Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes

What Keyes’ creates in this genre, is ART. I will admit…there are chick-lit novels that will skim the surface and focus on a life that seems to consist of nothing but shopping, romance and glamour with no actual problems or conflicts. There is no part you struggle to get through. The author’s commitment to this cast and this world is so great that from page one your eyes are STUCK. Lucy Sullivan herself, with their own particular idiosyncrasies and stories. Each character is complete, from the few appearances of a video rental clerk to Ms. I almost turned it down but at the last-minute snatched it because I needed a book for the train.įrom the first page Marian Keyes creates a world and cast of characters that you want to hold and never let go. After sharing this with one of my LitSnit ladies, Erin, she recommended Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, stating that it was her favorite Keyes’ book. I had just finished Keyes’ Sushi for Beginners and, while it mildly entertained me, it left me…well, for lack of a better word, bored. I was convinced I knew chick-lit inside and out.

I can preach to you about how I love the way Megan Crane speaks to women my age, the way Jennifer Crusie speaks to women my size, the way Jill Mansell makes me dream of the UK and all it has to offer. I can take pictures of my shelves showing rows and rows of chick-lit novels.

I can rattle of a list of writers from both the US and the UK. I can’t think of any other word to use other than delicious.īefore this book, I would have declared myself a hardcore chick-lit fan. Don't waste your time on this one, I felt like ripping my hair out on several occasions.Delicious. 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. However, this book didn't contain a single likeable person.

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.

Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married by Marian Keyes