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Angels

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A new Marian Keyes novel is always something to celebrate, and her sixth novel, Angels, will have you cheering. From the first couple of sentences: I d always lived a fairly blameless life. Up until the day I left my husband and ran away to Hollywood, I d hardly ever put a foot wrong to the hugely satisfying last page, you re immediately involved in the story of Maggie Walsh s life, of how it went wrong, and then went right again. The Walshes starred in a previous Keyes novel, the delightful Rachel s Holiday, Maggie is Rachel s older sister, (one of five) and the only one who never did any of that nasty sleeping around business. Instead she got married to her first boyfriend Paul Garvan and everything was fine, until they suffered a couple of setbacks. Unable to face sorting out the difficulties, Maggie hightails it to Los Angeles to stay with her old pal Emily. Emily is a script writer, her short film A Perfect Day was a big hit in Ireland, but her working life is a little tougher in the land of sunshine and fat-free Pringles. The two girls, along with a supporting cast of wannabes, scary film studio folk and slacker next door neighbours, get on with sorting out their emotional issues in a stylishly witty, wonderfully warm fashion. Maggie s devilish ex-boyfriend and the commitment phobic Troy add in a delightful frisson of sexual tension. Marian Keyes observations on the foibles of love and LA are laugh-out-loud funny, but there s a beguiling tenderness there too. By the time you reach the final full stop you ll be sighing with contentment, and just wishing that Marian would get a move on with the next book. --Eithne Farry

Slightly Disappointing - After just finishing Angels I can t quite put my finger on what I thought of it. Although, at points, I found it hard to put down, overall this has been my least favourite of the Keyes novels that I ve read so far. Many reviews have commented on the fake views and stereotypes in Los Angeles but for me this was not a problem, whilst the ridiculous incidents unroll they create humour because they seem perfectly viable. However the plot was way too scatty. The novel didn t really seem to have any direction and instead of following one path it seemed to come to dead ends with many different stories. As a result there are lots of different characters, but this doesn t cause too much of a problem. For me the highlights of this book are the supporting characters, in particular the Walsh family and the Goatee Boys. Although I didn t enjoy this novel as much as the likes of The Other Side of the Story , Sushi for Beginners and Last Chance Saloon it has not put me off Keyes as an author and I will continue to read her brilliant work.

Like all of Marian Keyes s novels i couldn t put this down! - Like all of Marian Keyes s novels i couldn t put this down!I think this is my 2nd favourite Walsh sister book ( the first being the incredible Anybody out there).I would highly recommend anything by Marian Keyes but the books about the Walsh sisters have to be my favourites by her.The Walsh family are adorable and remind me of my relationship with my family.Plenty of laughs,lovable characters and a good plot make it classic Marian Keys.Fully recommend!

breathtakingly brilliant! - yet another marian masterpiece! got me through a hard time and when i couldnt concentrate on anything else, i couldnt put this book down. marian is a truly talented story teller and is my favourite author by far. the book itself had so many twists and turn and as always made me cry. would recommend this book to everyone as it truly is superb! truly spectacular.

not bad..... - Nowhere near as good as Rachel s Holiday or Watermelon. The characters weren t likeable and all the stuff about this town (LA) was so cliched and fake. It didnt make for as warm, comfortable reading as her other books. I wont read it again.

fake book - I used to like Marian Keyes but thought this book was horrible. It was a nasty attack on Los Angeles by a woman who s clearly never lived there. Horrible, vile and twisted. It has really put me off this Irish dwarf




Angels