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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER

Jenny McLaine:
• can’t afford her mortgage since her ex moved out
• is about to get dumped by her best friend
• spends all day online-stalking women with picture-perfect lives

And now her mother has appeared on her doorstep, unbidden, to save the day…

Is Jenny ready to grow up and rescue herself this time?

UK’s #6 bestselling hardback, The Sunday Times chart 9th February 2020

*Margot Robbie talking about Adults, as quoted in CHANEL’s short film segment, ‘In the library with Margot Robbie’

©2019 Emma Jane Unsworth (P)2019 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Contemporary Contemporary Romance Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Comedy Funny Witty

Critic reviews

"I loved it! Dazzling observations and snarky one-liners, with a heroine who is vulnerable, funny, intelligent and feels So real. I wish I'd written it!" (Marian Keyes)

‘Confronting, heartbreaking and hilarious - a timely parable for modern anxiety as well as a timeless examination of men, women, sex, desire, friendship, family and the female psyche...I completely and utterly adored it." (Dolly Alderton)

"So funny, arch and tender...A must-read For anyone who has ever wondered what it means to be a daughter, a friend or a mother, when sometimes you don't even know how to be yourself." (Jessie Burton)
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I have to admit the first half of this book I couldn’t get into, the main character is not likeable at all. Being 33 myself I really couldn’t believe a 35 year old was still so obsessed with instagram or that self absorbed. I found myself rolling my eyes a lot!
But I preserved as the book had such good reviews and I’m glad I did But I wouldn’t recommend listening to the book. Many of the chapters are so short, so a lot made no sense to me. (Some chapters go back in time)
I didn’t even realise the chapters had titles as I didn’t find that clear at all. (Until about half way through when I just so happened to be looking at the app and it all made sense!)
I listened to the last chapter over and over but I still have no clue what the last word is. And I’m not sure how the first chapter fits in to the story either.
So I think I will have to purchase a copy and read the book, as I did enjoy the last half of the book when things came together but I did find that I predicted all of the ‘twists’.
I also really can’t believe after everything that has happened she still gives her ex the time of day!!

50/50

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great book, I thought it was more mature than Animals in terms of the writing/characters. didn't love the end?!

lovely

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Loved it! Emma Jane Unsworth is an absolute G. Fantastic narration too. Is the millennial Bridget Jones only sharper, more painful and with some great gags.

Loved it!

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The topic interested me but the main character (Jenny) and the story were too dull to keep me interested. It seemed that Jenny's entire life consisted of herself, her anxiety which of course was fulled by her smartphone and social media. She seemed to do or think nothing about other people. I get it but for me, this was a boring listen. It might have been more enjoyable in print rather than audio as my eyes rolled and i switched off every time I heard Jenny's tweets - punctuation marks too e.g. "question mark question mark question mark .." "exclamation mark exclamation mark..". I made it to the end but i have no idea really what the point of this book was

Dull - I kept drifting off

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I think this book is supposed to be 'relatable' for people in their mid-30s navigating relationships, work and social media but the characters are all so unrealistic and annoying that I felt no sympathy for any of them. It starts off ok but becomes more ludicrous as it goes along, and I found myself rolling my eyes a lot. I did enjoy listening to a northern narrator for once though.

Kind of annoying

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