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story went no where , was very boring

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I am hugely relieved to find that I am not the only one who is massively disappointed with The Business by Martina Cole. What on earth has happened to her writing? The worst aspect of the writing is the endless repetition; page after page after page, offering the same description, paraphrased in different mind-numbing ways. It even seems as if at times Martina writes a page, then completely forgets what she has written and then repeats it! I felt committed to finishing the book but I am afra ...

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Martina Cole has written some of the best fiction I have read, but, unfortunately, "The Business" is an absolute horrible read.
In fairness; the plot could have gone on to be something great, but all she does is ramble on about her characters, what they do, and did, in the past, there is a very small amount of dialogue in the book. Before I made the purchase of this book, I honestly wished somebody had warned me how bad this really is. I'm a hardcore Martina Cole fan, but I felt greatly let down ...

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I have always loved Martina Cole books BUT she let herself down badly with this one. The story line wasnt great and it wasnt as gritty as her other books very disapointed and found the book very repetative in parts. Please please try harder Martina your losing your touch x

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I am a huge fan of Martina cole & have read all her books except Faces, but the Business is shockingly BAD, I felt the need to bang my head against a brick wall following mind numbing repetative character descriptions. The worst of it was the story line had huge potential to be good, but it felt like Martina thought up an outline for it & that is all she used the rest of the book was padded out with REPETATIVE CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS. She introduced big characters who then just dissapeared with n ...

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The Business by Martina Cole was boring, boring boring. No storyline to speak of. Just repetitive. Almost 500 pages about Imeldas' wicked character. A total waste of money spent. Thought Faces was bad, but maybe was just a one off but this is written in the same vein.

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The business by Martina Cole has no plot, extremely repetative and i struggled to finish it, but did in case anything happened to get your teeth in to, however, nothing unpredictable did. Got The Take last year for Christmas and again was extremely disappointed, so repetative. Used to love Martina Cole's books. Up until the last 2, her books were fantastic. I think Martina Cole should stop writing books if she cant come up with books like she used to. It is quite an insult to her avid book r ...

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I'm so glad I realised that I'm not the only person to have wasted hours of my life on The Business by Martina Cole. I once liked Martina Cole and read a couple of her excellent early books, The Jump in particular, and thoroughly enjoyed them. What on earth has happened to her;
This is without a doubt the most boring, repetitive and actionless 500 pages I've ever have the misfortune of reading.

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Cole's first books were great but The Business has no real plot. Nothing to get your teeth into :-(. If you like repetition then you are going to love this book. The only point in its favour is that it is very easy to put down.

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The Business was boring, no storyline at all, what is Martina Cole doing? at one time she was very good and i could not wait till her new book, but the last two books have been a let down.

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Hardly any good points. Gone are the strong likeable women, I thought it was a terrible read, I think she is no longer doing it for the love of writing but for the money. I would not waste my money on it.

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The Business seems to have lost the grip factor all Martina Cole's previous books, felt Faces was the same. Repetative, constant going over character characteristics not much of a storyline, always involves same format. Lost her touch.

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Complete and utter boring rubbish, how she is allowed to get away with producing a book like this is beyond me. Just read the first paragraph, which doesn't make sense at all and thats it right through the book.