Not the greatest...

I think this is one of the earliest by the author and I had worked the end out with about 6 chapters to go. Performance was great and there were some laugh out loud moments but the author gets better with her more recent work so try those 👍🏻

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pretty funny, plot a bit weak

Great audio performance by narrator. my first Marian Keyes book, it was really funny but plot was a bit flat & predictable.

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good

this story was eady listening,and had a good ending, i would recommend it,very good book

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Nothing happens

I really like Marian Keyes' writing style and the narration was great. The problem was that the story was painfully slow and actually nothing really happened.

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loved this so much x

Great characters and story. Sad it has ended. The narrator is great and love the way she voices the different characters.

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brilliant

such amazing insights into childbirth and marriage break up. first time I have listened to her but not the last.

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Predictable

I felt the story was predictable, the writing repetitive and the characters stereo-types of their genders/careers/role in book.

I feel terrible saying this as Marián is so lovely but I couldn’t love the book.

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outstanding

loved this book from the start couldn't put it down finished it in two days. the narrator was brilliant loved how I got into each character. would recommend it's a must . best on for a long time .

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disappointing

daft and irritating especially when dealing with husband
struggled to get through to the end
luckily I was preparing food for the freezer for that last bit so had something better to think about

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Hard Going

I listened to Rachel's Holiday and enjoyed it so I thought I'd go back to the start but gosh, they don't really compare. the characters were so insipid, I didn't feel like I really knew or liked a single one. They said, did and reacted to things in ridiculous ways.
Unfortunately I'm cursed with never being able to just abandon a book once I'm started so I did listen the whole way through but gosh, it was a struggle. the Americanisms didn't bother me but the writing did, it was like it was trying too hard to be funny, interesting etc and just came across as amateurish.
This was her first novel so let's not judge her too harshly, I just wouldn't bother with this one!
I did like Rachel's Holiday, it was predictable chick-lit but is a good bit of feel-good easy listening.

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