shopping lists.
The romance (or lack there of) really irritates me. There is virtually no romance in the tale and when it does pop up, it’s fleeting, vague and gone before the reader gets a chance to really get into it.
The tale itself isn’t too terrible, but it’s not just a slow start. It’s slow all the way around and not in a nice savor the tale way. If the leader or editor had hacked out half of the unimportant crap in the book this would be worth reading.
The terrible accents are annoying too. Never would have thought I’d have that problem while reading, but you need a decoder ring to figure out what people are adage sometimes.
Don’t waste your time if you’re looking for a romance.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I really loved this book. I establish myself giggling out loud. There was also a number of very excellent quotes in this book. I bookmarked a number of pages because it had some very meaningful thoughts. The characters were fantastic. I highly recommend this book for a fun, quick read.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
A fun read that’s tolerably well-written. Ms. Wingate’s characters are engaging and real and there’s more depth to them than in the usual romance novels. I admit I was a bit place off by the lack of intuition showed by the protagonist regarding the handsome weirder in town. I personally prefer women who are described to be as intelligent as we are in real life and I reflect our heroine here had that potential. Nevertheless a very enjoyable read – certainly fantastic beach reading.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5