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This Charming Man | 
| Author: Marian Keyes
Publisher: William Morrow & Company
Category: Book
Used (8) from £9.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  81 reviews
Sales Rank: 759781
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 576
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.6
ISBN: 0061124028
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780061124020
ASIN: 0061124028
Publication Date: June 2008
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| Customer Reviews: Read 76 more reviews...
 not up to standard October 15, 2008
I bought this as soon as it came out in hardback as I had enjoyed all the author's previous novels. However I found this book slow and heavy, half the time I wasn't sure who was 'talking' and I don't feel the characters were as crafted as I had come to expect from this author. I actually gave up about half way through the book as I had totally lost interest.
 Keyes Gone Off the Boil October 13, 2008
Good God, what has happened to Marian Keyes? Most of her novels were wonderful. Characters like you and me, making their way through rainy Mondays in a crap job, visiting their crazy family on weekends and wondering why the man you like never, ever likes you back. They were such a good laugh. But now she's trying to be a 'serious' writer and it doesn't work because she's just going for the shock factor. Anybody could write something disgusting about a man beating up or raping a woman. It requires no talent to write graphically. Subtlety is another matter. I bought this at a jumble sale for a dollar, and I'm going to throw it away. I also threw away her novel before this one, which was all about a newlywed whose husband had died in a car accident and the main protagonist had her fingernails ripped off. I too could make up improbable and disgusting injuries. Again, nothing talented about that. If she continues to write this pretentious crap littered with depressing and stomach-churning gore, I will certainly never bother with her books again. And it's only got a star because the system won't let me submit with no stars. Keyes, people pick up your books to be entertained, not totally depressed and frightened. Learn that.
Really depressing October 9, 2008
I am a huge Marian Keyes fan but I am finding this book so depressing (am about half-way through) that I haven't been able to pick it up for about 2 weeks.
It is fair enough to deal with "gritty" subjects, but if I want to read a book like that I'll go and buy one. With Marian, you can normally rely on the storyline and topics, and you know what you're getting. With this one, you don't.
I actually like the Lola parts - they are the only funny bits I've found so far - it's the other parts I don't enjoy. It is also very long drawn-out and although I'm half-way through I am still not sure what the "secret" and the point of it is - either it is terrifically obvious and I have already guessed it, or it is something very unexpected and I have to wait till the last chapter, which I just find annoying.
I've found myself skipping entire pages and leafing through to the end to see if it's worth reading on.
It's a shame because it is a big fat book, and if I was enjoying it, I'd be delighted to have so much MK in one go!
One of the worst books ever! September 30, 2008
I have read many books and all of Marian Keyes and is one of the worst books i have ever read! It took me 4 and a half weeks to read and couldn't wait to finish it so I could a better book! It was far to long but u never get to know any of the characters properly, starts off funny and then gets a bit depressing. Very dissapointed!
 Enjoyable September 29, 2008
I thought this book was a wonderful read. I generally did not want to put it down.
This was the first Marian Keyes book that i have read and since doing so, I have bought 2 more of her books.
I believe the voice of 'lola' could at times be too much and her stories/observations were long winded, however overall i thouroughly enjoyed this story.
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