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A review by jillwedemeier
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Have you ever just wished you could skip to the good part? In this emotional, funny, and lighthearted novel, one woman gets the opportunity to do just that.
The Good Part is the story of Lucy Young, a 26-year-old junior TV researcher who lives in London with her three flatmates. Lucy is single, broke, and her career seems to be going nowhere. She is tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, disastrous dates, and flatmates who never buy toilet paper. After another terrible date, Lucy finds herself in a downpour with no money for transportation and seeks shelter in a tiny shop. There, she stumbles upon a wishing machine. Sliding her last coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes to skip to the good part of her life. When she wakes up the next morning, she is 42 years old, a wife, a mother, and a high-powered TV producer. As she embraces her new life and relationships, Lucy will have to ask herself: Can she go back, and if so, does she want to?
🥲 I am not well. This book was ✨perfection✨ and I am so sad it is over. I absolutely devoured this book, reading it in one sitting. Lucy’s story will have you laughing out loud on one page and wiping away tears on the next. While this is a book about time travel, it is so much more than that. I loved every single minute of it.
The dedication reads, “To my twenty-six-year-old self. Hang in there, hun.” Same, girl. Same. ❤️
Thank you to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
The Good Part is the story of Lucy Young, a 26-year-old junior TV researcher who lives in London with her three flatmates. Lucy is single, broke, and her career seems to be going nowhere. She is tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, disastrous dates, and flatmates who never buy toilet paper. After another terrible date, Lucy finds herself in a downpour with no money for transportation and seeks shelter in a tiny shop. There, she stumbles upon a wishing machine. Sliding her last coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes to skip to the good part of her life. When she wakes up the next morning, she is 42 years old, a wife, a mother, and a high-powered TV producer. As she embraces her new life and relationships, Lucy will have to ask herself: Can she go back, and if so, does she want to?
🥲 I am not well. This book was ✨perfection✨ and I am so sad it is over. I absolutely devoured this book, reading it in one sitting. Lucy’s story will have you laughing out loud on one page and wiping away tears on the next. While this is a book about time travel, it is so much more than that. I loved every single minute of it.
The dedication reads, “To my twenty-six-year-old self. Hang in there, hun.” Same, girl. Same. ❤️
Thank you to NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam's Sons for the ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death and Death
Minor: Infidelity