One Fish Two Fish edition by Sarah Goodwin Casey Bourne Literature Fiction eBooks
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Scott is in a lot of trouble.
His vet is holding his frozen dog to ransom, and if he can’t come up with £500 quickly, he’s lost him forever. His job at Chapterhouse Insurance is on shaky ground, and Scott needs a promotion if he’s going to outlive his failing department.
Only, everyone who gets promoted at Chapterhouse seems to get married first.
Against the advice of his friends, Scott decides he needs a wife to secure a promotion, and the money to finally get his dog back. But, being a fish obsessed semi-recluse, he quickly realises that he’s not going to find a woman the old fashioned way. Turning to the internet, Scott eventually finds a Russian woman looking to move to the UK.
When Maliki turns up at the airport, half Scott’s age, and definitely male, Scott begins to realise just how much trouble he’s in.
Living in close quarters with another man brings Scott to confront the spectre of his childhood, his absentee parents and the horrors of St. Savio's boarding school for boys.
Sarah Goodwin is currently studying for her MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, and lives alone with a pot plant named Sidney.
One Fish Two Fish edition by Sarah Goodwin Casey Bourne Literature Fiction eBooks
I just don't know where to land on this one, and that's very unusual for me. I usually have strong opinions about the books I read."One Fish, Two Fish" was certainly well written (despite the questionable editing and often missing and incorrect subjects and verbs - the worst of which was one sentence that substituted "A" for "I", as in "A walked down the stairs.") , and for that, if nothing else, I gave it three stars.
The main character, however, just left me cold. He's got a Masters in Art History, yet is completely panicked about not getting a promotion from telemarketer to Appointments Manager, living on a shoestring in a barren apartment peopled mostly by aquariums full of tropical fish. Fish, because he just can't stand people. He's also obsessive-compulsive, and certainly not very pleasant, which makes his colorful co-workers quite a surprise when they turn out to be his good friends. He needs the promotion because he can't afford to bury his dog
At first, I thought he was just a self-centered idiot. But, as it turns out, he suffers from major mental health issues stemming from his abandonment, at age 7, by his distant and uncaring rich parents, who left him in a boys' school until he was 12, and then in a mental institution until he was 15. They provided him with 20,000 pounds and an unlimited credit card which, in stupidity, he cut in half and then went on to finish his degrees and live in poverty. Alone - as he so fervently desired.
Well, he decides that the only reason he's not being promoted is because he's not married. So he places an ad for a Russian bride. Well, the response was in Russian and he didn't realize, until his "bride" shows up at the airport, that "she" is a gay man.
So, he puts up with him, with his haughty disdain and constant anger at the invasion of his pathetic, but well-ordered life and, since this is gay fiction, ends up in bed with him - which is when we find out he is a 34 year-old virgin. Although he loved the sex, he only partakes that one time. He's not disgusted that he did a "gay" thing, but hates even the possibility of an "afterwards", sharing a life with another human being.
It's pretty damned depressing, especially with the endless flashbacks to the days at school when he was tormented and tortured by the other kids (if that really even happened and isn't just a figment of his broken mind). What's also depressing is the cruel self-centeredness and downright rudeness with which he treats his soon-to-be-husband, hurting him at almost every turn with total disregard for his feelings.
Well, they do get married, and they do get a sort of happily-ever-after, but even that is leavened with misgivings and "rules". They do soldier on, with the two of them just scraping by, barely able to pay their mortgage.
**Warning - spoiler - do not read more if you intend to buy this book**
I'm normally very careful to avoid including any kind of spoiler in a review, but there were some parts of this story that left me baffled, even after I finished the book. With both his rich parents dead, he's still struggling financially? What, don't they have inheritance in England anymore? Their mansion was just sold, they each had their own fortune, and he's still struggling with a telemarketing job? Not a word about that in the book. Seems very strange. Even if they hadn't willed him anything, doesn't he have rights as the sole surviving child? As I said, there are things in this book that I found simply baffling - not to mention the long-drawn-out and boring sections through the middle of the book with its flashbacks, unnecessary excursions into stories that go nowhere and endless rude behavior.
I'm sorry I can't recommend this book wholeheartedly. It didn't leave me with either a good feeling or food for thought. But Sarah Goodwin is a fine writer. I hope she will publish other books that leverage her abundant skills, but are more straightforward and moving than this book was - at least for me.
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One Fish Two Fish edition by Sarah Goodwin Casey Bourne Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This is the forth book I have read by the same author. I really like her writng style. Though I enjoyed this book very much but I only gave it 4.5 stars instead of 5 because the ending was not satisfactory to me.
Lovely uplifting book. I can't wait to read more of her novels. It is authentic and has the kind of characters that you miss once the book is finished. Read it.
I laughed through a lot of this book. The other part just made me sad. Two desperate men, one desperate to continue to live in England rather than go back to Russia, and one who believed if he married, he would get a promotion come together in a laughable way.
This is definitely in need of an editor and some of it just droned on about nothing, but still funny. Very British.
When I read the blurb for this book I thought it was going to be funny. That's the last thing it was. I guess I've never given enough thought to what parents can do to children, things that can never be undone, no matter how hard the adult child tries. This book does an excellent job of showing the struggles of one man, from early childhood to adulthood, protecting himself, shielding himself from the world, finding safety in his own controlled atmosphere, and shunning the friendship of other people. It ends in what has to be considered a HEA for him but left me in tears.
Sarah Goodwin knows what I want. This, though, is suddenly so different from anything else she's given to us that I was happily startled. The main character in this is so odd, and seems to have gone through such trauma in his life, that what I really wanted was more of him. The love story in this was gradual and felt real. I felt like, as with some other work, that a lot was rushed. There was a mystery here that I really wanted to unravel, and when it did, I wanted more. It's my second favorite of the things she's written, and I've bought them all. I enjoyed the multidimensional cast of background characters, and the dialogue was witty and fun. It kept me company during a very hard night of insomnia on vacation with my family. Me, jammed into a corner of a hotel room, trying not to wake people up with giggling.
Sarah Goodwin is always a "must buy" for me; sample chapters unnecessary as I've yet to be disappointed by any of her works. "One Fish, Two Fish" is no exception, although it has a wholly different feel than her other stories, but not any less rewarding. I think it's probably her best yet. It's certainly her most intimate, touching and inventive story to date which is a formidable achievement.
It's a sort of heart wrenching pleasure to delve into. Scott is so emotionally and socially crippled by childhood traumas and neglect (etc.) yet is perplexingly sympathetic and likeable. While there was a good dose of pity in there, I was mostly won over by his fierce, self-deprecating humor, his near clinical misanthropy that somehow still shelled a child like innocence and vulnerability. His journey was beautiful and realistic.
Now, the plot seems like the stuff of bad romance cliches (mail order "bride" gone awry, linguistic limitations & forced co-habitation, etc.) but in Sarah Goodwin's hands, this couldn't be further than the truth. It's baffling how she built such a genuine, heart thumping romance between the awkward Scott and good natured, intelligent and gorgeous Maliki, but she did somehow. She thoroughly convinced me every step of the way- she had me laughing out loud, shaking my head in exasperation and crying for Scott, Maliki and their delightful crew.
The ending, while not exactly picture perfect, seemed just right for them. It's not like their romance began conventionally, so it's fitting that their HEA wasn't either.
I really loved this story; it had a lot of heart and succeeded in touching mine, too.
Thank you Ms. Goodwin, keep up the good work and I'll keep buying sight unseen.
I just don't know where to land on this one, and that's very unusual for me. I usually have strong opinions about the books I read.
"One Fish, Two Fish" was certainly well written (despite the questionable editing and often missing and incorrect subjects and verbs - the worst of which was one sentence that substituted "A" for "I", as in "A walked down the stairs.") , and for that, if nothing else, I gave it three stars.
The main character, however, just left me cold. He's got a Masters in Art History, yet is completely panicked about not getting a promotion from telemarketer to Appointments Manager, living on a shoestring in a barren apartment peopled mostly by aquariums full of tropical fish. Fish, because he just can't stand people. He's also obsessive-compulsive, and certainly not very pleasant, which makes his colorful co-workers quite a surprise when they turn out to be his good friends. He needs the promotion because he can't afford to bury his dog
At first, I thought he was just a self-centered idiot. But, as it turns out, he suffers from major mental health issues stemming from his abandonment, at age 7, by his distant and uncaring rich parents, who left him in a boys' school until he was 12, and then in a mental institution until he was 15. They provided him with 20,000 pounds and an unlimited credit card which, in stupidity, he cut in half and then went on to finish his degrees and live in poverty. Alone - as he so fervently desired.
Well, he decides that the only reason he's not being promoted is because he's not married. So he places an ad for a Russian bride. Well, the response was in Russian and he didn't realize, until his "bride" shows up at the airport, that "she" is a gay man.
So, he puts up with him, with his haughty disdain and constant anger at the invasion of his pathetic, but well-ordered life and, since this is gay fiction, ends up in bed with him - which is when we find out he is a 34 year-old virgin. Although he loved the sex, he only partakes that one time. He's not disgusted that he did a "gay" thing, but hates even the possibility of an "afterwards", sharing a life with another human being.
It's pretty damned depressing, especially with the endless flashbacks to the days at school when he was tormented and tortured by the other kids (if that really even happened and isn't just a figment of his broken mind). What's also depressing is the cruel self-centeredness and downright rudeness with which he treats his soon-to-be-husband, hurting him at almost every turn with total disregard for his feelings.
Well, they do get married, and they do get a sort of happily-ever-after, but even that is leavened with misgivings and "rules". They do soldier on, with the two of them just scraping by, barely able to pay their mortgage.
**Warning - spoiler - do not read more if you intend to buy this book**
I'm normally very careful to avoid including any kind of spoiler in a review, but there were some parts of this story that left me baffled, even after I finished the book. With both his rich parents dead, he's still struggling financially? What, don't they have inheritance in England anymore? Their mansion was just sold, they each had their own fortune, and he's still struggling with a telemarketing job? Not a word about that in the book. Seems very strange. Even if they hadn't willed him anything, doesn't he have rights as the sole surviving child? As I said, there are things in this book that I found simply baffling - not to mention the long-drawn-out and boring sections through the middle of the book with its flashbacks, unnecessary excursions into stories that go nowhere and endless rude behavior.
I'm sorry I can't recommend this book wholeheartedly. It didn't leave me with either a good feeling or food for thought. But Sarah Goodwin is a fine writer. I hope she will publish other books that leverage her abundant skills, but are more straightforward and moving than this book was - at least for me.
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