MY SYNOPSIS
Imagine This: You are thriving as a journalist
being a single-mum to your adorable daughter of ten. You’ve been single since
you dumped your boyfriend—that’s a long time. And that’s fine, really. Who
needs a man when you can have sex?
Except you
haven’t had sex in a long time.
Now your
column in an online magazine is funny and loved by most of your audience who
are not leaving shitty comments about your sense of humour being as boring as
your writing. Except when these comments are increasing by the day, you are
beginning to get worried. And your editor is beginning to get worried about
laying you off. Not that she’d care that much, she could replace you with
someone funnier (fresh and younger, but no one’s adding that).
You are
forced to base your column on a new dating book which every woman considers a
dating bible. But according to you it’s actually shit, and sexist and against
all feminist principles. How can you not ask a guy out? How can you not be
funnier than a guy on a date? How can you not have sex till it’s the fifth
date? How are you always supposed to let the man lead?
But your
editor wants you following these rules soon and fast and writing on them every
week. Because if you do not you should say bye to the job of your dreams, a regular
income and lots of time to fit around your daughter.
Before you
know it, you are following these rules to the letter; walking all over Glasgow
to get asked out by a man, being less funny on dates, laughing at all his
unfunny jokes, never swearing, being called sweet by these guys. Sweet! Sweet?!
Then a
chance encounter with the writer of this book you’ve been slagging on your blog
complicates everything.
Catriona’s funny, complicated,
dating-hellish life summarised for your delight.
MY REVIEW
Joanna
Bolouri has done it again! Go buy this book or don’t ever return for book
recommendations (ever!)
Amazing
storyline! After penning a debut such as hers. A debut which should just be
your fifth book. The pressure to deliver a stunning book to assure your success
wasn’t a one-time-lucky-thing is high. Yet, Joanna Bolouri doesn’t disappoint
in her novel. A star to the storyline.
Another
character to love! I loved, loved, loved Catriona! Her voice is fresh, funny,
sarcastic, witty. She’s all you need from an entertaining lead! You’d love her
for her bluntness. Her tendency to cuss a lot! Her amazingly wonderful
motherhood skills. Hell, another character by Bolouri I would want to have
brunch with! A star.
Other
characters make this book kicking too. There’s Kierran, the funny friend who’s
quite sure men who play golf are not right for her friend. There’s Rose, the
play-date mother who’s always lonely and offering to meet up. There’s Helen,
the sister who’s always forcing Cat to sit through dates with weirdoes and
would club anyone who insults Michael Bublé, because he’s a fucking god!
There’s Peter, the annoying ex you’d love to hate! There’s also Guy Wright the
writer of the Dating Book who infuriates our lead. You’d also love Dylan, the
adorable one-night-shag and Grace, daughter who’d just make you want to get
yourself knocked up and say, To hell with men, I have my adorable, witty, smart
daughter. These characters and more(!!) are amazing and not redundant in
anyway. A star.
This book is
fast-paced! You wouldn’t be able to put it down. I read it all in a day (that’s
even because I am a slow reader!). The only time you put it down would be when
you realize you need to change out of your underwear—because the chemistry of
the lead characters is so electrifying!
It’s funny.
I assure you, there’s no paragraph that wouldn’t get you grinning or cackling
with laughter. Even if there’s one, you’d find yourself thinking back to the
jokes that made you laugh so hard then you’d be laughing again. A star.
My rating:
Five out of five stars!
Get this
book on amazon, people! And get her debut too if you’ve not read it—just
because it appeared on all the good lists on this blog!
I recommend
this book to anyone who wants a lead they would adore! Anyone who wants an
actual Laugh-out-loud book (—you know, most books tagged this way are not
really, but this is different!). Anyone who wants another title from Bolouri as
shedoesn’t disappoint! The perfect beach read.
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