The Three Wise Men

by martina devlin | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0006514588 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingPlum-crazywing of Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on 3/15/2010
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Journal Entry 1 by wingPlum-crazywing from Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, March 15, 2010
Amazon Editorial Review:
A warm, witty and wise novel about love, friendship and being in your thirties.

Gloria, Eimear and Kate have been friends since they were a trio of six-year-olds cast as the Three Wise Men in the nativity play. Twenty-five years on, they've left Omagh for Dublin and grown up to be Three Unwise Women, all too prone to misuse the gifts they've been given. Eimear's beauty captivates men but robs her of independence. Kate's dazzling wit blinds her to the consequences of betraying a friend. And Gloria's urge to nurture, thwarted by infertility, threatens to destroy everything she holds dear.

Aided and abetted in their misdeeds by the irresistible Jack, philandering poet and seducer extraordinaire, the troika find themselves putting their friendship to a test from which it may never recover.

To this black comedy Martina Devlin brings a delightful lightness of touch, a turn of phrase to treasure, and three characters to take to your heart.

Journal Entry 2 by wingPlum-crazywing at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Monday, June 14, 2010
An easy, mildly entertaining read in the Marian Keyes vein but sadly lacking that spark that Keyes' books always have.
Eimear, Gloria & Kate have been friends for years, since they met at infant school in fact. Eimear's married to the irresistable Jack who happens to be having an affair with Kate but somehow the friendship weathers this storm (not in my world it wouldn't!) Gloria is desperate for a baby & when her husband gives up on fertility treatment, guess who she turns to as a donor.....
As I said it's a reasonable read but for me it's a stretch that this friendship manages to survive - at least on Eimear's part!

I give 6/10 - although the star rating insists on saying 3/10!!
Read as part of the 2010 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE & the 2010 REDUCE MT TBR Challenge...now reserved for releasing as part of the CHRISTMAS IN JULY Challenge.

Released 13 yrs ago (7/22/2010 UTC) at Forget-Me-Not Trust Charity Shop in Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

Released as part of the 2010 ULTIMATE CHALLENGE &
the CHRISTMAS IN JULY Challenge (#21)



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Journal Entry 4 by KawasakiBabe at Brighouse, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Saturday, July 24, 2010
I "caught" this book, along with 2 others, in a Brighouse Charity Shop for just 50p - thanks (again) Plum-crazy for making it so easy to catch wild books! Reading and review will follow.
Review: not keen on this style - didn't really grab me, although I suppose I could've finished it to see what happened between the 3 girls and their fellas! Happy reading.

Released 13 yrs ago (7/28/2010 UTC) at Carlisle Business Centre in Bradford, West Yorkshire United Kingdom

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

I gave this a really good go, but the style didn't really appeal; time to move it along. Somewhere in the reception area or cafe of the Carlise Road Business Centre, Manningham.
Later:
Had I known about it sooner, I would have released this book as part of the Christmas in July Challenge! Wonder if it counts being released twice?
Just discovered the forum for the challenges; the link is www.bookcrossing.com/forum/23

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