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Loading... Last chance saloon (original 1999; edition 1999)by Marian Keyes
Work detailsLast Chance Saloon by Marian Keyes (1999)
It took me a few chapters to really get into this book, but once I did I couldn't put it down. It was very entertaining - funny at points, sad at others. I was a little disappointed in the ending, though. Everything was wrapped up nicely, but it all happened within one or two chapters. It was almost too abrupt of an ending. (  ) CherieReads | Apr 3, 2013 |  This book is not as deeply hilarious as the cover states, in fact I didn't find it hilarious at all. What I did find was that it is unexpectantly good. When I first started reading it one of the characters I found annoying and I really could have cared less about the other ones. As I continued to read it, I couldn't put it down. It is heart felt and realistic. It is about a group of really close friends who live mundane lives until one day when tragedy strikes they are forced to try and improve themselves. It's a little bit of sex in the city mixed with a little bit of bridgette jones. A great read for someone who just wants to get lost in someone else's life for a couple of days. ( ) Tara714 | Aug 18, 2012 | I normally like a bit of chicklit now and again, but this was VERY fluffy indeed! I finished it, but was annoyed with myself for it: I kept being irritated by the blatant way the writer plays on the feelings of the readers and by the utter simplicity of everything: values, relationships, illness even. So why did I finish it? Chicklit must be powerful stuff - even this kind of it. A bit like a big bag of crisps when really you should be having a proper meal: you just can't stop and you hate yourself for it. Ah well, at least it's cured me of the chicklit urge for a while!” (  ) mojacobs | May 9, 2011 | One of the better books I read during my mid-twenties Chick-Lit phase. This was written with a generous helping of wit. I particularly liked the smug media character who considered it a bad week when he didn't get at least one pair of knickers in the post. Like most books of this genre, it is frequently clear which way the plot is going, making the journey there seem to drag a tad. The dieting plotline I found a bit patronising. On the other hand, this was one of the few books I have read to feature a character from Huddersfield, the town of my birth! Shame he was such a miserable git.....the accent was spot on, though. Four stars. (  ) jayne_charles | Aug 28, 2010 | Wonderful!!! The lives of three friends from Ireland - Tara, Katherine and Fintan. They moved to London together but have now grown into their 30's and live separately. Still the best of friends they share the ups and downs of life. Read it in only a couple of sittings. The book is finished and I feel I have lost a group of friends (  ) Summermoonstone | May 9, 2010 | no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0060086246, Paperback)Desperately single thirtysomething men and women populate Keyes's breezy novel. Childhood friends Tara, Katherine, and Fintan muddle along, dealing with the indignities and inconveniences we all face--and then some. Tara's perfectly horrible, freeloading boyfriend Thomas watches her diet like a hawk and remarks cruelly on the size of her posterior, comparing her unfavorably to younger, thinner women. Katherine is a professional success, but her personal life is nonexistent. Every one of her prior relationships--six in all--has ended disastrously, with Katherine getting dumped. Each time, she retreats further and further into her shell, until her most intimate relationship is with her remote control. Fashion industry insider Fintan has found true love with his Italian boyfriend, Sandro, but a health crisis threatens their happiness. Tara, Katherine, and Fintan, as well as their quirky cast of friends (people with names like Lorcan and Mandii), live, love, and learn the hard way, the only way they can. Not quite as obsessive as Bridget Jones and that damn diary of hers, Keyes manages to convey a painfully accurate portrayal of what it means to be single today, tempered by a few of life's less humiliating and more important lessons, like the value of true friendship. Funny and irreverent, Keyes's Last Chance Saloon is a terrific vacation read. --Alison Trinkle(retrieved from Amazon Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:53:22 -0500) Ever since legwarmers were cool, best friends Tara, Katherine, and Fintan have survived small-town ennui, big-city heartbreak, and endless giddy nights out on the town. But now that they've graduated to their slightly more serious thirties, only Fintan has what can honestly be called a "love life." With Tara struggling daily with her eternal diet -- and her dreadful, penny-pinching boyfriend -- and Katherine keeping her single existence as organized as her drawer full of matching bra and panty sets, it seems they'll never locate the exit door out of the "last chance saloon.".… (more) (summary from another edition) |
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