How Do You Like Me Now?
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'The most perceptive book I have ever read about the female interior' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Identifiable, heart-breaking and wickedly funny. I'd say this is one of my favourite books of the year' GIOVANNA FLETCHER 'Bourne holds a mirror up to contemporary aspiration' SUNDAY TIMES ***** Everyone wants to be Tori Bailey. A straight-talking, bestselling author, she's inspired millions of women around the world with her self-help memoir and uplifting posts online. What's more, her perfect relationship with her long-term boyfriend is the envy of all their friends. But Tori isn't being honest. While everyone around her is getting engaged and having babies, Tori's boyfriend will barely look at her, let alone talk about marriage. And when her best friend Dee unexpectedly falls in love, suddenly Tori's in danger of being left behind. Tori's built a career out of telling women how to live their best life, but is she brave enough to admit it's not what she wants? ***** The debut adult novel by bestselling author Holly Bourne is a blisteringly funny, honest and moving exploration of love, friendship and navigating the emotional rollercoaster of your thirties. Everyone is raving about this book! Brutally honest, appallingly funny and very moving - so accurate on the female interior, and the loneliness life in the public gaze. I want to read everything Holly Bourne has written now' ROSIE WALSH 'It'll resonate with anyone trying to convince themselves that sticking it out is better than being alone.' EMERALD STREET 'Relatable for any woman navigating emotional time bombs' RED 'It speaks so many truths about being a woman in your thirties; friendships, love and what a fickle beast social media can be. ' CLEMMIE HOOPER 'Hilarious and painfully true' GRAZIA 'Sure toresonate with anyone navigating the emotional minefield of their thirties'RED ONLINE 'Funny, real and heartbreaking. I haven't been this obsessed with a book in years.' LUCY VINE 'Injected with such reality it can't help but be hilarious'TIMES 'A very funny novel that lives up to its hype' THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
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Gah I'm so conflicted about this book. If she had broken up with him halfway through and then gone on to do something interesting, it would have been an easy 5 stars. The writing is witty, incisive and painfully honest. I saw more of myself in Tori than I care to admit. But instead, the rather anticlimactic breakup with absolutely no rhyme or reason came right at the end, and the conclusion was forced into a few short pages. The payoff, her new book, was tacked onto the end in a 100-word email.
Anyone else a bit let down by this ending? I understand the hype around her relatability, but that doesn't make up for an astounding lack of resolution.
Olen lukenut Bournelta aikaisemmin vain YA-osastoa ja pidin suuresti (Niin käy vain elokuvissa oli ihana). Piti siis kokeilla, miten aikuisempi materiaali toimii. Ihan yhtä ihana tämä ei ollut, mutta joo, kolmikymppisten murheet ovat samaistuttavampia. Ei nyt kovin omakohtaisesti sentään: olen huomattavasti Toria onnellisempi parisuhteessani, lapsetkin on jo hankittu ja kirjailijana olen aika kaukana Torin myyntiluvuista – minun kirjailijanmaineellani ei paljon TED-puheita pidellä.
Mutta oivallinen kirja, hyvää viihdettä ja monille lukijoille varmasti aivan hyödyllistä tsemppiä omaan elämään, jos kitkuttelee samanlaisessa tilanteessa. Loppu kääntyi onneksi parhain päin, tässä oli helppo olla Torin puolella ja toivoa parasta.
