Author: Elinor Lipman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Year: 2019
Genre: Chick Lit
Age: Adult 18+
Page Count: 288
Audio Reader: Mia Barron
Audio Length: 8 hrs & 7 mins
Audio Publisher: Dreamscape Media
Audio Year: 2019
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My mother read this book then recommended it to me. We trade books back & forth since we both like to read so much. She picked it up at a thrift store on a road trip. I started reading it then since I was going on a trip I decided to find it on audio. I recently added Audible Escape to my Audible subscription to try it out. Let me tell you...there is so much stuff that I'd like to listen to on there! You pay $7 a month in addition to the regular Audible price that is $15 I think, plus tax. I'm not sure if you can just get that & not have a regular subscription, I'll include a link to the website so you guys can check it out for yourselves if you want. BTW this is not sponsored...although that would be really cool, wouldn't it!? Audible Escape
I didn't know this was a brand new book out this year until I looked to write it on here, that's pretty cool. I don't usually get to read new books a lot cause my TBR list is so freaking long. Plus I like to give the patrons at my library a chance to read stuff before I take it out. Every once in a while I will buy a brand new book but I mostly buy second hand or ebooks. My mom said that this book reminded her of Sophie Kinsella & Elin Hilderbrand books, 2 authors that we both LOVE! I think it's on the same lines as those being a rom com kinda story. Two of the reviews on the book actually say they think the story/writing is Austen-like...as in Jane Austen. I'm about to admit some horrible book truth to you all...I have never read a Jane Austen book...so I don't know if this comparison is worthy or not. I think being compared to an author that well known is a big deal so kudos to Elinor Lipman. The audio reader for the book is really really slow, so I sped up the audio to 1.45 times & it was doable. I seem to do that with all my books. It's not just the fact that I could read the book myself faster than they are but it's the way their voices sound, just too slow overall, needless to say the speed function & sleep timer on my audio apps are my BFF's. I wouldn't get the audio just because, I didn't love the reader, I got it because I wanted to read the book on my trip.
Overall the story is kinda complicated but that makes it interesting. It's unlike any plot I've ever read before. The characters are also unbelievable. The 2 main characters are Daphne Maritch & Geneva Wisenkorn. Daphne's mother has died in the last year & she entrusted her with an old high school year book that was dedicated to her mother from the class that year because her mother was a teacher & yearbook advisor. My main concern/problem with Daphne is that she is really funny but...she's also kinda mean spirited as a person. She does something that she thinks means nothing then it turns into his whole thing. In the end I think she is happy & finds peace so to speak but the whole journey to get there is just insane. Then our other main character Geneva is really weird...like WEIRD! She's a documentarian (is that even a word LOL) & she finds the yearbook while going through the trash. Then she thinks it's suddenly hers, like finders keepers. Obviously from the very beginning Daphne & Geneva don't get along which makes the story entertaining. Geneva is also one of those people who is strangely private about herself but wants to know everything about you like it's her business. She also says just about anything that she thinks, it comes from her head & straight out of her mouth, a lot of time it's rude but absolutely hilarious.
Overall if you are looking for a funny, fast paced, unique story with interesting characters you will enjoy this book as I did!
