The Glorious Guinness Girls

The Glorious Guinness Girls | Emily Hourican

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Y‘know that amazing feeling you get when you start a new book and even though you‘re only on page 10 you know you‘re going to enjoy it? Yeah, that 100% happened with this book, I LOVED IT 🥰 I understand others not liking this work, it‘s definitely character driven rather than plot driven, and I‘d say it‘s more literary fiction based on historical events rather than being straight historical fiction. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 stars

jlhammar Love that cover! Sounds like a good one. 14mo

Aims42 @jlhammar my pic doesn‘t do it justice, it is so pretty 😍 14mo

Soubhiville What kind of plant is that, do you know? It‘s so cute! 14mo

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love the cover 💗 14mo

Aims42 @Soubhiville It‘s a Wandering Jude plant, I‘ve had her for about 3 weeks and she seems happy 😊 14mo

Aims42 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💕💕💕💕 14mo

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nanuska_153

The Glorious Guinness Girls | Emily Hourican

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This was terrible...I only finished it because it was for a book club but it's bad... It's so shallow,I don't mean superficial but entertaining,nothing really happens in the book,from time to time you feel like something is finally going to happen,but no.
The first part of the book,despite happening in Ireland during the War of Independence,tells you nothing about the politics of the time,since the girls are not interested in politics ⬇️

nanuska_153 they are not discussed. The second half of the books are just descriptions of different parties, the roaring 20s, like the Great Gatsby, but without a message behind the story. It's not clear if the author likes the Guinness Girls, since she paints them as annoying characters without any depth. Maureen is supposed to be witty, but since the author is not, she is not. 1y

akaGingerK Your final sentence: ouch. I will be skipping this book! 1y

nanuska_153 @akaGingerK well, at least my pain spared yours! All the girls from the book club hated the book, so I'm not alone! 1y

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DaniJ

The Glorious Guinness Girls | Emily Hourican

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Lovely read. Insight into the Irish Civil War and social society in the UK. Not too much info about the Guinness empire, but a cheeky and glamorous look at Guinness‘s daughters!