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Nip 'n' Tuck | 
| Author: Kathy Lette
Publisher: Picador
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 33424
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0330491970
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780330491976
ASIN: 0330491970
Publication Date: June 7, 2002
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Condition: 8vo - over 7 - 9 tall. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Soft Cover
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 It's okay, but a little disappointing June 10, 2008
To begin with I wasn't sure what I thought about this book. It's true that I found this book surprisingly easy to read, despite the fact that Kathy Lette sometimes tries a little too hard to be funny and the metaphors are constantly a little too drawn out and rambling.
I realise this book is entirely fictional, but even so, there were a couple of things that strained against the bonds of even my reality. For example:
1. If you had a husband like Hugo McPhee you would, unequivocally, divorce him, no questions asked, no second thoughts, you just would, not opt for every type of plastic surgery under the sun to try and win him back;
2. If someone spoke to you like Lizzie McPhee's nemesis, Britney Armore, every other page should technically have been a flat out brawl with fists a-flying and murders abound. No one, no matter how down trodden, would put up with it. But apparently Lizzie does. I think the odd good argument between these two would have been amusing and uplifting for Lizzie's character.
BUT - as the story nears its conclusion (especially the scene where Lizzie's at work and has her moment of Enlightenment in front of the TV cameras), I found I was pleased to have persevered with it. I was a little disappointed with the ending because it was pretty obvious what was going to happen quite early on in the book. This book is chick lit, but as far as chick lit goes, it's worth a read if you're after something light hearted and easy.
 Nip and Tuck February 27, 2008
This book was another book which i couldn't put down, really good and funny short chapters which i perfer don't liked to be bored to death
Tries To Hard - Ultimately Disappointing October 31, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have read most of Kathy Lette's previous books and have found them to be spot on in their observations on women, life, love and sex. Her funny play on words and wicked one liners have had me laughing out loud (not always in the most appropriate of places!).
This book hpwever is a bit of letdown, sure the one liners are here and the play on words type of lines that she is well known for pop up frequently - so much so that it seems more than a little contrived and not really that funny.
The books meanders through a story that has an unsympathetic central character who despite everything we have read about her does a U turn on all her values and principles and endeavours to win back her husband at any cost. Cue loads situations which just aren;t funny. Various other characters float about not really moving the story along and the last few chapters take a flight of fancy and become not only farcical (and not in a good way) but also incredibly stupid, oh and the oh so surprise alternative love interest is not really a surprise, you could spot it the moment the character was introduced in the earlier chapters.
Although this isn't a taxing read I found it difficult to get through to end and finish it, ultimately disappointing and not a patch on books on her previous books.
Wittily wry May 10, 2003
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is such a funny novel! The author's style of writing and her witty play on words make her books a delight to read. The theme of "Nip 'n' Tuck" is the question of whether it is worth having cosmetic sugery just to keep your man. Kathy Lette elaborates (in side-splittingly funny detail) the length that her characters go to in order to stay youthful-looking. There are plenty of funny one-liners, satisfying come-uppances and loads of bitchiness along the way, so that you'll want to keep on reading (even though occasionally you may struggle to see through the tears of laughter!). Great stuff!
Witty struggle between beauty and brains October 3, 2002
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
...Kathy Lette's eighth novel begins ...[with] a promising start for 255 pages full of deliciously witty humour about the struggle of a 40-year-old mother who's battling against her loss of beauty. Main character Lizzie is torn between being a feminist and giving way to cosmetic surgery to win her husband back, and this book describes her inner struggle with her outwards appearance. Lizzie's sister, who is a deteriorating model, resembles Samantha from Sex In The City and tries to persuade Lizzie to do something about her sagging body. Will Lizzie be talked into going under the knife and give up her principles? Will the brains win from the beauty? You'll just have to read this novel to find out!
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