Great book!!!! Love the twists and turns from the author!!!! Definitely reading more from her!!!

Very fun! Definitely re-living the Twilight days, but at an adult level and Jacob is the winner. Wouldn’t say that this book is winning any awards - but a very entertaining way to spend time!

Great epic viking fantasy adventure

Wonderful complex relationships between friends that builds suspense throughout the book.

Another excellent read by Marian Keyes! A rags (ish) to riches (ish) tale involving amystery illness and trails of raising a family ... the characters are so well developed that I miss (someof) them!

Liked the book!!! Wanted to see how it finished!!

This sprawling novel tells the tale of two WWII Australian POWs who develop an unlikely friendship. The novel won awards for its portrayal of how war affects the men who are forced to participate and the families that have to cope with their deep scars after the war. It was vaguely reminiscent of Steinbeck in its descriptions of the hard scrabble settings of the Australian country. I was glad to have learned about this acclaimed author.

Great book! Loved the twist and turns

Ah, Percy and Sam…you were lovable from the start. This is the story of growing up and making mistakes and finding your way with each other, of choosing to love each other well in spite of mess ups. Loved this book.

I had to see whether this book lived up to the hype and chose it as my beach read. I was sorely disappointed with the lack of depth with the characters. So many stereo-types! There just wasn't enough satire here for me to make all the extremely unlikable characters more interesting. The ending made no sense at all, and it felt like the author chose the topic of "trad wives" because of the zeitgeist of the time, but failed to deliver a novel that really had anything to say. So disappointing!