Show more Ratings Friends & Following Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book 9,206 (25) 12,629 (35) 10,592 (29) Get help and learn more about the design. Don't waste your time on this one, I felt like ripping my hair out on several occasions. She became known worldwide for Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, and This Charming Man, with themes including domestic violence and alcoholism. Absolutely no surprises along the way either, it is blatantly obvious who Lucy will end up with from the moment he's introduced, and every other plot point is predictable and cloying. I really have trouble believing this is written by the same author as Last Chance Saloon and Sushi for Beginners, as this book is just riddled with horrible characters, tedious dialogue and a plot that is shallow at best. The protagonist, Lucy, is whiny, obnoxious and very faux-modest, and the dialogue is often either stilted or irritating ( take for example the constant need to address a person by name at the beginning or end of EVERY SINGLE SENTENCE.) The narrator definitely didn't help, as she had none of the charm usually possessed by Marian Keyes' narrators, and managed to make everyone sound even more entitled and awful. Not only does Lucy not have a boyfriend, but the chances of getting one are looking slim. For the fortune teller insisted shed soon be married - within the year, in fact. However, this book didn't contain a single likeable person. But when she and three friends visit a psychic for a bit of fun and the womans predictions start coming true, Lucy is horrified. I usually love Marian Keyes, I find her tone of writing very funny and down to earth, and her characters are always relatable and human.
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