Silver Wedding
by Maeve Binchy
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Read in August, 2007
Each chapter of this book is written from the point of view of a different character, which is a setup I usually enjoy. Most of these characters, however, are stuck in unhappy situations and don't have the gumption to try to change them, so I found the book generally frustrating. It was like a depressing portrayal of Thoreau's famous quote: "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation." One exception: I really liked the character of Desmond, a middle-aged man who eventually tires of try...more
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Read in April, 2008
Maeve Binchy writes of people whose lives would never touch mine. I can't decide if her writing is old-fashioned or maybe it's the topics she picks to write about. And yet, her characters have problems that I can relate to, some of them from a distance. And I can't stop reading, so eager to know how it all turns out.
In this book, people have been living lives of lies -- don't we all? -- and it all comes to a head when the silver wedding anniversary of a couple with three children is comin...more
In this book, people have been living lives of lies -- don't we all? -- and it all comes to a head when the silver wedding anniversary of a couple with three children is comin...more
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Read in July, 2008
The characters of this story all put forth one view of their lives to others around them ... as you read each chapter based on a different character, you find out the real story. In the end you get the feeling that many of them are beginning to realize that "projecting the right image" isn't as important as living a life you can be happy with and in.
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Oh, go ahead! Sneer at my middlebrow tastes. I've loved Maeve ever since I was a college student back at UCC in the mid-70's. She wrote a thrice-weekly column for "The Irish Times" which was totally freaking awesome - witty, warm, at times heart-breaking.
I don't begrudge this woman any of her success - even if her writing is a tad sentimental and prone to happy endings.
Maeve, I love you still! (So sue me).
I don't begrudge this woman any of her success - even if her writing is a tad sentimental and prone to happy endings.
Maeve, I love you still! (So sue me).
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Read in May, 2007
I ran out of books to read in Europe and bought this in a random second hand english book store in Spain (it was pretty hard to find english books). Pretty mindless easy read. Wasn't that impressed with the ending - first half of the book went by quicker.
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A couple is about to celebrate its 25th Wedding Anniversary. By reading this book you get to know the stories and secrets of the couple and also of the people that are somehow connected to them.
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Read in November, 2007
Wasn't crazy about this one. Each chapter was based on a different character going to 25th wedding anniversary party. The individual stories never combined until the very end of the book.
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Read in November, 1995
2 1/2 out of 4 stars
Slice of Irish life as Desmond and Deidre Doyle prepare to celebrate their 25th anniversary - how their lives and their children's lives have turned out.
Slice of Irish life as Desmond and Deidre Doyle prepare to celebrate their 25th anniversary - how their lives and their children's lives have turned out.
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Read in January, 2008
recommends it for:
my grandmother
Not up to Binchy's usual standard. It was a good book to read on a plane, but I never would have finished it if I hadn't been on a plane with nothing else to read...
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Read in February, 2008
recommends it for:
Those who like a light read
I read this book twice - which I rarely do. I forgot I had read it, then when I remembered it I still couldn't remember what happened so I had to finish it.
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Another easy read by Maeve Binchy. I wouldn't go so far as to say I loved it as much as the others, but entertaining and quick. Very enjoyable.
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Read in August, 2008
This is not one of her best. This story in my opinion was not a story of love buy one of putting on a show.
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Okay, but Helen was just too unbelievable as a character. No one could be such a horrible disaster.
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Read in June, 2007
Good Maeve book...not her best, but I still loved it.
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Read in January, 1996
recommends it for:
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We love Maeve!
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