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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Jessica takes her daughter Emily on an official group college tour, for a group of private school overachievers. Originally from L.A, the tour takes in all the Northeast colleges. Hoping to better their relationship, Jessica and Emily are on quite an adventure, with laughs and tears along the way. I enjoyed the author’s take on raising teenagers, which was right on the mark. I recommend this book and thank Netgalley for the ARC.
DNF at 50 percent, it's not terrible, but I'm bored with it and don't really care what happens.
I have a lot to say about this book. First of all, the writing style was like that of a 70 year old man trying to fit in with teens. The Netflix-original tone rarely works out and definitely didn’t for this book. The 327 pages easily could have fit into 100 if we cut out all the REPETITION. This book was truly just a mother and daughter complaining about each other, fighting, and making up - over and over. The only reason I read this book was because I was bored and the sixth grade reading level made for a quick read. I’m genuinely upset I picked this up but at least I only wasted two days.
I adored The Bookish a Life of Nina Hill, but this one wasn't for me. As a child free woman in her thirties, I related neither to the snotty teenager nor anxious mother. I was bored.
Abby Waxman does it again! This was another humorous, relatable, entertaining, and brilliant book! I had the pleasure of meeting Abbi Waxman at a book event this past year and she is as delightful and funny as you would think. Now I think I will be in the minority on this but I found this book even more relatable than Nina Hill. While I really understood Nina‘s love for books, I’m not really introverted. I do however completely understand the complicated dynamics of the mother daughter relationship, having both been a mother of a daughter and a daughter myself. This was the story of mother Jessica and daughter Emily on a college tour trip. Jessica is a hard-working single mother and even though her job as a successful lawyer might not allow her to spend as much time with her child as she would like, it’s all so Emily can have the best possible life. Emily is pretty sure her mother completely does not understand her and isn’t even entirely convinced that she even likes her. To make things more complicated Emily is not certain she wants to go to college. The tour goes to most of the best schools on the East Coast including Jessica‘s Alma mater Columbia. It is a trip full of bonding,self discovery, secret sharing, truth telling, old friend visiting, Old loves, first loves, unexpected friendship, family, and laughs. The book also touched on some current events including the admission scandals and #MeToo.
The story bounced between Jessica and Emily‘s perspectives, and I thought this was so well done. Abbi Waxman did a wonderful job with the teenage perspective. Book even had a different kind of younger vibe when you were reading it from Emily‘s POV. I really liked both of these characters and enjoyed getting to know them better. I also really wanted them to realize how much they truly meant to one another and all it really would take is a few honest words. I also really enjoyed all the secondary characters especially Danny and his son Jack. Another warm, whimsical, and witty tale from this talented author.
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The story bounced between Jessica and Emily‘s perspectives, and I thought this was so well done. Abbi Waxman did a wonderful job with the teenage perspective. Book even had a different kind of younger vibe when you were reading it from Emily‘s POV. I really liked both of these characters and enjoyed getting to know them better. I also really wanted them to realize how much they truly meant to one another and all it really would take is a few honest words. I also really enjoyed all the secondary characters especially Danny and his son Jack. Another warm, whimsical, and witty tale from this talented author.
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I listened to this in a day and liked it. It was slightly stressful since it’s about mothers and daughters and life decisions and I’m in the thick of that right now.
This book made me tear up multiple times. A story of average mother-daughter relationship but it pulls on the heart strings when you have never had that. A simple, fun read.
It's not that I didn't like it, it was just ok. Kind of book you enjoy while you're reading but you quickly forget so I'm giving it 2 stars.
a sweet dual-POV of a mother daughter duo going on a series of college tours. overall an easy to follow read but wasn’t particularly outstanding
3.5
If Taylor Swift writes (or used to write, she's matured a great deal) the songs of my teenage girl heart, Abbi Waxman is writing the books of my middle-aged, suburban mom heart.
If Taylor Swift writes (or used to write, she's matured a great deal) the songs of my teenage girl heart, Abbi Waxman is writing the books of my middle-aged, suburban mom heart.