not your best work miss alderton :// this is about andy, he's 35 when he gets broken up with by his girlfriend of 3 years and it follows him as he gets over it across the next 6 months. dolly alderton has this thing where she writes a book and the first three quarters I'm like oh okay this isn't bad and then the last quarter just hits me so hard and I realise that everything that happened in the first three quarters was a set up to lead to something extremely profound, love that about her!! this wasn't even bad though I just felt a little meh about it. i actually had no idea what this was about going into it I just knew that I like dolly alderton, and maybe I wouldn't have read this now if I knew. I read really good, actually by monica hesley only a few months ago and it almost has the exact same set up and similar plot so this just didn't feel that fresh to me and I think would enjoy it more if I read it with more time between the two books lol. I love dolly alderton's writing but I've decided to not read anything else by her for like 5+ years. probably will stick to this??? maybe? she just writes a lot about adulthood in your late twenties and early thirties and while I can appreciate it, I just know that I will enjoy it a lot more once I understand the emotions she's describing on a deeper level, she has the capacity to really move me I know it?? 3.5 stars