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3.08 AVERAGE
3.08 AVERAGE
I adored the tv series, Younger, and this was such an interesting bridge between the first book and the show. Such a great look at society’s outlook on aging in women vs men.
This was great fun! Also worth noting that the audiobook was narrated by Sutton Foster, who delivered an excellent performance!
This was great fun! Also worth noting that the audiobook was narrated by Sutton Foster, who delivered an excellent performance!
This was a very quick read for me. I did enjoy it, but I think I would have liked it better if I read it before I watched the TV show.
This wasn’t good. It was never boring(esp as a Younger tv show fan), but definitely not good.
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
As a fan of the tv show Younger, I was super excited to get my hand on this review copy of Older. I haven't read the first book or quite finished all of the seasons of the show but didn't find that to be a problem at all.
Liza is approaching her 50th birthday, with her 'younger' life behind her, a successful book published and her grand baby due in a number of months, it is finally time to start living life as the real Liza. When Kelsey gives her the opportunity to bring Younger to the TV screen Liza is excited and sets off to Los Angeles to make it happen. However her work trip seems to morph into a second chance at being younger, with responsibilities being thrown out the window in favour of magic mushrooms and a sexy Hollywood movie star. Will Liza pull herself back to reality in time to support her daughter with the birth of her baby?
This was a fun, easy and quick read and I liked revisiting all my favourite characters to see 'where are they now'. Honestly, this book did put me off Liza a bit because she seemed quite selfish at times which annoyed me. Apart from that - great read!
*Bookstagram review to be posted 8/9/20*
Liza is approaching her 50th birthday, with her 'younger' life behind her, a successful book published and her grand baby due in a number of months, it is finally time to start living life as the real Liza. When Kelsey gives her the opportunity to bring Younger to the TV screen Liza is excited and sets off to Los Angeles to make it happen. However her work trip seems to morph into a second chance at being younger, with responsibilities being thrown out the window in favour of magic mushrooms and a sexy Hollywood movie star. Will Liza pull herself back to reality in time to support her daughter with the birth of her baby?
This was a fun, easy and quick read and I liked revisiting all my favourite characters to see 'where are they now'. Honestly, this book did put me off Liza a bit because she seemed quite selfish at times which annoyed me. Apart from that - great read!
*Bookstagram review to be posted 8/9/20*
I’ve been missing Younger on tv this summer, it’s delayed this year of course. I was really excited to find this book on NetGalley, to get to spend some time with these characters that I love.
Reading the book, having only watched the show and never read the first book, makes this book pretty meta. It just dives right into that and literally even refers to something within the story as meta.
I’m going to guess that everyone who watches the tv show is either #teamJosh or #teamCharles. I’m team Josh. I mention this for a couple reasons: 1)if you’re either Team Josh or Team Charles it’s going to be hard to get used to the new live interest Hugo 2)Charles doesn’t seem to exist in this book.
Liza is about to turn 50. She’s been living in her boss’ cabin in Maine for quite some time, trying to write. She’s only just gotten back to NYC when Kelsey contacts her and says she’d like to make Liza’s previous book Younger into a tv series. Kelsey has been living in California and working in tv.
Liza agrees and is able to get the publisher’s approval to make it happen. She even decides to go to California for awhile to work on the screen play. Her daughter doesn’t want her to go because she’s pregnant. Maggie supports her. And she meets up with Josh long enough to wonder whether she should give him another chance.
Both on the show, and in the book, I continue to get frustrated with Liza for telling Josh that he shouldn’t give up having kids to be with her. I really believe Josh loves her enough to chose her but Liza often doesn’t think he shouldn’t. So, anyway, that’s always been my pet peeve and continues to be.
Liza goes to CA and meets a movie star names Hugo. He is being considered for a part in the tv series. They’re basically writing a role for him, the role of the now male boss. So, he’s kind of the Charles here.
Liza starts falling for Hugo.
She winds up back in NYC again and her daughter begs Liza to move in with her to help with her new baby. That seemed so unfair. Liza pushes Josh away because she doesn’t want another baby and then she winds up staying home to help with her grandchild.
I’m not going to say how long any part of this book lasts (NYC, CA, writing, tv pilot, Hugo, caring for the grandchild) because I don’t want to spoil anything. I’d also love to comment on my feelings about the ending but I’ve already said I am strongly Team Josh, so you’d be able to guess the ending if I told you how I felt about it.
It was good to revisit these characters. I don’t think Kelsey got enough time in this book, but I heard her tv character is getting a spin-off, so she deserves her own story too :)
Reading the book, having only watched the show and never read the first book, makes this book pretty meta. It just dives right into that and literally even refers to something within the story as meta.
I’m going to guess that everyone who watches the tv show is either #teamJosh or #teamCharles. I’m team Josh. I mention this for a couple reasons: 1)if you’re either Team Josh or Team Charles it’s going to be hard to get used to the new live interest Hugo 2)Charles doesn’t seem to exist in this book.
Liza is about to turn 50. She’s been living in her boss’ cabin in Maine for quite some time, trying to write. She’s only just gotten back to NYC when Kelsey contacts her and says she’d like to make Liza’s previous book Younger into a tv series. Kelsey has been living in California and working in tv.
Liza agrees and is able to get the publisher’s approval to make it happen. She even decides to go to California for awhile to work on the screen play. Her daughter doesn’t want her to go because she’s pregnant. Maggie supports her. And she meets up with Josh long enough to wonder whether she should give him another chance.
Both on the show, and in the book, I continue to get frustrated with Liza for telling Josh that he shouldn’t give up having kids to be with her. I really believe Josh loves her enough to chose her but Liza often doesn’t think he shouldn’t. So, anyway, that’s always been my pet peeve and continues to be.
Liza goes to CA and meets a movie star names Hugo. He is being considered for a part in the tv series. They’re basically writing a role for him, the role of the now male boss. So, he’s kind of the Charles here.
Liza starts falling for Hugo.
She winds up back in NYC again and her daughter begs Liza to move in with her to help with her new baby. That seemed so unfair. Liza pushes Josh away because she doesn’t want another baby and then she winds up staying home to help with her grandchild.
I’m not going to say how long any part of this book lasts (NYC, CA, writing, tv pilot, Hugo, caring for the grandchild) because I don’t want to spoil anything. I’d also love to comment on my feelings about the ending but I’ve already said I am strongly Team Josh, so you’d be able to guess the ending if I told you how I felt about it.
It was good to revisit these characters. I don’t think Kelsey got enough time in this book, but I heard her tv character is getting a spin-off, so she deserves her own story too :)
The book lost me at:
‘“Do you have the kids with you?” I asked Stella.
“Oh no, it wouldn’t be fair to drag them across the country,” Stella said. “Kelsey said she didn’t bring Theo either.”
“Theo’s a dog,” I pointed out.
“Same thing,” said Stella.
Actually, no, though it was usually the dog owner not the mother who needed to be disabused of that notion.’
…my dog is my kid. Maybe I just couldn’t relate to this perspective of the story. It definitely frustrated me to read for many, many reasons, and the whiny dependent attitude of Caitlin in both books made me glad I’m child-free. Also, having seen the entire TV series and then read this, since it was written around the time of the end of the show, just kinda made my brain work too hard to focus on what was book vs. show.
‘“Do you have the kids with you?” I asked Stella.
“Oh no, it wouldn’t be fair to drag them across the country,” Stella said. “Kelsey said she didn’t bring Theo either.”
“Theo’s a dog,” I pointed out.
“Same thing,” said Stella.
Actually, no, though it was usually the dog owner not the mother who needed to be disabused of that notion.’
…my dog is my kid. Maybe I just couldn’t relate to this perspective of the story. It definitely frustrated me to read for many, many reasons, and the whiny dependent attitude of Caitlin in both books made me glad I’m child-free. Also, having seen the entire TV series and then read this, since it was written around the time of the end of the show, just kinda made my brain work too hard to focus on what was book vs. show.
It takes a lot for me to say this, but wow, the show is eons better than the book.
This was a fast read and I enjoyed the witty writing style. I feel like I am the target audience for this book and I appreciated what the author was trying to convey. The behind-the-scenes of both the publishing and the entertainment business was interesting and I enjoyed that aspect of the book. There’s a dinner party scene at the end of the book that is an exact copycat of the movie Notting Hill. I didn’t appreciate the rip-off from a movie and it left me feeling a bit sour on the book. Overall a quick, easy read that was enjoyable as a 40-something woman. My thanks to the publisher for the advance reader in exchange for my honest review.
In the sequel to Pamela Redmond’s novel Younger, Older has Liza Miller at a crossroads in her life as she nears turning fifty. After writing her novel Younger, based on her own experience, Liza is planning on moving back to New York near her daughter Caitlin, who is expecting a baby. Liza’s old co-worker Kelsey has since moved to Los Angeles to work in television, and she is interested in turning Liza’s novel into a TV show. Liza finds herself torn between New York and Los Angeles, and what the next chapter of her life should be. After meeting debonair actor Hugh Fielding in Los Angeles, Liza also feels torn between this new man, and her old love with Josh. Liza is faced with decisions to make to determine where her life will lead.
As a huge fan of the television show Younger, I was excited to read this book as it would blend the novel with the creation of a television show, just as they did for TV Land. I was happily reunited with some of the characters I had grown to love from the show, and I think their depiction on the show helped to allow me connect with them more in the text. The one character I failed to connect with was Liza’s adult daughter, Caitlin. I found her to be incredibly selfish and annoying, as she behaved like a spoiled child. The novel is a quick read, and if you watched and enjoyed the television show Younger it is worth reading Older.
Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.
As a huge fan of the television show Younger, I was excited to read this book as it would blend the novel with the creation of a television show, just as they did for TV Land. I was happily reunited with some of the characters I had grown to love from the show, and I think their depiction on the show helped to allow me connect with them more in the text. The one character I failed to connect with was Liza’s adult daughter, Caitlin. I found her to be incredibly selfish and annoying, as she behaved like a spoiled child. The novel is a quick read, and if you watched and enjoyed the television show Younger it is worth reading Older.
Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.