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A review by saarahn
About Last Night . . . by Catherine Alliott
5.0
Favourited
This book was hugely enjoyable, it was a little slow going initially but by the end it couldn't have been more fantastic. It was like a more hopeful, funnier, less cringey Bridget Jones story. The dialogue was insanely amusing.
Molly is a widow, has been for five years, and she has just stepped into a potentially huge inheritance. Cuthbert's inheritance, Cuthbert being the recently deceased uncle of her late husband. A relative she had little knowledge of - could she take his estate? How would this affect her life, could she possibly pursue her own dreams?
This story is quite the adventure and with Molly almost constantly making a spectacle of herself, it is definitely funny. There was one heart-breaking moment that had me questioning Molly's morality, but aside from that my sympathies were all for Molly. Her family was equally hilarious: an interfering fortune telling mother, and then bossy, judging, children. Their relationship struggles or just their struggles at managing their lives distracted from their mother in some instances. I liked this as it made romance less of an integral theme. There were indeed some more serious moments, feelings of sadness, looking back on old and lost loves, feelings of nostalgia and guilt. But, all in all, it was a light funny read.
Molly was an unwitting victim, she made mistakes but ultimately, she was taken advantage of. I loved the revelations, enough to keep Molly reeling and anyone's head spinning.
This book quickly became a favourite, I have brought a copy of A Married Man by Catherine Alliot, because I enjoyed this book so much. The ending was perfect.
I received this book through NetGalley.
This book was hugely enjoyable, it was a little slow going initially but by the end it couldn't have been more fantastic. It was like a more hopeful, funnier, less cringey Bridget Jones story. The dialogue was insanely amusing.
Molly is a widow, has been for five years, and she has just stepped into a potentially huge inheritance. Cuthbert's inheritance, Cuthbert being the recently deceased uncle of her late husband. A relative she had little knowledge of - could she take his estate? How would this affect her life, could she possibly pursue her own dreams?
This story is quite the adventure and with Molly almost constantly making a spectacle of herself, it is definitely funny. There was one heart-breaking moment that had me questioning Molly's morality, but aside from that my sympathies were all for Molly. Her family was equally hilarious: an interfering fortune telling mother, and then bossy, judging, children. Their relationship struggles or just their struggles at managing their lives distracted from their mother in some instances. I liked this as it made romance less of an integral theme. There were indeed some more serious moments, feelings of sadness, looking back on old and lost loves, feelings of nostalgia and guilt. But, all in all, it was a light funny read.
Molly was an unwitting victim, she made mistakes but ultimately, she was taken advantage of. I loved the revelations, enough to keep Molly reeling and anyone's head spinning.
This book quickly became a favourite, I have brought a copy of A Married Man by Catherine Alliot, because I enjoyed this book so much. The ending was perfect.
I received this book through NetGalley.