Star Sullivan

A good quick read. Oona is born as a star, a naturally well-behaved child, and someone perfect. But Star's world isn't perfect and meeting Laddy makes Star realise she needn't be the perfect someone everyone relies on her to be. Star can just be Oona.

A good quick read. Oona is born as a star, a naturally well-behaved child, and someone perfect. But Star's world isn't perfect and meeting Laddy makes Star realise she needn't be the perfect someone everyone relies on her to be. Star can just be Oona.

A good early book by Maeve about the life of a young girl who spent her early years trying to fix all the problems of her family before realising that she didn't need to be the fixer and she would be loved anyway.

predictable - very quick read within an hour. Simple storyline that tells of family dysfunction, how you cannot help everyone, and that sometimes good intent (within the ties of a family) is naive and foolish when the path of right is not followed. It also tells a story that all is not what it seems when the facts are obscured or ignored due to family loyalty.

Indeed a quick read, but I feel Maeve Binchy could have done a lot better. Star was such a lovely kid, everybody loved her and thought she was a very nice girl who only wanted everyone around her to be well, and then suddenly we discover that she was just a pain and she had to stop worrying so much and live her own life? Hummm, a bit sudden...

I did not enjoy this book at all. It was a Quick Read and only took me an afternoon to get through it however, that to me was an afternoon I could have spent doing anything else. There did not seem much of a story line, the writing did not flow and the language was very simple. The story sees a girl called Star change from being a loving, helpful, happy girl to a sad, difficult, manipulative girl. However, it was extremely bit-ty and the story did not make much sense. I was not interested or gripped by the book. The blurb suggested an exciting read, I was let down.

bought this last night as i need a quick read to get finished before the next book which i've pre ordered, is delivered direct to my kindle. This is doing the trick nicely

Well this book kind of did the trick but it wasn't a good Maeve Binchy book.. I've read all of her others but for some reason i wans't very keen on this.. others may think deifferently though.