Book Review: Grown Ups By Marian Keyes

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About The Book

Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together - birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, and weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie - who has the most money insists on it. Everything stays under control until Ed's wife Cara gets a concussion and can't keep her thoughts to herself. One careless remark at Johnny's birthday party, with the entire family present, starts Cara spilling out all their secrets.

About The Author

Marian Keyes is the internationally bestselling author of Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is Getting Married, Rachel's Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Sushi for Beginners, Angels, The Other Side of the Story, Anybody Out There, This Charming Man, The Brightest Star in the Sky, The Mystery of Mercy Close, The Woman Who Stole My Life, The Break and her latest Number One bestseller, Grown Ups.

Review

This is a family story about 3 brothers and their families. In this book, you will meet 3 different characters and their side characters who share ups and downs. There is Johnny and his wife Jessie. They have kids, A rich family. The second character is Liam the sugar boy, who married a girl very younger than him. But he is like a funny, free spirit and cheerful guy.

The 3 rd character is Ed and his wife Cara, he has kids and he is like a middle-class family person. The story starts with Johnny's birthday celebration, where Cara opens a box which has family secrets in it. After this, the story takes a long flashback of 6 months, where the author shares how the family stored all these secrets.

I won’t say this story is great. But, the author has brilliantly explained this story. It can be confusing in some places because the author took time and explained the story of each character in it. So it can be confusing and a bit mismatched. You might not understand it in your first time of reading.

But, trust me once you reach the middle of the book everything will be clear to you. I like the family's ups and downs, and how they share a great deep bond. This is a great book. I hope you can connect and learn from it the way I did.

I will rate it a solid 3.5/5.