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This Charming Man
by: Marian Keyes

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780718149123
ISBN: 0718149122
Label: Michael Joseph Ltd
Manufacturer: Michael Joseph Ltd
Number Of Pages: 688
Publication Date: April 30, 2008
Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd
Studio: Michael Joseph Ltd
Sales Rank: 68

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Another great book.
I have read all of Marian Keyes books and think that her way of writing serious and at times dark subjects with a sense of humour that can make me laugh out loud (even on the bus!) is astounding. This book does not disapoint. Loved all the characters (except the one were are not meant too of course) esp. Lola and the friends she makes and grew to love Grace as well by halfway through.
I couldn't put it down so I better go and do some housework now that I've finished it! Can't wait for the next novel.

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- This charming book
I've just finished this book and not sure if it's a work of genius or if it missed the point a bit.
There are three main characters and each of their lives has been affected to a greater or lesser extent by the (anti) hero of the title Paddy De Courcy. Two of the three, Grace and Marnie, are sisters and their stories are linked and are very powerful. They also know Alicia, the much less interesting fourth woman. Lola, she of the irritating diary prose, I think belonged in a different book. She's very funny and charming in her own right but her situation never rings true and I can't help thinking she was put in for some light relief. She really adds nothing to the main plot and her 'heartbreak' is not convincing. I also thought the whole ... Read More:

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- Great, but could be so much better
Why intelligent woman write in silly voice? Real people no speak like this! Grate on nerves very quickly. Not easy rise above, even though quite funny jokes.

Ok enough of lampooning the style. What a shame that the most entertaining of the three narrators of this book was landed with this appalling format - speaking in pidgin English and presented in italics. Excuse my language but - WTF??

Lola had plenty of charm and loads of witty observations to make but really, what an effort was required to get past that style. Worst of all was she had her friends spoken dialogue - inside speech marks - delivered the same way. Very, very bad. Naughty editor need be firmer with writer. (Sorry, lapsed back into it!)

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- ok but...
I love all the books from Marian Keyes, she is a great storyteller.
This book also got me hooked. However, I only read the first part from Lola and after that I skipped all of hers. "Her" way of writing really annoyed me and I could not bring myself to read anymore of her teenage-ish rambling.

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- Actually, I really enjoyed it
While I agree with many of the points made by Blonde Bookworm's review (and particularly her comments about other authors - cool review) and many other critical ones, I enjoyed myself (if you can describe reading a book about such dark subject matter as enjoyable). This is a very clever book. It tackles a very hard subject with aplomb, and leads you neatly to the end. I found Marnie's story heart-breakingly realistic, unsurprising as Marian Keyes has suffered the same way herself, and I didn't have any problems with the style of Lola's diary. I loved the characterisation of Grace.

But yes: the novel needed to be tightened. I imagine that if you're an author as successful as MK, it takes a brave editor to cut a book up. And I also agree: ... Read More:

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