This is my very first Marian Keyes novel. I found myself struggling to finish the book in the beginning maybe because it was hard to relate to the character and the way the author was trying to introduce the "supporting" characters slowed down the phase of the story. I normally would go through a book in 2 or 3 days bt this had me going for almost 2 weeks. Also I had decided to stop reading it twice 'cause I thought I'd never find anything interesting in it at all. But I'm glad I decided to stick to it. I did find some interesting parts towards the end of the story. I liked the ending too. There is nothing like a good ending. I think it made up for the bad parts of the story. It's what salvaged the entire thing. Maybe I'll give Marian Keyes another chance.

There is not much that this author writes that I'd consider in the least boring but half way through I lost focus on this book so I found myself skipping around. I did the awful thing of reading the end of the book and actually found that I liked the end better than any other bit.

This was the third novel in the Walsh sister's series - it's time to get to know Maggie a little better.

The story starts out when Maggie discovers that her husband has been unfaithful and decides to leave their home in Ireland and go for an extended visit to her good friend in California. She gets reacquainted with the US, as her and her husband once lived in Chicago when they were first married - and now she gets to see what it's like in Los Angeles, aka movie-land.

This was a good book and I enjoyed the story, but not as much as Watermelon and Rachel's Holiday. There was a lot of time spent chronicling the happenings of secondary characters and I didn't have that much interest in them. Marian Keyes is a talented story teller and she's not stingy with the details - she gives it ALL to you and readers can decide for themselves what they come away with. It was because of that detail, it took me longer to finish this book than the others; part of my lackluster response comes from the fact that Maggie is basically a good-girl, and has pretty much followed the straight and narrow - marrying her high school boyfriend, - she's not as wild and crazy as the sisters detailed in other novels and so there were no huge bells and whistles going off...at first!

Then the story gets going and Maggie is exposed to the world of Hollywood. It was fun to see how L.A. affects Maggie. What did make this book noteworthy was the way that Keyes showed the slow progression as Maggie comes to realize what real love is, but first she has to figure out what it IS NOT! At one point during her visit, her parents & two sisters (Helen & Anne) come to visit and it was this part of the story that I enjoyed most, reading about the antics they inevitably get into & this time in America! Maggie gets to see the world of movie production from the inside and meets many wild people with their own stories to tell and her involvement with them is when she goes a little bit wild! You will definitely want to read Angels if you are a fan of the series and even though I didn't love this installment, Keyes is still one of my favorite authors and I will certainly keep reading!

I read Angels some time ago, and I loved how Marian Keyes brought me into a world that came to life before my reading eyes.
Maggie has just separated from her husband and moved out to LA in search of...herself, perhaps? Along the way she meets up with an old boyfriend, a new man that isn't really interested in her as much as her roommate and contemplates being a lesbian. In the end though, Maggie finds things out about herself and her husband that surprise everyone.
I love Marian Keyes' wit and charm. I love how she can take a sad, sob situation and implant humor into it at just the right moment. I've yet to be disappointed with a Keyes novel.
If you're looking for some great British Chick Lit, look not further than Marian Keyes. Her novels are filled with laugh out loud, wipe your eyes moments that are absolutely priceless.

I love Marian Keyes usually, but this book felt forced. I didn't really buy a word of it, and i won't read it again--unlike her other books. This one just didn't work for me.

This book wasn't nearly as fun or cute as the cover looks or says of the book. Sophie Kinsella has this author hands down.

Angels is a pretty good read from one of my favorite chick lit writers. I have just a couple of complaints. First, some of the story sidelines are a little "out there", not very believable or well-developed (i.e., Maggie's fling with Lara, which seemed kind of "thrown-in"). My other complaint is that I felt it took a little too long to establish the basis for the crumbling of Maggie and Garv's marriage. Although the tragedy was woven throughout the book, I would liked to have seen the author delve a little deeper into the emotions. But then again, I've always thought of Keyes' books as escapism chick lit with a message. I guess to go any further into the pain would make her work a different genre entirely.

I did enjoy this book, and would recommend it to a friend. I'd give it 3 1/2 stars.

This was my first Keyes book and is still my favorite after going back and reading others. The humor, the gotchas, the characters and the satire are just marvelous. Not predictable, with a wonderful ending. Flashbacks are perfect here, not a burden, but rather soemthing we're quite looking forward to --parceled out in just the right, tantalizing doses.

At first, when Maggie leaves her husband, I was as confused as her family and friends as to why. Maggie is the Good Daughter, the one who married her first boyfriend, who had a career. Then it all starts unraveling. Her marriage, her job ... she slides into depression and is convinced a change in scenery would do her good. She leaves Dublin and goes to LA to visit her dear friend Emily. It's an interesting contrast in settings -- Dublin to LA and back. And Keyes tells the story in a fascinating way. We don't really know what happened between Maggie and her husband until she's ready to tell us, in a series of flashbacks that go from funny to tragic to bittersweet. Suddenly it all starts to make sense, and we end up pulling for our charming heroine. This is my third Keyes book (Under the Duvet and Sushi for Beginners) and as always, she very very witty. But it doesn't diminish her bedrock humanity and the affection she feels for her characters.

This was a great book. I discovered this author while living overseas and I have continued to read her novels.

Angels describes LA with great fun and sarcasm. Just the right mixture of romance, break-ups and chaos, family, friends and careers on edge.... a good time with a good message, thank you Marian!

I really wanted to love this book. And I did like it. The Walsh characters are just that, and you want it to be all the things you know Ms. Keyes can make it. But again, it never seems to get to the point. I was glad of how things ended up for Maggie;surely this could have happened earlier in the book. I feel that Helen is by far Ms. Keyes favorite character, but she wears thin quickly with me. Still, "Rachel's Holiday" and "Is Anyone Out There" remain two of my favorite books. This one is just...ok.

I probably liked this book least of Keyes' books, all of which I've read. I think the problem was that I wasn't fully enamored of Maggie the way I am of the other Walsh sisters. It probably has something to do with the way she and her husband were portrayed in Rachel's Holiday, which I guess is unfair since that was Rachel's perspective on her sister and her sister's husband at a point in time where Rachel herself was very much in denial (yeah, I'm a little too involved with these characters).

Still, it was a fun read. I had made a trip to California for similar reasons at about the time I read Angels, so that connection was fun for me. I just didn't feel quite as involved in this story as I have when reading Keyes' other books.

I probably liked this book least of Keyes' books, all of which I've read. I think the problem was that I wasn't fully enamored of Maggie the way I am of the other Walsh sisters. It probably has something to do with the way she and her husband were portrayed in Rachel's Holiday, which I guess is unfair since that was Rachel's perspective on her sister and her sister's husband at a point in time where Rachel herself was very much in denial (yeah, I'm a little too involved with these characters).

Still, it was a fun read. I had made a trip to California for similar reasons at about the time I read Angels, so that connection was fun for me. I just didn't feel quite as involved in this story as I have when reading Keyes' other books.

LOVE this book - just as her other works its extremely easy to read and keeps you wanting more. I couldnt put this book down.