Book Review: Anybody Out There?

Book Review: Anybody Out There?
By Marian Keyes

This story starts with Anna staying at her parents house in Ireland, healing from some major injuries and wishing she could go back home to New York (which she eventually does for ‘closure’). There is also this mysterious Aidan guy that she apparently still loves. But what the heck is going on?

This book has the mother of all story hooks. Seriously. You don’t know if Aidan is good, bad, dead or alive. You flip flop between he’s bad–he did this to her and he’s a good guy–he’s got to get back in touch with her. It isn’t until page 150 or so that you figure out what is going on. (Tell me! Don’t tell me! Oh dang, you actually told me!) By then, you are involved with the nutters who are Anna’s family as well as Anna’s coping strategies. You can’t put the story down. You have to find out how it all turns out. Does she speak to him (dead or alive)? Does she get better and carry on with her life? At the last minute, does she pull the work project out of a hat? Oh, so many things that make it worth stay tuned!

It’s hard to talk about this book without giving it away…so that’s all I’m going to say about it. And yes, I will be reading more of Marian Keyes. (Thanks to my cousin for introducing me to Keyes, and thanks to my mom for buying me the book. I have a new favourite author to add to my list.)

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