My Very '90s Romance

A Novel

By: Jenny Colgan

Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis

Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

From New York Times best-selling author Jenny Colgan comes a hilarious romantic comedy about a down-on-her-luck florist whose future begins to bloom when she takes on the challenge of helping to transform her nerdy roommate.

Holly is a frustrated florist whose life doesn’t seem to be coming up roses. Fleeing a roommate situation from hell, she moves in with a motley crew of friends - Josh, a sexually confused merchant banker; Kate, a high-flying legal eagle with talons to match; and Addison, a gorgeous computer geek who spends his days communicating with his online girlfriend and anyone who worships at the altar of Jean-Luc Picard. From the moment Holly catches a rare glimpse of Addison, she’s smitten. The only problem is how to get him to swivel his chair from the computer screen to her adoring gaze.

After a series of false starts - involving a new friend and mathematician, Finn - Holly coaxes Addison away from his computer screen and out into the open. While “out in the open” spells disaster for Addison, curiously, her own future begins to bloom. Holly and her friends make desperate attempts to connect with Addison, drag him away from his fiercely possessive girlfriend, Claudia, and get him to communicate with the real world.

With Jenny Colgan’s trademark wit and a cast of unforgettable characters, My Very '90s Romance will capture your heart.

©2001 Jenny Colgan (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers

I love Lucy Price-Lewis!

Lucy Price-Lewis always brings the characters and story to life. One of my favorite narrators..

Unlikable Main Character

The characters in this book are shallow and not well developed. I usually love Jenny Colgan, but this one didn't draw me in.

I really wanted to like this book

There was so much to like about this book, but the brutal slamming of a woman due to her weight really tanked it for me. By the time we find out later that she's rather rude, I'm already so annoyed with the main character's flawed mentality that I couldn't cheer anyone on other than the two flatmates. It really was a bummer because with some different wording, it could have been a winner. The main character would still be shallow, but not as easy to dislike INTENSELY. Not giving up on the author though. She does have some great ones out there.

Laughing out loud! I never do that!

I’m only halfway through this book and I’ve already embarrassed myself a dozen times by laughing out loud in public with my headphones on. Witty, lonely, late-20-somethings thought processes are hysterical. Brought me back a couple decades. Although I usually go for sweet English countryside stories, I really needed a cute book that would make me laugh! This hit the spot. Thanks as always Jenny Colgan!

Not one of her best

Holly is really hard to like. Her persistent meanness about Claudia is persistently superficial and shallow. Referring to her as "Moby DIck" and saying things like, "Let's hide behind Claudia" is downright shameful, in every sense of the word. Really, Jenny Colgan? Addison proved to be the only one with the depth to look beyond her exterior.

This is the first time I've seen Jenny Colgan's writing as lazy. She gets some basic facts wrong that would not have been hard to get right. For instance, she uses Star Trek and Star Wars references interchangeably. Also, she seems unaware that you cannot have full-on conversations with someone who is on a ventilator (even if he does claim to be God).

Generally, it's a good story, if not as good as the author's other books.

Had potential

I have read or listened to every book by this author and love them all. This one was a little disappointing. Lucy Price -Lewis is my favorite narrator and while part 1 of this book was really good, part 2 lost me. It went did hill and got a little silly. The book is quite funny and still enjoyable but not my favorite. Still a huge fan of her writing.

Fantastic

Excellent characters. Great story. Excellent performance. Amazing use of slag. Really made me laugh. I enjoyed it tremendously.

Not my favorite

This book is well written, the story and theme were just a bit young for me. Love Colgan’s work though.

Love Jenny Colgan but not my fave book

Narration was great but overall just didn't think the story was strong and probably my least fave book of heres taht I've read so far. Absolutely love just about all of the other books by her that I've read.

So disappointed

I have read most of Jenny Colgan’s books and eagerly awaited this one which I ordered for pre-sale. I don’t know what happened but this book just does not have the characters, interest etc. that are in her other books. I would not recommend this book.