Age Sex Location
Bridget Jones for HBO's Girls generation. A lonely Londoner’s hilarious approach to dating following all of the rules.
by Melissa Pimentel
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Pub Date 3 Mar 2015 | Archive Date 25 Jul 2016
Penguin UK - Michael Joseph | Michael Joseph
Description
The last thing twenty-eight-year-old Lauren is looking for is love, so why do the men she's dating assume she's searching for The One?
With men running for the hills, Lauren takes drastic action and turns her love life into an experiment, vowing to follow the advice of a different dating guide every month.
From releasing her inner siren to swearing off sex completely, Lauren will follow The Rules and play The Game, all with the help of her disapproving best friend and her newly loved-up housemate.
But as she searches for the holy grail of no-strings sex minus the heartache, Lauren soon realizes that dating is more complicated than just swiping right - and that the things you run from tend to always catch up with you...
Praise for Age, Sex Location:
'Great fun - a gripping read and very touching' Marian Keyes
'So smart and sassy but with a great big heart, too. You'll go through this book as quickly as Lauren "swipes left" on her iPhone' - Naomi Wood, author of Mrs Hemingway
'Funny, fresh, sassy and totally captures the dating zeitgeist. If you loved Girls, you'll love this!' - Katy Regan, author of The Story of You
'With some brilliant one-liners, great dialogue and a main character you want to go out drinking with - this book was a winning combination for me. If you like your chick-lit edgy, cool and genuinely funny then look no further.' - Rosie Blake, author of How to Get a (Love) Life
'Honest, funny and cringingly relatable.' Glamour
'Funny and honest this is a refreshing look at the modern dating scene' Essentials
'Laugh-out-loud funny' Elle
'Melissa's engaging voice and sharp humour lift this above other dating novels' Bella
'A clever premise, wittily delivered in upbeat, wisecracking style. Lauren's encounters provide a colourful snapshot of modern men and dating mores, while her breezy promiscuity makes Bridget Jones look positively nun-like. All good, dirty fun - and there's a great twist to how she gets her guy in the end. American Pimentel writes lyrically of her adopted city, and her insights into the British are as spot-on as they are hilarious' Daily Mail
'Witty frank and candid, this book takes the reader on a hilarious tour throught the world of modern dating' Heat
'Frank, refreshing...such a satisfying read' Stylist
Melissa grew up in a small town in Massachusetts in a house without cable and therefore much of her childhood was spent watching 1970s British comedy on public television. At twenty-two, she made the move to London and has lived there happily for ten years, though has sadly never come across the Ministry of Funny Walks. Before meeting her fiance, she spent much of her time trawling the London dating scene for clean, non-sociopathic sexual partners and blogging about it, which became the inspiration for her first novel. These days, she spends much of her time reading in the various pubs of Stoke Newington and engaging in a long-standing emotional feud with their disgruntled cat, Welles. She works in publishing.
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Advance Praise
Great fun - a gripping read and very touching - Marian Keyes
Great fun - a gripping read and very touching - Marian Keyes
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781405918275 |
PRICE | CA$16.99 (CAD) |
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Featured Reviews
Review: I knew this book was going to be fun from the moment i began to read it, or even when I read the blurb and it certainly lived up to my expectations! The book reminded me a lot of one of my favourites -Bridget Jones Diary-and I think that same pacey feel and someone who is trying out various different ways to find a lover made it even more enjoyable for me. Each section of the book covers a month in Lauren's life and which dating guide she is using that month. This make for some very funny moments and also some thought-provoking incidents.
Any person who has every been on a date, be it good or bad, will relate to this book whether you are male or female, single and loving it or in a relationship and loving it! The story is told in such a way that the writer is speaking directly to you as an audience and so you have no choice but to join her on her dating experiment! I found the character of Lauren very easy to like and very easy to get along with as the book goes on. Her friends and acquaintances all had redeeming qualities as well which always helps when you're reading a book!
One of my favourite things about this book, aside from the fantastic comedy, was the ending. The ending was a realistic and everything I hoped it would be. I don't want to spoil anything so I won't talk about specifics but I just really loved the way the ending was woven into the storyline and the way it was constructed was just perfect for me.
Overall this book was an easy read because of its deliberate yet laid back pace, it laugh out loud humour and its closeness to the reality of life and the dating world. I loved every minute of it and it makes a nice break from your usual, girl meets boy story because of its candid honesty and its different take on the world of dating in the twenty first century!
This is a hilarious book as Lauren diaries her success rate with different dating guides each month. Each dating guide is completely different, nor does Lauren choose the most current guide - some come from the Victorian era, others from the 50s and other modern in tone.
All these result in Lauren drastically changing her approach each month with some hilarious results - one of my favourite scenes was the substitute boat party. I was in stitches over this scene.
This is a modernised take on the classic dating conundrum. The idea of a dating game is not new - as it compares in the blurb it is similar in theme to Bridget Jones's Diary and HBO's Girls. But using dating guides provides a fresh take on the chick-lit genre.
Age Sex Location is a funny and enjoyable read, with a witty and relatable protagonist, who attempts to make the dating world a lot more formalised as she ponders over who the dating guides will work on and will she ever get out of her dating rut?