Advantages: Great graphically, Free online gaming, Disadvantages: on the expensive side, lack of exclusive games at the moment
After owning all the playstations that have been released it is pretty safe to say, this is the best they have come up with so far.
The PS3 is really head and shoulers above most other games consoles out there, ok there are a few drawbacks which i will not first because im pretty sure they are alot of things that outwiegh the critisisms i have.Obvoiusly the biggest draw back is the price, it is far more than the cloests competition like the wii and the 360. But this price tag is valid in my opinion. The variety of games has also been a dissapointment so far, but this looks soon to change with various playstation classics on the way like gran turisomo or final fantasy. The 360 and wii do have better exclusive games at the moment, with classics like Halo or Gears of war on the 360 and wii fit on the wii, all great games but bear ...
Advantages: Intriguing with great characters and an air of mystery Disadvantages: Ending was a little disappointing.
Synopsis
Set in Ireland, At A Time Like This follows four friends who meet while studying at Trinity College. On leaving university and making their own way in the world, they made a pact to always keep in touch and meet monthly. We join them on the eve of the 25th anniversary of that pact, now women in their forties with varying success in their lives. But what secrets will be revealed and throw doubt on 25 years of Friendship? And why is one of the four planning not to be there at all?
Characters
Georgie
Strong willed, intelligent, impatient and fiercely loyal, Georgina, or Georgie as she is known to her friends is at the centre of the friendships having brought them together at college. Now a successful Business woman, wife and mother of twins, she is about to throw everything away and embark on a new life ...
Advantages: A typical Chick Lit novel Disadvantages: Characters a little weak, plot appeals to limited audience.
Review of ?By The Time You Read This? a novel by Lola Jaye.
The Book
I am reviewing the paperback version of this novel, the first from the pen of Lola Jaye.
The book is published by Harper Collins under ISBN number 0007266553 . The book contains 321 pages and bears the jacket price of £6.99.
The cover is eye catching and modern, a very feminine floral design which fits well with the contemporary fiction/chick lit genre of the novel.
The Plot
Twelve year old Lois Bates is devastated when her mother decides to re-marry. Lois and her mother have been alone since Lois was five years old, following the untimely death of Lois' father, Kevin.
Kevin Bates passed away from an illness, which the book never actual touches upon at the age of 30.
Lois cannot understand that her mother wishes to marry again and feels that her ...