Sushi for Beginners

Love her books

I fell in love with Marian Keyes' work after reading  This Charming Man  so rather wildly I bought ten more of her books to read over the holidays. This was the first of the ten and thankfully she doesn't seem to have fallen into the trap of repeating the same material with just a different title. The characters were well described and the story was very easy to slip into. I found it very difficult to put down and kept making excuses to read more of it, at times I wished the commute to work could be longer just so I could get another chapter read! I couldn't predict the turns the story would take and I felt happily controlled by Keyes' great writing into hating some characters and loving others. The story doesn't have one main character and each of the characters are either written from the third person or think differently so that it is clear whose mind you are following at the time. My only gripe with this novel (and other ones that I have read) is that the female main characters all seem to be either unhappy with their bodies or do ridiculous things to keep them at the shape that they love. However this is probably just an accurate portrayal of how all women have little moans about some parts of their bodies but in truth we love them to pieces when we've got the right pair of undies or little dress on!

One of my favourite books. Bought to give away

Overall impression was that Marian Keyes has written an enjoyable and lighthearted account of love, power and despair. The theme is a fairly well worn path of different personality types coming together and seeing how the mix reacts. I realised fairly early on who would end up with who but even so it did not detract from the overall enjoyment of the book. Can't say I laughed out loud at all but the humour was there, although for me rather understated. It would be nice if once in a while not everything ended up with happy smiling faces all round, I mean it doesn't always in real life does it? The argument might then be put forward that the humour would be out of place if the ending wasn't all hearts and flowers but I don't believe that. Black comedy can be a way of finding humour where unhappiness appears to reign. For some strange reason, not sure myself why, I thought that the last part of the book was the most satisfying. Perhaps it had something to do with the fact that the characters were starting to make sense not just to themselves but to others as well.

In true Marian Keyes style , a lovely warm book that leaves you wanting more .Its not as funny as some of her other books but I enjoyed it lots .

I read some books from Marian Keyes and loved all them. She always makee me with the wish to go to Ireland. I certainly will buy all her books.

I love love love all of Marian Keyes books. I have had them all in print, kindle and audio versions at some point. Juanita McMahon CANNOT do an Irish accent. The characters from Dublin in this book sound the same as the characters from rural county Clare in last chance saloon.

Arrived on time and was as described :)An excellent book that was enjoyed by me and passed onto someone else to enjoy

good

Fantastico

En mi opinión, es altamente recomendable. La literatura de Marian Keyes no se puede considerar "profunda," pero es muy amena y está bien escrita. Sabe mostrar muy bien los pensamientos interiores femeninos, y utiliza la ironía con mucha destreza. También consigue mantener una tensión sexual muy atrayente entre los personajes principales, que son mujeres, y los hombres en los que éstas ponen sus expectativas.De entre todos sus libros, "Sushi for Beginners" es uno de los mejores. Yo lo he leído en inglés y es muy bueno, no sé qué tal es la traducción al español, pero imagino que estará bien también.

Da gibt es nicht viel zu sagen:Ein herrlicher Schmöker, mit sympathischen Charakteren.Natürlich nicht intellektuell hochwertig, aber das erwarte ich von so einer Art Buch auch nicht.Ich erwarte gute Unterhaltung, plastisch und gut beschriebene Charaktere, eine logische und nicht zu vorhersehbare Story, viel Gefühl und ein Happy End. Das hat dieses Buch alles!=> Kaufempfehlung!

De tout ce que j'ai lu de Marian Keyes, c'est vraiment mon préféré.Elle a l'art de faire des situations les plus banales des moments de franches rigolades. Rien n'est jamais vulgaire, les dialogues sont souvent très savoureux. De plus le regard d'une anglaise "branchée " sur un Dublin jugé ringard et provincial ne manque pas de sel. J'ai ri du début jusqu'à la fin.