The Business

I have read a few of Martina Cole's books and while I have enjoyed the others, this book was very hard getting through. The first 100 pages were just descriptions of the characters over and over and over, the rest of the book was a short story and descriptions of the characters over and over and over. After the 10th time being told how dull Imelda's brothers were I wanted to scream at my Kindle, and yes we get it, Imelda is beautiful and she has no thought for anyone but herself, we do not need to be reminded of that fact everytime her name is mentioned. The story on it own would have been strong but the endless, repetitive descriptions of the characters killed the book for me. Also the characters all started out thinking one thing of the people in their lives and within a few pages changes their mind and suddenly this person is the exact opposite of what they started off saying. This book just seemed to plod along and it made reading a chore. If this is your first name reading Martina do not start with this book because you will miss out on someone who have written some really good books.

I've been a fan of Martina Cole's for a few years now and have read many of her books. While she does have a history of providing drawn out, repetitive background information, it's never been to the extent that it was in this book. In her other books the story line draws you in and makes you care more about finding out the secrets than a bit of repeated info. This book is completely opposite.This book almost feels forced. As if Cole just wanted to get it finished and used painful repetition to do so. She provides in-depth background info on even the most minute characters, which is beyond pointless. Their characters are so small and fleeting in the grand scheme of things that we don't need to know that deep into their background.Her story was confusing at times as well, as she seemed to lack paying attention to detail and would often jump into another story line without any kind of warning or easy transition. This leaves the reader confused and wondering how they got there.The worst though is the repetition. This book is an almost painful read because of it. For example, one character would say something and you would then have to read through three pages of already very often stated background info just to finally reach the other characters response. I found myself skipping pages at a time just to avoid reading the facts she had already made perfectly clear up to this point, and to get on with the story.If you extracted all of the repetitive background filler, this book would probably only be 1/4 of the length of what it currently is. That's just how much "filler" this book contains.Do yourself a favor and skip the aggravation!

Typical book by Martina Cole continues to repeat the same phases over and again throughout the book

The Business gives us a shocking insight into the life of a drug addict and what ends she will go to for her drug of choice. It amazes the mind to see how drug addicts use everyone and anyone around their world, especially family. The story is realistic, believable and entertaining, and is well worth the read.

I didn't like this the characters were lacklustre and the story was depressing.However the description of the use of drugs and the way addicts sink so low is very well communicated in this book.My least favourite martina Cole book

Being a huge fan of Martina Cole I have purchased most of her books but have to say that I was really disappointed with this one. She repeatedly describes a character over and over again making this a chore t read rather than a pleasure. Having managed pubs in the areas that she writes her stories are very close to the truth. I almost wonder if her background is also in this area.

all her BOOKS 5 stars.

Boring. 25% in and still nothing has happened