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Sejujurnya, hampir sepanjang buku ini saya membenci Lucy. Dan menyalahkan dia atas semua kesialan yang menimpanya, lha wong dia sendiri yang minta kok. But I was skint. Although I had just been paid, my bank account was a post-holocaust, corpse-strewn wasteland because the day I’d been paid I’d spent a fortune on aromatherapy oils that had promised to rejuvenate and energise and uplift me.

Me gustó ene, aunque se nota que es de los '90 porque qué maneras de hacer bromas trilladas sobre los gays y los gorditos. Although I didn’t like to admit it, she was probably right. Now that I had discovered that Steven wasn’t the man of my dreams, it was only a matter of time before I made some sort of psychic enquiries to find out exactly who was. That was the kind of thing that my friends and I did, even though it was all just a bit of a laugh and no one believed the fortune-tellers. At least none of us would admit to believing them.

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.a b c "BBC One - imagine..., 2022, Marian Keyes: My (not so) Perfect Life". BBC . Retrieved 8 February 2022. Lucy Sullivan goes to see a fortune teller who predicts that Lucy will be married in the next year. Who will Lucy end up with? ~~ 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! Nah, nggak heran kan kalau kemudian dia selalu mendapat masalah dengan pria? Yang dia pilih selalu pria-pria berengsek tukang mabuk, pengangguran, memoroti uangnya, dsb. dst. Parahnya lagi, dia kadang sadar kalau pilihan dia salah, tapi tetap saja melakoninya, malah mengusir pria-pria 'waras' yang jatuh hati padanya. Bahkan tidak sadar-sadar bahwa selama ini ada pria sempurna yang mendambakannya setengah mati. Damn you, Lucy!! Bagaimana saya bisa bersimpati coba? Walaupun kemudian ada penjelasan bahwa perilaku aneh Lucy itu karena ayahnya alkoholik dan sejak kecil dia berusaha menutup mata agar semua terlihat baik-baik saja, jadi dia memilih pria-pria busuk seperti ayahnya agar mendapat kesempatan kedua untuk memperbaiki keadaan. 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!

Flood, Alison (14 December 2012). "Marian Keyes: a life in books". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 15 December 2012. 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!

Because you’re beautiful,’ or ‘Because you’re sexy,’ or ‘Because you’re all woman,’ were the nauseating replies that he gave me. Keyes began writing short stories while suffering from alcoholism. After her treatment at the Rutland Centre she returned to her job in London and submitted her short stories to Poolbeg Press. The publisher encouraged her to submit a full-length novel and Keyes began work on her first book, Watermelon. The novel was published the same year. Since 1995 she has published many novels and works of non-fiction. [7] She slapped her hand down on her desk and warned, ‘Don’t even think of trying to tell me that you’re not coming.’ Gorgeous Gus, Crazy Gus, Ever So Unreliable Gus, he is not exactly Prince Charming but to Lucy, well to Lucy he is her knight in shining armour. Her best friend Daniel disagrees, he does not trust Gus one little bit, but Lucy won't be told so he leaves her be.