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Rachel's Holiday
Rachel's Holiday

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Author: Marian Keyes
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 165 reviews
Sales Rank: 2163

Media: Paperback
Pages: 640
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 1.7

ISBN: 0140271791
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140271799
ASIN: 0140271791

Publication Date: May 26, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Only read once nice clean copy.

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Customer Reviews:   Read 160 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Rachels Holiday   October 16, 2008
Ive just finished this book. Unputdownable! Read Watermelon first though. Looking 4ward to reading Angles and Anybody Out there! I really think Marian is leaving the best till last with writing about Helen, the youngest sister... I really cant wait 4 that one.


5 out of 5 stars Gripping and oh so funny   September 11, 2008
This was one of the last Marian Keyes books I bought. I'd avoided it because it was about rehab and drugs and I found that a little too tedious to read. But I faced my fear and read this book and I couldn't have enjoyed it more if I tried. I loved how it didn't go into the really gritty moments of the rehab and how everything was set with humour. There's a really big moral to be learnt with this book. Marian Keyes should defiantly continue the lives of the Walsh family, they're too funny not to.


5 out of 5 stars light hearted and funny whilst still remaining very potent sensitive and respectful   August 31, 2008
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This book deal's with serious issues such as drug addiction and suicide but in away that's still light hearted and funny whilst still remaining very potent sensitive and respectful.Throughout this book you follow rachel's journey through rehab and her realisation that she's a drug addict.There are moments where you'll laugh out load then a few sentences later you'll be fighting back tears.Having read a lot of books Marian Keyes remains the only author i have come across who can make such serious issues still light and easy to read.Highly recommended.




3 out of 5 stars Same   August 10, 2008
I've read several of Keyes' books, the first being Anybody Out There. I loved that book and craved more of her humour, so I went out and bought a handful of her books. I was not impressed! They start of great, with humourous characters and potentialy brilliant plots, but after having read three or four you begin to see her lack of imagination. I have read at least three of her books which are based around the same family. Five sisters, the youngest Helen, next Anna, so on and so on. Her pace of writing is unsettling and confusing, and she can easily loose you mid-sentance.
She has such potential, and if you have never read a Keyes before then you should.. just don't read more than three.I would recomend Anybody Out There, The Other Side Of The Story and Watermelon.



1 out of 5 stars really bad   August 4, 2008
 1 out of 3 found this review helpful

This isn't a 'funny' book, its about differnet addictions: i.e. alcohol, drugs, violence, childhood. I read half of it and then thought, I don't really want to know how to tackle different addictions, I just wanted a light hearted read.

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