Fancy a bite of the watermelon? (Watermelon - Marian Keyes)

Member Name: katykicker

Product:	Watermelon - Marian Keyes
Date:	25/06/09 (35 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fantastic story from beginning to end, interesting characters.

Disadvantages: None

I love books by Marian Keyes and this one has been no exception!!

The story follows Claire, who has just given birth at the start of the book when her husband decides that he's leaving her for the neighbour from downstairs, Denise. Claire is naturally devastated and feels deserted so she takes the baby and returns back to the family fold in Dublin to lick her wounds.

The book follows Claire through all the different emotions that she feels after suffering such heartbreak at the hands of her husband and her child's father while having to live with her parents & her siblings and learning to try and get along with everything as well as having a new baby to look after, and her first child.

I did find myself feeling immensely sorry for Claire at the start of the book and had lots of sympathy for her, however, as time went on her character seemed to evolve in to a bigger and better person and then when her husband comes begging for forgiveness the way that she reacted to him really surprised me and I wanted to give her a pat on the back before I remembered that she's not actually real!

This book has lots of emotion in it and the things that Claire is going through are very well explained throughout the book and I really enjoyed reading this story from beginning to end. There was nothing bad about the book at all and it's one that is in my 'to keep' pile and I will find myself reading again in the not too distant future.

I really enjoy Marian's writing style even if it is a bit 'surburban' as I enjoy the 'chicklit' genre and it's one that I don't see myself steering away from in the future.

I would thoroughly recommend any book by Marian Keyes and this one is yet another storming success and if you can find it for just 50p, as I did in my local charity shop, I would even suggest buying a copy for a friend or relative!

I am rating this book 5/5 as the storyline is very interesting and it's one seriously gripping read, for me at least, from beginning to end. Yet another success by Keyes!

Summary: A fantastic chicklit book by Marian Keyes.