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boomakes's review against another edition
4.0
This is my 2nd attempt at this book. I tried it a few years ago and abandoned it as a DNF. As part of my reading challenge I tried it again and was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed it, although not one of Catherine Alliotts best.
kellylacey's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing!
Laugh out loud funny. Alliott can work a story into a great read.
Easy going.
Laugh out loud funny. Alliott can work a story into a great read.
Easy going.
lm_henderson's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this book though took a while to get into it as seemed to have so many characters.The story about Ella and her estranged husband Sebastian was the main theme & how they weren't together but still kind of lived together ,the almost affair she had plus her own parents marriage break up all added up to a fun book with lots of comical moments.A good holiday read.
annebrooke's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did, but it was a very quirky and very page-turning read. The ending was very romantic too, and the characters were lovely. I will definitely buy more Alliott books!
renreads96's review against another edition
4.0
This book reminded me of one of her other books - 'About Last Night'. It had some overlapping aspects including a slightly eccentric middle aged female main character on the edge of falling apart, running a ramshackle farmhouse and navigating moody, slothenly teenage kids.
I almost gave up when I saw how similar it seemed to the aformentioned other book I have read by her.
However, I found myself relating a lot to Ella, laughing myself to tears at her rooster troubles and loving the character development and slow unravelling of the truth of her marriage.
Let's go back to the character development - ALL of her main/featured characters showed growth through the book and slowly you're shown why each one behaves the way they do.
It was a great look into long term relationships and the sacrifices you make for the people you love.
I almost gave up when I saw how similar it seemed to the aformentioned other book I have read by her.
However, I found myself relating a lot to Ella, laughing myself to tears at her rooster troubles and loving the character development and slow unravelling of the truth of her marriage.
Let's go back to the character development - ALL of her main/featured characters showed growth through the book and slowly you're shown why each one behaves the way they do.
It was a great look into long term relationships and the sacrifices you make for the people you love.
heidi_84's review against another edition
Just too slow to develop and even though it was funny it couldn't hold my attention
richardpierce's review against another edition
2.0
There's a good story in here somewhere but it's hiding amongst all the unnecessary words and plot devices stretched out so thinly they're creaking. This is an ARC I have, so maybe some of those words will have disappeared in the final version, but I doubt it somehow. Fluff, unfortunately.
yasiaayce's review against another edition
slow-paced
3.25
The first chapter is counterintuitive about the story that pans out later. There is a lot of humanity in this book and the romance is just one flower in the garden of life that this book paints.
I think a prevalent theme here is also regret, regret for deeply not understanding one another and lost time, or at least that's how I felt.
I think a prevalent theme here is also regret, regret for deeply not understanding one another and lost time, or at least that's how I felt.
soph92's review against another edition
5.0
Couldn’t put this down! This is the second novel I’ve read by Catherine Alliott and both (the other being ‘One Day in May’) had me completely hooked. Alliott is so brilliant at crafting characters and a world that the reader is completely absorbed in.