A review by scoughlan
This Charming Man by Marian Keyes

3.0

I think this is an important book that delves into serious issues like domestic violence and addiction and describes them extremely well, but it is not without its flaws. My biggest issue was with one of the narrators - Lola - whose diary format and plot too closely mirrored those of Bridget Jones' Diary. The main difference between them was the "tranny" plotline, which was not always treated with sensitivity and conflated two distinct terms (which is addressed in the book but not resolved). Another minor pet peeve was the use of what looked like Comic Sans by one of the other narrators.