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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really liked the book up until the last 75%. Honestly, I thought it was a great book about a woman trying to move on, get revenge, and finding love after being cheated on by her husband. I think it's one of those great books for people who feel crappy after being cheated on. It's a validating book because it's so relatable. I will say that I get her behavior near the end, but it's also like wtf??? Overall a good read. A good book on your shelf if you want comfort after being cheated on and reading about a happy ending.
loved this book- it really represented accurately the messiness that life can be sometimes.The challenges that some people face. Not everyone can have live the straight focused route and I thought the author did brilliantly.
I am sure it won't be everyone's cup off tea but I absolutely adored it. warts and all
I am sure it won't be everyone's cup off tea but I absolutely adored it. warts and all
3.5 stars, rounded up because I could not put it down.
Initially, when I saw this book come across my feed, I was a bit put off by the title and cover. Frankly, it seemed so brazen and gimmicky. Also, by judging the title and cover alone, it seemed like an angry, anti-marriage kind of book. But you know that saying: don't ever judge a book by it's cover. And even though I would like to say that I would never do that; I did. And you know what? I got it wrong. I am grateful for the reminder that I need to do better with that.
I will leave details of the plot out of my review. Personally, I only read one or two lines of the blurb and then read people's reactions to the book here on GR and on social media. One reader's reaction to this book made me one-click and bump it to the top of my TBR. Funny thing is I saw the review on some kind of social media and I can't remember where, who it was or even what they really said, I just knew that I wanted to give this book a try.
There are a lot of 5-star reviews for this book and a lot of low ratings. I ended up on the higher side. I had some issues with the characters behavior and decisions in the second half of the book, but I was fully invested in the outcome. I absolutely did not want to put this book down. Oh, and hello angst! This is a good choice for the angst lovers out there!
Overall, if I had a favorites list this book probably wouldn't make it, but I felt it was absolutely entertaining and worth the read!
Initially, when I saw this book come across my feed, I was a bit put off by the title and cover. Frankly, it seemed so brazen and gimmicky. Also, by judging the title and cover alone, it seemed like an angry, anti-marriage kind of book. But you know that saying: don't ever judge a book by it's cover. And even though I would like to say that I would never do that; I did. And you know what? I got it wrong. I am grateful for the reminder that I need to do better with that.
I will leave details of the plot out of my review. Personally, I only read one or two lines of the blurb and then read people's reactions to the book here on GR and on social media. One reader's reaction to this book made me one-click and bump it to the top of my TBR. Funny thing is I saw the review on some kind of social media and I can't remember where, who it was or even what they really said, I just knew that I wanted to give this book a try.
There are a lot of 5-star reviews for this book and a lot of low ratings. I ended up on the higher side. I had some issues with the characters behavior and decisions in the second half of the book, but I was fully invested in the outcome. I absolutely did not want to put this book down. Oh, and hello angst! This is a good choice for the angst lovers out there!
Overall, if I had a favorites list this book probably wouldn't make it, but I felt it was absolutely entertaining and worth the read!
"Don't forget the ice."
I'm officially in love with Tarryn Fisher.
When I write book reviews, I don't talk about the book- cos everyone else does. I talk about how the book made ME feel.
So here goes,
Warm, but not uncomfortably so, with one leg sticking out of your blanket into the cold room, with your favourite song playing in the background and a mug of hot chocolate in your hand...
That's how this book made me feel.
I'm officially in love with Tarryn Fisher.
When I write book reviews, I don't talk about the book- cos everyone else does. I talk about how the book made ME feel.
So here goes,
Warm, but not uncomfortably so, with one leg sticking out of your blanket into the cold room, with your favourite song playing in the background and a mug of hot chocolate in your hand...
That's how this book made me feel.
Method: audiobook
Rating: 1/5 stars
Drama: 3/5
Thoughts: Nope nope nope.
All of the feelings
It’s not what the title suggests it’s so much better. If you have experienced loss you will be helped by Tarryn’s words . Wow Tarryn knows how to write the words the can wring out all of the emotions you didn’t even realize you had! I was smiling, I was crying, I was white knuckling my lemon drop , I felt all of the things.
It’s not what the title suggests it’s so much better. If you have experienced loss you will be helped by Tarryn’s words . Wow Tarryn knows how to write the words the can wring out all of the emotions you didn’t even realize you had! I was smiling, I was crying, I was white knuckling my lemon drop , I felt all of the things.
I freaking love this woman's writing.
I first fell in love with her words in The Opportunist, which I read years ago, followed by all of her other work. Some years I'll pick up The Opportunist and reread it several times and then years will go by where I won't touch it.
I bring this up, because I first fell in love with her because she made a light bulb go off in my head. People, more specifically ME or YOU are fucking CRAZY. Not your neighbors, not the man at the grocery store, not the woman driving on the road- no, ME or YOU. And it's okay. And I know we grow up in a society where crazy is the new normal. I'm not talking about that type of crazy (the messy kind or the out of the box kind).
I'm talking about the crazy where you listen to how you actually feel and sometimes you react to that voice without logically thinking (like we're taught to do). No, just reacting purely based on emotions and owning it. Yes, if you do it all the time, it's called erratic. I'm not talking about that either. I'm talking about allowing yourself the space to react to things and not being ashamed of it because it's how you feel and you have a RIGHT TO FEEL THAT WAY.
That's what this is all about. That's exactly what she writes and wrote about it again except in a different concept... DIVORCE.
This book is about the realization of that and I hope if you get it, you enjoy the message you received from this book.
and I hope you get the message IT IS OKAY to be FUCKING CRAZY.
I first fell in love with her words in The Opportunist, which I read years ago, followed by all of her other work. Some years I'll pick up The Opportunist and reread it several times and then years will go by where I won't touch it.
I bring this up, because I first fell in love with her because she made a light bulb go off in my head. People, more specifically ME or YOU are fucking CRAZY. Not your neighbors, not the man at the grocery store, not the woman driving on the road- no, ME or YOU. And it's okay. And I know we grow up in a society where crazy is the new normal. I'm not talking about that type of crazy (the messy kind or the out of the box kind).
I'm talking about the crazy where you listen to how you actually feel and sometimes you react to that voice without logically thinking (like we're taught to do). No, just reacting purely based on emotions and owning it. Yes, if you do it all the time, it's called erratic. I'm not talking about that either. I'm talking about allowing yourself the space to react to things and not being ashamed of it because it's how you feel and you have a RIGHT TO FEEL THAT WAY.
That's what this is all about. That's exactly what she writes and wrote about it again except in a different concept... DIVORCE.
This book is about the realization of that and I hope if you get it, you enjoy the message you received from this book.
and I hope you get the message IT IS OKAY to be FUCKING CRAZY.
Not my favorite Tarryn Fisher book because it is more of a romance than the other “unreliable narrator” books of hers that I’ve read. It is definitely entertaining. Billie/Wendy has spent a couple of years in Seattle at her parents to get over her broken heart after her husband left her for another women. Billie thinks she back for revenge but doesn’t really know what she wants. Like life in general, it’s complicated.
Another Tarryn book that hits you right where you need it to.