- Hardcover: 419 pages
- Publisher: William Morrow & Company (July 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 038097617X
- ISBN-13: 978-0380976171
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (101 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,726,257 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Marian Keyes begins Watermelon with a rather inauspicious romantic opening when the heroine's husband leaves her for Denise from the flat downstairs the day their first child is born. Claire, the deserted wife and mother, returns to her family in Dublin and, after going through the required stages of "Loss, Loneliness, Hopelessness and Humiliation", begins to feel much better--so much better that when James tries to win his way back into her affections, he gets more than he bargained for.
The author's style is too blunt and her setting too suburban (with its all-too-human heroine struggling to keep her sanity, tend to her new-born baby, fight it out with siblings and begin to love again) to be a traditional romance, but there is enough chemistry and mystery to keep you guessing in the lip-smacking Watermelon--a dish that may not fill you up but will certainly give you a taster of Marian Keyes' work, of which there is much to sample, including Lucy Sullivan is getting Married, Rachel's Holiday and Last Chance Saloon. --Nicola Perry --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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'fabulously funny'
-- Mail on Sunday --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-- Mail on Sunday --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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this is an amazingly funny book! really is great, if your in any doubt buy it!! its worth it, it was the first marian keyes book and bought, and ive read is twice and its still great! you cant put it down you can really relate to poor old claire, and you really want to help her in her hour of need!! really is brilliant, go and buy!
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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I totally loved this book! I was hooked by the end of chapter one! I previously read angels in this series and a couple of others by the same auther and this has to be the best by far! Although I did feel like jumping into the book and shaking James till his head fell off! What a really nasty person! How Claire didnt slap him I will never know!
I would seriously recomend this book for anyone wanting a night in and a laugh! Do not go out in public and read this book, its too embarrassing when you laugh out loud!
I would seriously recomend this book for anyone wanting a night in and a laugh! Do not go out in public and read this book, its too embarrassing when you laugh out loud!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I read this book not long after my second child was born and it made me laugh out loud (and shed a tear or two) although this might have had something to do with my own raging hormones. I loved all Claire's family, the characters were warm, funny and believable. I was sad the get to the end of the book and delighted to find out that Marian Keyes had also written further books about Claire's sisters.
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It would have been a 5*
I have been a bit harsh on the last 3 reviews but I did love this book until the end, I could have shaken Claire, the last few paragraphs were really infuriating perhaps because I... Read more
Published 3 months ago by bookworm
review of Watermelon
A funny, good book I would recommend to any women :) it had everything I enjoy in a fictions book!
Published 5 months ago by R. PATEL
Loved it!
Watermelon was the first Marian Keyes book that I read and I loved. The heroine, Claire, is so self-depreciating and funny. I loved all the Walsh sisters too and the Mammy. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Melissa W
Watermelon
I love Marian KEYES ANYWAY AND THIS BOOK IS COMPELLING READING. SAD IN ALL THE RIGHT PLACES AND SO TRUE TO REAL LIFE.
Published 9 months ago by helenthe wiz
Really loved this book!!
Loved the characters and the story. It kept me laughing and turning the page, right to the end. A brilliant feel good book and well worth a read.
Published 11 months ago by knightskye57
very good book
well what can i say about Marian Keys but that she is great and i love all her books and this one does not disapoint :)
Published 15 months ago by vivien
Worth reading
I just finished reading this book a few weeks ago. Most of the time I just couldn't put the book down, I liked the romance that was developing in the storyline. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Harryy
Most disappointed!!
I read this book after a friend raved about this, and Marian Keyes other books. Having been told how amazingly funny this was, I found myself constantly questioning 'is this bit... Read more
Published 17 months ago by l-jay
Ok but unrealistic
I am still reading this book and have just got to the chapters where Claire's husband is convincing her that it is her fault he had the affair, and she believes it. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Phoebe
I loved this novel, i didn't want it to end!
THis is my first Marian Keyes read and i thoroughly enjoyed it. I totally got into the characters and was disappointed when it ended - i want to know what happened next! Read more
Published 20 months ago by Yvonne
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