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A review by tracyksmith_reads
Olive by Emma Gannon
5.0
Olive by Emma Gannon is the story of the protagonist, Olive who finds herself feeling as though she can no longer relate to her best friends. All of her best friends either become pregnant or are trying to do so. Olive doesn't want kids and knows that she never will, so she finds herself questioning whether she is normal. Everyone she encounters doubts that she will never want kids and they believe it is just a phase that she is in. She and her best friends did everything together when they were in college and her friends seemed to think she would want kids and have them around the same time as they did. Olive finds herself feeling very alone since she has lost her perfect relationship with her longtime boyfriend because he wanted kids. This book tells Olive's story as she struggles to have other people accept her choice to not have kids.
I adored this book so much and I found Olive to be easily relatable. This story was so refreshing because rarely do we have a female protagonist in this situation who stays true to herself once she has decided that she doesn't want kids. I loved how the book addressed the struggles Olive has with getting other people to accept her decision. It hurt me to read her struggles but I felt like it was very realistic how people would respond to a woman who openly says she does not want kids. Overall, I feel like this book should be celebrated as a story about a woman's choice about her body and her life. I highly recommend this book and am giving it 5 stars!
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to listen to this audiobook in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are entirely my own and not affected by receiving this as an ARC.
I adored this book so much and I found Olive to be easily relatable. This story was so refreshing because rarely do we have a female protagonist in this situation who stays true to herself once she has decided that she doesn't want kids. I loved how the book addressed the struggles Olive has with getting other people to accept her decision. It hurt me to read her struggles but I felt like it was very realistic how people would respond to a woman who openly says she does not want kids. Overall, I feel like this book should be celebrated as a story about a woman's choice about her body and her life. I highly recommend this book and am giving it 5 stars!
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to listen to this audiobook in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are entirely my own and not affected by receiving this as an ARC.