A review by meghan111
This Charming Man by Marian Keyes

4.0

The heart of this novel deals with alcoholism and domestic violence, but Keyes manages to keep it light throughout. There are four women who take turns telling this story about a handsome, sociopathic Irish politician on the rise, whose surprise marriage announcement impacts the narrators in different ways. Lola is a stylist who tells her story in Bridget Jones-like shorthand, Grace is a journalist, Marnie is her sister. What I liked so much about this is how it tells the story of a malevolent character through the voices of the women who collide with him, and how those women deal with the aftermath and get revenge.

I also thought about this book and its similarity to [b:The Robber Bride|17650|The Robber Bride|Margaret Atwood|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1320478077s/17650.jpg|1119196] by Margaret Atwood - it's sort of a dumber, clunkier, still really really enjoyable and readable Irish version of that novel.