
Gretchen G. (
ggluvbug) - MS wrote on 12/22/2008...
9 member(s) found this review helpful.
I am not generally a chic lit kind of girl, but this book is really good. It is a perfect book to read on a rainy Saturday afternoon while eating a big bowl of ice cream. When I read this one, I couldn't put it down. I would recommend to anyone of the female persuasion who has ever felt fat, ugly, hopeless, tired, or any of 100 other negative emotions. You will be able to relate because Keyes style is very personal and easy to identify with.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book started off good and it got my attention right away, then it sort of slowed down and I was getting bored, but then BOOM!! It just started to get soooo good once again and I couldn't put it down. I loved the way the book was written. I will continue to read the other books about the "Walsh" sisters!
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
I have completely fallen in love with Marian Keyes's writing style! Watermelon is about Claire, a young mom of 29, and what happens to her after her husband abandons her and their newborn baby. Keyes manages to take a weighty topic and add just enough humor to keep if from being depressing but not so much that she dismisses the gravity of what happened to Claire. Watermelon is all about Claire learning to live again and figuring out what she really wants in life. The ending is so sweet and unexpected. If you like Sophie Kinsella, you'll like Marian Keyes.

Rachel F. (
tnrachel) wrote on 6/9/2007...
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Veeeeery addicting. I was lugging this around to work and all over the house. I loved it! I love most of her books.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fun read, a woman learns to live again and stand up for herself after her husband leaves. I enjoyed it.

Angela M. (
ammrx) wrote on 4/26/2007...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wonderful story. Couldn't put it down.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This wasn't my favorite Marian Keyes novel but it was a good one nonetheless. As usual, Keyes spins an insightful, amusing story about a jilted woman that manages to regain her self-respect and cobble together a new and ultimately better life for herself from the shambles of a broken marriage. Told with this author's trademark incisive wit and self-deprecating humour, this book will be enjoyable for those who enjoy the branier side of chick-lit.

Crystal W. (
cubbyvet) wrote on 7/24/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I had to read this for a light read for a book club. I actually enjoyed it. Very witty and sarcastic. You have to enjoy English/irish humor to get this one.
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
I could not even make it through the first 100 pages, I tried and tried. It was so boring. I stopped after 130 pages, I could not read anymore, it kept putting me to sleep. The story sounded good and there were a couple of good parts but it was like listening to a friend you have not seen in a long time and lost touch with and not really caring what they have been up to. You are only half listening. I see that there are many reviews and all say the book is good, maybe after the first 150 it gets better but it took forever for me to get to 130 and I could not see wasting my time on a book till I got to page 400.

Danielle (
DaniLynn) wrote on 4/28/2006...
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
A really cute book. Would make a great beach read!