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Less Than Perfect
by
Ber Carroll (Goodreads Author)
From an early age Caitlin O'Reilly was taught by her father to strive for nothing short of perfection. Growing up in a small town in the North of Ireland, she tries to live up to his expectations, and when she goes to university and falls in love for the first time, she thinks everything really is perfect. Until one day when the town, her love and her family, are completel...more
Paperback, 370 pages
Published
April 1st 2011
by PanMacmillan Australia
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Less than Perfect is a book that has so much going for it. The writing is superb - as I have come to expect from Ber Carroll - and flawless. Although the contents are deep/dark and at times traumatic, the flow and feeling of the writing is effortless, meaning that before I even realised, I was more than halfway through the book. I was just that absorbed in both the characters and the plot that time seemed to fade away, however cliche as it might sound.
Less than Perfect is told in three parts...more
Less than Perfect is told in three parts...more
Less Than Perfect is the fifth book by Irish/Australian novelist, Ber Carroll and is written in three parts, each centring on a significant day for the main character, Caitlin O’Reilly. In the first part, Caitlin’s life at eighteen in Belfast is described: her relationships with her unemployed older brother, Liam; her interactions with her loving mother, Paula, her perfectionist father, ethicist Professor Jonathan O‘Reilly, her younger sister, Maeve; and her first encounter with her boyfriend, J...more
Loved parts of this - historical scenes at beginning portraying horror of Belfast bombings, the main character of Caitlin O'Reilly was very believable and intense, although at times really annoying. I thought the middle section was a bit slow but liked the end. Good romance, good reconciliation and resolution of family and grief issues.
This is Ber's best book to date. She deals with tough issues, but still manages to create real and sympathetic characters. I loved it.
Although annoying at times it was at the very least thought provoking and realistic.
So-so. Slightly deeper than chic-lit lite, but I found the main character frustrating.
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Ber Carroll was born in Blarney, a small but rather famous village in Ireland. The third child of six, she often retreated from the chaos of family life by immersing herself in books. She has fond memories of the mobile library bus that used to pull up outside their house in Blarney and the dozen or so books she would borrow at a time, some quite inappropriate for her age.
Ber moved to Sydney in 19...more
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