--- product_id: 58803116 title: "The Hating Game" price: "FREE" currency: GBP in_stock: false reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/58803116-the-hating-game store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # The Hating Game **Price:** FREE **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Hating Game - **How much does it cost?** FREE with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/58803116-the-hating-game) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Buy The Hating Game by Talli Roland from desertcart's Fiction Books Store. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. Review: EX-cellent - This book is the second book I've read by Talli Roland (I went on to read the third - Watching Willow Watts after this), and I think (like a lot of others are saying), she could become a firm favourite in my chick lit collection. Like Build-a-man (the book I really enjoyed, that led me to seek out other Talli Roland books), this was well observed and fun. I really warmed to the main character and was rooting for her all the way through, as she was refreshingly the opposite of most chick lit protagonists. It gave such a well humoured, and sometimes scary insight into how reality TV works, which made for entertaining and thought provoking reading. OK so it is still chick lit, but at least it carried a valid message. And do you know what I loved it! The only faults I could find, was the lack of character development for Jess and sometimes the suspension of dis-believe that the main character would have gone through with it all, though that was explained adequately enough with her debts etc.... Also the first few pages were a bit gratuitous and far fetched. PLUS I'd have liked more fall out and reaction over the Adam situation towards the end... On the whole, another cracking read from Talli and I look forward to what else she comes up with. (I'll be pre-ordering Build a couple or whatever the sequal to build a man is rumoured to be called) Review: One not to be missed - Mattie Johns is one of the feistiest characters I've met in a chick lit book for a long time. She's quite abrupt at first until you realise, as the layering builds up, that this is a cover up for a broken heart. Her journey throughout the book had me wanting her as my best friend by the last chapter. The premise of the book is so brilliant and is one of the few books where from the minute I started to read it, I wished that I'd thought of the idea first. What a funny thing to happen, dating your exes, how awful could that be! I loved that no matter what was thrown at Mattie, she just got on with it. Nothing phased her - believe me, I would have run a mile at some of the things they gave her to do on the television show. There was a great twist in the middle of the book which made things stay fresh and interesting. And Talli kept on twisting the story. It had me laughing in places, yet there was a darker side to it as well. And it was reality television at its ugliest, feasibly seeing producers going to great lengths to get ratings despite the feelings of the contestants. For me, The Hating Game was clever, colourful and modern. The characters were convincing (you could definitely see why the guys were Mattie's exes!), the plot kept on twisting and the pace was fast. I really enjoyed this book. Talli Roland is definitely a name to watch out for in the future. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 447,790 in Literature & Fiction (Books) | | Customer reviews | 3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars (300) | | Dimensions | 13.2 x 3.1 x 19.8 cm | | ISBN-10 | 1907504036 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1907504037 | | Item weight | 340 g | | Language | English | | Print length | 320 pages | | Publication date | 23 Feb. 2011 | | Publisher | Prospera Publishing | ## Images ![The Hating Game - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71l86h1SkDL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ EX-cellent *by K***R on 1 April 2012* This book is the second book I've read by Talli Roland (I went on to read the third - Watching Willow Watts after this), and I think (like a lot of others are saying), she could become a firm favourite in my chick lit collection. Like Build-a-man (the book I really enjoyed, that led me to seek out other Talli Roland books), this was well observed and fun. I really warmed to the main character and was rooting for her all the way through, as she was refreshingly the opposite of most chick lit protagonists. It gave such a well humoured, and sometimes scary insight into how reality TV works, which made for entertaining and thought provoking reading. OK so it is still chick lit, but at least it carried a valid message. And do you know what I loved it! The only faults I could find, was the lack of character development for Jess and sometimes the suspension of dis-believe that the main character would have gone through with it all, though that was explained adequately enough with her debts etc.... Also the first few pages were a bit gratuitous and far fetched. PLUS I'd have liked more fall out and reaction over the Adam situation towards the end... On the whole, another cracking read from Talli and I look forward to what else she comes up with. (I'll be pre-ordering Build a couple or whatever the sequal to build a man is rumoured to be called) ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One not to be missed *by M***T on 19 November 2010* Mattie Johns is one of the feistiest characters I've met in a chick lit book for a long time. She's quite abrupt at first until you realise, as the layering builds up, that this is a cover up for a broken heart. Her journey throughout the book had me wanting her as my best friend by the last chapter. The premise of the book is so brilliant and is one of the few books where from the minute I started to read it, I wished that I'd thought of the idea first. What a funny thing to happen, dating your exes, how awful could that be! I loved that no matter what was thrown at Mattie, she just got on with it. Nothing phased her - believe me, I would have run a mile at some of the things they gave her to do on the television show. There was a great twist in the middle of the book which made things stay fresh and interesting. And Talli kept on twisting the story. It had me laughing in places, yet there was a darker side to it as well. And it was reality television at its ugliest, feasibly seeing producers going to great lengths to get ratings despite the feelings of the contestants. For me, The Hating Game was clever, colourful and modern. The characters were convincing (you could definitely see why the guys were Mattie's exes!), the plot kept on twisting and the pace was fast. I really enjoyed this book. Talli Roland is definitely a name to watch out for in the future. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Shame about the unlikeable heroine *by D***6 on 3 May 2012* I enjoyed reading this as a light read over a few days. It's a classic rom com novel where you know what will happen but don't really mind. However, there are some problems. The main one is that Matti, the lead character, is so thoroughly unlikeable. She's snappy, bossy and generally unpleasant to most people most of the time. I found myself more interested in the fortunes of the side characters, because they were more appealing. It's a bit of fun, great for a holiday, but any notion that it is in the same league as Sophie Kinsella novels, is sadly misguided. 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