An achingly funny story about how to be your own hero when life pulls the rug out from under your feet. From the author of the bestselling YOU HAD ME AT HELLO.
Delia Moss isn’t quite sure where she went wrong.
When she proposed and discovered her boyfriend was sleeping with someone else she thought it was her fault.
When she realised life would never be the same again she thought it was her … again she thought it was her fault.
And when he wanted her back like nothing had changed Delia started to wonder if perhaps she was not to blame
From Newcastle to London and back again, with dodgy jobs, eccentric bosses and annoyingly handsome journalists thrown in, Delia must find out where her old self went and if she can ever get her back.
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I loved this book. It’s the kind of story where you want to be the protagonist’s best friend and date the dishy leading man. Add the LOL humor, the fact that it was a feisty love-hate novel, and this is definitely a pefect read to pack up for the beach and relax with by the water. Possible side effects: uncontrollable bursts of laughter hard to explain to casual passers-by.
I think this is my favourite of McFarlane’s books, although You Had Me at Hello often vies for first place with this one. I loved all the zany characters and can’t say enough about this great, fun read.
I’d not read Mhairi McFarlene’s work before, but someone recommended her to me and I’m very pleased they did! This is classic British chick lit at its best, a tale of a young woman who thinks she wants one thing but actually needs something altogether different. If I had to characterize her work, I’d say McFarlane writes a grittier version of a Sophie Kinsella story, but with the same easy-reading style and relatability that makes it hard to put her books down. In It’s Not Me it’s You things start out pretty grim for poor Delia, who is a thoroughly likable and relatable character. She lacks in self-confidence and has plenty of wool pulled over her eyes. That is until she manages to spot the sunlight peaking through, and then pushes that wool right away to rise up as a new, improved version of herself. Thoroughly satisfying! I found this story sad at times, with an easy-going and gentle humor, but ultimately uplifting. Recommended for fans of classic British chick lit.
I loved, loved, loved this book. Well written, characters are well developed and an excellent story line. Well done!
Wonderful and funny book! I fell in love with some characters and not so much with others. It was hard to put down.
This author is wonderful. She writes about interesting people in different situations. Anything she writes will be read by this reader.
So many humorous parts to the book that it would take the whole review. I just kept laughing. Good solid story and an author I will follow
I enjoyed the story. The writing was good and flowed well
Allow me to just say, that whenever a book makes me snort red wine through my nose, not once, not twice, but MORE THAN THREE TIMES…it’s a 5-star book.
I’m delving through as much chick lit/women’s fiction Lite as I can lately for my own research purposes and stumbled upon this one thanks to my Lady Crush on Marian Keyes (and to Amazon’s penchant for recommending books). While I’ll avoid the obvious question: why is all the funniest chick lit written by British and/or Irish women? I will say that having lived in England a few years helped me “get” a lot of the humor of this book. I can see where a fair bit of its Very Brit-Culture-Centric jargon, slang and references might fall on deaf and confused United States reader’s ears. But for me? Well…it was like I’d stepped right back onto my Billericay high street and had to queue at the Waitrose check out while I really wanted to pop next door for a pint.
Seriously, this book is hilarious, poignant, realistic (with the caveat that it’s really a romance which all chick lit is so take that as you will) and did I mention hilarious?
Delia’s story jumps right in and snags you thanks to Ms. McFarlane’s ability to describe without over-describing her heroine’s inner thoughts not to mention her wardrobe and spotty choices with booze. Both of the men in her love triangle (a romance, remember?) are fully-fleshed out to the point that even I couldn’t decide who I wanted her to choose. The crucial and mandatory BFF storyline is spot-on and the sort of side story of the crazy PR job Delia gets with a shady snake-oil salesman disguised as a personal brand manager is perfect.
In short, if you like Helen Fielding, Sophie Kinsella, Carolyn Brown, Mary Kaye Andrews or (my personal fav) Marion Keyes, you GOTTA read this book!
Pardon me while I shove off to find my next Mhairi McFarlane read.