Watermelon
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Manufacturer: Avon A
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February the fifteenth is a very special day for me. It is the day I gave birth to my first child. It is also the day my husband left me...I can only assume the two events weren't entirely unrelated. Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to their first baby, James informs her that he's leaving her. Claire is left with a newborn daughter, a broken heart, and a postpartum body that she can hardly bear to look at. She decides to go home to Dublin. And there, sheltered by the love of a quirky family, she gets better. So much so, in fact, that when James slithers back into her life, he's in for a bit of a surprise.
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Summary: Cream of the Crop
Comment: It's hard to believe how far chick lit has come since the first post-Bridget Jones batch came out. Watermelon was one of the first, and I re-read it recently for a retro-review. What a refreshing read it is, particularly after reading years' worth of Bridget Jones knock-offs.
Watermelon deals with unplanned pregnancy, unplanned single parenthood, and the plain old misery of being dumped, in a way that is raw and honest. Marian Keyes is a master of humor-from-tragedy, and this book is one of her best. I highly, highly recommend it.
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Summary: Thin characters. Mediocre plot. Goes nowhere.
Comment: This book really wants to go somewhere but never arrives. The characters were either two-dimensional, unlikeable or thinly written caricatures. The plot seems to wind around to nowhere. Even the main conflict turns out to end in a whiney shouting match that left me thinking..."is that it?" I was only mildly interested in what would happen at the end. This is not a book I could ever recommend to my girlfriends. Too dull and goes nowhere. Some of the dialog was amusing so I gave it 3-stars instead of 2.
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Summary: What a Way to Start a Brand New Baby's Life!
Comment: Claire can't believe that the very day that she gives birth to her first child is the same day that her husband decides to leave her. What Luck! Marian Keyes pulls out all the stops in the development of the story and the characters. Claire and her husband James have been married for a few years and are living in New York. She thought things were going just great, then out of nowhere James announces that he's fallen for someone else and is leaving their home to move in the with the other woman.
Claire is devastated and decides to move back home to her family in Ireland. Once she gets there, her parents and her sisters (there are five girls altogether - poor Dad!) try their best to help her deal with her abandonment and pitch in to help take care of the baby - she even has to name her baby girl without James' input. So she's down but she's not out and after a bout of depression in which she terrorizes her family - she finally decides to move on with her life and she...leaves the house - for the first time in weeks!
She meets Adam, one of her sister Helen's college classmates who although a little older than the average college student, is still a little young for her, but he's hot and she can't help being drawn to him and he seems to have a fondness for her brand new baby. Claire is still heart-broken over her husband's betrayal, but maybe she can find a way to see the good in mankind by befriending Adam. Claire discovers a lot about herself, about her marriage and finds out the truth about her husband and comes to a crossroads and makes a decision about the way she's going to live her life and raise her daughter.
This is my first Marian Keyes novel and I was instantly swept up in Claire's personality and the humor that's infused in her books. I especially enjoyed listening to the battles that would go on in Claire's head between the good vs. evil - masterfully done. I was engrossed in every page and read it quickly and was sorry to have it end and then was so pleased to learn that there were more books in this series - I would like the chance to get to know the Walsh sisters better and I know that I've found a favorite author in Marian Keyes.
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Summary: Just O.K.
Comment: Having never read anything by this author before, I decided to purchase this book after reading some of the positive reviews. In general, I enjoyed the story . . . but the characters were not developed well AT ALL. The story made it seem as if the baby was just left in a room all day . . . and not really given much thought. I didn't really "get" Claire's family. Like I said, the characters were not well developed so it made it hard to feel connected to them. Some of the story lines were a bit far-fetched and a little hard to believe.
Having only read one of her books, I'm not inclined to write this author off just yet. However, I hope this is one of her less inspired writings.
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Summary: Loved it.
Comment: This book is such great entertainment! The sisters, the crazy mammy, it's funny and great.
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