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Summary: Sigh...
Review: This book had so much potential because the story is interesting and the characters endear themselves to you. Keyes, the author, ruins her book in the following way. She has this irritating tendency to explain her punch lines as though her audience consists of thick skulled neanderthals. Also, I found her rambling on style to be tedious. The heroine over-reacts to everything and mulls over and over-analyzes everything to the point of nausea.
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Summary: I knew everything was okay...
Review: ...when I read this book! I read "Watermelon" while on maternity leave following the birth of first child. I laughed and cried---felt everything that our young heroine felt (well, almost everything---my husband stuck around, thankfully.) Our ages are similar, our thoughts are similar...when she turned out okay, I knew I would, as well. I loved this book! The book has become a "boy, do I have a book for you on your maternity leave" tradition!
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Summary: I really wanted to like this book.........
Review: I really wanted to like this book, but alas I came away rather disappointed. I just did not find it as laugh out loud funny as many of the reviewers. The writing is weak, the plot predictable and the characters rather shallow. I am a huge fan of British humor, but I would advise readers to give this one a pass.
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Summary: Uh, well...
Review: I liked this book. Despite the fact that I found it unbelievable and wanted many times to smack various characters, this book is perfect for the day at the pool with a margarita in one hand and a novel in the other. For much more than that, I fear it will fall short. I get the sense that the author sat down and made up the entire story as she went along. The majority of characters are caricatures of old standards, and they all contain that particular quirk or eccentricity particular to characters in novels of British origin. But they are funny. It's froth, of the type found on milkshakes. But then, an occasional milkshake isn't such a bad thing.
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Summary: Blech!!!
Review: I bought this book based solely on the reviews I read on Amazon. What a disappointment. I love a good romance, but I think too many romance readers out there are too easily pleased. As long as the author manages to string a few coherent sentences together, it's reviewed as "THE BEST BOOK EVER!!!!!" Maybe I'm too picky, but I know I'd certainly appreciate reading more critical reviews. That said, I want more from a book than one dimensional characters who seem to have only one genuine emotion -- lust. This novel's heroine is beyond vapid -- she's stupid and annoying, and her love interest isn't much better. I'm not going to re-summarize the plot since I'm sure another review already has. Let's just say if you enjoy cotten candy, this book's for you. If you're looking for something with more substance, I'd keep on searching. Good luck!
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Summary: Quick, easy, highly entertaining read!
Review: Looking for a quick and easy yet very funny book to read? Then you should definitely check out Watermelon by Marian Keyes. Claire is dumped by her husband right after she gives birth to their daughter. She moves back to her family in Ireland to mend. You'll probably find yourself laughing out loud a lot as Clair and her family are pretty off the wall, yet you'll also probably relate to each character on some level, as I did. A very cute story, perfect to entertain yourself with during your train commute, vacation, or while unwinding after work.
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Summary: Cheap Knock-Off of Bridget Jones
Review: I felt Claire was a one dimensional character who was supposed to be a strong woman, but the book offered no evidence to support her 'chief attribute.' Claire did not come across as the witty, life-of-the-party intellectual that Keyes intended, but rather an insecure woman without direction. Moreover, Claire did nothing to acheive the transformation that the plot hinges upon. She stayed the same--her husband changed. The internal monologues broke up what otherwise would have been the strong point of this book--the dialogue. There were many times when I felt the author was interjecting her opinions rather than letting the characters speak. Moreover, all the characters lacked distinctive personalities and had little to make them compelling. I kept waiting to be entertained or moved, but neither happened. I felt the author was following a template of Bridget Jones--even down to the fascination with self-help books and the good man vs. bad man love triangle. Unfortunately Keyes' Claire lacked the spunk and depth of Bridget.
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Summary: Funny and insightful
Review: This is one of those books that would have seemed more brilliantly original if Bridget Jones's Diary had not come out first. Like BJD it contains outrageously frank and witty comments about men and the way women feel about them. the dialog is great but many of the stretches of interior monolog were too long and repetitious for me.
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Summary: Literally LOL
Review: This book had me literally laughing out loud. Claire, the main character is a 29 year old woman who gave birth and whose husband left her on the very same day. She moved from London to Dublin to recover with her quirky, nutty family. Once there, she meets Adam...the perfect specimin of a man (like Derek Jeter)...who's interested in her! The internal conversations that Claire has with herself are completely neurotic, yet you can identify with them at the same time. I definitly recommend this book for some light, relaxing reading.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: This is an excellent first novel to be followed by Lucy Sullivan got Married and then Rachel's Holiday which will leave you holding your sides in parts. Buy all three.
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