27 TwentySeven Six Friends One Year edition by R J Heald Literature Fiction eBooks
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Your 27th year is a turning point.
Kurt Cobain. Amy Winehouse. Janis Joplin.
They died at 27.
Six friends reunite in London. From the outside their lives are enviable; from the new father, to the rich entrepreneur to the carefree traveller. But underneath their facades they are starting to unravel. Dave is made redundant, Renee’s marriage is crumbling and Katie is forced to return home to her parents after six years abroad. In a world fuelled by social media and ravaged by recession, the friends must face up to the choices they must make to lead the lives they truly want to live.
AWARDS AND PRIZES
Winner, Next Big Author Competition, 2011
Quarter-Finalist, Breakthrough Novel Award, 2012
REVIEWS
“This is a fantastic read for the summer holidays. A genuinely lovely warm surprising story. I loved the characters and felt part of their journey. Can highly recommend.”
“An enjoyable read for a generation who are obsessed with how others perceive them and who measure success in terms of job titles and relationship statuses.”
“27 is one of those books that you really want to finish so that you can find out what's happened but on the other hand, you want it to carry on so that you can stay with the characters that little bit longer”
“The characters are realistic, their dramas riveting and the writing profoundly charming as R J Heald expertly takes you through a tumultuous year-long journey through the lives of the modern day twenty-something."
27 TwentySeven Six Friends One Year edition by R J Heald Literature Fiction eBooks
27 (Twenty-Seven) Six Friends, One Year27, Six Friends, One Year by R. J. Heald is a well-told tale of love and marriage, drinking and sex, and the real life that happens in between. The drama takes place during a year in the lives of six friends who are all twenty-seven years old. But while they were friends at college, or “uni” as the Brits say, they haven’t stayed in touch or been particularly good friends to each other during the ensuing years.
Sarah is just back from traveling the world on a shoestring. She’s broke and aimless and secretly in love with Dave. Dave is disheveled and not the most ambitious of men, but he’s charming in a sloppy, easy-going way that makes him very attractive to women. Katie and Andy were the perfect couple at school, but their marriage is on the rocks. James seems to have the perfect life: a good job, lovely wife, and a beautiful baby. The only problem is that James can’t stop drinking. Ever. Steve is a workaholic who falls in love with a young woman he meets on Facebook. In the background, there’s Sam (Samantha). She was on the outskirts of the group in college, and is ready to emerge triumphant with a new slimmer figure and an older man who’s asked her to marry him. Sam’s eager to play the part of Cinderella, but her chosen Prince Charming is a scary fellow prone to violence.
There’s a lot happening in 27. A less skillful storyteller would have had a difficult time weaving this many divergent plotlines into a single enjoyable and page-turning story. Heald pulls this off; however, I wish she had delved deeper to show us why these people cared about each other in the first place. And why we should care about them. When we first meet the six friends, they’re difficult to like or admire. They’re self-absorbed and negligent about the people in their lives who love them. Of the many characters in 27, I found myself caring the most about Sam, and I would have liked to see more of her in the last scenes of the book.
R. J. Heald is a talented writer with a clear, strong voice; witty humor; and deep insights about human nature. She does such a great job of conveying the inner feelings of her male and female characters. At first, I was convinced that the author was a man after reading chapters written from the perspective of the male characters. But after a particularly poignant chapter written from the point of view of one of the women, I looked up the author’s bio and realized that I’d been wrong.
27 would make for a great screenplay and movie. It’s a natural successor to Four Weddings and a Funeral and The Big Chill. I recommend this book, and I look forward to reading more from Ms. Heald.
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27 TwentySeven Six Friends One Year edition by R J Heald Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
27 was a significant turning point in my life and for that reason the title caught my attention. The description interested me because I was curious to discover about other lives at age 27. However, I don't generally like to read stories with multiple protagonists as there are too many people to keep track of.
More power to Heald for not putting me to sleep trying to keep on top of all those characters. Some of the characters interested me enough to want to know the outcome of the story. Also the human curiosity factor kept me reading to find out who ended with whom. The characters were relatable as one can see these people in our everyday lives.
Two of the characters annoyed me so much that sometimes I wanted to scream, "Oh go away." Their lack of backbone irritated me.
It's comical that everyone lives culminated into a predictable resolution in the end.
The beginning of the story slowed down for me mostly because I was too confused trying to remember who was who but it sped up in the end as the desire to know the outcome intensified.
I was glad to see some of the characters develop a backbone in the end.
27 (Twenty-Seven) Six Friends, One Year by R. J. Heald is a contemporary novel that follows a year in the intertwined lives of six college friends.
Dave, Katie, Renée, Sam, Steve, and James were chums at the university. After graduation, the inevitable drifting apart happens. Renée is entangled in a troubled marriage, and reaches out to her old college friends and suggests a reunion. Facebook shows her chums busy with exciting lives filled with world travels, successful careers, and fulfilling relationships. To her surprise, the group agrees to come together for a reunion.
Her friends’ lives are not as idyllic as first thought. They struggle with unemployment, inappropriate relationships, and destructive addictions. Some are still finding their way in life, and these lost souls are the most poignant of their combined stories.
Despite having six storylines, Heald’s story presents interesting players. One is a travelling teacher who seeks to settle down, while another wanders in his career. A third copes with a loveless marriage, while a fourth seeks a marriage at any cost. The fifth of these friends finds an inappropriate soul mate, while the last sad case has lost his soul.
27 is a complex story told with a deft hand. Some of the six characters were likable, others were not, but all were written with distinctive voices. Choices and their consequences played well in the mixed storylines.
This very good story could be made even better by reducing the complexity—perhaps remove a storyline and expand the remaining characters to keep the same overall length. Or the story could keep the six interesting characters and be lengthened to tell us more detail about these fascinating, and oh so human, college pals.
27 (Twenty-Seven) Six Friends, One Year
27, Six Friends, One Year by R. J. Heald is a well-told tale of love and marriage, drinking and sex, and the real life that happens in between. The drama takes place during a year in the lives of six friends who are all twenty-seven years old. But while they were friends at college, or “uni” as the Brits say, they haven’t stayed in touch or been particularly good friends to each other during the ensuing years.
Sarah is just back from traveling the world on a shoestring. She’s broke and aimless and secretly in love with Dave. Dave is disheveled and not the most ambitious of men, but he’s charming in a sloppy, easy-going way that makes him very attractive to women. Katie and Andy were the perfect couple at school, but their marriage is on the rocks. James seems to have the perfect life a good job, lovely wife, and a beautiful baby. The only problem is that James can’t stop drinking. Ever. Steve is a workaholic who falls in love with a young woman he meets on Facebook. In the background, there’s Sam (Samantha). She was on the outskirts of the group in college, and is ready to emerge triumphant with a new slimmer figure and an older man who’s asked her to marry him. Sam’s eager to play the part of Cinderella, but her chosen Prince Charming is a scary fellow prone to violence.
There’s a lot happening in 27. A less skillful storyteller would have had a difficult time weaving this many divergent plotlines into a single enjoyable and page-turning story. Heald pulls this off; however, I wish she had delved deeper to show us why these people cared about each other in the first place. And why we should care about them. When we first meet the six friends, they’re difficult to like or admire. They’re self-absorbed and negligent about the people in their lives who love them. Of the many characters in 27, I found myself caring the most about Sam, and I would have liked to see more of her in the last scenes of the book.
R. J. Heald is a talented writer with a clear, strong voice; witty humor; and deep insights about human nature. She does such a great job of conveying the inner feelings of her male and female characters. At first, I was convinced that the author was a man after reading chapters written from the perspective of the male characters. But after a particularly poignant chapter written from the point of view of one of the women, I looked up the author’s bio and realized that I’d been wrong.
27 would make for a great screenplay and movie. It’s a natural successor to Four Weddings and a Funeral and The Big Chill. I recommend this book, and I look forward to reading more from Ms. Heald.
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