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A review by spellbindingtomes
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ...๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ:
26 year old, Lucy Young, is tired of her mundane life. One day she stumbles upon a wishing machine and wishes to skip to the good part of her life. The next day, she wakes up to find herself in her forties with a handsome husband, a high-level job, and two children. Unsure if it's real or if she's skipped a chunk of her life, Lucy must decide if she wants to go back to her past or embrace her new reality.
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Skipping to "the good part" sounds great, but in actuality I think it would be pretty scary waking up one day to an entire life you have no memories of making.
Sophie's writing had me completely invested in Lucy's predicament. I understood her struggles adjusting to her future life โ suddenly becoming a wife and a parent to two kids, learning about how her old relationships and friendships held up through the years. On top of all that, the daunting possibility that maybe the wishing machine wasn't real to begin with and instead she might have memory problems. I was getting so anxious and overwhelmed for her!
But what balances this terrifying situation are the side characters, especially Sam and Felix. Sam was incredibly supportive and understanding with Lucy and Felix was so sweet, trying his best to help Lucy out so he can get his 'mom' back.
๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด โ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ?
Though this took me a while to get into, once I was one-third of the way through, I was completely hooked! At first, Lucy wasn't super likeable but her character growth was well done that by the end I was rooting for her. I wanted her to be happy whether that was going back to the past or staying in the future.
Read if you like:
๐บ 13 going on 30 movie
โณtime travel
๐บ magical realism
โณ self-discovery
๐๐ข๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฒ๐ง๐จ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ:
26 year old, Lucy Young, is tired of her mundane life. One day she stumbles upon a wishing machine and wishes to skip to the good part of her life. The next day, she wakes up to find herself in her forties with a handsome husband, a high-level job, and two children. Unsure if it's real or if she's skipped a chunk of her life, Lucy must decide if she wants to go back to her past or embrace her new reality.
โข
โข
โข
Skipping to "the good part" sounds great, but in actuality I think it would be pretty scary waking up one day to an entire life you have no memories of making.
Sophie's writing had me completely invested in Lucy's predicament. I understood her struggles adjusting to her future life โ suddenly becoming a wife and a parent to two kids, learning about how her old relationships and friendships held up through the years. On top of all that, the daunting possibility that maybe the wishing machine wasn't real to begin with and instead she might have memory problems. I was getting so anxious and overwhelmed for her!
But what balances this terrifying situation are the side characters, especially Sam and Felix. Sam was incredibly supportive and understanding with Lucy and Felix was so sweet, trying his best to help Lucy out so he can get his 'mom' back.
๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด โ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ?
Though this took me a while to get into, once I was one-third of the way through, I was completely hooked! At first, Lucy wasn't super likeable but her character growth was well done that by the end I was rooting for her. I wanted her to be happy whether that was going back to the past or staying in the future.
Read if you like:
๐บ 13 going on 30 movie
โณtime travel
๐บ magical realism
โณ self-discovery
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Child death, and Grief