Product Description

At 66, Star Street in Dublin, someone is watching over the lives of the people living in its flats. But no one is aware of it – yet... One of them is ready to take the plunge and fall in love; another is torn between two very different lovers. For some, secrets they want to stay buried will come to light and for others, the unveiling of those secrets will have tragic consequences. Fate is on its way to Star Street, bringing with it love and tragedy, friendship and heartbreak, and the power to change their lives in the most unexpected of ways…

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #68 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-30
• Released on: 2009-10-26
• Binding: Hardcover
• 624 pages

About the Author
Marian Keyes' international bestselling novels include RachelÂ’s Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story, Anybody Out There and This Charming Man. Two collections of her journalism, Under the Duvet and Further Under the Duvet, are also available from Penguin. Marian lives in Dublin with her husband.

Customer Reviews

Marian's Best!
This book came out in Australia last week and I bought it the day it hit the shelves. I love all of Marian's books and I believe this is her BEST EVER. It kept me guessing till the end. It made me laugh. It made me cry. It is full of twists and turns and is absolutely brilliant. ELEVEN OUT OF TEN!!

Wonderful - but not her best
My copy arrived from Amazon this morning. I picked it up at 4 o clock and just put it down, finished, at 11.30. You have to hand it to Marian Keyes - she writes books you really can't bear to put down until you have finished reading them, and 'The Brightest Star in the Sky' proved to be no exception. The concept behind the narrative voice is warm, touching and original.

However, I have to be honest and say something didn't quite gel for me. I didn't laugh out loud or cry, something which invariably accompanies reading Keyes. Don't get me wrong - there are jokes, and emotional moments... I don't know, something was just a bit lacking. I wanted to know what happened to the characters, but I didn't fall in love with them.

If you're are a fan, you can't fail to enjoy this. It just might not be your favourite Keyes novel. If you've never read Keyes before, you'd do as well to read this as anything else she has written... even Keyes's poorer efforts are a thousand times superior to most other women's fiction out there.

A note: I have a bad habit of reading the author's acknowledgments first. In 'The Brightest Star in the Sky', they have been put at the back of the book for a reason - avoid them unless you want spoilers!

Is Marian worried about competitors?
I'm in agreement with a lot of the reviews below, it is difficult to believe that this is same Marian whose written such fantastic books in the past.
When I started to read the story, it struck me that there is a sort of Cecelia Ahern/Melissa Hill slant to it, and I wondered if Marian was concerned at the rise of these other Irish authors and has tried to change her writing acccordingly.

In Cecelia Aherns case there is that fantastic magical element which Marian tries, unsuccessfully in my opinion to emulate here, and of course Melissa Hill is well known for her very clever twists, something I think Marian is also trying with this mysterious prescence, although unlike a Hill book, it is all too easy to guess the twist in The Brightest Star in the Sky and unlike a Ahern book the magical element just doesn't work.

Marian really shouldn't be worried as there is lots of room out there for competition, and all authors have their own individual strengths so I personally see no need for her to change her style. Marian has millions of fans who love her just the way she is, and just because other authors succeed by doing something different doesn't mean she needs to do the same!

I too wish she would write Helen Walsh's story and forget about trying to keep up with the competition, as I truly feel she was trying to do with this disappointing effort.