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Fabulous Book Fiend

So funny-a must read!

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2019

Oh my goodness I could not put this book down, it made me laugh, it made me feel and it quite simply made me keep turning the pages until I had had my fill-I just loved it.

Alice is such a great character because she is so easy to relate to. We have all been there, wondering where our life is going and trying to do something about it when it just isn't going where we want it to. I loved Alice's decision making process and I loved her view of herself. I think a lot of us would struggle with being brave enough to go off and do the travelling that she did and so it was wonderful to live vicariously through here. She also has some amazing one-liners thanks to the awesome writing of Lucy Vine so you've got that to look forward to as well.

There are some fab supporting characters in this book as well, all of whom add to some great comedy setup but also counteract some of Alice's personality traits. We get to meet friends in LA first then Alice's brother and his friend in Thailand and let's not forget bestie Eva back home in London. Then there are the men in Alice's life, another part of what makes her so relatable. She switches between thinking she needs to meet someone completely different and thinking that she's best to stick with the kind of guy she had back home. There are also some AMAZING one-liners when it comes to sex in this book none of which I will spoil for you but you are in for some spitting out the coffee with laughter moments there trust me!

When it comes to things like being sex positive and being body positive Alice is pretty open and honest. She hasn't got it quite right but she knows what it ought to look like and so this is a pretty open and honest book which is strongly feminist and definitely girl power and that's one of the things that really kept me turning the pages. I loved the fact that Alice knows what respect should look like even if she doesn't always look for it for herself, or others. Those around her also help with that and so I loved what this book had to say about the way we view women in society and the way they are often treated without explicitly coming out and saying in.

There are definitely some serious moments in this book and Lucy Vine has achieved the perfect balance of some serious messages within the laugh out loud comedy. I loved this book. I loved the characters and the travel and the fab writing and I highly highly recommend it to you!

Books Of All Kinds

The summer read you have been waiting for

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019

This book is AMAZING!!!!!! Funny, relatable, and with characters that feel like they could be your best friend, ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET? by Lucy Vine is the smashing summer read that you have all been waiting for.

Alice turns thirty and her life falls apart. She gets ridiculously drunk at her boring birthday party that her friends have thrown for her and mistakenly texts her boss which means she no longer has a job. She keeps going back to her useless ex, and her best friend in the whole world, Eva, has just announced that she is pregnant so obviously Alice will have to move out of their flat to make room for Eva's brand new world that won't include her anymore. On top of that, her stepdad has taken ill but she doesn't want to deal with that considering she hasn't spoken to him or her mother in years, no matter how hard her brother has tried to get them to reconnect. So, yeah, this birthday isn't exactly starting off well.
But Alice has a plan. She will travel, write one of those blogs that everyone seems crazy for, and find that spiritual enlightenment moment somewhere along the way where she will realise what she wants to do for the rest of her life. First stop is America - let the adventure begin ...

Yes, this book is absolutely hilarious (and I don't say that lightly!) but it is also very real. As Alice travels and meets lots of new people, she is searching for an epiphany moment but it is only when she lets down her guard and faces her problems from her past head on, that she can feel again and move on into her future. There are moments of tenderness and connection, and I really enjoyed getting to know Alice and all of the characters that she comes across along the way. And the laughs are truly one of a kind!!! Alice is a kick-ass woman who doesn't apologise for who she is and when she realises her own self-worth, nothing can stop this strong woman, which is inspiring.

ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET? by Lucy Vine is the kind of story that grabs you by the ... (ahem) throat and makes you pay attention and I loved every single second of this wonderful story. I cannot wait to read more from this super-talented author!

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Midgebear

Find Yourself

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 10, 2019

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3.5 Stars

Alice Edwards is having a crisis - just turned 30 and has lost her job, her flat and her best friend. fortunately she has some inheritance put by that she was saving towards a house deposit but seeing as her whole life is crumbling she decides that she is going to emulate her favourite Blogger, Constance Beaumont, and go on her travels to "find herself". So, after a disastrous 30 birthday dinner that sees her hiding under the table in a very drunken state and texting her ex Dan (TD) she sets up a travel blog on AWOL.com and sets off for 3 months of adventure. Alice has it all planned out; one month in LA, followed by a month in Thailand and then she will see where the fancy takes her for her last month.

Initially I really couldn't take to Alice. She comes across as completely self-absorbed and unable to see anyone else's point of view. She refuses to discuss the declining health of Steve, her stepfather, with brother Mark; is completely estranged from her mother and generally treats her friends like dirt. Even when she meets up with aspiring actress Isy in LA, a friend from way back, you get the impression that Alice is entitled. There is no warm reconciliation or joy at being there in the flesh instead of over Skype. Everything is about her and it isn't funny, it grates.

Honestly, if this is life for a 30 year old woman these days I am so glad that I am Gen-X.

I did enjoy the juxtaposition between the blog posts where everything is sunshine and lollipops with the ramblings of Alice as she goes through the day. Actually, some of the snarky responses to her blog posts are the funniest bits (but even they didn't make me laugh out loud). Each chapter starts with some made up, life is so perfect post to Alice's blog and then goes on to see the reality behind that post. This is pretty much what you would expect - Alice lurching from disaster to disaster and occasionally hooking up.

The LA month seems to drag on interminably. Isy gets tickets for them to attend a second rate award show, where Alice makes a complete idiot of herself. Alice has a disastrous Uber ride with a 3.5 driver who could turn in to something more. Alice manages to ruin everything with Mr 3.5 by dragging her Airbnb host along to outings with them. The best bit has to be the workshop she attends in the name of wanting to experience being recruited to a cult - sheathology is genuinely hilarious (and probably a thing).

By the time she is ready to leave LA for Thailand she has fallen out of touch with Eva - Alice, it seems, is too busy to Skype her best friend and flatmate or even really respond to her texts. She is driving her brother Mark ever so slightly mad with her evasiveness and still isn't speaking to her sister Hannah - who writes the single weirdest family newsletters imaginable.

So things go until Alice gets her epiphany in Thailand and you realise that that you know exactly where she is going to spend that third month. Of course, you know this from when the trip is first planned, that ultimately Alice will realise she is bordering on being a monster and that she needs to let go of her perceived hurts (yes, they very much are perceived as we find out) and reconnect with her friends and family.

It was an okay read and I did start to warm to Alice towards the end. I just found some of her choices and self-rationalisations for those choices to be entirely cringy. There is a certain humour in the book but most of it is at the expense of someone (usually Alice) rather than just being funny. It also didn't make me laugh out loud, a mental titter on occasion but nothing more. A good read for your holidays as it is light and frivolous so easy to pick up and put down by the poolside.

Fabulous Book Fiend

So funny-a must read!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2019

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Oh my goodness I could not put this book down, it made me laugh, it made me feel and it quite simply made me keep turning the pages until I had had my fill-I just loved it.

Alice is such a great character because she is so easy to relate to. We have all been there, wondering where our life is going and trying to do something about it when it just isn't going where we want it to. I loved Alice's decision making process and I loved her view of herself. I think a lot of us would struggle with being brave enough to go off and do the travelling that she did and so it was wonderful to live vicariously through here. She also has some amazing one-liners thanks to the awesome writing of Lucy Vine so you've got that to look forward to as well.

There are some fab supporting characters in this book as well, all of whom add to some great comedy setup but also counteract some of Alice's personality traits. We get to meet friends in LA first then Alice's brother and his friend in Thailand and let's not forget bestie Eva back home in London. Then there are the men in Alice's life, another part of what makes her so relatable. She switches between thinking she needs to meet someone completely different and thinking that she's best to stick with the kind of guy she had back home. There are also some AMAZING one-liners when it comes to sex in this book none of which I will spoil for you but you are in for some spitting out the coffee with laughter moments there trust me!

When it comes to things like being sex positive and being body positive Alice is pretty open and honest. She hasn't got it quite right but she knows what it ought to look like and so this is a pretty open and honest book which is strongly feminist and definitely girl power and that's one of the things that really kept me turning the pages. I loved the fact that Alice knows what respect should look like even if she doesn't always look for it for herself, or others. Those around her also help with that and so I loved what this book had to say about the way we view women in society and the way they are often treated without explicitly coming out and saying in.

There are definitely some serious moments in this book and Lucy Vine has achieved the perfect balance of some serious messages within the laugh out loud comedy. I loved this book. I loved the characters and the travel and the fab writing and I highly highly recommend it to you!

Kindle Customer

Good summer read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 25, 2019

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Yep I definitely enjoyed this book, it took a fair amount of getting into but once I did I couldn't put it down. Some really laugh out loud moments. Doesn't have the predictable Rom com ending (and its actually not even a Rom com book to be fair) but I did get that warm fuzzy feeling at the end and became very fond of the characters. Recommended

Natasha Stewart

Glad I managed to finish it.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 26, 2019

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I just didn't like the protagonist in this book. She was selfish, self absorbed and ungrateful. She ran away from her problems and the way she explained her actions to herself was just awful. The book is just full of her whining. It was a struggle to finish it. I did like the acknowledgements. That was the funniest part. I also liked how it illustrated how people gloss over the crap parts of their life on online blogs and how different the reality actually is.

Fifi Middz

Disappointing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 30, 2019

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I've read the other Lucy Vine books and enjoyed them, but this one......meh.
I skipped through most of it after the first few chapters.
Not for me, but maybe others will find it more enjoyable. I really rate it two and a half, but didn't want to go down a star in the rating.

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