Martina Cole

[Peter Pedant]

I have just done 100 p of Hard Girls and didnt like it much.

Should I persist or give the book back to the lender and call it a day ?

[woofgang]

100 pages? give up. Life is too short.

[China Doll]

Personally I don't rate her.

[jno]

if it doesn't grab you in 100 pages it never will. I say this never having read it, just on general principle

[janbee]

Give up. I don't care for Martina Cole's books. If you've read one, you've read them all. They're all the same story with different names.

[LyndaB]

Unless you f@&!!! love your t*$¥## literature c£&&££&£&' littered with f&£*%^* expletives - I'd give Ms Cole a f£&@*^* wide berth

[bluebirdino]

excellent answer LyndaB :-) . i tried one of martina coles books once and had to give it up. terrible !

[rockyracoon]

I really dislike her books, shock language over substance.

Try Lynda La Plante instead.

[pastafreak]

I read the cover blurb on one of her books...that was enough to put me off.

[boxtops]

I don't ever read a book if I don't like the look of it - hold it, read the page where it falls open, put it back.

I can't bear books where the hero and heroine are called daft names either, like Ziggy or Pinkie or Tansy.

[silliemillie]

I used to like her books but as Janbee says, they all end up more of the same.
I have met Martina as she used to live near me but she was a bit scary!
I entered a writing competition & was selected as one of the finalists.
Martina was giving out the prizes & I almost wished I hadn't won anything so I didn't have to speak to her!! LOL!

[saxy_jag]

I don't know the book and have never read the author so I can't comment on that aspect. However, one of the rights of the reader is that you have the right not to finish a book.

It could be you'll come back to it after a few months/years and find it riveting. It could be it's just not the book for you. Don't torture yourself over it.

[Peter Pedant]

I have called it a day

Managed 4 Hardy books at 50p each
Mar'y Sooth's soliloquy to Giles Winterbourne at the end of the Woodlanders still makes me cry

thanks everyone