This Is How It Ends
A Novel

This novel frustrated me immensely, mostly because MacMahon is obviously a very talented writer but even her skill could not overcome the shortcomings in the plot. First of all, the character Addie: I kept trying to like her and at times I did, but her outlook toward Bruno's Americanisms, for lack of......more

Well, I have to start this review by saying that this book managed to surprise me. This story turned out to be not at all what I thought it would be when I first started the book. While I did get the love story I was expecting, I also found an awful lot more in this book. And although I did find mys......more

I really enjoyed this book, a snapshot of a family in transition in modern Ireland, especially the ending (I had a similar experience in my family this last spring) and I look forward to her next book, which I understand is already halfway to completion. I had to take off one star only because other......more

As a novelist, I'm often accused of making readers cry. I know how it's done, I understand the power of words, the smoke and mirror of foreshadowing. This is How It Ends is one of the few books I've ever read that was able to make me shed tears. MacMahon's deft depiction of true love at the last min......more

Hola lectores 🥰 Hoy les dejo reseña de "ASÍ ES COMO TERMINA" DE KATHLEEN MACMAHON (2012). ♥️SINOPSIS: Otoño de 2008, en la costa de Dublín. Bruno, un estadounidense que acaba de perder su empleo, llega a Irlanda en busca de sus raíces. Addie, una arquitecta sin trabajo, se está recuperando de un desenga......more