Sushi for Beginners

Rating:
Summary: It Got me throgh my long Thanksgiving Week...
Review: ..but that's about all I can say about it. It started off great and steadily went downhill from there. I would actually give this a 3 1/2 but that's not an option. It has potential and a few good points after the fall from the great beginning. I kept expecting more and I was disappointed when there was nothing finished. Who the heck knows how anyone truly ended up. There are hints, but no finishes.

Rating:
Summary: it is okay ...
Review: ... but not that great. i have read 5 other marian keyes' books and the last two that i read, this one and "angels", were not that impressive.

the story was dragging and i just kept on flipping the pages with "yeah, funny ha-ha, but let's keep going and find out what the happens next, okay".

i recommend her earlier books instead like "watermelon" or "rachel's holiday".

Rating:
Summary: Better than Angels, but not that much better....
Review: SUSHI FOR BEGINNERS by Marian Keyes
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I know there are a lot of Marian Keyes fans out there that have loved this book, SUSHI FOR BEGINNERS. This is only my second book I've read by her, ANGELS having been my first, and I gave it three stars. SUSHI FOR BEGINNERS I am also ranking three stars, but it's close to 3 ½. Here's why:

I think Marian Keyes has a gift for creating funny characters. I do find myself chuckling as I read her books, and that is a good thing. On the other hand, the problem I have with her characters is that they don't always seem "real". She has them do illogical things, or they may end up with someone that I can't see how it even happened. When I say "illogical", I don't mean "silly" or "crazy". What I mean is that she doesn't think her characters out all the way, so that she has them behaving in ways they shouldn't.

Because of this, I find myself rather disappointed by the end of the book. This was the case with SUSHI FOR BEGINNERS. Without giving it away, I did not see how one main character ended up with another character (some of the signs were there, but their interactions with each other were not enough, in my opinion, to have them put them together as a couple). I also did not see any chemistry or any reason for one or the other to want to get together. It just did not make any sense. On the other hand, I did approve of another couple getting together, because it made a lot of sense and I was also rooting for them.

To sum up, SUSHI FOR BEGINNERS is about a start up magazine in Ireland and the employees that work for it. Ashling Kennedy has just been sacked by another magazine, and finds herself working for Londoner Lisa Edwards at the new "Colleen" magazine. Lisa is known to be a [...] when it comes to the work place and focuses so much on her career that her marriage has fallen apart. At the start of the book, she is already separated from her husband and buries herself in work to try to forget him. Ashling is also dealing with a broken relationship, and is afraid to start up with someone new until she hits the comedy club circuit with friends Ted and Joy and meets a comedian, Marcus.

The good thing about SUSHI FOR BEGINNERS is the fun you'll have with the characters and the chuckles you will have when you read about them. If you don't take this book seriously, you will enjoy it. For those who are looking for a much better written book, this is not it. I suggest trying a book written by Jane Green.

Rating:
Summary: excellent characters, excellent story
Review: I have read all of Marian Keyes, books and this is one of my favorites. Although one of the main characters isn't really likable, all of the others are excellent, and hey someones got to be the villian.

Over all the characterisation and the story are both excellent, and the depression of the characters rings really true.

Rating:
Summary: Ok read!
Review: This book starts really slow; it took me about 250 pages to get into it. Great ending though!