This is one of those rare occasions where I wonder where a well liked character is today. And kinda wish the writer would revisit her story (Marian? Hallo?!). Wherever Lucy Sullivan is, I hope she is doing just fabliss.

Another memory I have of reading this book the first time around, is that when I started it, I could not put it down. I just had to know how things would work out for Lucy and the charming, unreliable Gus, who she’s just met. I read most of the book in one go, sitting on the kitchen floor. Why was I reading it from the kitchen floor? I really don’t know. I have a vague idea I may have been making a cuppa, and while waiting for the kettle to boil, I got engrossed in the book. And forgot about the cuppa. I was suffocating from his adulation, smothering in his admiration. I wasn’t that attractive, I couldn’t help thinking, and if he thought that I was, it meant there was something wrong with him. Novels cut out sex and happy endings". The Daily Telegraph. London. 15 June 1997. Archived from the original on 26 November 2004 . Retrieved 27 April 2008. When Lucy Sullivan is dragged by her friends to visit a psychic, she thinks it will be a bit of a laugh. She doesn't believe for one second that the prediction will come true; there's just no way that she will be married within the year!A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away I read my first Marian Keyes book, I actually cannot believe it was 18 years ago. Which of course makes me feel extremely old! Lucy Sullivan is a typical Londoner. Twenty-six years old, she is burdened with a dysfunctional family, a dead-end job, an anal-retentive boss, a medley of demented colleagues, flat mates who totter on the thin line between heaven and hell AND a love-life that’s riddled with enough potholes to make you dizzy. First reason is that sadly these characters are truly based on real life behavior of people around us. The bossy-friend-whom-you-can't-say-no-to, the siblings-who-don't-give-a-damn-about-your-parents and the coworkers-who-earn-the-same-as-you-but-don't-do-a-minute's-worth-work; we have all met these people at one time or another in our life. I was curious to read more about the intolerable behavior of these people. This is an easy read that I think is great for passing the time, but there isn't much substance to it. I'm a big fan of Marian Keyes work and am currently working my way through all of her books. I had really high hopes for this, as like I said, I'm a big fan of the author, but I found myself disappointed. Eventually Lucy meets Gus who she finds herself falling madly in love with. At the same time it appears that several other people in Lucy's life are moving on with their own love lives.

As her relationship with Gus develops she starts to realise that maybe he is not Mr Fantastic after all, things don't add up and he really likes a good drink, is he worth it? Especially as Daniel seems to be looking at her with eyes more akin to a lover than a friend. And the more colours the better. Crimson and vermilion and sunburst orange and flame red and magenta. a b Hunt, Elle (12 March 2017). "Novelist Marian Keyes reveals fight against constant 'suicidal impulses' ". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 September 2017. a b c Ingle, Róisín (9 September 2017). "Marian Keyes: 'There's an awful lot of riding in my book' ". The Irish Times . Retrieved 20 October 2017. But I also like the change of pace (from a typical storyline) in that she falls in love before lust. It's such a common themes in the books I've been reading for a character to be all hot for a guy, but really hates him and has to learn to get over that or something. Maybe I'm just feeling old fashioned today, but I thought the development of her relationship with the mystery man (no spoilers here!) was beautiful to watch. And the way he treated her was just so realistically romantic to me (not the typical swooping you off to Paris or something, but giving you a ride, making you dinner, etc).Keyes lives in Dún Laoghaire with her husband Tony Baines (whom she first met on his 30th birthday [5]) after returning to Ireland from London's Hampstead in 1997. [5] Style [ edit ] The series was launched with four episodes in its first week at 10:30pm on ITV, following which it aired once weekly. [11] However, it failed to attract the young adult audience at which it was aimed, so the series was withdrawn (mid series, episode 9) from that timeslot in December 1999. The programme was subsequently aired a year later between November 2000 and January 2001, in the early evening, pre-watershed time slot at 17:05. LWT said, "the underlying tone and structure of the series was not dissimilar to that of the tea-time soaps and, given the wider audience available at that time, it was substantially edited and revoiced to make it suitable for the slot." [12] The ending was very sweet and I smiled to myself. I always wished that Marian Keyes would revisit the characters in this book and do a sequel with Lucy actually married to the guy she was destined to marry.

Then I realised that the ‘Treat ’em mean, keep ’em keen’ maxim had been around for hundreds of years. And I relaxed – after all, I didn’t make the rules.

Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married". Carnivalfilms. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011 . Retrieved 27 April 2008. Megan was doing her grand tour of Europe and had temporarily run out of money. But as soon as she had enough money to go, she was going, she constantly reminded us, to Scandinavia, or Greece, or the Pyrenees, or the West of Ireland.

The 90ties of "The Friends" (yes, I belong to those who don't know how many times already they saw the series ;-) ) but much much wiser. I loved it!And, naturally, I didn’t believe a word that came out of his mouth. When he said that I was the only girl in his life, I assumed that he was lying, when he told me I was lovely I looked for the angle on it, walked all around it, inspecting it, to see what he wanted from me.