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Talking to Addison [Abridged] [Audiobook] (Audio Cassette)

by Jenny Colgan (Author), Anne Flosnik (Reader)
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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Jenny Colgan's second novel Talking to Addison arrives with a flourish following the success of her debut Amanda's Wedding. Sharp, quirky one-liners complement merciless observations of human foibles and the London scene to make this romantic comedy a cut above the rest.

The story opens with the modern-day heroine Holly trapped in the flatshare from hell with members of "Scary Clean Freaks Incorporated", ruled by the obnoxious Carol who "dispensed ... Robert de Niro-to-doomed gangster stares". Even when Holly escapes the suburban inquisition, life still isn't a bed of roses: she's an unemployed florist, in love with a recluse and she's being bullied. She's in good company though when she moves in with a bunch of equally maladjusted misfits: Josh, a terminally nice boy, has issues; Kate, the high-flying and no-nonsense career girl, wilts every time a married man comes along and then there's Addison--the drop-dead-gorgeous lodger ("Johnny Depp in geek form")--who never leaves his room, already has a girlfriend (albeit over the Internet) and is a certified Trekkie fan.

With Talking to Addison, Colgan ties together her comedic talents with her flair for storytelling to create an offbeat, hilarious tale about an ordinary girl's search for Mr Right with the inevitable Mr Oddballs getting in the way. --Nicola Perry --This text refers to the Paperback edition.



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Riding goofy, self-deprecating Bridget Jones's coattails in this second novel by the British author of Amanda's Wedding is a clumsy 28-year-old florist named Holly Livingstone, who desperately needs a sympathetic London flatmate. While most women always pick the wrong men, Holly assures us that she picks the wrong places to live. Since she makes barely more than the minimum wage when most of her fellow college grads are concerned with mortgages Holly's apartment prospects are limited to dubious arrangements such as the "Turkish Lesbian Women's Collective" until Josh, a former college classmate of indeterminate sexual orientation, takes pity on her. Josh lives in a rundown old house in Pimlico with posh, business-studies Kate and a rarely seen or heard from computer nerd named Addison Farthing. Once Holly gets one look at Addison, however (by barging into his room, which is equipped like the Star Trek Enterprise), she begins spinning fantasies of perpetual geek bliss. What it lacks in plot, Colgan's spirited, eye-rolling romp tries hard to make up for in characterization of Holly's idiosyncratic flatmates Josh and Kate, her working-class florist acquaintances (including one tough chick who beats her up), various unpromising young men who will never go for her (but sometimes do) and ungainly, unsociable Addison himself. Colgan keeps the dialogue skipping along with tongue-in-cheek, exclamatory asides such as "Poo!" and "Had I let a four-year-old do the shopping?" In the end, it's Holly who has to carry this serviceably silly novel. She is snake-tongued, unambitious, rude a lot of the time, but she'd be almost likable if she didn't sound so familiar. Though the field is dangerously close to being glutted, American readers may fall for this desperate-to-be-liked, lowest-common-denominator girlfriend.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Funny Until It Falls Off The Rails, Dec 5 2004
By Janna Green (Albany, Prince Edward Island Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Talking to Addison (Paperback)
"Talking to Addison" begins as a very quirky, funny, British read, with its protagonist, Holly Livingstone, spewing one liners about and insults to her insane flatmates, coworkers, and the world in general. The author does well in establishing the novel's place and in creating Holly's voice and, to a certain extent, her friends. However, the characters and the subject are all things we've seen and read before, in more successful ways. Holly and her cohorts remain two-dimensional, underemployed, disillusioned twentysomethings. As for the plot, it carries along nicely until the final third where it completely goes off into a far-fetched farce. While the last act holds a few smiles, all I could do was wonder where Addison's mother was in all of this mess, as she completely disappears at the most crucial time. The novel becomes unbelievable and loses any of its earlier charm.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Not You're Typical Chick Lit, Jun 14 2004
By Tobie Head "thewritegirl" (CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Talking to Addison (Paperback)
Another winner from Jenny Colgan! This book was so fun to read. It was part screwball comedy, part love story. The heroine is not your typical couture loving girl about town. In fact she's practically hopeless in social situations.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Big Let Down, Mar 1 2004
By "megs1234" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Talking to Addison (Paperback)
What can I say? I never even bothered to finish it...

This book was a big disappointment, as I expected better from Jenny Colgan. Amanda's Wedding was funny, gripping, had loveable characters...but I just don't know what happened in Talking to Addison.

This book was just so boring!!! The plot was sluggish, the characters were under developed and, frankly, odd and unrealistic.

Not once did I laugh...This book wasn't 'fluffy'....no, this book was just pointless.

This book is not worth the buy or the read. Pick up Amanda's Wedding instead.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Can a freelance florist find her man?
This is another in the recent series of British imports into the "Chick Lit" genre. It is a good follow up to Jenny Colgan's, "Amanda's Wedding". Read more
Published on Jan 17 2004 by Tanya L. Schaub

5.0 out of 5 stars Dark Brit Chick Lit!
I love British authors - and I thought I'd give this a whirl. I was not disappointed, although at times I was scared! Read more
Published on April 26 2003 by Danielle

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark Brit Chick Lit!
I love British authors - and I thought I'd give this a whirl. I was not disappointed, although at times I was scared! Read more
Published on April 26 2003 by Danielle

4.0 out of 5 stars Moments of humor -- but not up to her talent.
"Talking to Addison" by Jenny Colgan is a good book. Not a great book - but a good one. Colgan's usual humor and talent (showcased in "Amanda's Wedding")... Read more
Published on April 7 2003 by Caroline P. Hampton

4.0 out of 5 stars An easy, fun read for a lazy summer day
I thoroughly enjoyed the antics of Holly and her flatmates. Every page that I turned in this book had me anticipating more of Holly's ploys and mishaps to gain the attention of... Read more
Published on April 2 2003 by Buffy J.

4.0 out of 5 stars Light, sweet read
It's not deep. It's not spectacular, or ponderous, or deeply stimulating. If you want that stuff in a package having to do with a woman's life, read serious fiction, maybe... Read more
Published on Mar 11 2003 by A. Hoy

2.0 out of 5 stars Not nearly as good as I hoped
This was not nearly as good as Amanda's Wedding. It was rather disappointing, but I kept reading in the hopes that something good would come. Read more
Published on Jan 28 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars A fun little romp through the world of computers and amour
"Talking to Addison" was a really good read, and a fun one. The book is set in England and has a lot of British bite to it, which I always enjoy! Read more
Published on Dec 2 2002 by Sue the Amazing

5.0 out of 5 stars Ehmm. Raunchy, Ribald, and Randy
Much, much naughtier than my usual read, still TALKING TO ADDISON was a sublimely droll peek into the life of Holly Livingstone and Friends. Read more
Published on Sep 13 2002 by Mamalinde

5.0 out of 5 stars Ehmm. Raunchy, Ribald, and Randy
Much, much naughtier than my usual read, still TALKING TO ADDISON was a sublimely droll peek into the life of Holly Livingstone and Friends. Read more
Published on Sep 13 2002 by Mamalinde

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