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Keeping It In The Family (2008)

by Sinéad Moriarty(Favorite Author)

3.78 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1844881504 (ISBN13: 9781844881505)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Penguin Books

review 1: I liked the characters in this and I liked that the conversations between Pierre and Niamh were written almost exclusively in dialogue because it felt refreshing, as the normal writing cliches about what faces they were pulling while speaking were avoided. However I felt that the situation with Pierre was super built up and then the book ended at what I felt was an unsatisfactory point. Also I felt Niamh's mum had a total personality transplant - in the flashbacks to her childhood she was firm but understanding, but in all the present scenes she disapproved of basically everything Niamh did and picked at everything that all the other characters said, it didn't feel like the same person at all. I also wished more time was given to Niamh and Finn's relationship as he is real... morely briefly mentioned as having been the first of her family to meet Pierre and then it feels like he is barely in the rest of the book. Overall if you are looking for a light read then I would recommend this but I wouldn't have rated it higher because of the stated reasons.
review 2: Loved it!!! Everything about the books was good. Sensitive, humorous, great story about a conservative Irish family dealing with Niamh and her new lover Pierre - a man that was everything they did not wish for in a son-in-law. The honesty and wit was refreshing. I will for sure find more of her books to read. This first encounter was a great one. We all will recognize our own families and histories in it. less

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