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explorastorynz's review against another edition
2.0
It took a VERY long time for this to turn into a page-turner, where I didn't want to put the book down (probably the last 150 or so pages).
Most of the characters had no depth or warmth and pretty much all the key players were somewhat (if not completely) unlikeable.
So much navel gazing for so long before anything interesting finally happens. Could have done with shrinking the start significantly and fleshing out the second half a LOT more.
Doesn't particularly inspire me to try others by the same author.
Most of the characters had no depth or warmth and pretty much all the key players were somewhat (if not completely) unlikeable.
So much navel gazing for so long before anything interesting finally happens. Could have done with shrinking the start significantly and fleshing out the second half a LOT more.
Doesn't particularly inspire me to try others by the same author.
lawreeann's review against another edition
2.0
This one took me WAAAY too long to finish. It was an okay story, but I had to force myself to finish it. The characters were very one-dimensional.
wvmeg3's review against another edition
4.0
A little slow to get through but I loved the wide range of characters and unexpected plot twists!
gemasinrock's review against another edition
Not sure what to track this as! My hotel had this, the Bible, and Outsmarting Cancer, so I picked this one. I read the first 200 pages and then skimmed the last 200. I liked it in the same way I like How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days or 27 Dresses.
itsmariaros's review against another edition
3.0
i de cop i volta torno a passejar per Stephens Green (ho enyoro moltÃssim)
numipig30's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.25
tracey_aussiereader25's review against another edition
4.0
Found myself laughing along. Gentle humour. Lisa was an unlikeable character who redeemed herself a little by the end. Ashlings character deserved the happiness she found. I enjoy these books and often found myself reading when I should be doing something else.
daniavfc's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
athenenoctua11's review against another edition
3.0
Reread, since I couldn't remember anything from the 1st time I read it in 2004.
Didn't rock my world, not a very big result from Marian Keyes but it's the kind of book that you can pick up at any given time and it will entertain you without making your head spin.
Didn't rock my world, not a very big result from Marian Keyes but it's the kind of book that you can pick up at any given time and it will entertain you without making your head spin.
brandnewkindof's review against another edition
4.0
I read this for a year-long challenge - the prompt was "a book published in 2000" - and I'm pretty sure I'd read it before, probably right about the time it came out originally, and man. It is an entire TRIP. Marian Keyes writing chicklit in the late 90s is clearly the grandmother of all the romance and adult contemporary that we get to read today, and all the bones of what we read now are there in this book, while it also is completely nothing like any of our 2024 romances. Fascinating. Honestly, I recommend digging up a Marian Keyes if you're a modern romance reader, just for the comparisons. How far we've come! How similar it all still is.