Smarty Girl
Dublin Savage

Absolutely magic and such an incredible portrayal of Dublin in this book as well. You're with the protagonist Noleen throughout and can so vividly see all the characters written about in this gorgeous and at times heartbreaking read. You'll laugh throughout on top of it:)......more

A FEAST OF LANGUAGE "tinker-runt" "snotstrils" "Doesn't night come in a frock of blue moonlight and blacklace." "shamma-rocks" "Go raibh mile maith agat. That's a thousand thanks to you in Irish." "You're a rake and a divil." "It is black-so-black in the cave of my mind." "He's leaning into the tick half of......more

I can't decide how to rate this book. At times I wanted to give it 1 star because the language was so dense and there were sections that were so difficult to understand/boring. At other times I wanted to give it 5 stars because the language was so beautiful and the story so tragically compelling. Re......more

Could not get into this book. Almost stopped reading it halfway through. It did improve but still averaged pretty low for me.......more

Took me a bit to get into it but so glad I persevered. The language was wonderful while at the same time took a bit of getting used to. Published by my friend, Trish O'Hare and GemmaMedia, it was a gift from her because she knows how fond I am of Irish women writers. She was, as usual, spot on with......more