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c_fulton2's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
4.0
alipp's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Took me a bit to get into it, but once I got past the first few chapters & into the flow of the book I couldn’t put it down! Did I skim read a bunch of bits? Yes. But I also cried a few times! Wasn’t expecting such an emotional read. When the twist happened (halfway through) I actually had to put the book down & sob a bit!!! Perfect mix of light hearted and emotional. Very cute and loved the end.
A couple of bones to pick that I’ll note. It does read as quite un-socially aware. Not sure how the Jolly boys & girls thing sits in 2024 and there were a few racial bits that didn’t sit well.
Does read as a privileged group of people living in New York but it’s also a fantasy.
A couple of bones to pick that I’ll note. It does read as quite un-socially aware. Not sure how the Jolly boys & girls thing sits in 2024 and there were a few racial bits that didn’t sit well.
Does read as a privileged group of people living in New York but it’s also a fantasy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Car accident
allisondenae's review
5.0
This looks like the longest book ever. I doubt I will finish it.
2 days later...
This was quick. I loved this book. I cannot tell you how much I love the Walsh family. Mammy Walsh is particularly hilarious in this one. Soooo fun. I liked this book SO much!
2 days later...
This was quick. I loved this book. I cannot tell you how much I love the Walsh family. Mammy Walsh is particularly hilarious in this one. Soooo fun. I liked this book SO much!
lucy1405's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
jessvm's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
tmchale93's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
sharonleavy's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Anybody Out There? by Marian Keyes was released in 2006. It's book #4 in the Walsh Family series, featuring Anna Walsh, the second youngest of five sisters, as the main character.
Anna is 32, and has what can only be described as the dream job - she works in PR for a make-up company in New York City. But as the book opens, something has happened - Anna is back home in Ireland, recovering from some kind of injury.
Over the next 450+ pages, we unravel Anna's story - what, exactly, has happened? And can Anna ever move on from it? Well, we're all going to find out together, as Anna tries to get her life back.
I hadn't read this one before, but as Marian's upcoming novel will return to Anna as the main focus, I wanted to catch up to speed. Breige @rareopalreads kindly organised a Buddy Read, and it was one I was glad to have - I (foolishly) forgot that Marian knows how to drive the emotional boot in, so to speak, and parts of this book were absolutely devastating. If you're dealing with grief I'd approach with caution.
I enjoyed Anna's story, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what she's up to in the new book. I did end up skimming (or skipping entirely) the parts where Anna's sister Helen was filling her in on her career as a Private Investigator - I understood the need for a bit of light comic relief alongside Anna's story, and the set-up for Helen's own book ("The Mystery of Mercy Close") but that storyline just annoyed me and I wanted to stick to the main story. I did enjoy the e-mails from Mammy Walsh, I felt that they broke up the sombre mood at times.
My Favourite Mistake will be released on April 11th, I've pre-ordered it so I'm really looking forward to it arriving!
Thanks to Breige & everyone else in the reading group, I'm not sure I'd have read it otherwise, so I'm glad to be all caught up for next week.
Anna is 32, and has what can only be described as the dream job - she works in PR for a make-up company in New York City. But as the book opens, something has happened - Anna is back home in Ireland, recovering from some kind of injury.
Over the next 450+ pages, we unravel Anna's story - what, exactly, has happened? And can Anna ever move on from it? Well, we're all going to find out together, as Anna tries to get her life back.
I hadn't read this one before, but as Marian's upcoming novel will return to Anna as the main focus, I wanted to catch up to speed. Breige @rareopalreads kindly organised a Buddy Read, and it was one I was glad to have - I (foolishly) forgot that Marian knows how to drive the emotional boot in, so to speak, and parts of this book were absolutely devastating. If you're dealing with grief I'd approach with caution.
I enjoyed Anna's story, and I'm really looking forward to seeing what she's up to in the new book. I did end up skimming (or skipping entirely) the parts where Anna's sister Helen was filling her in on her career as a Private Investigator - I understood the need for a bit of light comic relief alongside Anna's story, and the set-up for Helen's own book ("The Mystery of Mercy Close") but that storyline just annoyed me and I wanted to stick to the main story. I did enjoy the e-mails from Mammy Walsh, I felt that they broke up the sombre mood at times.
My Favourite Mistake will be released on April 11th, I've pre-ordered it so I'm really looking forward to it arriving!
Thanks to Breige & everyone else in the reading group, I'm not sure I'd have read it otherwise, so I'm glad to be all caught up for next week.
bknight16's review
4.0
Should probably be 5, but not sure I can give 5*s to a book that has had me ugly sobbing in tropical paradise. Maybe I’ll feel more stable eventually and rethink to 5.
Hugely emotive (not sure I’ve sobbed like this since Me Before You) and gorgeously written in dealing with complex relationships.
Loved the interludes with Helen and Mammy Walsh, definitely needed!
Also lovely to see Rachel and Luke but would’ve liked some more details about their wedding - though, truly, I get that wasn’t the point of the book.
Yeah death is awful and everyone tells you it’ll get better with time and even though it does - this book really goes through the stages where that never feels like it that’s never going to be true.
Honestly love is just the best and the worst thing in the world.
ADORED the part where she realised Aidan wasn’t the only thing she loved.
I liked the Jack plot and the circle of like anger for grief and the dog toy but also it is okay that sometimes like can just be really crap!
Ahhh I binged it in a day and I’m a little broken but I did love it!
But need a lighter relief now!
Hugely emotive (not sure I’ve sobbed like this since Me Before You) and gorgeously written in dealing with complex relationships.
Loved the interludes with Helen and Mammy Walsh, definitely needed!
Also lovely to see Rachel and Luke but would’ve liked some more details about their wedding - though, truly, I get that wasn’t the point of the book.
Yeah death is awful and everyone tells you it’ll get better with time and even though it does - this book really goes through the stages where that never feels like it that’s never going to be true.
Honestly love is just the best and the worst thing in the world.
ADORED the part where she realised Aidan wasn’t the only thing she loved.
I liked the Jack plot and the circle of like anger for grief and the dog toy but also it is okay that sometimes like can just be really crap!
Ahhh I binged it in a day and I’m a little broken but I did love it!
But need a lighter relief now!
afarinfallahi's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
alittlebitofjessica's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
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
4.0
This was perhaps my favourite Walsh family book so far. I absolutely loved catching up with the rest of the family, and particularly focusing on Anna.
I thought the topic of grief was handled so very well in this novel, a beautiful story which will stay with me!
I thought the topic of grief was handled so very well in this novel, a beautiful story which will stay with me!