This book was not what I thought it was going to be…
Based on the title and the cover, I thought this book was going to be full of shenanigans, a Finlay Donovan type of a book. It wasn’t, at least not until around 50 PERCENT.
Summary - Four women take fate into their own hands in this big-hearted story of friendship, resilience and revenge on monstrous men. Taking inspiration from the infamous, empowering song, GOODBYE EARL follows four best friends through two unforgettable summers, 15 years apart.
Sounds fun, right? Well, I almost DNF’d my netgalley because it was just not keeping me engaged BUT luck would have it that I was able to get the audio the next day and managed to finish it that way. The audio was fun and the shenanigans do get going around the halfway mark. I think the most fun part of reading/listening to this book was listening to the two Dixie Chicks albums that came out around the time I graduated high school – I remembered ALL (shockingly) of the words and had an absolute ball belting out the extremely fun songs from those two albums.
Thank you @net for this free copy for review!
What songs from high school (and what class? I’m Class of ‘99! ) do you remember all the words?
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