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This Time Next Year
by Sophie Cousens
One of my fave books of 2020- this book was a lovely and hopeful read from beginning to end.
Cousens more than delivered on the great premise of two people, Minnie & Quinn, born one minute apart who live entirely different lives, but somehow keep finding their way to each other.
The novel starts on their 30th birthday but through their memories, we see how many times they almost met or unknowingly interacted with each other throughout the years.
This book is laugh out loud funny throughout while still having Minnie, Quinn and the fantastic cast of characters work through serious issues like agoraphoria, anxiety, ec0-fatalism, commitment-phobia, breakups, letting go of life-long resentments and keeping friendships alive.
By the time we get our happy ending - at the very, very end, it hardly matters because every character has grown and found a certain peace & happiness that I felt in my own heart.
Reminiscent of Sally Rooney's Normal People and of Beach Read by Emily Henry (minus all the sex), in that as a reader you get to intimately know and fall deeply in love with each character, flaws and all.
Full disclosure - I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher, Random House UK, Cornerstone in exchange for an honest review.
Cousens more than delivered on the great premise of two people, Minnie & Quinn, born one minute apart who live entirely different lives, but somehow keep finding their way to each other.
The novel starts on their 30th birthday but through their memories, we see how many times they almost met or unknowingly interacted with each other throughout the years.
This book is laugh out loud funny throughout while still having Minnie, Quinn and the fantastic cast of characters work through serious issues like agoraphoria, anxiety, ec0-fatalism, commitment-phobia, breakups, letting go of life-long resentments and keeping friendships alive.
By the time we get our happy ending - at the very, very end, it hardly matters because every character has grown and found a certain peace & happiness that I felt in my own heart.
Reminiscent of Sally Rooney's Normal People and of Beach Read by Emily Henry (minus all the sex), in that as a reader you get to intimately know and fall deeply in love with each character, flaws and all.
Full disclosure - I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher, Random House UK, Cornerstone in exchange for an honest review.