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mama_bookworm_ 's review for:
Think Again
by Jacqueline Wilson
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Book 60 of 2025 finished 22/5/25 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Ellie, Magda and Nadine are all grown up. The girls are turning 40 and we find them all living very different lives. Ellie’s life hasn’t turned out the way she expected it to. Although she uses her creativity in her job and she has a beautiful daughter, she feels like she is living in autopilot.
Someone from her past has resurfaced and there could be potential for romance. She has also made a new friend who could help her to make a huge career change. But will Ellie be bold enough to navigate this transition and take the plunge into something new.
My thoughts: I loved the nostalgia of revisiting these characters. I feel like they’ve grown up with me (although I’m not quite forty yet!). I really enjoyed
Despite being forty Ellie still has the thought process of a teenager. She is so unbelievably immature and this comes across in every element of the book, friendships, parenting, relationships, dating…you could be forgiven in thinking Ellie was still 14. I was hoping she had grown some self confidence and learned how to communicate properly so I found this really disappointing.
The story has no depth, there isn’t much character growth, and there are plenty of loose ends just left dangling in the wind.
Overall this isn’t a bad book, it’s great for nostalgia but it’s very predictable. And if you take out the ‘romance’ scenes it reads like a YA novel.