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Summary: A bit of a let down but...
Review: Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married was a bit of a let down for me. I read Watermelon and I loved it! I just thought Lucy was TOO vulnerable and TOO neurotic. I found it hard to like her. However, in spite of my differences with the main character (and the other characters), I do like Marian Keyes' writing style. Even though I found the book to be predictable, I still enjoyed how Marian Keyes told the story. It's worth a read but I can't list it as a favorite of mine.
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Summary: Definitely worth reading
Review: While I agree with others that LUCY SULLIVAN IS GETTING MARRIED doesn't have quite the same "zing" as WATERMELON, I still enjoyed LUCY very, very much. I adore Marion Keyes' voice, for one thing, as well as her uncanny, often hilarious take on the ordinary "stuff" of women's lives. She's the kind of writer whose words stick in your head, who comes up with metaphors so wonderful, you wish (if you're a writer, at least) you'd thought of them first. And LUCY certainly delivered on that score. I did have a hard time with the main character, though, for a good portion of the book, because of her obsession with a man I wouldn't have let anywhere near me, and her blindness to not only the pointlessness of her lifestyle, but to her father's condition. Finally, however, it occurred to me that maybe Ms. Keyes was trying to make a point, here? That maybe we were witnessing the beginning of Lucy's growth curve? Which turned out to be the case. Despite my reservations in the earlier part of the story, I found the conclusion extremely satisfying. No, all the loose ends aren't neatly tied up, but I was left with the definitely feeling that Lucy was well on the way to getting her head, and life, straightened out. I'm definitely looking forward to the next of Ms. Keyes' books to find its way across the pond.
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Summary: Bridget Jones meets Sex in the City
Review: I had such fun reading this book. The title alone made me laugh and once I opened the book I was not disappointed one bit. This is the first of Marian Keyes books that I have read and I will certainly pick up the rest. She has a wonderful witty style that comes across to the reader in abundance yet she can also write about the hard times in life that we must all go through with a sense of dolefullness and a softness that keeps the reader involved. Lucy Sullivan is single, desperately so, works at a dull, dead end job and lives with two flatmates - Karen, the egotistical and ruthless one and Charlotte, the sweet and somewhat ditzy other one. The reader can't help but take Lucy's view of these characters. Her office workers convince her to go to a fortune teller who announces, among other things, that Lucy will be married within the year. Lucy, like the reader, laughs this prediction off but as her officemates' predictions begin to come true one can't help but think that Lucy has a chance. Through the book we meet her best friend Daniel, who Karen has the hots for, Meridia, her over weight and fabulous co-worker, Gus, the man of Lucy's dreams as well as her parents. Lucy tries to keep her head about her while her flighty boyfriend comes and goes, her job becomes duller and her family begins to fall apart. But will Lucy find the man of her dreams? Will she be able to hold it all together? Only time will tell (as will readers of this book). While Marian Keyes seems to follow a bit of a pattern in the book, it doesn't seem to hold her back one bit. I laughed along with Lucy and felt sorrow along with her. With lines like, 'If I had left then, that second, I would have missed the arrival of my anger. But no, I met it me at the door as it staggered in, gasping and panting, worn out from the crosstown journey. "Sorry I am late," it wheezed, cluthing it's chest. "Awful traffic..."' one can't help but totally know what Lucy feels like. Her struggles are very true to life as are the situations she finds herself in. If female readers don't see a bit of themselves in her I'd be surprised. Anyone that enjoys watch 'Sex in the City' or has read and enjoyed Bridget Jones or Girls Guide to Hunting and fishing will certainly enjoy this book.
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Summary: Not as good as Watermelon
Review: After reading Watermelon, also by Marian Keyes, I waited in great anticipation to read her next novel. Finally, having gotten it, sat down, and read it, I was not as fulfilled as I was reading Watermelon. It seemed to drag on, for too long, only picking up near the end. I have to admit, I did rather like the novel, upon finishing it, but it was probably not worth the time I put into reading it. If you are looking for humor and fun, try reading Watermelon. I think you'll like it much better.
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Summary: Growing Up!
Review: What an insight to being young and full of energy and life! Marian Keyes has a way of bringing out exactly what it is like being 26. Great writing that makes you feel for Lucy and the real life problems that people many times overlook like alcoholism. Well done! A delightful read! Thanks Ms. Keyes... keep up the good work!
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Summary: Wickedly Funny
Review: I just loved this book. I have not read any other books by this author, so I can't compare, but as this books stands alone, I think it's perfect. The first-person dialogue is amazingly funny, and you fall in love with the secondary characters almost as much as you do with Lucy. The wit and humor were priceless, and so was the ending (which would have been disappointing if it were anything else, since you spent the entire book predicting it.). I'd recommend this book to anyone that wants to read a deliciously funny romantic comedy.
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Summary: The least enjoyable of the lot
Review: I just finished reading Lucy Sullivan and of all the books Keyes has written I think this one is the least enjoyable. The first book I read by Keyes was Watermelon and I loved it so much that I immediately arranged to get all her other books. (Since I live in Israel that requires more than just going to the local book store.) Although this book was at times very funny, and insightful, I have to agree with one of the previous reviewers and say that I just didn't care about these characters (namely Lucy Sullivan whose behaviour after awhile really got on my nerves) like I cared about the characters in Keyes other books, especially in Watermelon and Rachel's Holiday. But Keyes remains one of my current favorite authors and I look forward to anything she writes in the future.
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Summary: Why Lucy Keeps Picking Mr. Wrong
Review: Yes, Lucy does figure it out. She has a great guy as a bestfriend and a louse as her boyfriend as a young woman living andworking in London. He is only one louse in a series of many lice in her life. Why? Well, you can go home again; unfortunately for Lucy. Much as we all suspected, you don't have to look much further than your own front growing-up yard to discover most of life's answers. I discovered Irish writer Marian Keyes with this book and kept right on reading her. My next foray was her "Watermelon" and the one after that was about staying at a Holiday type place but it wasn't really. It was a drug rehab facility! I had one more Keyes' novel to find, Last Chance Saloon, and the only place I could find it was Ireland. That's the only one I've got left to read and yes, I bought it from a store in Ireland and had it shipped to Ohio! That pretty much says what I think about this author ...
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Summary: A Wondeful effort by Marian Keyes
Review: Marian Keyes' latest book, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married is one of the best books I've read in a long time. Lucy Sullivan is an average woman living in Central London. She shares an apartment with two close friends, hates her boss, and has many ex-boyfriends. One day, she and her three friends visit Mrs. Nolan, a fortune teller. Mrs. Nolan informs Lucy that she will be married within a year. Lucy is a sensible woman and forgets about Mrs. Nolan's prediction and moves on with her life. A few weeks later, she meets Gus. Gus is everything Lucy ever wanted in a man. Handsome, sweet, funny, etc. etc. or so she thinks. The end of the book is predictable but then again it's surprising. When you finish this book, it feels like you're losing a best friend.
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Summary: HIilariously good read
Review: I impulsively picked up this book at an airport on a recent trip, and am I ever glad that I did. A fast-paced, easy read, this one will have you laughing at the antics of Lucy and her friends. And her roommate-from-hell Karen reminds me (and probably many others) of that one roommate we all seem to have had at some point in our lives who drove us crazy or scared us to death! I hope Keyes writes a sequel to this one.
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