“Despite the eye locks, handholds, sunsets, and stargazing, her relationship with Nick is muddlingly platonic.”

“After a dinner of slimy, lukewarm ramen noodles, they spent an unromantic night shivering on the lumpy ground in a flimsy tent surrounded by animal noises.”

“It had seemed like a long walk, and besides that, it was as unromantic and unpicturesque a walk as could have been found anywhere.”

“There was absolutely no atmosphere and it was akin to being marooned on an unexotic island, with no one offering to top up our teapot.”

“The pair are known as pragmatic, hard-nosed businessmen, and they are thought to have little sentimental attachment to the club.”

“In place of Merman's razzmatazz, Ross gives us a rounded, unsentimental portrait of a damaged human being.”