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3.95 AVERAGE
Very funny and well written, it made me laugh out loud and I loved the humor and the characters.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine
One particular section of this book made me shriek and cry with laughter, until I couldn’t breathe.
The is the fourth book in the Why Mummy series and whilst you could read it as a standalone I would recommend starting with the first as there are so many loveable and funny characters that are regular features. I’d like to thank NetGalley, Harper Collins and Hattie Evans for an e-ARC of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
From reading the synopsis I knew there was going to be an element of sadness to this book as Ellen sends her eldest off to university and I wasn’t wrong. The scenes in Jane’s bedroom when all the furniture is packed brought a small lump to my throat and made me want to cherish these precious years I have with my two boys. Then the youngest woke me up at 4:30am today so that joy was very much short lived!
I am at the opposite end of the parenting scale to Ellen. My two moppets are under 5 so I actually related more to Hannah in this story. My youngest is in fact called Edward and I’m not sure if it’s in the name but my Edward definitely has the naughty, mischievous streak running through him. It was like reading a chapter from my own diary when Hannah detailed her day to day with the little monkey, except mine isn’t quite to the same extremes as book Edward.
All of the characters have developed throughout the series but Simon has had the biggest change. I found him more mature, less irritating and generally a nicer character in this book. There were plenty of sweet moments and laughter between both parents and children that gave this book a heart warming feeling.
Yet again I sat there shaking with tears of laughter and my husband had to ask if I was okay, I’d only read 4 pages at this point! Gill Sim’s writes in a way that is not only hilarious but also true and relatable which is why I have come to love her books so much. She takes every parents deepest, darkest thoughts and isn’t afraid to say them out loud! I couldn’t even reread the supermarket trolley scene to my husband without laughing and by the end I was left with a huge smile on my face.
My only request to Gill Sims is please do not stop! I want Ellen all the way through her remaining adult life until she is sat in a care home getting up to crazy antics with the other residents. For me a world without Ellen and her whole entourage is one less bit of joy in the world.
Why Mummy’s Sloshed is available now so don’t forget to buy your own copy and join in with the rest of us laughing our way through!
From reading the synopsis I knew there was going to be an element of sadness to this book as Ellen sends her eldest off to university and I wasn’t wrong. The scenes in Jane’s bedroom when all the furniture is packed brought a small lump to my throat and made me want to cherish these precious years I have with my two boys. Then the youngest woke me up at 4:30am today so that joy was very much short lived!
I am at the opposite end of the parenting scale to Ellen. My two moppets are under 5 so I actually related more to Hannah in this story. My youngest is in fact called Edward and I’m not sure if it’s in the name but my Edward definitely has the naughty, mischievous streak running through him. It was like reading a chapter from my own diary when Hannah detailed her day to day with the little monkey, except mine isn’t quite to the same extremes as book Edward.
All of the characters have developed throughout the series but Simon has had the biggest change. I found him more mature, less irritating and generally a nicer character in this book. There were plenty of sweet moments and laughter between both parents and children that gave this book a heart warming feeling.
Yet again I sat there shaking with tears of laughter and my husband had to ask if I was okay, I’d only read 4 pages at this point! Gill Sim’s writes in a way that is not only hilarious but also true and relatable which is why I have come to love her books so much. She takes every parents deepest, darkest thoughts and isn’t afraid to say them out loud! I couldn’t even reread the supermarket trolley scene to my husband without laughing and by the end I was left with a huge smile on my face.
My only request to Gill Sims is please do not stop! I want Ellen all the way through her remaining adult life until she is sat in a care home getting up to crazy antics with the other residents. For me a world without Ellen and her whole entourage is one less bit of joy in the world.
Why Mummy’s Sloshed is available now so don’t forget to buy your own copy and join in with the rest of us laughing our way through!
*I received a free ARC of this novel, with thanks to the author, Harper Collins UK and NetGalley. The decision to review and my opinions are my own.*
Fans of Gill Sims’ Why Mummy… series, or her highly successful Peter and Jane blog, will be familiar with the format by now, as this is Ellen’s fourth and final adventure in the world of adulting (and parenting).
Peter and Jane are now hulking teenagers, obsessed with online gaming and driving lessons, and Ellen finally has a bit of time and space to assess her life and think about her future identity once the children finally fly the nest. Uh oh!
Yes, now that the #parentingfail days are more of a memory, Ellen is looking at her personal and professional life and worrying about all of it indiscriminately. Almost ex-husband, Simon, suddenly seems to want to be involved more, there are ominous rumours of a coming merger at work, and a hot neighbour has moved in next door… but could he be a serial killer? Or missing a willy? Because some things never change, and Ellen is still prone to wild forays into her very vivid imagination at inopportune moments!
Gill Sims captured the highs and lows of parenting small children in a light, funny and eminently relatable way, and now she does the same for parenting nearly-adults and considering becoming an adult yourself. The result is a lovely, feelgood romcom that will have you alternately aawwwww-ing and giggling.
I didn’t think I could bear for this series to ever end, but Sims has achieved the impossible in bringing Ellen’s adventures to a satisfying conclusion, leaving the reader feeling replete with warm fuzzy feelings. Until one’s own Moppets notice and ruin it, of course!
I nibbled my bun and sipped my tea as the hour slowly passed. Seventeen years ago, it didn’t seem possible that I’d be sitting and waiting to hear if Jane had passed her driving test. What was I doing seventeen years ago? Apart from feeling old and thinking I was already a dried-up husk because I was the ancient and decrepit age of thirty-one, which now, with hindsight, seems utterly ridiculous. I’m forty-eight and look upon women of thirty-one as mere babies! They are but ingénues, so hopeful and young, with not the slightest idea of how much cronedom lies ahead of them, or just how much they have yet to dry up. They’re all hash-tagging madly on Instagram about things I don’t understand like ‘bulletproof coffee’ and kimchi and starting podcasts. Anyway. Seventeen years ago. Baby Music. I used to go to Baby Music on Friday mornings. Every Friday morning, sitting in a circle on a hard, cold church-hall floor, attempting to pin a furious and writhing Jane on my lap while clapping along with the other smiley-happy mummies to an irritating song about an old brass wagon.
– Gill Sims, Why Mummy’s Sloshed
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2020/10/09/why-mummys-sloshed-gill-sims/
Fans of Gill Sims’ Why Mummy… series, or her highly successful Peter and Jane blog, will be familiar with the format by now, as this is Ellen’s fourth and final adventure in the world of adulting (and parenting).
Peter and Jane are now hulking teenagers, obsessed with online gaming and driving lessons, and Ellen finally has a bit of time and space to assess her life and think about her future identity once the children finally fly the nest. Uh oh!
Yes, now that the #parentingfail days are more of a memory, Ellen is looking at her personal and professional life and worrying about all of it indiscriminately. Almost ex-husband, Simon, suddenly seems to want to be involved more, there are ominous rumours of a coming merger at work, and a hot neighbour has moved in next door… but could he be a serial killer? Or missing a willy? Because some things never change, and Ellen is still prone to wild forays into her very vivid imagination at inopportune moments!
Gill Sims captured the highs and lows of parenting small children in a light, funny and eminently relatable way, and now she does the same for parenting nearly-adults and considering becoming an adult yourself. The result is a lovely, feelgood romcom that will have you alternately aawwwww-ing and giggling.
I didn’t think I could bear for this series to ever end, but Sims has achieved the impossible in bringing Ellen’s adventures to a satisfying conclusion, leaving the reader feeling replete with warm fuzzy feelings. Until one’s own Moppets notice and ruin it, of course!
I nibbled my bun and sipped my tea as the hour slowly passed. Seventeen years ago, it didn’t seem possible that I’d be sitting and waiting to hear if Jane had passed her driving test. What was I doing seventeen years ago? Apart from feeling old and thinking I was already a dried-up husk because I was the ancient and decrepit age of thirty-one, which now, with hindsight, seems utterly ridiculous. I’m forty-eight and look upon women of thirty-one as mere babies! They are but ingénues, so hopeful and young, with not the slightest idea of how much cronedom lies ahead of them, or just how much they have yet to dry up. They’re all hash-tagging madly on Instagram about things I don’t understand like ‘bulletproof coffee’ and kimchi and starting podcasts. Anyway. Seventeen years ago. Baby Music. I used to go to Baby Music on Friday mornings. Every Friday morning, sitting in a circle on a hard, cold church-hall floor, attempting to pin a furious and writhing Jane on my lap while clapping along with the other smiley-happy mummies to an irritating song about an old brass wagon.
– Gill Sims, Why Mummy’s Sloshed
Review by Steph Warren of Bookshine and Readbows blog
https://bookshineandreadbows.wordpress.com/2020/10/09/why-mummys-sloshed-gill-sims/
I really enjoyed the final book in the 'why mummy' series. It did not matter if you hadn't read the other books as you could piece together what had happened to the family before but it was great to see how the children grow up and the different challenges that face a modern mother. Ellen's eldest daughter is taking her driving test and her A'levels and her son Peter is taking his GCSE's. as a single mother whose children are getting more independent Ellen lavishes her love on her two rescue dogs, who actually appreciate her. There are laugh out loud parts as well as really touching, moving storylines. I particularly enjoyed the current cultural references such as watching Tiger King without any mention of Covid and the terrible year we have all had. A perfect book to make you laugh and cheer you up, I binge read the book as I couldn't put it down. I really liked Gill Sim's writing style.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5 Stars
*I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review of the book*
This is the last book in the Why Mummy.. book series and I honestly was so excited to read this book, with it being the quickest I have ever hit that request button when it comes to NetGalley! I was bought the first book in this series as a gift, which I was originally disappointed about, not thinking that I was going to enjoy this type of book, but I thoroughly loved it and feel in love with this style and I have devoured the entire series ever since. This has been the perfect series to pick up and read whenever I have been in a reading slump or have needed something light, quick and funny to read.
Although, there is a lot of recap throughout the book, I would absolutely recommend reading this series in order. There is a lot of stuff that happens from book 1 to this book that you will miss out on if you decide to read this book first and you may have trouble understanding who everyone is. You become more invested in the characters, their lives and their history and development throughout the years by reading the books in order and then you get the conclusion with this book.
This book is fast paced and easy to read thanks to how the story is formatted, being written in a diary format of the main character, the mummy herself. This does mean that the story, throughout all of the books, are told from her point of view and if you’re not a fan of her as a character and don’t like reading from her perspective, then you’re a little screwed. I’m not going to lie, I did at times find her, as a character, a little winey and stuck up, but that is her character and I’m pretty sure that you’re supposed to.
I still laughed a lot while reading this book, with this being the fourth book in the series I was expecting it to be a little disappointing, but I honestly still enjoyed it. Although none of the books quite hit the 5 Stars that the first book got from me, they all are rated really highly and this one just missed being 5 Stars, with me being slightly picky and giving it 4.5 Stars. You get to see how the characters all have developed over the space of all of the books and although you do get some overall conclusion, there is still an open future for the characters that you can’t predict what is going to happen for them because you can’t predict life.
This has been an easy auto read and pick up for me, whenever I’ve seen it in stores, and now I need to find another book that is similar to this, as I love having books like this on my shelf. Books that I know I will laugh my way through it no matter what I’m going through, will get me out of a slump, fast paced and easy to read, so if you are looking for a read that contains any of those things, then I highly recommend this series!
*I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest and unbiased review of the book*
This is the last book in the Why Mummy.. book series and I honestly was so excited to read this book, with it being the quickest I have ever hit that request button when it comes to NetGalley! I was bought the first book in this series as a gift, which I was originally disappointed about, not thinking that I was going to enjoy this type of book, but I thoroughly loved it and feel in love with this style and I have devoured the entire series ever since. This has been the perfect series to pick up and read whenever I have been in a reading slump or have needed something light, quick and funny to read.
Although, there is a lot of recap throughout the book, I would absolutely recommend reading this series in order. There is a lot of stuff that happens from book 1 to this book that you will miss out on if you decide to read this book first and you may have trouble understanding who everyone is. You become more invested in the characters, their lives and their history and development throughout the years by reading the books in order and then you get the conclusion with this book.
This book is fast paced and easy to read thanks to how the story is formatted, being written in a diary format of the main character, the mummy herself. This does mean that the story, throughout all of the books, are told from her point of view and if you’re not a fan of her as a character and don’t like reading from her perspective, then you’re a little screwed. I’m not going to lie, I did at times find her, as a character, a little winey and stuck up, but that is her character and I’m pretty sure that you’re supposed to.
I still laughed a lot while reading this book, with this being the fourth book in the series I was expecting it to be a little disappointing, but I honestly still enjoyed it. Although none of the books quite hit the 5 Stars that the first book got from me, they all are rated really highly and this one just missed being 5 Stars, with me being slightly picky and giving it 4.5 Stars. You get to see how the characters all have developed over the space of all of the books and although you do get some overall conclusion, there is still an open future for the characters that you can’t predict what is going to happen for them because you can’t predict life.
This has been an easy auto read and pick up for me, whenever I’ve seen it in stores, and now I need to find another book that is similar to this, as I love having books like this on my shelf. Books that I know I will laugh my way through it no matter what I’m going through, will get me out of a slump, fast paced and easy to read, so if you are looking for a read that contains any of those things, then I highly recommend this series!
slow-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
medium-paced