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Mhairi McFarlane
"The whole time I'm reading a Mhairi McFarlane novel, I feel like a fist is squeezing my heart… she is so ridiculously talented." – Emily Henry International bestseller Mhairi McFarlane delivers a witty, clever, emotional new novel about a woman whose life unravels spectacularly after her screenwriter boyfriend uses their relationship as inspiration for his new television show.When Roisin and Joe join their friends for a weekend at a country house, it’s a triple celebration—a birthday, an engagement, and the launch of Joe’s shiny new TV show. But as the weekend unfolds, tensions come to light in the group and Roisin begins to question her own relationship. And as they watch the first episode of Joe’s drama, she realizes that the private things she told him—which should have stayed between them—are right there on the screen.With her friend group in chaos and her messy love life on display for the whole world to see, Roisin returns home to avoid the unwanted attention and help run her family’s pub. But drama still follows, in the form of her dysfunctional family and the looming question: what other parts of her now-ex’s show are inspired by real events? Lies? Infidelity? Every week, as a new episode airs, she wonders what other secrets will be revealed.Yet the most unexpected twist of all is an old friend, who is suddenly there for Roisin in ways she never knew she needed…
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Author
Mhairi McFarlane
Pages
384
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2023-08-08
ISBN
0063118009 9780063118003
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"4 Stars<br/>Cover 3 Stars<br/><br/>WWTQ: Is truth stranger than fiction?<br/>Answer: No, it's not. It is sadder though.<br/><br/>Full disclosure I love Mhairi McFarlane's books. She can do no wrong. These are books about complex people with sometimes complex, sometimes not so complex problems, but problems that are meaningful to them.<br/><br/>In this one, Roisin's longterm boyfriend is a gaslighting narccisist. She slowly comes to terms with his creeptastic behavior, tears their life apart, and begins to put it back together. It's also a study in time, how it isn't constant, but can slow and hasten. Her first relationship deteriorated slowly, year by year, but it died all at once during a nintey minute tv special. Her second, grew over a decade, through companionship and support, then culminated in a second during a rainstorm.<br/><br/>I thoroughly enjoyed this. I loved this group of people, a sort of disfunctional Friends. I liked Roisin who at her core was just a decent person. Sometimes, not being an asshole is a superpower.<br/><br/>The reason I didn't give it 5 stars, is just a personal thing. After she dumped him, Roisin still pursued proving she was right - that she wasn't crazy and her exboyfriend was a lying cheating bastard. I wanted her to wash her hands of him, but 'from this moment you're forgotten' doesn't have the catharsis as a great confrontation and it doesn't make a good story."
Raemi Wood