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athravan's review against another edition
4.0
From the author of Why Mummy Drinks and Why Mummy Swears is this heart-warming and hilarious tale of family life post divorce. Ellen is navigating single life post divorce whilst figuring out how to co-parent her two teenagers. She’s moved into a cottage that doesn’t quite live up to expectations, bought some chatty chickens who completely hate her, and adopted a rescue puppy who turns out to be the largest, ugliest dog in the universe to go alongside Judgy dog – who lives up to his name! Whilst being massively funny, Why Mummy Doesn’t Give a ****! does also cover some serious issues in a sensitive and entirely relatable way, like dating again when you’re older and filled with self doubt, like loving your children even when they’re being complete dicks, like picking yourself up and carrying on even when life throws you a curve-ball. There’s a lot here that parents and women from all walks of life will identify with!
There is some background if you’ve read the previous books and I’d recommend reading them in order if you can, but it’s not at all essential and you can take this as a standalone book.
This is a laugh out loud winner that manages to be serious and poignant when needed. Four stars from me.
Review copy received from NetGalley.
There is some background if you’ve read the previous books and I’d recommend reading them in order if you can, but it’s not at all essential and you can take this as a standalone book.
This is a laugh out loud winner that manages to be serious and poignant when needed. Four stars from me.
Review copy received from NetGalley.
sarahle's review against another edition
5.0
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy to read and review.
Like the other books in the 'Why Mummy' series this one is laugh-out-loud funny. I could not stop laughing - and relating to Ellen and her moppets. I loved reading about the chickens, and judgy dog, and catching up with Hannah and Sam. An excellent, and hilarious read.
Like the other books in the 'Why Mummy' series this one is laugh-out-loud funny. I could not stop laughing - and relating to Ellen and her moppets. I loved reading about the chickens, and judgy dog, and catching up with Hannah and Sam. An excellent, and hilarious read.
katrina_ingram's review against another edition
5.0
Love love love these books! They are hilarious and made me laugh out loud so many times. The wonderful friendships, insufferable relatives and eye rolling, door slamming children always add to the hilarity. I find much of it relatable too since I have a teenage daughter myself. I will be rereading this series and I can’t wait for the next one to come out
panicatthebookstore's review against another edition
5.0
If you've followed me since last year, you'll have seen my posts on the first two books in the series, and you'll know how much I loved them. Well, I finally got my hands on a copy of this one and it really did not disappoint.
Once again, we are taken on a hilarious journey following Ellen and her children. But while there are an abundance of laugh out loud moments, there are a lot of emotional moments too. I admit, I found myself sobbing along with the characters
As always, I highly recommend. It's a light hearted, enjoyable read that I finished in just over 3 hours.
Once again, we are taken on a hilarious journey following Ellen and her children. But while there are an abundance of laugh out loud moments, there are a lot of emotional moments too. I admit, I found myself sobbing along with the characters
As always, I highly recommend. It's a light hearted, enjoyable read that I finished in just over 3 hours.
ravenclawlibrarybooks's review against another edition
5.0
I had the wonderful opportunity to read Why Mummy Swears through Netgalley and loved it! I requested this book and was thrilled to be accepted to review this book before the publication date which is 27th of JUNE 2019! I was literally crying with laughter and this book has been added to my To Buy list.
I have yet to read Why Mummy Drinks but it is on my TBR list.
I want to thank Netgalley & HarperCollins UK for the opportunity to read an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
I have yet to read Why Mummy Drinks but it is on my TBR list.
I want to thank Netgalley & HarperCollins UK for the opportunity to read an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
odettebrethouwer's review against another edition
4.0
Zeker wel grappig, maar niet zo leuk als deel 1 en 2.
evilevel's review against another edition
4.0
This book was a delightful discovery! I know it is the 3d book in a series but it was a promotion on audible and now I need all the others, ASAP.
It made me feel so much, happiness, sadness, bloated, cranky, annoyed, elated, in love... I just went along with Ellen and her life.
Highly recommend (as long as you enjoy potty mouth, as I fucking love it!)
It made me feel so much, happiness, sadness, bloated, cranky, annoyed, elated, in love... I just went along with Ellen and her life.
Highly recommend (as long as you enjoy potty mouth, as I fucking love it!)
rabbitholereader's review against another edition
5.0
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"'Do you want to hold him?' asked Hannah.
'Not terribly,' I said politely. 'I'm always scared of dropping other people's babies. I was quite scared of dropping my own, but everyone knows it's much worse if you break someone else's children.'"
I've read the first book in the trilogy - reviewed here - and did not rate it that highly. One of the main things that annoyed me about the first book was the overuse of the phrase 'precious moppets' (actually still makes me cringe). But now Peter and Jane are teens, and they are less precious and more terrifying vaguely sentient beings. For some reason this makes me like them more.
I realise I also seem to have entirely skipped the second novel, as when it was released I was convinced it would pretty much be the same as the first book, just goes to show that you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, and definitely shouldn't judge a book by it's prequel. When I requested an ARC of [b:Why Mummy Doesn’t Give a ****!|43163592|Why Mummy Doesn’t Give a ****!|Gill Sims|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1556626505s/43163592.jpg|66959652] it was mainly because I thought that it would make an easy read for what was turning out to be tough week.
I wasn't quite prepared on how much I would actually love it.
Everything from the introspection, to the dialogue, is written in an expertly outrageously hilarious manner fixed into a brutally honest narrative. Humour is probably the most difficult to write/relate to I would say as no one sense of humour is the same as another, but this book covers the base on whether your sense of humour leans towards the childish, the more sarcastic, and even the sexual. I have really gotta hand it to [a:Gill Sims|16793282|Gill Sims|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] because I think she has done an excellent job of catering her main character's personality to appeal to all sorts of audience.
"It turns out that a small Swiss Army Knife is quite unequal to the task of trimming a mine that has reached the epic proportions of the forest surrounding Sleeping Beauty's castle, but nonetheless, I persevered."
And yes, this book mainly is witty, but there are some seriously moving moments that helped me connect with Ellen, the main character, and even the teenage kids. I especially loved the over dramatics of Jane and the depiction of Peter's teenage boy appetite.
The ending was really satisfying. I was worried the author would go down the 'saved by love' route as let's be honest, it's an easy way out and a pretty average ending, but nope! The ending really hit the nail on the head and hammered in the closure of a five star rating for me as Ellen's character developed exactly as I hoped it would.
Thank you to Net Galley and HarperCollins UK for an ARC of this book.
novellenovels's review against another edition
emotional
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Loved this from start to finish, motherhood as it really is..