I bought this for my Mother for Christmas from a recommendation from a friend. I myself am actually new to the genre as I spend most my time inside Sci-Fi books, so I had no idea what this book was going to be like. My mother completed the book in just under two days, and well that means nothing she finishes all books in about that time.
So once she finished I was given the book as a bit of light reading on the train, and part of me wishes she didn't. As this book was very entertaining, even if the story line is a bit predictable, and it actually had me trying and failing on occasions to stifle my laughs on the packed Norwich to Manchester train.
During this five hour train journey I found myself following the lives of three girls in Dublin each with their own story to tell. Clodagh the woman who seems to have everything but still feels as though she is missing something from life, Lisa the London big-shot who's dreams of New York have been drastically shot down and replaced with Dublin, and Ashling who worries about the lack of a waist and men.
Each of these characters are written to be very believable and you soon grow, or I did at least, an emotional attachment and can see parts of yourself in all three of them. I must mention the part which made me laugh the most was Ashlings reaction to seeing Sushi for the first time, as myself being an avid Sushi fan I saw how many of my friends look upon the food from a different angle.
Since reading this book, I have ordered two more from Marian Keyes to join this one on my book shelf.
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