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Cherry

di Matt Thorne

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Who or what is Cherry? Steve Ellis doesn't know and he's beginning not to care. All he knows is that as soon as his perfect woman came into his life all the flatness and misery went away. But happiness comes with a price. When you meet a man in a bar and he arranges for you to fall in love there's bound to be some strings attached. Steve might be suspicious about playing along with the game, but he's convinced he can handle it, a belief that may well lead to his downfall . . . Some people will do anything for love . . . or what they think is love. Anything. In Steve Ellis Matt Thorne gives us a uniquely memorable fictional creation, and this arresting new novel is a haunting study of what can happen when your dream partner enters your life.… (altro)
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Steve Ellis is a 33 year English Teacher, who doesn't like English, or indeed teaching. He has practically no social life, hasn't had a girlfriend for 12 years and his home is literally starting to fall apart. But his luck seems to change when he encounters a seemingly harmless old man in a pub and shares a drink with him. Before long, an acquaintance of the old man turns up on Steve's doorstep, and asks him about his perfect woman - down to every last detail. Circumstances then land Steve in a hotel bar, where his perfect woman, who fulfills every criteria he specified - even down to her name, Cherry - walks into his life. At first he is suspicious about the whole matter, but before long he realises that he is so happy to have his ideal girlfriend that he stops caring about who Cherry really is, or where she came from. However, Steve eventually comes to realise that if he wants to hold on to the beautiful Cherry, there may be a very high price to pay.

This book seemed to start out in one direction, and then quickly veer off into another. Initially it appeared that it was going to be an amusing tale about one of life's eccentrics, but then it seemed to almost turn into a sci-fi morality tale.

It's narrated by Steve himself, which means that we only ever get to see things from his point of view, and how reliable his point of view is, is something to consider. On the plus side, the action moved quickly and it was engaging and entertaining fare - on the whole a fairly undemanding read. The chapters are short and this is a book that can be read and enjoyed in just one or two sittings.

However, on the downside, it all seemed just a little bit too unbelieveable. I could never really get too carried away with what was going to happen, because I felt certain that there would be ridiculously absurd ending (whether I was right or not is something that I won't give away). Also, most of the other characters in the book are very one dimensional, and it is hard to really care about any of them. Cherry herself is seemingly devoid of any character and seems rather a boring person, even from Steve's point of view. I must say though that I rather suspected that Cherry's lack of character was somehow part of the point.

At just under 200 pages, this story has the feel of a modern fable, and the somewhat ambiguous ending will leave you thinking. ( )
  Ruth72 | Jan 24, 2010 |
Starts out fairly interesting, but soon loses pace. To be honest, I think I was more interested in the main character and his life, before Cherry is introduced.
The author writes in a way that is (arguably) influenced by Chuck Palahniuk, but falls short of his flare.
The ending is also very disappointing. ( )
  tinuola_victoria | Nov 28, 2009 |
This was not something I would normally pick up since it looked like the male equivalent of chick lit. Which is what: Lad rag? Homme tome? Dude book?
But I was intrigued by the fact that it was longlisted for the Man Booker prize, and that Calvino, Schnitzler and Kafka were bandied about in one review.
As it turned out, I finished Cherry in 2 days. It was easy to read and Thorne had set up an intriguing premise which kept one engaged till the end. The protagonist, Steve Ellis, is a teacher who has had a long dry spell in the romance department. All this changes when a representative from Your Perfect Woman shows up on his doorstep and promises Steve his perfect woman. Steve eventually meets her and she is as he specified, down to the name ‘Cherry.’ Questions of who Cherry is and what Your Perfect Woman is exactly soon give way to darker questions of how far one is willing to go for love, or even the illusion of it.
Nothing is fully revealed beyond a tantalizing coda, which keeps the mystery lingering after the book ends. ( )
  inorbit | Feb 17, 2007 |
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Who or what is Cherry? Steve Ellis doesn't know and he's beginning not to care. All he knows is that as soon as his perfect woman came into his life all the flatness and misery went away. But happiness comes with a price. When you meet a man in a bar and he arranges for you to fall in love there's bound to be some strings attached. Steve might be suspicious about playing along with the game, but he's convinced he can handle it, a belief that may well lead to his downfall . . . Some people will do anything for love . . . or what they think is love. Anything. In Steve Ellis Matt Thorne gives us a uniquely memorable fictional creation, and this arresting new novel is a haunting study of what can happen when your dream partner enters your life.

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