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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
If I could give more than 5 stars, I would!
Olive is in her early 30s living a wonderful life. She loves her job and her boyfriend. She has a wonderful group of girl friends. Everything seems perfect until one day the topic of children comes up and she is close to loosing everything.
Olive doesn’t want kids and feels like the odd one out in her group of friends. Feeling alone, Olive goes on a journey to discover who she is without a child, if it is okay not to have one and how she can fit into her friend group from now on.
I really love Olive and can absolutely relate to her. I think a voice like hers is often missing, not seen or heard. I think whether you want kids or not, there is something in this book for you because it is about being a woman, finding yourself and it’s about friendship.
Olive is in her early 30s living a wonderful life. She loves her job and her boyfriend. She has a wonderful group of girl friends. Everything seems perfect until one day the topic of children comes up and she is close to loosing everything.
Olive doesn’t want kids and feels like the odd one out in her group of friends. Feeling alone, Olive goes on a journey to discover who she is without a child, if it is okay not to have one and how she can fit into her friend group from now on.
I really love Olive and can absolutely relate to her. I think a voice like hers is often missing, not seen or heard. I think whether you want kids or not, there is something in this book for you because it is about being a woman, finding yourself and it’s about friendship.
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was so disappointed by this book! The premise sounded so interesting but after finishing it, I feel like it explored the topic only on the surface level. I just constantly found myself getting frustrated with Olive, and I normally love flawed protagonists. Olive was just constantly judging other people’s life choices and thinking everyone was judging her’s. I understand that she is going through a crazy time in her life and that is the premise of the book, but her proclaimed self-awareness made it seem that she didn’t care about how her friends felt… I don’t know! The writing also felt very predictable, despite a lack of events really happening, and I found myself bored and rushing for most of the book. Yeah… I expected more unfortunately.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have mixed feelings about this book, mostly because, as someone who does not want to have kids, I felt very let down by the end: Why did Olive need a teenage step daughter to ‘feel needed’? I just wish we would finally get books about women who choose to be childfree without them being written as ‘mothers’ of some sort. You don’t need motherhood in whichever form to feel complete!
Also: Why is Olive’s boss constantly oversharing her plans for sex retreats and ayahuasca? What kind of work deadlines does Olive have that it’s okay to take the duration of someone else’s maternity leave to write an online magazine article? Why does Olive not tell her friends that she has broken up with her boyfriend for months? What kind of friends don’t check in with you when your 9-years-long relationship ends and just assume “you’re fine”? Why is Olive talking to a fertility specialist about NOT wanting kids? Why is Isla assuming that Olive will be her surrogate after a drunken throwaway comment and is angry at her for weeks for taking away that option by not wanting kids, while never having had a serious conversation with Olive about the topic in the first place? Why are the still friends with Isla?! She is simply unbearable! Rant over.
Also: Why is Olive’s boss constantly oversharing her plans for sex retreats and ayahuasca? What kind of work deadlines does Olive have that it’s okay to take the duration of someone else’s maternity leave to write an online magazine article? Why does Olive not tell her friends that she has broken up with her boyfriend for months? What kind of friends don’t check in with you when your 9-years-long relationship ends and just assume “you’re fine”? Why is Olive talking to a fertility specialist about NOT wanting kids? Why is Isla assuming that Olive will be her surrogate after a drunken throwaway comment and is angry at her for weeks for taking away that option by not wanting kids, while never having had a serious conversation with Olive about the topic in the first place? Why are the still friends with Isla?! She is simply unbearable! Rant over.