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| Sundays at Tiffany's | 
 enlarge | Authors: James Patterson, Gabrielle Charbonnet
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  151 reviews
Sales Rank: 3817
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
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Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 031601477X
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316014779
ASIN: 031601477X
Publication Date: April 28, 2008
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 Be Prepared to Suspend Reality with this Romantic Fantasy September 15, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Warning: this is not for James Patterson fans addicted to Alex Cross. Think of his romantic novellas like Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas and if you liked that, you'll be more inclined to like this one. However, even though I am perfectly willing to suspend reality and slip into fantasy mode when necessary, I do expect the fantasy to be logical and well thought out---in other words, a realistic fantasy, one that could be possible in a dream-come-true world. This one fails on that score.
The most endearing part of the novel is Jane as the poor little rich girl. Her divorced mother is too busy for her and constantly belittles Jane for her weight and just about everything else. Her absent father has little purpose other than showing up occasionally to disappoint her. No wonder young Jane slips into Fantasy Land and is only too happy to have Michael, her imaginary friend, become her best and only friend. This concept works well, especially for the hundreds of adults who might recall with fondness their own imaginary friend from childhood. It is only when the adult Jane reconnects with Michael that the novel becomes a bit creepy and all logic is lost. Apparently, the authors had a wonderful idea of telling the story of an imaginary friend, but didn't take the time to work out answers to the details of his life---details like why he doesn't age, how he explains his occupation to the real-world adults he associates with between assignments, his status as angel or not, etc. Michael's character, one that could have been truly wonderful, is just not that well thought out. Even Michael doesn't know the answers.
If one of my children had written this when they were eight or nine, I would have praised their creativity in coming up with such a plot. But a distinguished writer like James Patterson owes his adult audience a book with a more well-defined parameters. Even fantasies have to make sense on some level.
 Different...but I enjoyed it! April 30, 2008
8 out of 16 found this review helpful
I have to say the "idea" of this book didn't grab me as much as the last two love stories Patterson wrote. However, I was the first one in the store to buy this Monday morning.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. I loved Jane's humor, most women can relate to her sweet tooth craving and fighting to say "no!" She was easy to fall in love with as a little girl in the beginning. Michael was a perfect listener, he was kind and handsome...a perfect love story character. I did think the imaginary friend thing was a little weird, but it seemed to work, if you (as a reader) don't mind using a little imagination in the story!
The ending wasn't as of a suprise as I was hoping. I won't give a thing away, but maybe it's because I read too much!? Overall, 4 stars!
 Ridiculous Premise May 9, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book could have been a short story and even then it would have been thin. A young girl starved for love, an imaginary friend and her journey into adulthood. I kept waiting for the violin musuc at the end. If you have a pressing need to read this book, borrow it. The print is large with large margins.
A disappointment May 10, 2008
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
This was a huge disappointment. James Patterson writes a great Alex Cross series but some of the other novels just seem to fall short for me. I was anxious for this one to come out...the concept sounded like it could be good. I thought it may be like Suzanne or Nicholas. I'll stick to the more exciting Cross series.
"City of Angels" meets "Cinderella" May 27, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Extremely light-weight fantasy about a poor little rich girl with an imaginary friend who grows up to be a poor little rich young woman who meets her imaginary friend again and falls in love all over again. Happy ending. Yahoo.
There is virtually no character development of either of the two main characters, Jane and Michael, and absolutely no explanation of who, what or how Michael is,or how he got to be that way, or why Jane still remembers him when all other children of imaginary grown-up playmates promptly forget about their imaginary friends when they turn 9 and the imaginary friend must leave for another "assignment" according to the "rules".
This ground was covered in much greater depth and with much greater poignancy in the film "City of Angels" or the book on which it was based, "Wings of Desire". The only James Patterson in evidence is his trademark 2-page chapters. There is no suspense or tension, or conflict or resolution. Or explanation. Only "... and they lived happily ever after". Presumably this was plotted and written mostly by the co-author, Gabrielle Charbonnet, with coaching on the chapter structure by Patterson.
All in all, very disappointing.
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