My Favourite Mistake

Critics Review

• Keyes is a powerhouse. My Favourite Mistake is not just a fizzy romantic comedy, but also a piece of social commentary. Her protagonist’s voice is crystal cut with observations about gentrification, sexism and an economic system that tells women they are nothing without expensive serums and Peloton machines

  The Sunday Times

• Unbelievable . . . so much talent

  Chris Evans

• What heaven . . . wish it could go on forever

  Nigella Lawson

• Warmhearted and deftly plotted page-turner. A celebration of kindness: that of family and friends

  Sunday Telegraph

• You are all in for a treat. My Favourite Mistake is by turns hilarious and heart-breaking, with a very satisfying mystery at the heart of it too

  Elly Griffiths

• Keyes’s prose whisks you through her tales — she has an instantly endearing turn of phrase and an acute sense of comic timing

  The Times

• The biggest treat. I’ve laughed, I’ve blushed and I’ve cried. How does Marian do it? Just a beautiful, hopeful story

  Jennie Godfrey

• Funny and moving and very sexy

  Liz Nugent

• Unbelievable…so much talent

  Chris Evans

• Explodes with joyful humanity on every page

  Sara Pascoe

• Funny, warm, pacy, honest and outrageous

  Nina Stibbe

• I raced through My Favourite Mistake. I was pulled in by the story, held by the authenticity of the characters and so seen by Marian’s portrayal of women in all their complex flaws. Her total lack of sentimentality and sharp humour sealed the deal. How lucky we are to have Marian Keyes! This a fantastic book. Hugely entertaining, moving, hilarious and just so refreshingly honest on women in middle age. I adored it

  Annie MacManus

• A beguiling blend of hijinks, heartbreak and happiness

  The Mail on Sunday

• My Favourite Mistake is brilliant – the characters are so brutally honest, vulnerable, funny and flawed. I loved it

  Jane Fallon

• We love Marian for her humour, relatable style and wisdom – all of which are present here. A big-hearted read full of big feelings

  Woman & Home

• Funny, heart-breaking and wise. Adored it

  Daily Mail

• A great, big mystery romance that will make you laugh on every page. A marvel

  Catherine Newman

• Furiously funny and stealthily profound. There’s so much depth, but reading it made me feel happier and lighter than I have in ages – it’s sexy, smart, wise, touching and fun

  Daisy Buchanan

• A great read from this much-love author

  Prima

• Matching trauma with humour is Keyes’s trademark. She is so good at upping the tension in will they/won’t they scenarios, keeping the characterisation rich and the jokes frequent. She somehow keeps it both light and intensely important at the same time

  i

• A joyous read from start to finish

  Cariad Lloyd

• A new Marian Keyes book is always something to savour, especially when it features the Walshes. Hilarious, warm and very moving

  Sun

• A gorgeous, gorgeous novel – devastating and hilarious in turn, warm and wise and full of surprises and welcome familiar faces. Marian Keyes at her inimitable best

• A big-hearted read full of big feelings, humour, relatable style and life-affirming wisdom. We’d expect nothing less from this much-loved writer’

  Woman's Weekly

• A new Marian Keyes novel is always a special treat, especially when we are reunited with the Walsh family

  Red

• No one does the minutiae of life like Keyes

  i

• Profoundly in touch with sadness and vulnerability. If there’s a message, it’s that we must forgive one another for past mistakes and be less brutal towards our lost, scatty younger selves

  Independent

• Another classic read from Marian Keyes – we loved!

  Closer

• PRAISE FOR MARIAN KEYES

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• Delightfully funny

  Daily Telegraph

• No other author marries heartbreak and hilarity so seamlessly

  Mail on Sunday

• Her particular gift is the ability to settle the reader into a comfortable seat, then carry them to the darkest places; to make serious things funny – and moving

  The Times

• Funny, heartbreaking and so wise

  Daily Mail

• Perfection

  Gillian McAllister

• Sensitive, funny, wonderful, immensely touching

  Nigella Lawson

• Keyes at her best: capturing everyday voices with humour and empathy with writing that you’ll devour in a weekend. Just pure and simple joy

  Stylist

• Magnificently messy lives, brilliantly untangled. Funny, tender and completely absorbing!

  Graham Norton

• Warm, witty and wise – a joy to read

  Sun