Fantastic British Farce

I so enjoyed this book, Harriet stumbles from one hilarious disaster to another. Just when she thinks things can’t get in any more of a muddle they do. The mixture of down to earth Harriett and an upper crust family is full of hilarious mishaps, I laughed out loud so many times my cats have hidden behind the sofa! I highly recommend this wonderful book and will be looking for more from this author.

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A fun filled romp!

A fun filled romp from London to the wilds of Scotland. Poor Harriet, left in the lurch by her fly by night boyfriend. What does she do? She tries to pick up his broken pieces and as a result gets herself into very hot water. Is she a woman or a mouse?

Listened to this on audible and enjoyed the narration. Brice’s voice made him a little slimy sounding but he more than made up for it with his masculinity and pillar of the community ways. Some of the un PC comments about the different demographics within, made me cringe just a little, but in the next moment I was laughing out loud too. Is that wrong? Eeek!

Very enjoyable

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Fun

Enjoyed the change of this genre. Had a few under my breath giggles as I listen at work! Did get asked what I was smiling about a couple of times too.
A light listen, fun listen & the back chat between the friends amused me, very true to life.
The romance was light when it arrived. Not sickly & was entertaining too.

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5 great big funny stars

A wonderfully funny book. Made me laugh out very loudly several times. Give it a listen, the narrator is brilliant

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Hilarious read

This book is hilarious. I loved the narration, I loved the story and I loved the mad characters. A fun filled book which is definitely worth a listen.

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Laugh out loud funny

Well, I didn’t expect to have so many laugh out loud moments while listening to this audiobook! It is such a light-hearted, funny story and it's a perfect choice if you are in need of some cheering up. I found it easy to connect to Harriet, the main character: whether it was to agree with her decisions, get frustrated about the choices she made or laugh at her/with her depended on the actual situation. The narrator was an added bonus and brought the whole story to life. Well done, I really enjoyed it!

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Tremendous fun

Harriet’s Big Fat Wedding Blunder


This book is an absolute HOOT !!
I am very choosy about the chick lit I read but I was given an offer I could not refuse just like our erstwhile heroine.
The opening chapter has Harriet, part time medical student and Launderette Manager arriving late at a friend’s posh wedding, in a charity shop frock whilst sat with her best friend, her stammering partner and a couple of toffs. Whilst one is dreamy the other is a bit too friendly for her liking particularly as her own Boyfriend who should have been on her arm has been spotted in her mini going in completely the wrong direction!
This is a rip roaring adventure of a book and the cast of characters including a trio of East End gangsters with a very unique tradition in family naming process. Their unwelcome and mercenary insertion into her affairs ( thanks to her foolhardy Boyfriend and his dubious attempts to raise finance for his restaurant) brings near ruin. When ever spiralling debts and the fear of the removal of her fella’s appendages forces Harriet into an ill-advised engagement of convenience she becomes embroiled in a family saga that brings Dreamy Doctor Brice Edmunds back into the ever swirling maelstrom of Harriet’s life.

Frothy and deeply funny Harriet’s Big Fat Wedding Blunder is my first foray into Lynda Renham’s novels. I know I will seek more, from the griminess of Battersea to the wide open spaces of a country seat in Scotland this is a fish out of water tale that tickles every funny bone. Often ludicrous but always great fun with a sweet central romance of equal parts antagonism and a mysterious allure worthy of Hepburn and Tracy, this is the perfect book to get you over that January hump after Christmas.
Fabulous narration by Rosie Akerman keeps the energy high throughout and had me guffawing on my commute and in my bed alike as I could not stop listening

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A Jolly Farce

This is a jolly gape and could easily be a theatre farce. Not particularly my humour but pleasant to listen to, and made me smile.

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Lighthearted and Funny

This is my first book by this author so I had no idea what to expect, what I got was a very good fun, romantic and easy to listen to book. I laughed out loud so many times that I was glad, for once, that I live alone. It's a light-hearted, funny and uplifting story, I may not have always agreed with Harriet's choices, in fact, at times I got frustrated with the choices she made but I was totally engaged in listening to her story.

I really liked the ending even though it was a little predictable. I will definitely listen to more work by both this author and narrator.

The narrator was very good and did an excellent job with all the different characters in the story. There were lots of characters too so no easy feat!

I was given a copy of this audiobook as a gift and am voluntarily writing my review.

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Finally on audio!

The actual book (paper back) goes by the title The Dog's Bollocks. I have read this about 3 or 4 times because it is that funny. Not many books can have you in stitches, laughing out aloud, where you get strange looks from passers by or "what's so funny" from those close to you. It's ridiculously funny and witty.. It's quirky like Bridgit Jones, but a lot more laughs. NOW I CAN ONLY DREAM OF IT BEING MADE INTO A MOVIE! Go on, try it, if you want a good belly laugh.

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