Rachel's Holiday
by:
Marian Keyes (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780241958438 (0241958431)
Publish date: September 1st 2012
Publisher: Penguin
Edition language: English
Category:
Humor,
Funny,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Irish Literature,
Contemporary Romance,
Contemporary,
Ireland,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
Series: Walsh Family (#2)
I definitely liked "Rachel's Holiday" a lot more than "Watermelon." Maybe because this one more expressly shows the flaws in the Walsh family matriarch and father. Also, I still disliked Helen in this one too. Anna seems mostly harmless and cares. We also get to see/hear more about Maggie(one of the...
Originally on my book blog!“Of course I knew I was a shallow and horrible person and all that, but I couldn’t help it.”For most of this book, I completely agreed with that statement because it was the truth. I could not stand Rachel and I almost got to a point where I wanted to drop the book because...
No pensé que iba a ser tan dramático . Hay tanta tensión y autodestrucción en la vida de Rachel que no entiendo como su historia puede ser considerada una mera novela light . A mi me deprimio la madrugada .Recomendada para quienes les gustan las heroinas "defectuosas" y las tramas de romance trágic...
An interesting story about addiction but it was too long, filled with superfluous details which I started skimming. Still I was drawn to continue even though the rehabilitation process overshadowed the romance. Rachel's family checked her into a rehab center because of her drug addiction.
Rachel is living in New York, working a job that really doesn't demand much from her which is good because she's not giving much back, she's addicted to drugs, specifically cocaine and is breaking the hearts of her friends. It's heartwarming and heartbreaking all at the same time and while it makes...
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