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| The Friday Night Knitting Club | 
 enlarge | Author: Kate Jacobs
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  225 reviews
Sales Rank: 4391125
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.7
ISBN: 034092294X
EAN: 9780340922941
ASIN: 034092294X
Publication Date: April 5, 2007
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 Knitting January 7, 2009
I love to knit and thought this would be a great book to read. I loved it and will read it again. I am glad the author came out with a second book to this which is excellent as well.
 formulaic January 7, 2009
I didn't even bother to finish this. I wasn't expecting the great American novel- but something light and entertaining. It was so predictable it was boring. Characters and plot felt plugged into a formula, as though the author was picturing it being made into a cheesy movie as she wrote it. Too many books in the world and too little time to spend it on ones like this.
 Flawed but cozy January 5, 2009
I enjoyed this book. It's not perfect but I liked coming to know these women. The main character is Georgia, who owns a knitting shop, which is the setting for much of the book. She has a 12 yr old biracial daughter, Dakota, whose father is an ex-boyfriend, who has come back into their lives after many years. The other main characters are members of the knitting group that meets at the store. They are a quirky bunch.
Some of the characters are more developed than others and I did not like a few of the plot twists, especially towards the end. With so many characters, it's to be expected that some are weaker than others. Overall, I was satisfied to spend time with the ladies in this book. I do think the cover blurb has it right. Steel Magnolias in Manhattan...I agree. I am looking forward to the movie.
not worth the serious readers time January 3, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am an avid reader and when my groom gifted me this book for Christmas I was so happy because it combined my 2 loves...reading and knitting!
however, after reading the book, I'm in all honesty disappointed in the book as a whole.
While I appreciate that this is the authors first novel, her 'styles' were hard to follow sometimes (the way she described things left me scratching my head sometimes) and she had very little dialog between the characters.
when one of the main characters went to the dr. I saw what was 'coming' a mile away and then barely had time to adjust to the fact they had health issues before said character passed away.....and with one simple sentence. This character deserved better, and had the author addressed the feelings of said character before her passing it may have led to more 'bonding' between reader/charcter but for me it was cold and it left me unfeeling about the whole thing.
I don't know if it was because the author didn't know there was going to be a part 2 of the book, but had they known they could have spread out this book a bit & made a wonderful novel.
I will not read book 2 of this series, and it will be a long time before I read anything from this author (novel wise). I think she needs to mature as an author before I try reading anything else from them.
Kim
 Friendships grow like a knitted piece of work... January 3, 2009
Georgia Walker hosted a knitting group in her store on Friday nights. She didn't mean to do this. It just happened. The group contained new and old friends. Friends of obligation, childhood friends, matronly friends, casual friends and one that Georgia didn't seem to like at all for a long time. What happend is that these women bonded over knitting. Their freindships grew into very solid relationships. All of them grew, regardless of how loose the bonds were when the freindships started.
The freindships wove together like knitting, hence a two-fold meaning to the novel.
I'm not a knitter. I read this book because it was recommended by a co-worker. For me, the book started off very slowly. It was not until I was 1/3 of the way through this book that it flowed better.
The character development was done well. The characters stayed true to their personalities yet evolved and changed. The story flowed okay. I was not overly impressed with the ending. It was almost cliche and it wasn't a huge surprise. Yet, the book is decent and well worth a read. I did like it enough to order Knit 2.
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