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    <body><![CDATA[This is a wonderful read!  I was pleasantly surprised at how real-life the characters were and what happens to them is believable like the story of many lives yet it wasn't boring at all, infact it was relaxing and encouraging.<br/><br/>Sometimes I don't pick up the 'thicker' novels because they t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74950164">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Engrossing and fun, similar to Maeve Binchy.  Kelly writes about the lives of several women over the course of a year: some in England, some in Ireland.  Their lives all collide in some way and they learn something about themselves and grow in the process.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Chick lit at its mediocre best. I have read other books of hers and I find them all very similar and perfect happy little endings, which i ususally like, I guess I am done with chick lit for a bit now and should try something a little less perfect.<br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed this read by one of my new favourite authors...if you like Marian Keyes, you'll also like Cathy Kelly.  Definitely chick lit, and British chick lit as it were.   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[this is the 2nd book that i read by this author. i absolutley loved it and has quite a few twists in the story which gave me more reason 2 read it in less than a week]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[1st of Cathy's books that I read and WOW - in a million years I would not have thought this was &quot;my type of book&quot; and yet it is now one of my favorites!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A good vacation read. Nothing too fancy or amazing, but a good story and of course everything works out in the end.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[So I read <em>Someone Like You</em> by Cathy Kelly, which I thought was her debut novel, but apparently is her fourth. I really liked it, but not, perhaps, as much as <em>Best of Friends</em>.<br/><br/>Then I read <em>What She Wants</em>, and amazingly enough, I noticed the trend...all her stories have women (mostly three, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1429197">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Serious chick lit--everything ends nicely in the end, no loose ties!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can only rate this as 'okay' because although written fairly well, I didn't feel the storyline provided enough to warrant extra stars.  It was more one of these 'on-going soap opera' type books.  Modern and a bit nothingy if you ask me but a relaxing read if you don't want something to taxing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Nederlands titel: Wat ze wil! Boek gaat over 4 vrouwen die door omstandigheden vriendinnen worden, elke vrouw heeft haar eigen problemen, vragen en twijfels. Samen komen ze er wel uit. Geestig boek. Leest heel vlot. Mist soms wat diepgang en personages konden nog verder uitgediept worden.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This author is really good at books that are too long. I personally feel that one or two subplots could be dropped without harm -- and thus making a more manageable length. That said, I do like her writing and characterization a lot, and her stories are engaging.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[It took me a while but i finished it on my vacation. I really enjoyed it. ]]></body>
    
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