amerdale's review against another edition
4.0
Meine Rezension: https://amerdale.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/gelesen-marian-keyes-erdbeermond/
disasterchick's review against another edition
5.0
I love Marian Keyes, and this book did not disappoint. I would not recommend this for a first time reader of Keyes - that would be Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married or Last Chance Saloon. Anybody Out There? is the 4th book of the Welsh sisters, and we see Anna grow from a hippie to a PR executive. I spent the first 25 chapters of the book trying to figure out what happened, and the rest of the book eagerly awaiting what is going to happen next. Keyes writes from the heart and you will fall in love with Anna.
goldiefan's review against another edition
4.0
I always found Anna and Helen the more interesting of the sisters , although Rachel’s Holiday is still my favourite of the series. Very good plot although the ‘twist’ (can we even call it that) at the beginning was predictable , the one in part 3 was much more of a surprise. Very emotional reading .
mrs_char_baker's review against another edition
3.0
I was initially a bit put off by how long this book was. I did enjoy the story but it was drawn out and there was too much filler. Didn't see the point of the email bits, they were just adding unnecessary plots that didn't add to the main story, just made the book a lot longer than it needed to be.
rowanoats's review against another edition
It's about 250 pages too long, drags like you wouldn't believe and I think every female character Keyes writes is the same woman- only cares about makeup, having a husband and commenting on people being fat. Oh, and they're painfully slow to understand what's happening around them. So slow. Soooo slow.
bec104's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
clsl's review against another edition
3.0
I like Marian Keyes for her slightly more substantial chick lit books.
sharonfalduto's review against another edition
Anna has suffered through a terrible accident, and after some time recouperating with the boisterous Walsh clan in her homeland of Ireland, she is anxious to go back to New York City to find, though means including psychics, churches, and self help books, something important she has lost.
msmandrake's review
1.0
I do not read chick-lit. Why did I find this lurking in my enormous under-the-kitchen-table pile? I think I must have bought it because I read some essays by Marian Keyes and found them amusing. (I had no idea until just now, reading other reviews, that this was one of a series) I found the story intriguing at first, our heroine Anna is recuperating at her parent's house from some nasty injuries. What happened to her, and why has her boyfriend, actually husband, seemingly abandoned her? Well, if you have more than one functioning brain cell you have figured that part out looooooong before the big "twist" at well over a hundred pages in. (it was soon after that I made a bet with myself as to what would happen on the last page) I read on and on but encountered nothing of much interest and a lot of repetition. Finally I realized that although this book should have ended long ago, it still had 150 pages left. What? I gave up and read the last page. I WAS RIGHT. Oh barf. (I would gloat, but as this is not the first book I've ever read, and I am over 12, my guess was not that great a feat.) Then I went back and dutifully skimmed over the unread portion, to see if I missed anything. Oh, the dog pooper plot, I had forgotten about that.. I didn't realize I was supposed to be wondering about it, because I hadn't been. Oh NO, what? Another little "twist"? And how convenient, and how ridiculous. I am SO sure. A good reminder of why I do NOT read this stuff.
mhall's review against another edition
2.0
2.5 - This is too heavy for chick lit, since it's about grief and loss, but anytime the protagonist works in PR for a makeup company in New York City, what else could the book be but chick lit? It doesn't work very well.