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The Last Romeo
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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Summary
A BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick
James is 34 and fed up. His six-year relationship with Adam has imploded, he hates his job making up celebrity gossip, and his best friend Bella has just announced she's moving to Russia.
Adrift and single in loved-up London, James needs to break out of his lonely, drunken comfort zone. Encouraged by Bella, he throws himself headlong into online dating, blogging each encounter anonymously as the mysterious Romeo.
After meeting a succession of hot/weird/gross men, James has fans and the validation he's always craved. But when his wild night with a closeted Olympian goes viral and sends his Twitter-fame through the roof, James realises maybe, in the search for happy-ever-after, some things are better left un-shared. Seriously, wherefore art thou Romeo....
From Justin Myers, author of sensational blog The Guyliner, this razor-sharp and cringingly candid account of one man's quest for 'The One' is as sad, fearless and funny as dating itself.
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"I adored The Last Romeo...funny, clever and warm." (Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt)
"Hilarious and insightful, The Last Romeo is the perfect blend of heart, spark and snark." (Isabel Costello, Literary Sofa)
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- Gluttonio
- 30-11-21
Conflicting reaction
This was entertaining enough, and moderately original. However, I am conflicted about the central character. Either the writer has done a BRILLIANT job of capturing a person with a total lack of self-awareness, or the character is one of the most self-obsessed, arrogant, patronising arseholes you could ever imagine - but with the added annoyance of repeated claims that he is a nice guy acting out of character.
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- Dameon Loukas
- 21-08-20
Loved it!
Funny, relatable and enjoyable. Would highly recommend to anyone. Can’t wait to read other books by the author :)
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- Graziana
- 20-02-20
Beautiful story and narration
I’m listening to this audiobook for the second time because I didn’t expect “the one” would be the man of which I didn’t remember anything! The narration is amazing, perfect, even though Joe Jameson’s voice sounds too young for the main character who is a 34 years old.
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- Bobbie
- 02-02-18
Pre read rating : 9 ( its about internet dating! ) Post read rating : I need closure... A rollercoaster of emotions!!!
Be prepared for a roller coaster of emotions!!! If I spoil though I have tired not to I apologise!!!! But this book has left me so flabbergasted that it must say quite a lot about the story.
The story reels you in immediately. I laughed!!!!I cried!!!!!! I sweared out loud angrily!!! My heart is now battered and confused at the end of the story. Like the many amounts of reviews I have seen online at goodreads and I agree with the sentiments, this book hits far too close to reality. I loved James and his colourful bands of close friends and the hilarious narration of his dates. But Jesus christ the angst and the lows that life sometimes deals you with. Half the time I was in cloud nine then the next minute I was brutally pulled down smack on the ground out of nowhere!! There were many times when I was wishing give my lovely mc a BREAK already!!! My poor heart was confused whether to be angry, sad or happy! Its a whirlwind of an emotion read. Granted I maybe a tad sensitive and cry easily, this book is not easy on the emotions. And the ending did not leave me satisfied at all!! It both angers me as I did not get a closure but I am happy with hopeful imagination for an immediate sequel to follow perhaps?
For a debut book I would say its a home run for Myers. There’s no doubt he is a fabulous writer and has a way with words. It just had far too much realism for my liking tbh! ;)) You see what i did there? But given his journalism background i’m not surprised of his narration style. And a dose of reality is a breath of fresh air i suppose.
And the narrative performance has been good overall. I will need to hear more to make a sound judgment but Jameson made the book an enjoyable listen. If my wishful thinking is correct I hope this partnership carries on to a Bridget Jones scenario and future books are already in plan.
Why?
Because I want closure! I need The Last Romeo!!
Now I am off to read a cheesy Mils & Boons romance to sedate my emotionally wrecked heart!
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- PM84
- 25-03-24
brilliantly told and honest
a great story of half truths, based semi autobiographically on Justin's own experiences as a journalist. He is honest and open about the dating game and how he manipulated situations sometimes with very unforeseen consequences. would recommend.
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- Cowboy
- 03-01-24
A fabulously witty and fun read
I cannot recommend this book enough. It is witty engaging and insightful. The reader also brings this to life so well and really gets the characters. A superb listen.
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- Lady Essex
- 17-12-23
Somewhat disappointing….
Perhaps because this book was so lauded on Sara Cox’s BBC2 book review programme, I came to this with unfair expectations. However, I never really ‘got’ it, and the subpar narration certainly didn’t help.
Maybe it simply wasn’t my thing?
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- Vince Marsters
- 07-12-23
Laugh out loud funny
at times a little sad but generally I was laughing out loud for so long listening to this book. the presentation and style suited it perfectly
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- Catherine Heffernan
- 22-04-23
Beautiful, funny story
This was such a great read.
It is lighthearted, fun and emotional in places.
I loved following James/Romeo on his question to find the One. Loved listening to all the disastrous dates. I found myself really routing for James to find his one and only.
I have to say that this book did not end as I had anticipated but, I did love the ending.
I think Joe Jameson did a fabulous job on the narration. He seems to have an amazing way of making you forget you are listening to just one narrator.
Overall it is a beautiful story and I loved it.
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- Pavel Obolensky
- 09-11-21
Disappointing
This book didn't work for me, for a number of reasons. The blurb seems to suggest that this is a rom-com but it isn't. It's more
like gay chick-lit (think Bridget Jones's Diary - the book, not the film). Much of the story is just the main character going on dates and getting drunk. There isn't much of a plot.
The book also seemed a bit clumsy. At one point, the main character is confronted by another character and the reader is led to believe that the main character is going to change his behaviour and the story is finally going to move forward. But no! Nothing changes! Then the main character has a similar confrontation with yet another set of characters about pretty much the same thing but again doesn't really change and the story just drags on like before.
The ultimate purpose of the book is to show the transformation of the main character as a person. But he isn't very relatable and the transformation feels trivial and unoriginal. The author tried to do something along the lines of Andrew Sean Greer's book 'Less', but was much less successful. He ends up pleasing neither those looking for an escapist light-hearted book nor those interested in more 'literary' fiction.
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