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Loading... Anybody out There? (2006)by Marian Keyes
I loved this book so much. I have always enjoyed all of the books I have ever read by this author but this one was definitely the best. I was reading along, thinking I knew what was happening. Them WHAM !!! Part 2 and nothing was how I had thought at all. Totally blew me away. WOW!! I wasn't expecting that at all. I laughed, I cried. I loved this book soooooo much. ( )Oh gosh... I think I need to create a new shelf: tear-jerker. Because WOW, I totally cried through an entire section of the book... But the book was SO humorous at times! Like laugh-out-loud funny! If it hadn't been, there is NO WAY I could have handled how incredibly sad the underlying story was! But I really really enjoyed the book, even though it was really sad. Her sister, Helen was a HOOT! And her mom! HILARIOUS! :) I though the author did a good job balancing the emotions, overall, which was really really impressive! I felt a little betrayed when I finally got the whole plot reveal -- I had assumed the book was going in one direction, and then WHAM...it became a book I totally didn't expect and was a little more serious than I was really looking for in an escape read. I guess it could be my fault for coming in with too many assumptions/expectations, but there is a big open ended question that doesn't get resolved until about halfway through! This was the BEST Marian Keyes book I've read. (I've only read a few of them so far.) It took me a bit to actually get into the book, but once it picked up it kept my interest! There was always something going on, whether in her work like, family life, or personal life. I don't give too many books 5*, and it's not like this book was earth shattering, but it was a book I really enjoyed reading and kept my interest throughout. Like most of Marian Keyes characters, you feel like you get to know them which makes the story that much more enjoyable. I definitely recommend this book for an easy, interesting, light beach read...afterall, that's where I finished reading it!! An emotionally moving story that lives up to the cliche of making you laugh and making you cry at the same time. This is also probably one of those cases where you will get a stronger reaction to this book book, the less you know about it, as it was in my case. So you'll just have to take my word for it... no reviews | add a review
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