A review by gerd_d
Further Under the Duvet by Marian Keyes
3.0
"Further under the duvet" is essentially the same as "Under the duvet" and as such I enjoyed it. I liked to read all those short accounts about Marian's obsession with Make-up, handbags and shoes, about Himself and her terrifying perfect family.
That is the good part of the book, the bonus section consisting of her short story writing, well, I have to agree there with Marian’s own observation that she’s not much of a short story writer. She misses proper build up and structure, and the punch-line is delivered at a point where I was way past caring (or in the case of her shoe story didn’t really get it at all).
What’s more, I didn’t like even one of her characters. They are all bad mannered, snarky people with a designer label obsession that have set out to make life harder on everybody else.
I guess fans of her novels will embrace the bonus part, me, I did not so much.
That is the good part of the book, the bonus section consisting of her short story writing, well, I have to agree there with Marian’s own observation that she’s not much of a short story writer. She misses proper build up and structure, and the punch-line is delivered at a point where I was way past caring (or in the case of her shoe story didn’t really get it at all).
What’s more, I didn’t like even one of her characters. They are all bad mannered, snarky people with a designer label obsession that have set out to make life harder on everybody else.
I guess fans of her novels will embrace the bonus part, me, I did not so much.