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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
I would have preferred a book about Aunt Dot. Very slow
3.75⭐️
Really funny!!! By the end, Laurie's insistence on living alone kind of got on my nerves, but I do appreciate the fact that she stuck with her conventions (even though it felt like it was in SPITE of being in love).
Really funny!!! By the end, Laurie's insistence on living alone kind of got on my nerves, but I do appreciate the fact that she stuck with her conventions (even though it felt like it was in SPITE of being in love).
What I read: Flying Solo by Linda Holmes
Why I picked it up: I loved this author’s debut so I knew the second one would be for me too.
How I read it: On Kindle.
What it’s about: Laurie has been designated to go through her Aunt Dot’s house after her death. Hundreds of letters, photos, and more await her as she lives the last few months of her 30s in her first hometown. There’s a bit of an antique dealer heist and a reunion with her high school boyfriend. A lot of digging into the past!
What I liked: Laurie felt like she could be me. Her age, her independence, even her body type. I like seeing myself in a story without too much rearranging.
What I disliked: She’s incredibly independent, which is not what I disliked, but more so how I saw myself there. She couldn’t even really think of a world where she and Nick married or lived together. She wasn’t willing to give up everything for their relationship. And I thought about how hard it would be for me, at this stage in my life, to give up my house or my city or my independence, I still struggled that she was struggling too.
Genre: Finding oneself, friendship, older protagonist, closed door.
Rating & Recommendation: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and definitely. This is a good one!
Why I picked it up: I loved this author’s debut so I knew the second one would be for me too.
How I read it: On Kindle.
What it’s about: Laurie has been designated to go through her Aunt Dot’s house after her death. Hundreds of letters, photos, and more await her as she lives the last few months of her 30s in her first hometown. There’s a bit of an antique dealer heist and a reunion with her high school boyfriend. A lot of digging into the past!
What I liked: Laurie felt like she could be me. Her age, her independence, even her body type. I like seeing myself in a story without too much rearranging.
What I disliked: She’s incredibly independent, which is not what I disliked, but more so how I saw myself there. She couldn’t even really think of a world where she and Nick married or lived together. She wasn’t willing to give up everything for their relationship. And I thought about how hard it would be for me, at this stage in my life, to give up my house or my city or my independence, I still struggled that she was struggling too.
Genre: Finding oneself, friendship, older protagonist, closed door.
Rating & Recommendation: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and definitely. This is a good one!
A fun, light, and entertaining romance. Defiantly give the audio a go with this one. I love Julia Whelan as a book narrator. She makes every book come to life. Hands down she made this book more enjoyable for me.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
This was a nice, easy, lighthearted read. Some parts were predictable but I didn’t mind. I appreciated the fresh storyline and was invested in the characters. Perhaps it’s because of a connection to Laurie—an almost-40-year-old sorting through a relative’s estate. It provided me with a sense of comfort and familiarity.
I was actually excited to read this book but it was so boring. The plot was literally just that she found a decoy duck in a dead woman’s house and it might be worth something and then turns out it’s not. And some independent woman, old love stuff at the end. It felt like it was trying to be a cute Backman book but it fell completely flat.
Didn’t love this as much as her Evey Drake book but it was cute.
DNF halfway through. Too slow for me and didn’t seem worth it to finish. So bummed after loving Evie Drake.
Laurie is facing turning forty and recently called off her wedding. Her favorite Aunt Dot has died, and Laurie is given the unenviable task of cleaning out her aunt’s house when the rest of her family is too busy to do so. She finds herself back in her small Maine childhood hometown, trying to solve the mysteries of Aunt Dot’s life and reconnecting with old friends and lovers. When she finds a strange wooden duck figure in one of her aunt’s trunks, she looks more into it, and hijinks ensue, for fun and caper-level results.
This book, this book. I have so much love for Evie Drake Starts Over that I was worried I would instantaneously not like this book, just because. It is a very different book, and Laurie and Evie are very different people. Linda Holmes has this ability to write in a way that is eloquent and soothing. There’s a genuine nature to the happenings in the story that can’t be faked. I just loved the earnest energy of this novel. Flying Solo is like going on a nice weekend R&R trip without ever leaving your house. Even though I stayed up late reading, I still didn’t feel tired the next day. I can’t recommend this one enough, it’s the perfect chill summer read.
Thanks to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for the ARC!
This book, this book. I have so much love for Evie Drake Starts Over that I was worried I would instantaneously not like this book, just because. It is a very different book, and Laurie and Evie are very different people. Linda Holmes has this ability to write in a way that is eloquent and soothing. There’s a genuine nature to the happenings in the story that can’t be faked. I just loved the earnest energy of this novel. Flying Solo is like going on a nice weekend R&R trip without ever leaving your house. Even though I stayed up late reading, I still didn’t feel tired the next day. I can’t recommend this one enough, it’s the perfect chill summer read.
Thanks to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for the ARC!