
Really Good, Actually
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Julia Whelan
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Monica Heisey
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THE NO. 2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PRIZE 2025
The Times Popular Fiction Book of the Year
‘A heartbreaker of a book’ THE TIMES
'Alarmingly relatable' MARIAN KEYES
‘Hilarious and profound’ DOLLY ALDERTON
The hottest debut novel of 2023 from Schitt’s Creek and Smothered screenwriter and an Observer debut author of the year, Monica Heisey.
Maggie’s marriage has ended just 608 days after it started, but she’s fine – she’s doing really good, actually. Sure, she’s alone for the first time and can’t afford her rent and her obscure PhD is going nowhere… but at the age of twenty-nine, Maggie is determined to embrace her new status as a Surprisingly Young Divorcée™.
As Maggie throws herself headlong into the chaos of her first year of divorce, she soon finds herself questioning everything, including: Why do we still get married? Did I fail before I even got started? And how many 4am delivery burgers do I need to eat until I am happy?
Really Good, Actually is an irresistible debut novel about the uncertainties of modern love, friendship and happiness.
'Hilarious, heart-warming, wise' PAULA HAWKINS
‘Heisey makes me laugh hard and often’ ROB DELANEY
‘A Sex and The City for social media-obsessed millennials … Irresistible’ METRO
‘Wry, modern, self-deprecating’ INDEPENDENT
‘One of the most talked-about releases for 2023’ EVENING STANDARD
©2023 Monica Heisey (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers LimitedAnstrengend
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I had a good time listening to this book, although I think it could have benefitted from a different reading style. The speaker is obviously a very accomplished actress, but the production of what audible sees as “chick-lit” seems to always get the exact same treatment. The book would have maybe benefited from a different tone.
Great story, could have benefited from a different reading tone.
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Amusing and a clever, witty take on use or 'overuse' of apps / social media to get through a break up.
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Funny and relateable with a very flawed protagonis
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My problem with this book was simply that I found the main character
UNBEARABLE.
It is really hard to stick around if you don’t like the lead, but I managed. The last hour of the book had some redeeming sort of outlook. The way to get there however… wow. So annoying!
That constant stream of consciousness, walking in circles, nay, spirals!
I get it, the main character is going through tough stages of grief and loss. She’s struggling with finding her way back to being a functioning member of society after her unspectacular separation from her husband. But does it really need to take up 95% of the book to describe every recursive, self-centred, oh-so-quirky thought of hers??
Even though Julia Whelan performs in her usual awesome way, her full, lush, luxurious voice and intonation cannot make up for this odyssey. I love listening to her audio books but with this book, there were just too many instances where I wanted to yell: “just shut up already”.
At times, I thought that this book was more intended as a guide for people struggling with divorce. Like it was saying “Hang in there, others are not getting better either”. Not being in this particular situation at the moment, I could hardly take anything away from this audio experience even though I usually enjoy different stories and points of view.
Really Annoying, Actually
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Scheußliches Verhalten der Protagonistin
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