4★What’s a fella to do when the Love of His Life suddenly emails him saying “Hi”, and eventually “Do you want to live dangerously”? In their 20s, English visitor Adam and Aussie soapie actress Angela had a blazing, but short-lived, affair in Melbourne while she was trying to save her marriage. What? Save her marriage with a hot affair? Mm-hmm. There are a few times in this book where I needed to suspend disbelief, and mostly I didn’t mind – too much. Fast forward to 20 years later, and Angela is...

I've just wasted a whole weekend reading this and am bitterly, bitterly disappointed. I had high hopes for it. If it wasn't a library book I would use it to line the bin. I hated it. I didn't mind the narrator's voice for the first half but by the end I was hoping that all the characters would spontaneously combust so I wouldn't have to endure any more whining naval gazing. I detested all the characters. They were selfish and spoilt and lacked any real dimension. I tried to care about what was g...

The best of Adam Sharp is another interesting offering from the author of the Rosie Project. While a story of multiple adulterers is certainly not as heartwarming or whimsical as the The Rosie Project, I still found it to be a unique and introspective read. The protagonist, who seemingly wakes up one day and realizes how stale and boring his life is as he pines for the lost love of his youth, is certainly relatable to an extent. I found him to be a likable character, although admittedly as the n...

Check out my reviews at: www.thebuzzingbookmark.comThis book was a serious departure from the type of books that I usually read, but I was given the opportunity to read it and I actually felt like I needed a break from the murder, mayhem and twisted minds that constitute the subject matter of my favourite genres. I had previously read The Rosie Project by this author, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and so it wasn't a total leap of faith starting this book. Let me say at the outset that the main cha...

When almost 5o Adam Sharp receives a message out of the blue from the other side of the world, he begins to dwell on what might have been. Twenty years earlier he discovered how it felt to find love and lose it, his present situation and feelings are not helped by the fact that his marriage seems to have hit a rough patch. The Best of Adam Sharp explores the past and transitions during the novel to the present so the reader has a full picture of what happened and why the main protagonist feels t...

Adam is an IT consultant, has been in a relationship with Claire for over twenty years. He admits that he is currently taking more from his bank of memories than he is putting in. Somewhere in the back of his mind lurks the unforgotten love of his life, Angelina Brown. Adam is a pianist, and there are songs irrevocably entwined with his relationship with Angelina forged in Melbourne that lasted a memorable three months. Then after all these years, Angelina who married Charlie and has three child...

Adam Sharp is nearing fifty. He's had a decent turn in life as an IT contractor and he's lived with his girlfriend, Claire, for many years. But Adam has always held a torch for his first love, Angelina. For a few brief months, the two bonded and shared a relationship solidified over Adam's piano playing and music. It's been over twenty years since the pair have had any contact, but one day--out of the blue--Adam gets an email from Angelina. She's married to her husband, Charlie, with three kids....

This book reads like a creepy middle-aged man's poorly-written fantasy. Unfortunately, it has none of the charm or originality of the Rosie books. Very disappointing.

Adam Sharp is in a ho-hum relationship with Claire, his live-in girlfriend for over a decade. He's doing okay, but he's also bored, overweight, and feeling lonely. Life gets a little brighter, though, when Adam's ex-lover, famous actress Angelina Brown, sends him an email with just one little word: hi. Suddenly Adam doesn't feel so glum. As Claire works longer hours at her hectic job, Adam finds himself more and more captivated by Angelina. He can't help but wonder what his life would have been

3.5 starsRight... I should probably start this review by saying that if you expect Graeme Simsion's third novel to be anything like The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect you'll be disappointed. Especially if you expect any laugh-out-loud moments.The Best of Adam Sharp is about an almost fifty-year-old British guy, Adam Sharp, reminiscing and longing for his "big love" - an Australian soap opera actress he met when he was twenty-six and working in Australia. The first part of the novel is pretty...

The first half of this book wasn’t bad, if a bit twee. It tells of a young man Adam falling in love with an aspiring Australian actress when he’s on a contract in Australia. When the contract ends so does the love affair and although Adam moves on and has a relatively successful marriage he still looks back fondly on Angelina and the love that might have been. So far so good. I’m sure many people have an old romance that sticks in their minds and they sometimes wonder “what if….” However the sec...

What a weird novel. Fiftyish data analyst in a dreary but committed two decade relationship happens to end up in a week-long ménage-a-trois with the actress he had a fling with 22 years ago... with her husband's consent and presence. For the second half of this book I was just thinking Graeme Simsion is a weird sick guy who's just written out his own strange fantasy. But then turns it into a half hearted morality play to make us think he's not so wacko after all. And she chooses the husband who

Approaching 50, Adam Sharp likes his life, his partner Claire and excels in music trivia, but he can't forget the affair he had over 20 years ago with Angelina Brown, an actress all about love. He wonders how his life would differ from the one he lives now. Then from the other side of the world Angelina gets in touch. What exactly does she want?I liked the music references and I was singing along to them. I got into the first part of this novel,fairly easy but the second part for me just did not...

This review is also published here: http://theslattern.com/2017/04/12/the...At some points in this book I got the feeling that I was reading an early draft rather than a finished novel. It had all the components but they didn’t quite hang together.I feel bad for authors whose debut novels are wildly successful – they spend years perfecting their first book, it’s well-received, and then they find themselves under pressure from agents, publishers and their new fans to crank out another bestseller

For a few months during his twenties, Adam Sharp, British database consultant and passionate music aficionado and piano player, worked in Australia where he met and fell in love with Angelina, an Australian actress. But it wasn't to be. Now about to hit 50, settled back in England, and in a long-term but stale relationship with Claire, Adam is surprised, when out of the blue, Angelina gets in touch via email. What starts off as a bit of harmless flirting and wistful reminiscence, takes a complet...

The Best of Adam Sharp is a book about life, relationships and the one that got away so to speak and plenty of great music.Adam is in a long term relationship with Claire. Their relationship is just ticking along but there just doesn't seem to be a particular spark between them anymore. It's as if they are just going through the motions of everyday life.That is until one day Adam receives an email from an Ex and it's all about to change! Angelina is Adams "one that got away"By hearing from her s...

For all reviews please follow my blog Book Nation by Jen https://booknationbyjen.wordpress.comThe Best of Adam Sharp is like a fantasy that materializes; the story of wishful thinking from a middle aged man in a status quo relationship with an adequate job. In the story, Adam’s lost love of his life, an Australian actress, gets back in touch with him after 20 years and he is faced with the decision to stay in his ho hum relationship with his ok wife or to pursue his old flame to see what would b...