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 enlarge | Author: Marian Keyes
Publisher: Michael Joseph
Category: Book
List Price: £17.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  87 reviews
Sales Rank: 355
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 688
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.9
ISBN: 0718149122
EAN: 9780718149123
ASIN: 0718149122
Publication Date: April 30, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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 fantastic October 17, 2008
the best book i've ever read.could not put it down until finished it.very different from her other books. the plot is very interisting. four characters four stories all connected. one great story about life love domestic violence,great friends. you must read it. it is unique.
 not up to standard October 15, 2008
I bought this as soon as it came out in hardback as I had enjoyed all the author's previous novels. However I found this book slow and heavy, half the time I wasn't sure who was 'talking' and I don't feel the characters were as crafted as I had come to expect from this author. I actually gave up about half way through the book as I had totally lost interest.
 Keyes Gone Off the Boil October 13, 2008
Good God, what has happened to Marian Keyes? Most of her novels were wonderful. Characters like you and me, making their way through rainy Mondays in a crap job, visiting their crazy family on weekends and wondering why the man you like never, ever likes you back. They were such a good laugh. But now she's trying to be a 'serious' writer and it doesn't work because she's just going for the shock factor. Anybody could write something disgusting about a man beating up or raping a woman. It requires no talent to write graphically. Subtlety is another matter. I bought this at a jumble sale for a dollar, and I'm going to throw it away. I also threw away her novel before this one, which was all about a newlywed whose husband had died in a car accident and the main protagonist had her fingernails ripped off. I too could make up improbable and disgusting injuries. Again, nothing talented about that. If she continues to write this pretentious crap littered with depressing and stomach-churning gore, I will certainly never bother with her books again. And it's only got a star because the system won't let me submit with no stars. Keyes, people pick up your books to be entertained, not totally depressed and frightened. Learn that.
Really depressing October 9, 2008
I am a huge Marian Keyes fan but I am finding this book so depressing (am about half-way through) that I haven't been able to pick it up for about 2 weeks.
It is fair enough to deal with "gritty" subjects, but if I want to read a book like that I'll go and buy one. With Marian, you can normally rely on the storyline and topics, and you know what you're getting. With this one, you don't.
I actually like the Lola parts - they are the only funny bits I've found so far - it's the other parts I don't enjoy. It is also very long drawn-out and although I'm half-way through I am still not sure what the "secret" and the point of it is - either it is terrifically obvious and I have already guessed it, or it is something very unexpected and I have to wait till the last chapter, which I just find annoying.
I've found myself skipping entire pages and leafing through to the end to see if it's worth reading on.
It's a shame because it is a big fat book, and if I was enjoying it, I'd be delighted to have so much MK in one go!
One of the worst books ever! September 30, 2008
I have read many books and all of Marian Keyes and is one of the worst books i have ever read! It took me 4 and a half weeks to read and couldn't wait to finish it so I could a better book! It was far to long but u never get to know any of the characters properly, starts off funny and then gets a bit depressing. Very dissapointed!
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