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‘Utterly charming and hilarious.’ Sunday Independent
‘A love story that is funny and down to earth, full of optimism and life.’ Eithne Farry, Irish Post
‘Achieves that all-too-rare synthesis of piercing observation and the feelgood factor…A modern, at times brilliant reworking of the classical fairy tale, with nods to Shakespeare, Austen and Beckett, Gough’s novel is an intelligent look at the magical banality of student life.’ Literary Review
‘Julian Gough has an outstanding talent for comic scenes and for an evocation of balmy good nature.’ Observer
‘This funny first novel captures that sense of freedom that the first move away from the family home brings with it. “I was in love with our view of Galway from our flat, I was in love with buying Brillo pads,” Juliet enthuses…Unashamedly happy.’ The Times
‘Guaranteed to make both literary luvvies and light readers melt…intelligent and deliciously dry, Gough’s sparkling words can’t fail to make you sit up, listen and laugh.’ Glamour
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At its heart this book is a very witty and gentle romance. It reclaims the very ephitet 'romance' from the tacky airport shelf and puts it where it righfully belongs: between the covers of an intelligently written, humane novel.
Do yourself a favour and bring it on holidays this summer. It will gladen your heart.
The voices and outlook of the characters are an authentic representation of those of many students, particularly those moving away from home for the first time. The chapter in which the girls go home for the first time since starting college is particularly well written. The colour and banter of life in Ireland, and Galway in particular, is vividly evoked, without an engagement in mawkish sentimentalism.
The author displays a discerning eye for amusing detail. Many of the characters and character traits identified are very familiar, but he adds in the subtle details that infuses them with sufficient complexity to make them genuinely interesting. The plot is not particularly strong, but I do not think that this takes away from the book unduly. It is the anecdotal detail and general colloquial cleverness that marks the book out as infinitely readable.
Terribly cutesy and often embarrassingly sentimental. Banal. Read more
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