An English man; Adam goes to Australia for work experience. Whilst singing and playing a piano in a bar he spots and attractive lady Angelina . This is the beginning of a love affair..
Eventually Adam's time runs out and the couple part company and make new lives in their respective countries.
Twenty years later Adam receives an email from Angelina and all hidden memories resurface.
Will they carry on where they left off?
A good read although at times it did seem very long.

How often do we wonder what would happen if we met our first love again? Adam and Angelina meet again and their love is rekindled. Their memories are tied in with the music he played and brought back happy memories for me as well . I felt I connected with all 3 main characters in the book, and found it hard to stop reading ,to find out if they all lived happily ever after . The ending was realistic and well written.

An enjoyable enough book to read but there was just something that just didn't quite sit right with the book either - I think perhaps too much musical references especially to songs I don't know.

That was utterly shite. Not even remotely worth it.

I really enjoyed this book. Never knew quite where it was heading, so each page was turned with anticipation.

This book was totally not what I was expecting. Being a sixties child I loved all the references to the music that he played and for readers who did not know the songs it was a good gesture to place them as an additional chapter at the end of the book . I found the storyline to not develop well. At the start the author mixes up the past and the present in a way that lost the flow. The story line is essentially the long term relationship of Adam/Doogie and Angelina.. Although it clearly demonstrates that Adam has a lot more issues that he is trying to deal with. I can understand why some of the scenes from France were added but they muddied the waters for the reader.
I did not enjoy reading this book partly because it felt so disjointed.. The author has tried to tie things together but a lot in the last pages and not filtering them in at better opportunities.

I really loved this book! Witty, sharp and utterly engaging, this was a love story that felt fresh and original!

Thanks to Netgalley, Graeme Simision and Penguin UK - Michael Joseph for this advance copy.

Adam Sharp is approaching 50, he has no children and a rather lacklustre relationship with Claire. They're more housemates than lovers. One evening an email simply saying "Hi" arrives from the one he considers to be the one that got the away, Angelina. We are told their love story, fuelled by music, and why she got away. And now over 20 years later she reaches out.

So don't read this if you were hoping for another Rosie Project. That was a laugh out loud novel, this.....well this is more whimsical. It's not an intense love story, nor is it a rom com. It's more of a "is the grass greener" narrative, and asks the question if a wrong choice is made is it possible to go back. It's by far the nicest book I've read for awhile, apart from one strange inclusion of a group encounter (it was weird, it didn't fit into the tone of the book-can't say more without going spoiler mad). The best way I can describe it is that it's like one of those movies you see with Diane Keaton about older love affairs. So quite a gentle and relaxing story and because of this I found it really enjoyable to read, but pretty much instantly forgettable.

I didn't enjoy The Best of Adam Sharp much. It turned out to be the tale of a 50 something man having a mid life crisis, however much he denied it in the first person narrative,

I didn't connect with any of the characters at all. I also found the references to the music of Adam's past boring (and I am of the generation who knows much of it.) After his long lost love, Angelina gets in touch with Adam by email, he goes out to Australia to try and resurrect their love affair. But the recurrence of the affair in sight of Angelina's amenable husband was unrealistic in my view. Towards the end I kept thinking Adam was going to wake up from a dream and realise that his trip to Australia never took place at all.

For me there was no emotional connection to this story at all but thanks go to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for the opportunity to read and review The Best of Adam Sharp.

Interesting book which makes compulsive reading. Wasn't sure which way the story would go and there are several twists in the menage de trois. Had to keep reading to find out what happens at the end and I wasn't disappointed. Will recommend to friends.

Not in the same class as The Rosie Project, sadly. It is a nice enough book about a man still in love with the dream from his past, which drags around with him for the next 20 years, until the past catches up with him, and he can finally make the choice and go forth into his future. A hugely unrealistic Scenario taking up a large part of the book of three People in a love triangle in the French countryside drags the Story down some sexual Fantasy path, and you can't wait for the week to be over. An easy enough read, not a disaster, because the author writes well, but his plot is not as fresh and imaginative as previous efforts.

Adam Sharp lives a comfortable life. He's almost 50 and spends his days with his partner Claire, taking part in pub quizzes and carrying out IT consultancy when he feels likes it. However, there are two things he can't stop thinking about; music and his old relationship with an Australian soap-opera star, Angelina. As we learn more about his old flame, his relationship with Claire deteriorates, and Adam takes Angelina up on the offer to spend a week in France with her and her husband, Charlie.
I found this book incredibly easy to read, and pretty much read the entire thing in one sitting. As is common with books about mid-life crises, this book is more about the adventure than making any real progress; not a lot happens, but it's an enjoyable journey. As a musician I enjoyed the constant references to bands, songs and chords, and the addition of a playlist at the end is something I really liked.

Superb - absolutely superb in its depiction of the moral questions facing Adam. I couldn't put it down until I found out what he decided to do...

Gripping and a real page turner. Will definitely look for this author in future.

Adam Sharp has a decision to make when a former girlfriend contacts him after 20 years. What would you do if the love of your life suddenly got in touch out of the blue? Would you realize that the smoke of the past was shading your current life or would you reach out and chase your halcyon past? In a story of love, music and love of music, The Best of Adam Sharp is an excellent tale of looking back in retrospect and wondering what is the "best of" me or in this case Adam.

The first time I've read a book by this author and I was a bit underwhelmed by it. I skimmed a lot as was bored at times. When Adam went to France I found the whole thing a bit too unbelievable.

Having previously read the Rosie Project and Effect I was interested to see where this author went next. I must say I was not disappointed. I think the comparison to sliding doors miss sells the premise as it is not about parallel time lines but rather a story of a man who has a relationship and then spends his life wondering "what if" he had chosen to spend the rest of his life with her rather than walking away due to job commitments. It is difficult to say much about the book without giving the story away as I certainly did not predict the way it would go (and for me this was a real bonus). I will say it contains in places some adult themes!
Overall it is an interesting read and I felt mixed emotions for Adam (the lead character) at first liking him then not then I guess in the end liking him (you may understand once you read it).
This deserves to be as successful as his previous books as I was hooked and read the last half in one sitting to find out what happens.
A highly recommended read for 2017 - roll on his next book.

The book started on a good note but as I kept reading it, I found that it dragged a bit. I just did not connect with the characters and felt it could have been cut short to make it more likeable. I did complete the book but I'm not sure if I would read it again.

I had high hopes for The Best of Adam Sharp, having read and hugely enjoyed The Rosie Project and The Rosie Effect. I'm pleased to say that this novel didn't disappoint - but I will say it's a different kind of book to the other two.

The story is an interesting, enjoyable read which explores relationships and the idea of 'long lost loves'. The main character, Adam Sharp, is quite likeable - though he makes some questionable decisions at times (though at the risk of comparing the two again, I don't think anyone can be as likeable as Don Tillman [from The Rose Project]!)

Adam's relationship - or, in a way, 'non-relationship' - with Angela is tricky, complicated and, ultimately, lost. Though in the present day he's married to Claire, a surprise email from Angela (who is also married, and with kids) shakes everything up...

The story is split into parts, really - there's an explanation of how things got to how they are today, and how Adam's life is, as it stands, and then there's the 'post-email' section, after he receives the email from Angela. The tone of the book felt, to me, poignant and quite sad at times, particularly when Adam reflects on what he's lost. His current day situation doesn't seem too great, though he doesn't seem to be thinking about changing anything until he gets the email from Angela. Sometimes I do feel like he's a bit of an idiot, though, in the way he acts, particularly with his current girlfriend Claire.

I really liked the way relationships, and the way memories can affect how people think about others even years after they happen, are portrayed in this book. It's sad and poignant at times, but it feels quite truthful. There are parts which feel very odd, because Angela's relationship with her husband Charlie seems very strange and out of the ordinary, but you soon learn that this is intentional. It's a really good read, and characters aren't too perfect or one-dimensional; they make mistakes and have their faults. As I mentioned, at times I really disliked some of the characters because of the way they were behaving, and struggled to care a lot about them, but recognised that this is often the case with people - no one is perfect.

This is an engrossing, honest read that's ideal for getting lost in - I definitely did!

Ok, it's by the author of the Rosie Project, so I was expecting a lot. Was I disappointed? Yes and no. I didn't like any of the house in France part, which Ifelt was demeaning to all three characters, but other than that it's really good. This is a book about love, real everyday love versus the fantasy of what might have been. I would call it Adam's coming of age and finally growing up. Many years later than he should have. Apart from the 'french' bit, this was witty and entertaining, so I recommend you read it and judge for yourselves.