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I have just received my copy of this book and started it last night. Really enjoying it so far. It's easy to read and the characters are engaging. I am looking forward to reading more.

Thank you for my copy of this book.

This was the first Cecilia Ahern book that I had read as I always viewed her (wrongly it seems) as trashy chick lit. I was therefore pleasantly surprised with this book. I found the tone slightly sad and whilst the story is split between time periods the emphasis appears upon Fergus as a lot of the modern characters do not appear to be particularly detailed or developed. The split time is interesting as it allows Sabrina and us to discover who Fergus was even though he can no longer remember.

I would certainly be interested in reading more by this author.

Such a warm and wistful read. Cecelia Ahern has a knack of drawing the reader in.

It's a very touching tale of a man, a father, living a duplicitous life and further challenged by dementia.

It probably meant a lot to me - as my father has recently been diagnosed with dementia and seems to be slipping away from me daily.... it probably also helps that I loved playing marbles as a child ... I must unearth my marble bag - I think my children would love to learn to play too.

It's an easy , simple, heart-warming read. The characters readily rise from the page and the story flows at a steady pace. Cecelia at her best.

I've written a review for www.goodreads.com which can be read here
bit.ly/28WpHMP there are no spoilers!

I'd urge you to read this book - it's up there with her best.

I had a copy of this already. It was OK, but not as good as some of her books. I agree with the comments something was missing. I was quite involved at the beginning with the plot of the father as a young boy, but the thread seemed to tail off to me.

Thank you for the book - I have read a lot of Cecelia Ahern's books and, like earlier posters, I liked the earlier ones more than the more recent. But I found this one very easy to get into and read, and hard to put down. It is an easy reading beach style book, very enjoyable.

So sorry I had not returned to the thread about this book. I had not read any Cecelia Ahern books before so this was a first.

I liked the style of writing [short chapters are great] and content was fine. I didn't expect a book about marbles to be so good to be honest, there were a few dull parts but the characters were interesting and likeable.
I was shocked that this is the authors 12th book - my next mission is to buy another of her novels, the Book of Tomorrow or A place called here are next on my reading list.

Thanks again MN; a great read :)

Really enjoyed this book, it was an easy read I especially enjoyed the structure of the book, I only get chance to read at night so the short chapters were great.

Thank-you for my copy of The Marble Collector. I have read most Cecelia Ahern books and thoroughly enjoyed everyone of them. This one however I was rather disappointed with. I found it slow and even a little boring at times. The end of the book was definitely better and more interesting, but still as I read it I always seemed to be waiting for something to happen and it didn't. Perhaps I just don't find marbles interesting!

Thanks for my free copy of The Marble Collector.
Quite an unusual story line but nevertheless I found it to be an enjoyable read. Jumping from past to present wouldn't be my preference but don't let that put you off, it's still worth a read. Didn't enjoy it as much as some of her others. PS I Love You is still my favourite.

Found the story very confusing to start with, but as I settled into it began to enjoy this story. The daughter was really challenged trying to fill the gaps in her understanding of her father, especially when she found out his other name and identity. A good read

Looking forward to getting stuck into this book at the weekend. It looks great

I loved this book as it just so beautifully written. I found this book really easy to read and found it so irresistible that I just could not put it down & stayed up late to read on. This book would make the perfect holiday read.

What a great book, I love Cecilia Ahernes books easy to ready when you are a busy mum. Couldn't put it down. 😀

Thank you for my copy! I've just finished reading this and it was a refreshing break from a lot of the crime/thriller books I have been reading at the moment! Was a nice relaxing read and will be recommending to friends and family

I love Cecelia Ahern, and always find her books really easy to read.

Although I enjoyed the story of The Marble Collector, I felt like something was missing, and agree with Roastie, I couldn't gel with any of the characters.

It was beautifully written though, as always, and I'll be looking out for more.

Thank you for my copy of the Marble Collector - I was really looking forward to receiving a book from someone that I had read all their other books! However, was not sure If the story was going to grab me - the initial description didn't grab me and I thought it might be a bit dull - fortunately I was wrong - it always amazes me how someone can take a simple story and take it to so many different places.

Thoroughly enjoyed - I liked Sabrina's character (as a mother of 3 felt her pain!!). The past life of her Father was a joy to read.
It was a positive ending - I only wish that there was a bit more about the present - I would have liked Sabrina to have a show down with her Mother about Fergus' past.

I love that your books have depth without being heavy - a good quick read - I look forward to the next one x

Just finished my copy of this, thank you for the copy mn.

I've never read Cecelia Ahern before so was interested to read. Have to say I didn't find it a particularly riveting read. It was a quick and easy read so would be a good beach book but I didn't find enough depth with the characters and found the journey of a daughter finding out about her father through the journey of discovery of his marbles just didn't quite work for me.

I liked how the chapters were from the father and daughter view and from different periods of time and I enjoyed particularly reading about the gathers time growing up and the relationship between him and his older brother Hamish. It also seemed exceptionally well researched with all of the info on marbles and games played with marbles (although I have to admit I didn't find that particularly interesting).

I found it quick to get through and only took a few days to read but I don't come away feeling like I particularly gelled with the characters or that any aspect of then have stayed with me like I find happens when I really enjoy a book and I'm not sure I'd dash out to read more of this author.

Thank you for my copy.
I haven't read any Cecilia Ahern before this but I will now. I really enjoyed this book - it was an interesting premise and I found myself caught up in the plot. The flashbacks to Fergus's childhood were particularly good and I thought the complexities of his character that came out during the book really touching and sad. Wasn't completely sold on the character of the daughter - she annoyed me a bit to be honest - and I couldn't really empathise with her. However it was a good, gentle read that kept me tuning the pages as I hoped to find out more about Fergus Boggs and his unusual yet ordinary life.

I thought that this was quite a good, gentle holiday read and was a little bit different. The Fergus character was really interesting and the way it jumped to the past and present was very effective, revealing extra detail as the story progressed. I, like, other reviewers didn't warm to Sabrina - I didn't like her derogatory descriptions of the elderly at her workplace - though I suppose this reflected her state of mind at the time (so in a way it was quite effective!).

The marble theme was original and have found myself googling to find out a bit more about marbles..

I was pleased to receive a copy of The Marble Collector. I always assumed that Cecilia Aherne 's books were basically light chick-lit, so I was surprised to find some pretty dark aspects to the story. It was intriguing and well-written and I will be certainly looking out for her other novels now.

Very many thanks for my free copy, which l have just finished.Wow didn't l learn a lot about marbles!! An easy read and like AngelicCurls l am not that keen on the format of jumping from past to present,although l appreciate in this case it served a purpose in this story.l found it quite sad in places particularly how Fergus was treated by the priest and touching and quite cruel in parts.lnteresting but not my favourite kind of book but l plan to try another of Cecelia's bestsellers.

Like FoxTeaParty I really enjoyed Cecilia's earlier books but stopped reading the later ones as they were a bit strange. I quickly got into this story and it is more like her earlier books and once I started I couldn't put it down! The story changes from past to present and I liked the way they alternated between a chapter in the past and then the current. The story is very cleverly written and I really enjoyed reading about Fergus's life and the marbles he collected. Sabrina's story wasn't as strong as Fergus's but I am sure most Mums can relate to it. I really enjoyed the book and would certainly recommend it

Just finished my copy of this book. Having been a massive fan of cecelia aherns earlier books (ps i love you, a place called here, rainbows end ect.) I couldn't get into several of her more recent titles, so I wasnt sure what to expect with this book.

Although i personally didn't rate it as highly as i would with some of her previous books, I did enjoy it, particularly the parts of Fergus's past which i could of read a whole book on. That in its self surprised me as I would usually avoid books that have been based years ago.

Over all i would definitely recommend this book as an easy read. I would of liked some more details on certain parts but it mainly delivered.

Just finished reading my copy and I really enjoyed it. It's not really the sort of thing I would usually read but it's an enjoyable easy to read book.
I think the story of Fergus growing up was more interesting than the life of his daughter Sabrina but I feel the book tied up well at the end.
The marble theme to the story was interesting a very original book and well worth a read.

Interesting prologue about memory. Sad bit at the end of chapter three with the stillborn baby. Interesting part at the end of chapter nine. Not my usual type of read, but interesting about memory. Good bit at the end.