Love's Long Road

great detail and character development.  A very good read

The title and the description of the book sounded very interesting and that is why I selected this book.  The beginning was very slow and I found it hard to keep reading.  But I wanted to give a fair review of this book so I continued on and I am very glad I did, the story started to take hold and I found myself unable to put the book down until I found out the ending.  If only the author would have had a little bit different beginning I would have had a lot more enthusiasm for this book, I felt she was having a hard time getting started on telling the story, but once she got going it was great.

I highly recommend reading this book.  It kept me on the edge of my seat the whole time.  If you are looking for a satisfying read, this is the book that will do just that.  Spell binding and interesting.  Again thanks Netgalley for a copy of this book.

This novel is an eye-opener. Bobbie is a headstrong, confident, immodest young woman who repeatedly takes the wrong paths in life and ends up in a serious muddle. I was mentally willing her throughout to think twice about her actions but she was determined to adopt the seedy side of life, despite the advice and non-judgemental assistance of her good friend Duncan. There are a lot of interesting sub themes in this novel like the effect of guilt and loss, job details that Bobbie takes, drink, drugs, promiscuity, money laundering, control & stalking and murder. It's all in there for a sensational read.

Bobbie Sinclair is a naive, difficult to warm to, young adult and in G.D. Harper's novel she brings to light the different standards for men and women over promiscuity ('warning': erotica here); the 'subtleties' of the gangster underworld; drug addiction; blackmail and finally morality and facing up to the consequences of her actions - including the suicide of her boyfriend, the start of all her problems. Harper, in a slow paced, lengthy road quietly asks the question of whether much has changed today compared with the 1970s Glasgow setting for the book.

I received this as an arc from net galley in exchange for an honest review.  Glasgow,  1975.
How do you cope when your boyfriend kills himself because of you?
When Bobby Sinclair ' s boyfriend commits suicide and blames her, she vows never to love again.  Very good read. I liked the story and the characters.  I liked Bobby.  She was my favourite character.  I wasn't sure of Michael.  Started of slow but picked up.  I liked the ending.  4*.

Set in 1975, Bobbie Sinclair’s boyfriend commits suicide and blames her, 

The atmosphere of the decade is very well caught in this book, and Bobbie is a girl of the moment. She is strong and vulnerable in equal measures.

As an older woman I found Bobbie a car crash character but remembering my own youth I found her to be a girl just wanting to find herself in the midst of a terrible personal tragedy.

I enjoyed this book. The author has written a book with a moral and one that needs no judgement