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The Holdout: A fun, insightful romantic comedy (English Edition) Formato Kindle

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Robin wanted to win The Holdout, a cutthroat reality TV show, so she gave it her all, challenge after challenge. Then she fell for Grant, with his irresistible eyes and heartbreaking life story. But Grant was only using Robin as they competed for a million dollars. Once home, Robin wants to hide from the humiliation as episodes of The Holdout are aired, and she worries her family was right all along; she’s not a survivor. Yet she could surprise everyone, and have the last laugh. Besides, Robin now has jury duty. And as she forges ahead, confronting her demons about bravery, justice, and romance, Robin will come to decide which is more important: the courage to stand alone, or the strength to love again.

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8 settembre 2013
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00F2LSB6W
Editore ‏ : ‎ PMI Books (8 settembre 2013)
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Surviving Holdout

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 16 ottobre 2013

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This is a cleverly constructed tale about judgment, justice, and strength of character.

Robin, a fan of a Survivor-like TV reality show call Holdout, manages to become a contestant, quits her job to play, and participates in an island adventure involving various teams, individual and group trials, popularity contests, and votes among players and judges regarding fitness to continue and, ultimately, pick a winner. She returns home after her show, upset with herself for having been conned by a male contestant who played her off against a rival and dumped her to improve his chances of winning the big prize.

Holdout, taped months ago, starts running on TV, with Robin's family and friends watching. This is a cruel and funny concept. Robin, a young adult, is now subject to evidence-based critiques from friends and family for all the mistakes, bad judgments, and so forth Holdout presents. Poor Robin, already filled with self-doubt, now gets to hear what everyone else has to say.

Meanwhile, Robin has been selected for jury duty. Ostercamp presents reality show episodes and trial phases concurrently, chapter by chapter, and the parallel is obvious. Evidence is presented and judgments are made in both, and each must ultimately choose winners and losers. Obstacles complicate judgments. Holdout is show business, staged to maximize ratings, possibly rigged. Trial judgments are influenced by lawyer skill, evidence quality, jury fitness, and other factors. The story presents other obvious parallels in terms of the behavior and character of reality show participants and jurors, and achieving a just outcome.

In addition to the clever plot architecture, Ostercamp writes well and creates a likable character in Robin, feminine yet strong, with the courage to stand up for what she believes.

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Daphne

Absolutely Lovely Romance!!

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 29 settembre 2013

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The Holdout is a truly enjoyable book, not to mention a touching love story and a clever critique of modern `reality TV' culture. I found it very interesting that after her experience in an eponymous reality gaming show The Holdout (similar to shows like Survivor) the heroine, Robin, kept drawing parallels between that experience and the real world. I love how Robin grow sot believe in herself and trust in her own judgement, whether it be about men, jury duty or complex family relationships.
The novel is great from its opening, as we are left wondering about what happened on The Holdout, and the story remains gripping throughout as the two storylines (the present and The Holdout) unfold.

I found Robin to be a relatable character and her journey to find her confidence (and love along the way!) to be finely executed - she's clever, capable, flawed and utterly endearing. She wants more out of life than ending up an office drone, and she does what she can to make that happen. Her interactions with her family are touching, sometimes sad and very realistic. Throughout the book she tries to prove to her older brothers, cousins and dad that she's just as tough as capable as any of them, and she learns about herself and re-evaluates her ideas about justice in the process. I particularly loved Lucy, who was warm, supportive and quirky. The author also wrote one great hero - a down-to-earth real guy who is kind, warm and effortlessly sexy. Definitely a keeper.

Truly enjoyed this book, from (digital) cover to cover!

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Mia C.

Light and enjoyable novel

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 13 dicembre 2022

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The story sets the reader on time and space and that is interesting because the novel feels more real. The Holdout: A Robin Bricker Novel written by Laurel Osterkamp is a light reading and the pages flew by in no time. I think I finished reading it in just two days and it is not a very short book. I was engaged from the beginning.
I really liked the topic of the book because it is something current and the reader can feel closer to what is happening. The issue of trust is present and I always like that topic because I think it is a good tool so that the narrative finds some twists as it happens with this one.
All in all, The Holdout is a novel I recommend reading.

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Kat83

Fun, clever and well-structured

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 19 novembre 2014

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I really enjoyed this, it's my first book by this author - I got it as an offer on Amazon after one of my Facebook Kindle groups recommended it and I started it with no great expectations - I'm not particularly a reality TV fan so I didn't anticipate anything too gripping.

I was wrong. Robin was a terrific character and by the time of the family dinner (with the challenge) - I was REALLY rooting for her :)

Interesting and well-rounded supporting characters - but what particularly sold me on it was how well-structured the whole book was. I actively dislike books that go back and forward in time because they're often either confusing, irritating or both. This one wasn't - it was so smoothly done - it felt natural and moved the book along very swiftly. The juxtaposition of the current jury service and the voting on the island was clever.
I recommend it.

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Tracey Cramer-Kelly

Hmmm....

Recensito negli Stati Uniti il 21 aprile 2023

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I found this story difficult to follow, as it continually switched back and forth from present day to the events that happened a number of months ago. It could have been two books, or better yet, a “Part I” and “Part II.” Because we only got Robin’s point of view, and didn’t go terribly deep into either present or past events, many of the characters appeared rather cliché. Her brothers were the most ‘real’ part of the story. Robin had no job, no apparent ambition other than to win the million dollars. I’m not a big fan of characters who wander through life letting things happen to them, although Robin pulled it together at the end. Also: I didn’t consider this a ‘comedy’ (as the subheading implies) or particularly romantic. However, fans of Survivor-type shows might like this story more.

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