Would you Adam and Eve it! (Eve)

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Product:	Eve
Date:	16/10/00 (1 review reads)
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Advantages: informative, intelligent, good value, and generally restricted in man-hating content.

Disadvantages: read it then had to wait for next edition

I bought my first copy of Eve just because there was a free novel stuck to the front. Being a true Northern Lass, I like "owt for nowt". Besides that I had a long train journey ahead of me, and I didn't want to be reduced to reading the health warning on my ciggarette packet.

I never expect much from womens magazines, they are normally mildly interesting, bordering on irritating. But I've got to say fair play to all at Eve for the shock I had when I began to read. This magazine is very very good.

The articles were fantastic, two in particular stuck in my mind. One was the fascinating story of a real "bionic" man, who has an amazing artificial arm. The other was entitled "Dearly Departed" and was a brilliant and enlightening article on funerals of all things! It was so interesting that the next day I made enquiries about enrolling on a training course to become a funeral director!!

Of course there were the obligatory fashion pages, which didn't do much for me. But the photography looked good.

The overall tone of the magazine seemed to be..."Okay we acknowledge that you are a woman but that doesn't mean the only things that interest you are: reducing wrinkles, degrading men, furthering your high flying career and burning money on designer crap, we realise that you are intelligent and interested in other things."

The quality of the writing is great, and the breadth of subject matter is a breath of fresh air.

The interviews were great, not with glitzy superstars, but everyday people with an unusual story to tell. Unless you count the interview with the author of bestseller Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, but even that concentrated on more in depth matters rather than hollow celebrity waffle. Then there was the lady who plans to sell her home to buy a property and move abroad with similar people seeking to change their lifestyle.

After reading
this magazine for a while, I felt uplifted and informed. Best of all I didn't feel like I wasted my money. At £2.70 for 210 glossy pages worth reading and a free book, I was indeed a happy camper.

It took me a long time to read it cover to cover. Everything is included from Health, Travel, entertainment, home, family you nmae it.

For the first time in my life I might become a regular buyer of a womens magazine. Would you Adam and and Eve it!

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