Or she ll have to learn how to be as hard and ruthless as her enemies A cracking read that will chill you to the bone Sun on Two Faced Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel Martina Cole on Forget Me Not Broke author Mandasue HellerNew author to me so with the label of if you like Martina Cole you will love Mandasue Heller still slapping me in the facevery time I looked at the cover it was actually with some trepidation that I decided to read the book anyway I am not a fan of Martina Cole you may have surmised. Brokensilenze Thankfully Mandasue Heller is nothing like Martina Cole Her book was a lot easier to read for one thing and there was a pull to the characters that Cole for me doesn t achieve. Broken heart In Broke we are taken on the journey of a young couple in Manchester who marry and have kids too young and the addictions of gambling and heroin.
You could not help feeling for her especially when she spirals into drugs pushed on to her and the abuse she suffers Once you start to read this book you cant put it down you have been warned English When I won a free copy of this from Goodreads first reads I was pleased as it was an introduction to an author I ve never even heard of never mind read However when I received it and read on the cover the line If you like Martina Cole you ll love MandaSue Heller and I thought Oooer because I HAVE tried Martina Cole and absolutely loathed her writing Anyway we were setting off for a weekend away and I grabbed this book to take with me as it happened to be lying on the coffee table.
Stuck at home all day with 2 toddlers it has to but she s no yummy mummy sinking into boredom and letting the housework slip But when Mark loses all his wages at the bookies and gets sacked into the bargain the cracks in this pairs marriage really split asunder. Brokelyn Turning to dodgy money lender Lenny Yates seems to him to be the only answer but when hends up on the wrong side of him he scarpers and leaves Amy to face the music and this is where Amy s real nightmare begins. Broken screen OMG most of these characters really are low lives and I never realised I was such a snob until I began to cringe every time one of them spoke I didn t manage to dredge up a great deal of sympathy for Amy even though what she ends up going through is truly horrible.
I don t LOVEvery MH book I read Having said that her last book Lost Angel was absolutely brilliant With that in my mind I was really looking forward to reading the new release Broke The story centres on Amy who at a young age and with a baby on the way marries Mark Within the first two chapters I had the urge to slap Amy around the face and ask her what she was playing at The character Mark is an absolute idiot and one that I loathed from the very beginning A few years later and with another child in tow Amy and Mark find themselves stuck in the doldrums When Mark loses his job and his gambling gets out of hand he makes the major mistake of borrowing money from the local loan shark Lenny Yates. Brokerage account From that point on the story takes a rather sinister and dark turn Lenny Yates decides that Amy can pay off Mark s debts his way For fear of giving plot spoilers I don t want to divulge any of the story.
Mandasue was born in Cheshire and moved to Manchester in 1982 She spent ten years living in the notorious Hulme Crescents which have since become the background to her novels Not only is she a talented writer but she has also sung in cabaret and rock groups seventies soul cover bands and blues jam bands One of the bad girls of gritty crime Daily Mirror She s hit rock bottom but she s going to fight back Amy s marriage to Mark isn t the best he can t resist the girls he can t hold down a job But she doesn t want to know just how bad things are until his gambling habit brings the debt collector to her door He makes it brutally clear how she can pay off Mark s debts And Amy s troubles are only beginning Someone else wants Mark for herself and she is ready to steal Amy s man her self respect and even her children As the stakes rise Amy will either loseverything one a choice the other forced upon the person to make them controllable A bit slow to start Heller soon picks up the pace and sets off at a fast trot towards the finishing line and although I don t think I will be Heller s number one fan these types of books are generally not my cup of tea but always willing to give things a go I wouldn t snub her books either To say if you like Martina Cole you will love Mandasue Heller is a tad unfair to the author Heller has her own style and will be pleasing to a multitude of those who don t enjoy Cole books as well in fact this tag line may be a little offputting to those who don t like Cole and force them away from trying a well written enjoyable story English Thank God that s over Started quite well and had some promise but went down hill rapidly I couldn t feel any sympathy with any of the characters Story was flat felt like something on Eastenders Coronation Street or a Jeremy Kyle story. Broken screen I normally only award 1 star to books I DNF and was hoping to give it 2 stars but could not bring myself to do it As ending just didn t help boost it English This book has a lot of twist and turns Fantastic read would recommend this book 5 English I think that must be one of the bleakest books I ve ever read Amy and Mark got married too young and now they have two young children Let s be blunt here Mark is a waste of space an oxygen thief He s lazy can t keep a job blames anyone else for what is wrong with his life and he can t keep his dick in his pants But Amy still loves him and he loves his kids when he bothers to spend five minutes with them After he gets fired again Amy hits the roof There is no money for rent electricity orven food She packs up the kids and goes to her parent s house telling Mark to get his act together before she will come home. Brokensilenze Then Mark makes a huge mistake he borrows money from a loan shark and lies to Amy about where it came from but she goes back home with him When the inevitable happens and Mark misses a repayment things get really bad The loan shark comes around and gives Mark a beating and an ultimatum So he disappears too scared to confront him again This leaves Amy to wear the debt along with the ever growing interest You can imagine what s involved here its not pretty Things spiral downwards for Amy until she has lostverything including her self respect and almost her life How low can you go Very very low apparently There were few redeeming moments for her Many people would have just killed themselves. Mystery Thrillers brokensilenze Did I enjoy it I think its hard tonjoy a book that bleak It was well written and I know it got glowing reviews from many readers but I m sorry I just couldn t get past the bleakness I have to read something uplifting now English Althogh this is only a novel it paints a graphic picture of the addictive effects of alcoholism and gambling where vulnerable folk are preyed upon by unscrupulous loan sharks While happy to forward a few hundred pounds the lender knows full well that their victim is unlikely to be able to repay the loan This provides a stranglehold on the victim and family who become owned by the loan shark. Brokerage The book then portrays the awful steps taken to recover the money which keeps racking up byxtortionist amounts Pressure is then applied in a brutal and disgusting manner including forced addiction to drugs and worse descriptions of which are too unpalatable for this review. Brokeback mountain Worth reading but not for the feint hearted English Broke is gritty and true to real life the main character Amy was very believable and quite moving When Amy s husband Mark gets deeper into debt and then turns to a loan shark Kenny Yates obviously he does a runner after Yates gives him a beating Then Yates abuses her and expects Amy to take on the debt which she does as she has know choise in the matter and on the way there as I sat in the passenger seat I got it out and began reading just to see what it was about and I finished it in less than 24 hours which is quite unusual for me as I m quite a slow reader Safe to say then that its a veryasy read but also that its a real page turner as I didn t get sidetracked or distracted and it kept me wanting to know what was going on. Broken screen It was very different from most of the books I read the characters in it inhabit a world I m not really that familiar with thank goodness and I must say right from the start that I absolutely detested nearly all the characters in fact most of them I held in the greatest contempt but thats no bad thing they must have been realistic to engender such strong feelings. Pdf brake It s basically the story of Amy and begins on her wedding day to the revolting and despicable Mark who starts married life having a knee trembler up against a wall with a ginger slapper called Jenny whilst the hapless Amy goes into labour during the reception Sounds a bit like a sit com but life for this couple and their friends is far from humour filled Married life with a new baby for this barely old enough to be called adults couple presents difficulties galore and even as a few years pass Mark doesn t mature much he is an idle so and so interested in going to the pub with his mates than giving the kids a goodnight hug and addicted to a trip to the bookies than to turning up for work Pity he s not a bit like his mate Steve who is the only character in the book I had some time for. Pdf brooklyn navy yard Amy s life revolves around her kids she is just a rather pathetic character Rape drugs prostitution gun crime homelessness are allvery day words in the world of Lenny Yates and she gets forced into this world. Brokerage I m not really sure what the appeal of this kind of book is maybe it s seeing how the other half lives and appreciating your own situation as a result but it did make compelling reading lots going on and well constructed I ll certainly keep an eye open for books by this author which is after all what the first reads programme is all about so thankyou Goodreads for my free copy English I have mentioned in previous reviews that although I consider myself a fan but hence to say things are not particularly nice for Amy and her children As Amy s world takes a turn for the worse her situation spirals and becomes almost unbelievable The one thing I would say is that Mandasue touches on many subjects that are hard to deal with Although Amy s situation made me feel sympathetic towards her I also felt irritated by her as a character The fact that her life is all about Mark and nobodylse grated on me and at times it seemed like her children came second although at the end this seemed to have done a 360 degree turn That was my only real bugbear about the book. Mystery Thrillers brokensilenze Other than that the story drew me in and I went through quite a few emotions from pure rage at reading what characters were doing to sheer irritation at how stupid they can be I managed to read this in just under 4 hours which is a record even by my standards It s certainly written in a way that makes you want to keep reading Although I really liked this book her previous book Lost Angel was outstanding That and the fact that Amy irritated me so much means it s only a 4 5 read from me but still a great read Can t wait for the next one English It s been a while since I have read a Mandasue Heller book but I got stuck into this one and finished it within a couple of days. Book broker It was very gritty and certain parts were uncomfortable at times but it was well written and I was intrigued to know how things were going to turn out English If when I wake up at 1am and the first thing I do is pick up a book and read until 3am that book has gotta be a 5 Bloody brilliant I hated that bastard Lenny Yates I cringedvery time his name appeared on a page Mark was a waste of space he could ve had a wonderful life with Amy but threw it away Jenny ugly bitch I wanted to punch her in the face Marnie is a two faced slag and Amy should kick her to the kerb Amy poor poor Amy Unfortunately shit like this does go on and there are too many Amy s around I swear my blood pressure went up 30 points reading this book English .
. Book broker gmbh This story brings to mind the current proliferation of Pay day Loans which are the legal side of this questionable service and subject to much debate: Broken screen All in all this is an interesting novel which brings home the dark side of life for ordinary folk with financial problems exacerbated by various forms of additive behaviour.n In other words CRAP© 2024 book read by tom brady about the tennis ball
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