So Lucky: The bold, brilliant Sunday Times bestseller you need to read this year

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Everything seems perfect in this fake lifestyle that millions of followers clamour for - some of the most touching moments is Lauren is advised against posting more personal statuses as it could ruin her brand. We have never thought to ask our disabled customers anything as a group.” That would have to change. “Meanwhile, we do have a satisfaction survey of one. Me.” Dawn O'Porter is spot on with the way society is judgemental and toxic. How many of us believe we need to live up to certain standards surrounding us. I loved how true to life the characters were, I think every woman can relate to them.

Max Washington, the mayor’s new liaison, wants the afternoon meeting at one-thirty instead of two; and if you can manage the earlier time, I could squeeze in that Hate Crimes Task Force appointment with Captain Hernandez you had to cancel Tuesday, and still make the Primary Carers thing this afternoon…” I turned away. And tripped. A slippery leaf, I thought, if I thought anything at all. A twig. Or that uneven bit of concrete we really should fix. But it wasn’t we anymore. It was just me.Perhaps this was needed to get the message of the book across but I think it means more when it's at least slightly believable. I’m not going to lie. I found Eleanor teenager-y and downright annoying for the first 35% of the book. But don’t let that stop you from reading it. I’m guessing it really is a “me thing” and I’m glad I pushed on because she does make up for it. Then we have Ruby. Ruby has a 'condition' (no spoilers). She was married for a brief time but her husband humiliated her at their wedding (we don't find out how until near the end of the book). They have a 3 and a half year old daughter called Bonnie. Ruby looks after Bonnie all week (although puts her in Nursery 8 am - 5.00 pm) and her estranged husband Liam has Bonnie every weekend. Now I know Dawn O'Porter has two children but I found Bonnie's language was too adult! There were no mispronounced words common for a child that age instead she was just written with adult language which seemed too advanced for that age range. Ruby hasn't particularly bonded with Bonnie. This is due to her 'condition' and her own relationship with her mother. Ruby's job is to touch up photographs to make people look perfect. She’s not mine. I mean, she is, but like in an I can’t get rid of her because I’m legally obligated kind of way. Right?" The main character is an angry person that I am sure I would not have liked before or after diagnosis. The story is full of ugly vignettes about people being mistreated, robbed, murdered, etc. This is not a world I want to live in.

Definitely worth reading for it's realistic portrayal of a woman whose whole way of life as well of her sense of identity is in peril.I received a free digital copy of this book from the publishers/author via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Now, they have to stay married for 30 days and a lot can happen in a matter of a month. Don't you think??? Cold. Numb.” The words were still difficult, but at least I could now speak, and swallow, and breathe. I tried not to look at the respirator and oxygen tubes dangling like gutted snakes by the bed.

and then - it almost becomes a thriller. the tension, the fear, the knowledge that there is someone, or something, or both out there. coming. Oh, he was not going to win that easily. “Christopher!” I needed a list of the Executive Committee’s personal numbers.

From the author of Hild, a fierce and urgent autobiographical novel about a woman facing down a formidable foe.

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arc provided from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review (thank you Farrar, Straus and Giroux!!)