lame. ( )

This is chick-lit for a slightly older crowd. The women and their problems were reasonably interesting. I found Holly's story the most entertaining, however her tale is the most chick-lity of the bunch, so maybe that is why.

There were a few things I didn't like, for example the author kept using the turn of phrase "the idea of". i.e. one of the women is worried that her new boyfriend's kids won't like the idea of her. And this phrase is used ALOT. Also all the women, though family, are really dealing with tthier problems on their own. There was little interaction amoung the stories, which might not be the most realistic.

A good light read. ( )

I was riveted to this book. It was a really good story and I found myself really connecting with the characters. However, I thought that the all the problems in the book came together too soon and too tidily. ( )

A veeeeery slow start to this book - so slow that I almost gave up on it. Too much repetitive character development in the beginning. (Not that character development is bad - but pointless repetitiveness is.) Once the poop hits the fan, however, it's almost as if it's a different book. The characters suddenly come to life, are dynamic, and actually DO something in response to their situations. I liked it about halfway through, although the end wrapped up much too neatly for my taste. ( )

This is the first Cathy Kelly book I read and now I wonder what took me so long?! Even when I had a few friends constantly telling me that I should try her. As one of these friends said, it reminded me of Maeve Binchy in her good days.
Four different women with different lifes and problems, everything seems real and we are just transported to their day to day. It wasn't a difficult read, quite by the contrary, but 634 pages seem a bit too long...
More Cathy Kellys will follow, that's for sure! ( )