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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
I love Holly Bourne's YA books and was very excited to read her first adult novel as the protagonist, Tori, was much closer to my age than the books I usually read. Tori is intelligent and funny and from the outside has got everything (life, career, boyfriend) under control. However, her internal struggles were very relatable as she begins to question the life choices she has made so far and feels trapped in a dead-end relationship but is too scared to leave and start again. The inclusion of social media posts (by Tori and her friends) throughout the book was very well used and I loved how this revealed the difference between Tori's online and offline personas. I think this is an important read for any woman in her twenties or thirties who feels like everyone around them has got it together while they have absolutely no idea what they are doing!
Every now and again, a book comes along that you relate to so well, it sooks you in from the first page. You want to limit your time reading it, just so that it last longer. How do you like me now did that for me. This was my first Holly Bourne read. Tori Bailey has been living a lie and is stuck in a rut. Having turned 30, its time for her to get her life in order, or risk being left behind. Fantastic. 5 stars
Wow this was painfully relatable.
(Not the sexual and verbally abusive relationship. Warning for that BTW)
Holly Bourne has rummaged around in our brains and found the worst thoughts we have about ourselves and wrote them into her main character Tori Bailey.
I mean shit. We are all really horrible to ourselves and each other. So much pressure to be ‘something’ by the time we’re 30.
This was very funny, very honest and a fast read.
Also, why the fuck do we spend so much time letting it moisturiser sink in?
(Not the sexual and verbally abusive relationship. Warning for that BTW)
Holly Bourne has rummaged around in our brains and found the worst thoughts we have about ourselves and wrote them into her main character Tori Bailey.
I mean shit. We are all really horrible to ourselves and each other. So much pressure to be ‘something’ by the time we’re 30.
This was very funny, very honest and a fast read.
Also, why the fuck do we spend so much time letting it moisturiser sink in?
I received this book as an ARC from Netgalley.
I spent the whole book wishing Tori was a real person and I could read her self help book.
I really enjoyed this book, the fiction pulled on alot of real life issues that society makes us deal with today. its a brilliant realization on modern life and the struggles we face wrapped up in a self help bow.
I spent the whole book wishing Tori was a real person and I could read her self help book.
I really enjoyed this book, the fiction pulled on alot of real life issues that society makes us deal with today. its a brilliant realization on modern life and the struggles we face wrapped up in a self help bow.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-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
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
3.5! RIGHT. So, this is a funny, quite relatable book (in terms of situations and the chaos of realising you dont in fact have your shit together) but boy did I find Tori hard to love. I kept reading this book hoping for her to open up to the people closest to her about any of her actual feelings, but she just became more and more vapid as the tension rose. I suppose that was the point. I felt truly sad when she resorted to self-harm to cope with her anxiety, but I also screamed JUST TALK TO YOUR BOYFRIEND GOD DAMN IT like.... seven different times.
I think a lot of the reflections on watching everyone in your friend circle make different and sometimes more-valued-by-society life choices were completely relatable, and the use of social media feeds throughout to illustrate we're really effective.
I genuinely liked this story, but I wish I had felt more for Tori than I did.
I think a lot of the reflections on watching everyone in your friend circle make different and sometimes more-valued-by-society life choices were completely relatable, and the use of social media feeds throughout to illustrate we're really effective.
I genuinely liked this story, but I wish I had felt more for Tori than I did.
This book hit a little too close to home for me with the toxic relationship... I saw so many parts of myself in Tori when she was justifying Tom's action, the guilt tripping by Tom, the bending over backwards to just get a little attention. I've been reading this book and it almost shocked me how similar Tom was to my ex (in many ways, obvs I can't bear children lol)