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: #27 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!

Well below her usual high standard
I've been looking forward to this book for months - been a fan of Marian's from Watermelon forward and would rate her as one of my favourite writers.

This however was a real disappointment. I found the Cecelia Ahern-esque narrator irritating beyond belief - in what was quite a gritty storyline it was SO out of place. I didn't feel I got to know any of the characters well enough to really care about them because they weren't allowed to speak for themselves properly given this awful narrator.

I really wish Marian had got on with writing Helen Walsh's story, having had books with the first 4 of the 5 Walsh sisters, in particular my favourite, Rachel's Holiday, I'm looking forward to reading her story.

If you want to read a book about the different lives of characters living in flats in the same house, Elizabeth Noble's latest The Girl Next Door was far more in my taste.

As for slightly grittier stories written in an Irish setting, the wonderful Martina Reilly is a great choice - her latest The Wish List: By the Bestselling Author of "The Summer of Secrets" had me gripped by the cast of characters in a way Keyes latest just failed to do.

Hopefully a one off slip from grace (though I'll confess I didn't think This Charming Man was quite up to her previous standard either - streets ahead of this mind you!), I'll give her next one a chance, and be crossing my fingers for a return to form.