I absolutely loved this book from start to finish. It made me laugh at the detail of it all and cry at the sad bits. Being English I had to look up how to pronounce a couple of the names but I liked that about it. I am completely Aisling and I thought I was the only one!

An amusing read, made me smile in parts but felt a bit contrived at times, not feasible enough to make me believe in the characters. Perhaps I'm not the right audience for it as many have loved it.

I completely adored this highly entertaining and comic look at the Irish cultural phenomena that is being an Aisling. She is bought to life here by the authors, a novel that has its origins in a Facebook page that documented and captured the varied traits attributed to an Aisling. I should warn readers that the book has numerous Irish words and references, but these can be looked up, and certain reviewers explain many of these. Our Aisling is 28 years old, is best friends with Majella, has been going out with John for seven years and is getting antsy about the fact that John has yet to propose. It begins with the wedding of Liam and Denise, and Aisling reflects on how so many women she knows have achieved the status of wife, and even motherhood, the normal expectations of a woman in the small rural community of Ballygobbard. On pushing John about their expected marriage, she is alarmed at his response that it is unlikely to be anytime soon. She organises a break to Tenerife for the two of them, clinging to the fantasy that he will propose, only on their return she breaks up with him.

Aisling commutes to work in Dublin at PensionsPlus and enjoys the comforts of living with her parents, who coddle and support her. Feeling her life needs a radical overhaul, she moves in with HR work colleague, Sadhbh and her intriguing flatmate, Elaine, in a plush penthouse in Dublin. Aisling soon begins to feel at home with her new close friends and their luxurious lifestyle. It is a culture shock for small town girl as she willingly joins their never ending rose wine and champagne drinking, the world of celebrities, new places to go out, their strange sense of fashion and ideas of cool, veganism and avocado diets. Sadhbh and Elaine open their hearts to the fragile Aisling, enveloping her into their warmth and care, always there for her when her life faces family crises and the neverending tears and hurt as she struggles to get over John. Her one attempt at dating married Barry from work is curtailed when she bumps into Piotr and becomes a sobbing mess when she becomes aware that John is seeing someone else. As family tragedy strikes and Aisling learns of family secrets, she is determined to support Sadhbh in her personal woes and troubles.

I love the way Aisling has her horizons broadened and her thinking pushed into different directions when her personal relationship falls apart. The humour and comic touches in the story are contagious and had me laughing, this novel is really good craic! The narrative begins and ends with a wedding, but we can see a different Aisling from the first wedding. She comes to appreciate that she might want different things in life than the old Aisling and can finally appreciate the viewpoint of her ex-boyfriend. I loved the way she embraced her new friends and their lifestyle, even when she was deeply uncomfortable with it, as at a techno disco on a Berlin city break. A brilliant read for those times you need something light and frothy, with great characters, and comic fun. Highly recommended! Many thanks to Penguin Michael Joseph for an ARC.

I wasn't aware of the facebook page so I came fresh to this book, and I loved it. I read in an Irish accent - just as well I don't read out loud as I can't actually do that! I loved Aisling - she was so real. Her interpretation of some of the things Saidhbh (I had to look that name up to pronounce it) and Elaine did was hilarious, and how she didn't know Elaine and Ruby were a couple - well! We see her as the outcome of a simple country upbringing, coming from a lovely, straightforward family, but there is more to her parents than Aisling realises, and this realisation helps her grow up. Well worth a read - I rushed through it and felt bereft when I left Aisling behind!

Really enjoyed this book. Easy to enjoy style of reading. Great holiday read. Looks at issues that effect many of us in life. Did make me laugh in many parts but made me think as well. Thank you for letting me read this book.

Loved this book, it is funny, ridiculous and easy to relate to in so many ways. I've already ordered copies for friends! Aisling thinks she knows what she wants, but we have all been there, haven't we? Life is never simple, and neither is this book. A great read.

This would make a good holiday read. Set between Dublin and small town Ireland this is the story of Aisling, funny and sad at times. I liked the chatty, vernacular style and the insight into small town life in Ireland.

This was a nice easy reading novel liked the inter action with the girls and their relationships but think it would appeal to younger reader's more

I did enjoy reading this book, but it took a while to get in to it.

You may have got a hint from the title, this book is very Irish. What I mean by that is it’s jam-packed full of Irish colloquial language (‘Jesus, Maj, you’re some hames’), legendary Irish places (Coppers nightclub), much loved Irish events (The Rose of Tralee), Irish sport (camogie) and native names (10 points to any non-Irish person who can pronounce one of the main characters: Sadbhb. No? It’s 'sive', rhymes with five.)

I’ve never included a little dictionary in a review before, but if you’re not Irish, or have never been to Ireland, you might need this quick guide to the Irish words and references that pop up in the book, to save yourself the bother of Googling as you read:

‘Bressie’ Niall Breslin – Irish celeb – musician, TV personality
Camogie – women’s stick and ball team sport game. Hurling is the male version.
Craythur – a version of creature but used as a term of sympathy / empathy, ‘And was he OK, the poor craythur?’
Faboo – fabulous
Gaeltacht – an Irish-language word to describe a primarily Irish-speaking region.
Gaisce – a personal development award for 15-25 year olds.
Gas – very funny
Gom – an idiot
Hames – to mess up something / be a mess
Hurling – men’s stick and ball team sport game. Camogie is the female version.
Like the clappers – to go really quickly
Lobbed the gob – to kiss
Notions – when people have ideas above their station, ‘Niamh Hatton is the human embodiment of notions.’
Shift – to kiss passionately / drunkenly
West Coast Cooler – a white wine and fruit mix drink.

Now, who exactly is a complete Aisling? Well, the authors, ‘pulled together the many traits, characteristics and quirks of a very particular type of Irish girl.’ Our lead character, Aisling (obviously) is from a small village (Ballygobbard) in the country and drives up to Dublin for her sensible job at a pension company. We get to find out exactly who a complete Aisling is through her, but the generic term is neatly described in the book, ‘My brother has actually just started going out with one of them, a complete Aisling. He met her in Flannery’s – she’s a primary school teacher from Leitrim. Goes home every weekend to play camogie and has a lot of strong opinions about tea.’

Our Aisling has her life planned out, she’ll marry John, her (hurling playing) boyfriend of seven years, they’ll build their own house on a plot of land in the country and pop out a few kids. But when John doesn’t propose, and makes it clear he as no intention of doing so, she takes a brave step (for Aisling): She dumps John and moves in with her cool work colleague, Sadbhb, in a swish Dublin flat. The story then follows her through her new wealth of experiences (dating, Mom jeans, Berlin techno clubs) and there’s a really sweet character development as she thinks about what exactly it is she really wants from life.

Interestingly, the idea for this book started out as a Facebook group that the authors set up to swap anecdotes about the ‘Aislings’ they knew in real life. Soon thousands of people joined in and they realised Aisling was a cultural phenomenon, so she became a book. Written in a purely positive tone, this is a celebration of Aisling, a joyous take on a unique Irish character and not malicious towards this kind of person in any way.

So easy to read, hilarious and unexpectedly emotional, I even found myself tearing up a few times towards the end. I just loved Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling from the opening sentence, with its contemporary Irish characters and voice, it might seem like it has a very specific audience, but most of us have a little Aisling in us somewhere, which is what makes this book so relatable and enjoyable.

Unfortunately I didn’t really enjoy this book so didn’t finish reading it. Thought it would be funny and a good read, but did not appreciate it.- not for me, although I know others will thoroughly enjoy it.

I read this in 24 hours and had lots of lol moments. But in certain areas I found myself skimming because it felt like the author was trying too much to impress with the funnies and the descriptions were often long and drawn out. However, I did really enjoy reading about Dublin and loved the Irish banter.
.A solid 3/5 star

Overall I enjoyed this book with the lighthearted bits working well and some laugh out loud moments, although I must admit I was pleased to be reading on a kindle with built in dictionary for some of the Irish phrases.
However, I felt it was less good on the more serious topics, particularly abortion and office corruption and the character development felt lacking - I still don't feel I know John or Aisling's flatmates.

I realise that I am in the minority but I just did not like this book. I really persevered but no. It is, in my opinion, trying to hard, has too many lame witticisms crammed into each page and it vaguely puerile. I just didn’t get it at all.
I really expected to enjoy this and to have a few laughs along the way but instead I just found myself sighing at it. Definitely not one for me

Oh what a complete Aisling this book was!

I read a review likening it to Marian Keyes (whom I love!), and Yes, it is set in Ireland and has comedy in it but at the same time it's totally different!

Aisling is 28, happily settled in her routine of going to work at PensionsPlus and travelling to her boyfriend John's house on occasion and meeting her friend Majella for drinks. But when will it be Aislings turn for the settled down country life?

I could relate to some of the situations in the book so thoroughly enjoyed it. I found myself laughing out loud on many occasions, but then i was hit by a really upsetting part. ( *shakes fist at authors* !!) which I wasn't expecting and shed a few tears.
All in all though, the characters are brilliant, totally believable and for the most part hilarious (sure, don't we all know a Sabhbh?!)

If you haven't met an Aisling, then you probably are an Aisling (and that's a good thing)

A mixed bag for me and I will start by saying that sadly I did not finish it. That’s not to say someone else shouldn’t and so here are my thoughts.
I like Aisling. She was a good person (a bit naive perhaps, and a little out of control) but not one of those too-cool to warm to heroines typical of this genre, and also not the other extreme of nerdy. That’s a plus. And, as a narrator, she was amusing without being too self-deprecating. Another plus. However, I was lost by all the Irish colloquialisms that meant I was reading too many sentences multiple times to try and keep up which I think is where it lost me. And the plot was a little “find it free in your summer edition of Cosmo” for me, which doesn’t appeal to my snobbery! I like a light read but it has to leave me wanting more. This one, sadly, didn’t but I’m sure there will be those out there who love it.

Really didn't expect to like this & I was right...I loved it! Laugh out loud moments, great characters and overall great craic! Entertaining & captivating

If you like Marian Keyes you'll love this, I got it from Netgalley and I did. That is once I'd Googled how to pronounce all the Irish names. A sweet, funny and sometimes sad story that you surely can't help but enjoy.

This was a fun read and a complete dive into Irish mannerisms and culture. I think quite a bit may have been lost on me because it was so grounded into 'Irishness' but that doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the story. Aisling is in her late 20s and feeling the pressures of her countryside upbringing to get married, build a house on a plot of land and have babies. But her boyfriend of 7 years seems in no hurry to go down on one knee... A whirlwind of change is in the air for Aisling.

Whilst the story was good and entertaining, the grammar and writing in this was disappointing and made it difficult to stick with