Martina Cole, The Business

I’m so glad to see on here I’m not the only one to find this book mind numbingly BORING !!

I struggle to believe this has been written by Martina Cole !

I usually can’t put her books down but this is the same rubbish on every page and I’m really finding it hard going to pick it up and read it .

So disappointed ????

after being a fan for many years finding her last few books disappointing thought best one ever was goodnight lady

I agree with all the other comments about this book. It does not deserve the title. None of the charactors came alive for me like her other books did. Full of repetitive, continuous narrative with very little dialogue. I would only give this book a 1/2 rating, but the option was not offered....I do not recommend that you buy or borrow this book!

I thought i was the only who was going CRAZY reading this book, so repetive I was actually getting angry at reading it. The only reason I am reading till the end is to find out the BIG secret, but how big is going to be. Also Its taken me nearly a week now, I normally read a book in two days, but this is just so hard, as mentioned like a chore. Very poor

Three quarters of the way through this novel and thought as I have been struggling to finish it I would check to see other readers thoughts.

I too am an avid Martina Cole fan, but have found this to be very repetitive and has no real plot or substance to it. Paragraph after paragraph describing the characters in such depth, it really does become a bit of a chore to read. It has certainly worked it sending me off to sleep at night.

Sorry Ms Cole but it really just doesnt 'cut' it on this occasion!!

I have loved Martina Coles work from when I first read Two Women. Since I borrowed that book years ago from a friend I have bought all her work and read them many times over, always enjoying them. Her last 3 books, Faces, The Business and Hard Girls have been nowhere near as good and I wonder if pressure is being put on Ms Cole to churn new books out for her fans. I will stil buy her future work in the hope that the next one will be a 'blinder' but will probbaly wait until it is released in paper back. Hard Girls was the most disappointing of all her work, no substance to the characters and what has happened to Kate, the most disliked of them all!!

story went no where , was very boring

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 afraid I am crawling towards the end, still waiting for the writing to improve. It shows a lazy attempt by an established writer to churn out a money-spinner, without thought for the loyal reader. I will not be reading any more Cole unfortunately, which is a shame as I have really enjoyed her books in the past. Cynically I cannot help wondering whether she is now just producing a formulaeic tome, but maybe her apathy will backfire. What a boring read!

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 by this book.

It could of been great, pity it was not.

Martina, get whatever made your fiction so great back, and use it!

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