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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 ⭐️ simple, easy, funny, not too serious. but also a good self recovery story
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
I have seen and heard Marian Keyes interviewed, and have recently started stalking...err...following her on Twitter. She comes across as mad as a box of frogs, in a deliciously wonderful sort of way.
This is actually my 1st time reading one of her novels (*insert shocked gasps here*)
And I'm delighted to find she writes as she speaks.
It's very chatty, and liable to rambling, but I love it.
I love how even Claire's internal thoughts and emotions are given life; they talk to each other and jockey for position in her head.
The story is brutally real (no Mills & Boon-ness here!), and tragically funny. The story should be really sad, given poor Claire's fall from grace. But it's dotted with humour which had me giggling like a fool.
Is it perfectly written without mistakes? No.
Is it going to appeal to everyone? What person does?
Do I care? Not a jot.
I'm going to be reading a lot more books by this lady.
This is actually my 1st time reading one of her novels (*insert shocked gasps here*)
And I'm delighted to find she writes as she speaks.
It's very chatty, and liable to rambling, but I love it.
I love how even Claire's internal thoughts and emotions are given life; they talk to each other and jockey for position in her head.
The story is brutally real (no Mills & Boon-ness here!), and tragically funny. The story should be really sad, given poor Claire's fall from grace. But it's dotted with humour which had me giggling like a fool.
Is it perfectly written without mistakes? No.
Is it going to appeal to everyone? What person does?
Do I care? Not a jot.
I'm going to be reading a lot more books by this lady.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I always enjoy Marian Keyes' books, this one's take on emotional abuse & gaslighting was brave and refreshing, and highly relatable.
At first our protagonist Claire could seem a bit annoyingly insecure & self-sabotaging...looking at other reviews here... but it's an honest representation of what someone living with this feels like a lot of the time, in my personal experience.
You don't always see the iceberg until later but it's already been denting holes into your sides before it finally emerges above water.
So it makes sense for this character, and I appreciate her tackling this without tooting loud moralistic horns about it.
Recommend!
At first our protagonist Claire could seem a bit annoyingly insecure & self-sabotaging...looking at other reviews here... but it's an honest representation of what someone living with this feels like a lot of the time, in my personal experience.
You don't always see the iceberg until later but it's already been denting holes into your sides before it finally emerges above water.
So it makes sense for this character, and I appreciate her tackling this without tooting loud moralistic horns about it.
Recommend!
3-1/2 stars. Slooooow start and kind of a downer for the first 25% of the book. I was ready to abandon it but read the good reviews again & picked it back up. The story did get better & the FMC grew a backbone & ended up with the right/happy ending.
I found this book with too much language and mentioning of sex for my liking. Mostly I skimmed this one over. I did, however, enjoy the authors writing style and quirkiness and in parts of it, I laughed out loud.
http://dragonflowersandbooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/watermelon.html
http://dragonflowersandbooks.blogspot.com/2011/04/watermelon.html