Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year

Out of pure respect for Sue T, I've given two stars, but truthfully it only warrants a one star. So not believable, so boring, such hideous characters, and what a whingebag the protagonist was! And cliched. I think I gave up with the toiletry waste request, but toiled on, purely because I do enjoy Sue T's prose. I loved Ghost children, and the Queen and I, and the premise of this which could have been hilarious,but it turned out to be an awful storyline. I do wonder why her editors and publicist didn't have a little word in her ear, but then I guess she was such a big namethey were probably in awe of what she did, and just let her get on with it. Of course then there is the revenue...so let's just pop in that old tired and cliched newspaper review "I laughed till I cried", works wonders every time.Sue was a great storyteller, but this time, sadly, she'd ran out.

I was intrigued after watching a Sue Townsend Docu on TV as I wasn’t aware of this book and loved the title. Not far in I realised how ‘twee’ this was going to be and, indeed, it read like middle-class piffle which failed to suspend my belief I’m sorry to say. Not my kind of book but at least I gave it a try. Wouldn’t recommend I’m afraid.

Bought this book for my friend as she wanted to read something light and funny. I read it ages ago and thought it was good laugh / was disappointed with the end of the story thou which is missing in my view - has author got bored and just stopped writing ?? /. But I hope it will still make a nice gift.I opted for a second hand volume - great choice - book looks great and preloved books are worth looking into and need to be appreciated again and again.

I wish I had read the reviews before buying this. I wish I hadn't persevered and actually finished this book, that's hours of my life that I will not get back. Tedious characters that become less likeable with every page, the main character being an odious self-centered woman in her midlife crisis thinking it's fine to be a burden to absolutely everyone else in her life to the point that her children abandon her. Totally unrealistic that someone would just stay in bed knowing the stress they cause everyone else around them. Not even remotely funny, no laughs whatsoever.

I was quite hopeful for this book. It started off pretty well and I felt in touch with all the characters if somewhat frustrated at Eva being clearly ill but ignored as such by the professionals that visit her. But the biggest issue for me was the ending or lack thereof. It just stops. No answers to any questions raised in the book. So what became of Ho and his parents, Poppy and Brian, the twins, do Ruby and Stanley get it together, even the weirdos on the street are dismissed with a shared evening. Seriously this author must have just got bored of writing. I reckon there was at least an opportunity for her to have written an epilogue answering these points and most crucial of all what happens to Eva? So she is moved, so what, is she recovered. Sorry for any spoilers but I was seriously let down when I got to the last page.