Rachel's Holiday - Marian Keyes Reviews

Having read and enjoyed a few Marian Keyes books recently, Rachel's Holiday was the next on the list and it comes to the usual standard I now expect from Keyes. Rachel is a 27-year old Irish girl living in New York with her best friend Brigit. Her life is an endless whirl of drugs and booze, she is always the life and soul of the party ...  Read the complete review

A wonderful read Rachel's Holiday is a wonderful example of the Marian Keyes' writing. I won't go into the plot details too much, as so many other reviews of this book have done that for me already. Suffice to say that the main character is Rachel and her "holiday" is not so much one that entails going down to the beach and ...  Read the complete review

Rachel Walsh is the main character who is a Dublin girl living in New York with her best friend Brigit and her long haired lover Luke Costello. They have a wild old time with drink and dabbling in recreational drugs until it becomes clear that Rachel's use isn't just social anymore. The reader accompanies her on her hilarious and ...  Read the complete review

I picked this book up for 50p from a car boot as part of my new year's resolution to start reading again so that I get something different to think and talk about other than my son or what has been on TV. Although the reason I was attracted to the book was the fact that Marian has been on loose women a few times and I have found her ...  Read the complete review

I have spent many years reading 'chick-lit' for want of a better description. You kow the type; young girl stuck in dead end job with idiot boyfriend. Terrible things happen then she ends up with perfect boyfriend and brand new job. Etc. The end. And yes I do admit to liking them, it's a little bit of escapism. When I first picked up Marian Keye's ...  Read the complete review

Another great book from Marion Keyes. Rachel's Holiday is a book from a series (still awaiting the last part!) about a typical Irish family. Rachel, the 2nd eldest daughter has moved to New York with her friend, where she has a Real Man boyfriend that she's only slightly ashamed to be seen with, and a social life to be proud of. Except she's ...  Read the complete review

The books I've read previously from Marion Keyes have been pure fluff, of the sugary sweet romance variety. This is made of slightly sterner stuff. Rachel is addicted to drugs. Oh, she'll tell you she isn't - she'll tell you that she just takes them for fun, that everyone does it, that if you were a bit cooler you would understand. But ...  Read the complete review

“Rachel’s Holiday” is chick-lit, there’s no doubt about that. We can tell this at a glance because it is pink, has a pair of shoes on the cover and a girl’s name in the title. Oh – and because it’s by Marian Keyes, one of the undisputed queens of the genre along with Jane Green, Sophie Kinsella et al. Now, I have eclectic tastes in ...  Read the complete review

I have read quite a few of Marian Keyes books recently (something to do with the job lot I bagsied on eBay not long ago!) I have a very wide range of reading tastes from historical romance books to Shaun Hutson gore fests! I fancied a change and after the popularity of all the hype about Brigit Jones type thirty-something books, I thought I ...  Read the complete review

I loved rachel's holiday. It is about a girl (you've guessed it) called rachel who is addicted to drugs and alchohol but cant admit it to herself. She lives in new york with her friend but when things get out of hand she phones Rachels parents who check her into a rehab centre called cloisters. she pictures it with a sauna and fully ...  Read the complete review

This is a brilliant book. I found myself giggling away like a loony to some parts,which may seem an odd thing to do seeing as the book is about a drug addict's journey to recovery. I don't have a sick sense of humour. Marion Keyes writes with a mixture of humour, perception and poignancy. The story often leaps from extremely funny to ...  Read the complete review

Rachel's Holiday tells the story of how Irish born Rachel is drawn to the bright lights of New York, her loves, her downfall through drugs and how she battles to regain control of her life. Although quite slow to start, once you are absorbed in the book, most people will be able to identify with either Rachel or other characters that ...  Read the complete review

RACHEL’S HOLIDAY This is a seriously funny book and one I would gladly read again. Rachel Walsh has never been happy with herself from the size of her feet to her ever-enlarging form. Unlucky in love and a slight dependency on recreational (her words) drugs, her world is turned topsy-turvy when her parents decide to sort out her ...  Read the complete review

Another great book from Marian Keyes, the third she has written. This one is a little different to all the others in that it is not so much a "girl gets boy" story but covers a subject much deeper than that. Rachel (our heroin - sic) is a drug addict whose parents book her into a private rehab clinic in Ireland very near the ...  Read the complete review