Jump! - Jilly Cooper OBE Reviews
Description:ISBN 0593061535 /
Newest Review: ... humour. CHARACTERS Jilly Cooper uses so many characters that there is always an extensive character list at the beginning of ... more
... her books. This is very much a good thing as the amount of characters she uses is, I believe, excessive. Having several main characters is fine, but she includes characters that are fairly inconsequential to the plot, and really seem to serve no purpose other than to include them in scenes where there are parties or large gatherings. At times I found myself flicking back and forth to the front of the book where the character list is, trying to fathom who she was talking about. Not all the characters are given a ph...more
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Customer Jump! - Jilly Cooper OBE Reviews (1)
by - written on 08/04/12 (Very useful, 83 readings)
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Confession time: I own several Jilly Cooper novels, starting from the 1980s blockbusters like Riders, to this recent book, Jump!, which was first released in 2010. Jilly Cooper's novels are a very guilty of pleasure of mine, however in my defence, as a horse lover I did primarily start reading them because a lot of them are set in the world of showjumping, polo, or as Jump! is, horse racing. (And no, I didn't start reading them because they have a reputation for being a bit racy... no pun intended!) THE PLOT Jump! is about Etta, who is recently widowed and forced to sell the house where she lived with her husband. She moves to a village and one ... Read the complete review
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