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| Double Standards | 
 enlarge | Author: Judith Mcnaught
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 23645
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 4.4 x 0.8
ISBN: 0671737600
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780671737603
ASIN: 0671737600
Publication Date: January 15, 1991
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 A Very interesting Romance! January 2, 2006
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
This was a very interesting romance novel. I couldn't wait to read what would happen next. Throughout the day I would be thinking what would happen next and waited for the moment when I would be in my bed reading the book. I don't understand why so many reviewer gave this story so bad rating because for me it is a perfect 5. And of course I do wish it was longer but can't be sure if it was longer would it have been equally interesting?
Nick wasn't a very likable character in the beginning but still I do understand people like him. I know someone like him who talks about women liberation in term of sexual independence like it is a virtue! Like every woman should not put so much importance to the act of sex and become emotional about it, like they shouldn't wait for someone special to loose their virginity to, like men don't care if they got a promiscuous wife! I was so thrilled when Lauren threw his own words back at him when he finally fell in love with her and asked her how many men has she slept with after him! Well Of course being a modern man he shouldn't be bothered by so petty details, isn't it? I wish the guy I know who talks like this would also fall in love one day and eat his own words! Because however modern women become they would still never be able to separate sex from her emotions and men would never be able to stop themselves from wishing that woman they love has been untouched. It's ok whatever they have done with other women but when it comes to their wives all their modern ideas go down the drain.
As Nick put it in his own words that it's convenient for men to think like that. It makes them feel less guilty about the way they use women.
Lauren was a treat! It's been a long time since I have liked a heroine so much. Nick thought she was naive and sweet girl. In the beginning he did succeed in being able to seduce her easily but it was only because Lauren thought he was special. But when they met again and Lauren knew the truth about him she was not so naive and sweet anymore. She was an arrogant and stubborn woman with a smart mouth that could cut deeply than a knife! I loved it when she called nick a hypocrite because he sure was one.
All in all a great contemporary romance. I would read it again after some time.
This Book is Absolutely Amazing! February 12, 1999
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
i bought this book by chance. i saw it in the book store and bought it along with a few other books. Double Standards was that last one i read out of the books i bought that day. once i started it i couldnt put it down. i remember reading it until six o'clock the next morning. the story was so beautiful. i love the way Nick is so powerful and strong, yet love breaks him down and eats away at him. its so touching the way he cant leave her alone, he wants to be near her even when he wants to hate her. the story was so beautiful, their love so strong. Everything about the book was perfect. i have read it about 14 times from front to back and i'll probably read it over and over again. i definitely recommend this book to anyone who wants to read an up to date modern love story.
Outdated but a goody anyway December 30, 1999
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book was first published in 1984 and shows its age, but if you can read it as a period piece, it's a lot of fun. Nick, the hero, is a working-class kid from a grim background, grown up to be a driven, overachieving,and emotionally frozen CEO. He hires and desires Lauren, a nice girl with a secret. The emotional and physical jousting between the two of them sometimes grates on 90s sensibilities -- nowadays Nick's conduct in places is grounds for a lawsuit -- but in its own context it plays well. Nick is very attractive and Lauren is far from stupid. Yes, the ending is weak -- Nick needs to change and there's no sign he has. But this is a fantasy, not real life, and a nice one. They all lived happily ever after.
double standards December 20, 2000
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
This was the first Mcnaught book I read, and I loved it, couldn't put it down. But if you compare it to her other books, it's not as great, but still a very good read. Nick's a bit ruthless in his treatment of Lauren, but I guess it's understandable considering his background and the time this piece was written. He was close to being violent however, and that was a big turnoff. He very nearly makes up for it in the end though, although I find Lauren to be too forgiving. It was the best fight-and-make-up sequences I've read though (even though it wasn't very realistic). It just didnt' seem as if Nick ever really came to trust Lauren though, like she had to earn her innocence back, which was the only reason Nick came back, not because he trusted her or loved her. It never seemed like Nick changed at all, even at the end. And none of the characters were really developed, even Nick and Lauren, but I understand that this was one of Mcnaught's first novels. And I enjoyed reading it very much.
 Hero is an #$#@ January 15, 2004
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book was well written, but I couldn't really enjoy it because the hero was such a jerk the whole book. He treats the heroine like crap. Seduces her and tries to force her to continue their affair when she starts working for him even though he makes it clear he will NEVER marry her and that is all they have. Then, at the end of the book, he accuses her of something she doesn't do. Completely degrades and humiliates her as does everyone else who knows her and should know she wouldn't do what she is accused of. Then, when he finds out she's innocent, he goes to her and she instantly forgives him. This book makes me sick. I feel it is an insult to women that the heroine allows the hero to treat her that way and then just instantly forgives him. I would have had much more respect for her if she had made him suffer for the way he treated her but she doesn't. She just lets him treat her like crap and comes back begging for more.
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