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Dolphin Girl Kindle Edition

by Scott Neil (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
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Suzy and Josh's fractured relationship is teetering on the brink. Things couldn't get any worse, or so Josh thought. An encounter with a mysterious, beautiful woman is just the beginning. Josh is in trouble. Suzy has had enough.
With time running out Josh and three boozing buddies try to fix the mess. What could possibly go wrong?
There is a thin line between reality and fantasy in the hard drinking culture of inner city Scotland, and it's about to become a lot thinner as the dynamics of friendship, honesty and ultimately love are placed under scrutiny.
Oh, and there's a dolphin in a bathtub too.

Dolphin Girl is a contemporary fiction novel that cuts across a number of genres, with a touch of comedy romance, urban life, men's adventure and the paranormal. In this British tale with strong characters, set almost entirely in Scotland there are moments of mystery, suspense and humour.
To give added authenticity to the story's setting and characters, there are some Scottish and British colloquial words and phrases sprinkled throughout the book. A short appendix at the end of the book acts as a dictionary resource for readers to look up these words.
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  1. Print length
    223 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    April 21, 2015
  4. File size
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"A highly original comic novel." - The Wishing Shelf Book Awards

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00WI9WZP4
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Elvin Books (April 21, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 21, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 469 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 223 pages
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    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 14 ratings

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Scott Neil

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Scott Neil is a writer and veteran journalist, having studied in England and the US before working for newspapers in the UK and Bermuda. He wrote the internationally released Lennon Bermuda, an account of John Lennon's time in Bermuda. In recognition of the book he received a Crystal Butterfly Literary Award for outstanding contribution to Bermuda literature.

As a journalist he worked on local and regional newspapers in England before joining Bermuda's daily newspaper The Royal Gazette for 16 years. He was named Southern Newspapers' News Reporter of the Year (Northern Region) in 1997, in England, and received the Scheibel Award from Los Angeles Pierce College.

His novella The Bird At The End of Time was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards and the IAN Book of the Year Awards. A screenplay of the novella was a semi-finalist in the Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards and a quarter-finalist in Shore Scripts Feature Contest.

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  • Lee Slonimsky
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Fresh, Beautifully Written and Original Novel!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2015
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    Scott Neil’s Dolphin Girl is one of the freshest, most original and most imaginative novels I’ve read in many years. It fits roughly into the category of “urban fantasy” but has a combination of elements all its own.

    The style is immensely readable, fast paced and filled with unexpected twists and turns. The main character, Josh, for all his problems and setbacks (he’s chronically unemployed and drinks too much), is a basically decent guy who becomes an admirable hero. The two female “leads,” Suzy and Katrina, are both very well developed characters. There is a theme of teenage lovers meeting again later on that is treated in a wholly unpredictable and compelling way.

    Having been to Scotland several times in recent years, I also found the working class Edinburgh setting to be fascinating: it’s a side of the city you don’t see as a tourist, or even as a longer term visitor, and Dolphin Girl has fleshed out in retrospect my time there as a traveller. The amazing bridge across the memorably named Firth of Forth, which adorns the back cover, plays an interesting role in the book, as does the F of F itself. Finally, the transformational dolphin is also a great character, partly as a catalyst for all the well intentioned bungling that goes on around her, and also in her own right.

    I wondered often while reading what such a well-pictured and tautly plotted novel might look like on the big screen. I enthusiastically recommend Dolphin Girl to anyone looking for a unique kind of read: down to earth, exceptionally well written, and with a moral compass not always found in contemporary novels.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining fresh novel.
    Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2015
    Most of this story uses the Scottish brogue, which is easy to understand and if not, there is a section at the end that sets out Scottish words and their meanings. Much of this story is humorous and amusing because there are these men who no longer work, drink heavily and their dialogue is typical of men in their cups. Suzy and Josh live in Edinburgh, Scotland, are in their early thirties, but their marriage is on the rocks. After they first married, Josh became injured, which led him into drinking hard and steady, subsisting on the pension he received from his accident. Suzy worked to support them until he had healed enough, but Josh spends every afternoon drinking with his fellow drinkers. Both Josh and Suzy are extremely unhappy, but they are so encased in their bitter emotions that it looks like nothing can ever get better.
    One night coming home and walking by the edge of the dock abutting the ocean, Josh is hailed by a mysterious, beautiful woman, who calls herself Dolly and asks to borrow his bathtub. She is really a dolphin and when in a human body, weakens rapidly. When in high school, Josh had been the boyfriend of Katrina, now a marine scientist, and at that time they found Dolly as a young dolphin being kicked by teen boys and Josh and Katrina saved her. That is why Dolly sought him out. In the meantime some little boys see Dolly as a dolphin in Josh’s bathtub and tells the police. Katrina as a marine scientist comes to investigate the situation since it is illegal to keep a dolphin at home.
    Dolly’s dolphin sonar no longer works since she apparently has a viral disease and her pod will be down at the beach in four days and she must meet up with them or she will eventually die. With time running out to get Dolly down to the beach in time to join her pod, Josh and three boozing buddies try to fix the mess. Before Josh can help Dolly, Katrina and the government come and take the dolphin when Josh is gone. In the meantime Suzy finds out there is another woman in the house, not realizing she is a dolphin, becomes heart-broken thinking Josh has another lover. Josh and his buddies steal a van with a water tank large enough to hold Dolly as a dolphin; although the tank holds her, the outside of the truck advertises it as holding a seal so the van is highly noticeable. The balance of the story is first one mess and then another occurring, delaying them to get Dolly to where her pod will be, and evading the police department, which is looking for them also. Dolphin Girl is a contemporary fiction novel that cuts across a number of genres from comedy romance to men's adventure, urban life and the paranormal. This book is a fast read, but at the end the reader feels refreshed and entertained by this mishmash of events
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  • David Zeledon Tomas
    1.0 out of 5 stars Awfully depressing
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2015
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    What an awfully depressing story and slow narrative!
    The title and reviews (not only readers but other book websites) catalog this an incredible engaging book. What a deception!
    Depressing settings, characters. The author takes an incredible long time to describe things sort of like if he were being paid by the word...
    My goodness... if this is what it is like for some scotts , man ! Get out of there! I started reading it in a good mood and ended up depressed after a few pages...
    I hope some people read this before they buy it...
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  • A. Holcomb
    5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet story that's got a little bit of everything for anyone
    Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2015
    Poor Josh. As a child, he thought he had life all mapped out. He found the girl he thought he would always be with, the bridge that overlooked most of his childhood was going to be his livelihood, and he was never going to be a waster like his dad. Too bad none of those things came true. Now, his life seems to be beyond circling the drain. What’s one more hiccup to his plans? Say…a naked girl on a beach?
    Dolphin Girl is amazing. The story line is clear and beautifully laid out, leaving a reader free to enjoy the lively characters and gorgeous backdrop of the Scottish coastline. The brogue dialogue used throughout the book takes a little getting used to, but really adds to the colorful setting and realistic interactions. The magical realism is seamlessly embedded in the story as the characters seem more surprised to actually SEE some of the secrets of the ocean than the fact they exist. I recommend this book to any that enjoy a novel that doesn't follow the norm with sweet overtones and a strong story of redemption.
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  • GiGi
    1.0 out of 5 stars One Star
    Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2015
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    did not enjoy the story line
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  • E.S.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Original, Powerful, and Well-Written
    Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2017
    Powerfully descriptive and pictorially interesting. This author took me visually and emotionally through every scene with fascinating characters. I enjoyed the skilled writing as much as the tightly-plotted, complex story. I have spent many summers in Edinburgh acting in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and found the settings and the cultural aspects accurate. What a pleasure to relive those summers again. It is an unusual book that crosses over genres, but has a clear and rewarding story of redemption. I do not like spoilers so I won’t discuss the journey or the end, but I will recommend this book to anyone who enjoys suspending their disbelief and wants to take a magical ride.
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