286 reviews for:

Tara Road

Maeve Binchy

3.74 AVERAGE

confusedvonne's review against another edition

1.0

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I don't understand how anyone was able to enjoy this book. (A friend and I did a book swap)
Everyone is unlikable, expect for Ria and Marilyn. Marilyn I'm on the fence with, she never told Ria the truth about her so called best friend was sleeping with her ex-husband.

Are any of these people really good friends!? Do they really care for each other!?

There is no closure. This book for me reminds me of The Kite Runner...the book starts off positive and then increasingly becomes depressing, it took me 3 months to read this book...

If you enjoyed this book, more power to you!
If I could, i would give is zero stars.

teachingkids1982's review against another edition

4.0

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A good well-rounded read bit not superb enough to be a favorite.

novelesque_life's review against another edition

4.0

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3.5 STARS

Two women - one Irish and the other American - switch their homes for the summer and discover that their tragedies do not define them. It is kind of like the movie Holiday but with older and wiser women.

cae's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

seematterce's review against another edition

3.0

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It took me a long time to finish this book. It was extremely long and the beginning half was very drawn out. I feel like it wasn’t as good as it could have been. But it was a decent book.

grainne_g12's review against another edition

4.25

emotional lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

offbalance80's review against another edition

1.0

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I would likely retitle this book "Dolts, Dicks, and Doormats." It's titles like these that give Oprah's book club its bad reputation. If you're looking for a Lifetime Original Movie in print form, look no further. I'm glad to be done, and I wouldn't have bothered to finish had this not been my own book club's selection this month. And now for some Marian Keyes to get the bad chick lit taste out of my mouth!

klsriley's review

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jennfgarcia's review against another edition

4.0

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Well this was an interesting read. As Binchy's strong suit, always weaving tales of the lives of many, she managed to tell a tale of love and heartache and healing. This was a very interesting story of two young loves, a husband reaching for the stars and the wife following his dreams. However, all of the dreams that were reached weren't enough for this bright, handsome husband and he still wanted more, while the wife was left dependent and longing. Friendships were important in many aspects and not all what they seemed either. It was a very crazy web of relationships but written so well that it was so easy to keep up.

I love stories with happy endings and great romances, and this had some of that ... but I think the ending was subjective in its happy ending. I did enjoy this story very much though and the way Binchy writes. Her style and ability to keep up the stories of so many lives is unbelievable. She was very talented.

I recommend this story greatly.

lori_loves_reading's review against another edition

1.0

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I had a hard time with this one. I just couldn't like any of the characters. I felt like it dragged on way too much.