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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A True Story Teller,
By A Customer
This review is from: Silver Wedding (Mass Market Paperback)
Maeve Binchy is a great storyteller. All of her books are filled with character description and are definately page turners. The Silver Wedding took me by suprise the way each character had different views on the same events which is usually true in real life. This is the seventh book of Binchy's that I have read and everytime I finish one, I can't wait to start the next. The Silver Wedding, although not my favorite of hers, lived up to my expectations of Bincy's marvelous ability to telling a story. Definately recommende d as a summer read. (or anytime!)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A celebratory tale,
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This review is from: Silver Wedding (Mass Market Paperback)
Twenty-five years of marriage is an amazing feat in today's society and this book celebrates a couple's marriage. There are secrets involved in everyone's lives and this book is a reflection upon that. There is Anna, the daughter in charge of planning the anniversary celebration, who is in love with an actor still married to his wife and mother of his sons. There is Brendan who fled England back to the Irish farmland that his father had escaped from. There is Helen, the youngest child, bent on becoming a nun in an order that doesn't even want her. There is Desmond, their father, miserable in a management level of a grocery store chain and their mother, Deirdre, who has always tried to maintain the look of happiness and perfection. And they all come to self-realizations in this novel. There is Deirdre's maid of honor, Maureen, who became a successful business woman, and there is Frank, the best man, who is the head of the grocery store chain. And other characters with a delightful insights written by Maeve. This book is nice ~~ it's comfort reading, if you will. It is not, by far, her best book. She has a tendency to string her readers along for more juicy tidbits and end it promptly without revealing any more stories. It's frustrating because it leaves all the questions unanswered. So it's not as good as "Circle of Friends" or "Light a Penny Candle" or her others. But still, it is a comforting read. It is a nice little story of people and friends of a family in England. Though it's not my favorite book, it is still an enjoyable reading. 12-2-03
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Bittersweet but beautiful,
By A Customer
This review is from: Silver Wedding (Mass Market Paperback)
Maeve Binchy, in her usual style, introduces us to her characters one-by-one. As we meet each character, their inner thoughts explain their relationships to each other, and to the activities that are happening in each individual's life. This bittersweet tale is very realistic in explaining how and why people act in the strange ways that we all do. As we meet each person, the puzzle comes together and by the end the reader has a complete picture of the event, the thoughts, the preparation, and the cast of the Silver Wedding Party. This beautiful book may encourage us all to realize and respect the reasons for other people's life-choices. We only know part of the story.
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