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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
I instantly liked the main character Tori Bailey, which is always a great start. She just seemed like part me, part my friends and all the wonderful women I know. She is successful, she is insecure, she is awesome, she is confused; she is every woman!
As far as the story goes. I like that the story is about a relationship that the main character has been in for six years. I like that she loves her partner, but that she has doubts. Her feelings are realistic and so is the relationship. I think the author got the nuances right of what it is like to have been with the same person for a long time. A lot of the situations I could relate to, though luckily not all!!!
However, I do wish there had been a bit more to the ending, though I am sure there will be a sequel. I am also pretty sure I will be reading it.
As far as the story goes. I like that the story is about a relationship that the main character has been in for six years. I like that she loves her partner, but that she has doubts. Her feelings are realistic and so is the relationship. I think the author got the nuances right of what it is like to have been with the same person for a long time. A lot of the situations I could relate to, though luckily not all!!!
However, I do wish there had been a bit more to the ending, though I am sure there will be a sequel. I am also pretty sure I will be reading it.
Tori jest poradnikowym guru, ogromną motywacją dla swoich czytelniczek (a raczej wyznawczyń), sama jednak nie ogarnia życia tak dobrze, jak mogłoby się wydawać. Z jednej strony chciałaby się pozbyć długoletniego partnera, z którym absolutnie się nie dogaduje, z drugiej jednak boi się samotności, a poza tym "co powiedzą moi followersi?!". Dziewczyna doradza innym #jakżyć, a sama okazuje się bardzo niepewna i zakompleksiona mimo sukcesu, jaki udało jej się osiągnąć.
Książka porusza kilka bardzo ważnych kwestii - od przymusu bycia w związku, przez tworzenie idealnego wizerunku w internetach, po owczy pęd ku macierzyństwu i mówienie "po madkowemu" od razu po ujrzeniu na teście dwóch kresek. Nie ma tu przesłodzonego pitu-pitu, jest trochę sarkazmu i całkiem sporo celnych spostrzeżeń, podlanych dużą dawką humoru - scena przygotowywania przez bohaterkę "baby shower" zmiotła mnie z nóg :D Życzyłabym sobie nieco bardziej "zamkniętego" zakończenia i tego, by Tori ogarnęła się nieco szybciej - czasami miałam wrażenie, że jest nieszczęśliwa na własne życzenie. Mimo wszystko, poczułam się mile zaskoczona "dojrzałością" tej powieści. Jest ona idealnym przykładem na to, że poważną tematykę z powodzeniem można ubrać w kolorową i humorystyczną otoczkę.
Książka porusza kilka bardzo ważnych kwestii - od przymusu bycia w związku, przez tworzenie idealnego wizerunku w internetach, po owczy pęd ku macierzyństwu i mówienie "po madkowemu" od razu po ujrzeniu na teście dwóch kresek. Nie ma tu przesłodzonego pitu-pitu, jest trochę sarkazmu i całkiem sporo celnych spostrzeżeń, podlanych dużą dawką humoru - scena przygotowywania przez bohaterkę "baby shower" zmiotła mnie z nóg :D Życzyłabym sobie nieco bardziej "zamkniętego" zakończenia i tego, by Tori ogarnęła się nieco szybciej - czasami miałam wrażenie, że jest nieszczęśliwa na własne życzenie. Mimo wszystko, poczułam się mile zaskoczona "dojrzałością" tej powieści. Jest ona idealnym przykładem na to, że poważną tematykę z powodzeniem można ubrać w kolorową i humorystyczną otoczkę.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
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
At 22 I felt all the feels, genuinely feel/fear this is going to be me when I’m in my 30s
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-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
How Do You Like Me Now Review on K-Books
"Turning thirty is like playing musical chairs. The music stops, and everyone just marries whoever they happen to be sitting on."
There are no words to explain just how excited I was when I heard about this book. I am already a huge fan of Holly Bourne's, having read every single one of her YA novels and I love them. Although I mainly read YA, I have a major soft spot for adult contemporary books. I adore books from the likes of Cecelia Ahern and Paige Toon and just as I got excited when they, my favourite adult authors, released a YA book, I was super excited that one of my fave YA authors was releasing an adult book. I knew this adult debut from Holly Bourne was going to be true, gritty and hilarious... and I was right. I absolutely loved How Do You Like Me Now? it was everything I could have possibly hoped for.
How Do You Like Me Now? follows Tori, a best selling author who is under preassure from her publisher for a follow-up book. But Tori is out of ideas and as she travels around talking about how put-together her life is, the one thing she is hiding is that she doesn't actually know what is happening in her life. Everywhere she looks her friends are getting married or having babies and Tori is stuck in an unhappy relationship, feeling like she can't leave. Is she brave enough to follow the advice she gives to others?
I loved Tori. She is honest, true and hilarious. Holly Bourne has not held back in this book. She hasn't sugar coated her characters and I loved that. There are thoughts that Tori has that can be seen as 'bitchy' or 'mean' but if you're being honest with yourself, they're things that everybody thinks about others. I loved how true this character was. She is completely flawed and that is so relatable. She doesn't pretend to be perfect and I absolutely loved that. I was on board with Tori right from the very start.
I hated Tori's boyfriend... like hated him. He was such an ass and everytime he was interacting with her I just wanted her to leave him. It was such a toxic relationship and a part of me was irritated that Tori was staying in this relationship, but the more I read the more I loved that fact that she was growing as a character and I was left with the hope that she would leave him.
Holly Bourne is a fantastic novelist and she has proved that not only can she dominate the YA market but the Adult one too. I could not put How Do You Like Me Now? down. I was completely taken away with this story and the characters. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen and couldn't read it fast enough. I love how brutally honest and true it is about what society depicts as what is acceptable life events to have happened by the time that you're thirty and how actually it's okay if that hasn't happened to you. It's okay to be single and childless... that doesn't mean you've failed. I loved that it had this incredibly important message. As a 27 year old who is single, childless and still living with parents I loved this message.
I will most definitely be recommending this book to everyone in their late twenties and older. This book is brutally honest, true and just downright hilarious. It is so uplifting as well and I seriously have so much love for this series. It is utter perfecting and I can honestly say Holly is officially sealed in my fave authors ever list. I will read anything this woman writes... I don't even need to know what it's about if Holly's wrote it I'm reading it. So honestly... what are you waiting for? Stop reading this and go read Holly's phenomenal adult debut. I promise you won't be disappointed.
"I’m so much happier. Don’t get me wrong, I still hope I meet someone, but I also know I’ll be fine if I don’t, you know? My life is mine, totally mine."
"Turning thirty is like playing musical chairs. The music stops, and everyone just marries whoever they happen to be sitting on."
There are no words to explain just how excited I was when I heard about this book. I am already a huge fan of Holly Bourne's, having read every single one of her YA novels and I love them. Although I mainly read YA, I have a major soft spot for adult contemporary books. I adore books from the likes of Cecelia Ahern and Paige Toon and just as I got excited when they, my favourite adult authors, released a YA book, I was super excited that one of my fave YA authors was releasing an adult book. I knew this adult debut from Holly Bourne was going to be true, gritty and hilarious... and I was right. I absolutely loved How Do You Like Me Now? it was everything I could have possibly hoped for.
How Do You Like Me Now? follows Tori, a best selling author who is under preassure from her publisher for a follow-up book. But Tori is out of ideas and as she travels around talking about how put-together her life is, the one thing she is hiding is that she doesn't actually know what is happening in her life. Everywhere she looks her friends are getting married or having babies and Tori is stuck in an unhappy relationship, feeling like she can't leave. Is she brave enough to follow the advice she gives to others?
I loved Tori. She is honest, true and hilarious. Holly Bourne has not held back in this book. She hasn't sugar coated her characters and I loved that. There are thoughts that Tori has that can be seen as 'bitchy' or 'mean' but if you're being honest with yourself, they're things that everybody thinks about others. I loved how true this character was. She is completely flawed and that is so relatable. She doesn't pretend to be perfect and I absolutely loved that. I was on board with Tori right from the very start.
I hated Tori's boyfriend... like hated him. He was such an ass and everytime he was interacting with her I just wanted her to leave him. It was such a toxic relationship and a part of me was irritated that Tori was staying in this relationship, but the more I read the more I loved that fact that she was growing as a character and I was left with the hope that she would leave him.
Holly Bourne is a fantastic novelist and she has proved that not only can she dominate the YA market but the Adult one too. I could not put How Do You Like Me Now? down. I was completely taken away with this story and the characters. I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen and couldn't read it fast enough. I love how brutally honest and true it is about what society depicts as what is acceptable life events to have happened by the time that you're thirty and how actually it's okay if that hasn't happened to you. It's okay to be single and childless... that doesn't mean you've failed. I loved that it had this incredibly important message. As a 27 year old who is single, childless and still living with parents I loved this message.
I will most definitely be recommending this book to everyone in their late twenties and older. This book is brutally honest, true and just downright hilarious. It is so uplifting as well and I seriously have so much love for this series. It is utter perfecting and I can honestly say Holly is officially sealed in my fave authors ever list. I will read anything this woman writes... I don't even need to know what it's about if Holly's wrote it I'm reading it. So honestly... what are you waiting for? Stop reading this and go read Holly's phenomenal adult debut. I promise you won't be disappointed.
"I’m so much happier. Don’t get me wrong, I still hope I meet someone, but I also know I’ll be fine if I don’t, you know? My life is mine, totally mine."
Erst wars nervig, jede Zeile triefte nur so davon „relatable“ zu sein. Irgendwann wurde es maßvoll und authentisch. Beim Lesen der Danksagung war mir dann klar, weshalb ich das Buch nicht aus der Hand legen konnte, bis auch die letzte Seite ausgelesen war.
lighthearted
slow-paced
I would never ever generally leave a rating this low. Although I have read other Holly Bourne books in the past, this actually being her own first novel, I was very disappointed!
**SPOILER**
The entire way through the book I was just waiting for the moment that she broke up with Tom. I know that it was the point of the book, but seriously!! I didn't care whether Dee or Amy had kids, or whether Jess got married. Tori wasn't happy and the sense of the main character being stuck in a limbo just made me wanted to scream at the book.
For me, there wasn't enough substantial fullness to the book, and so for 350 pages the story dragged out so far I was still reading at 1am. Don't read this book unless you want to read fluff for 300 pages before something actually happens to the main character!!!
**SPOILER**
The entire way through the book I was just waiting for the moment that she broke up with Tom. I know that it was the point of the book, but seriously!! I didn't care whether Dee or Amy had kids, or whether Jess got married. Tori wasn't happy and the sense of the main character being stuck in a limbo just made me wanted to scream at the book.
For me, there wasn't enough substantial fullness to the book, and so for 350 pages the story dragged out so far I was still reading at 1am. Don't read this book unless you want to read fluff for 300 pages before something actually happens to the main character!!!