"Hot mess sad girl Penny tries to take her friend’s and therapist’s advice and leave her bad habits behind "
Look, it isn’t the first time we’ve read a novel about a woman who is unsatisfied with her career and relationships, struggling with her mental health, drinking too much and dating rubbish men, only to then work things out better and find upturns in each – and I highly doubt it will be the last.
But that isn’t to say No Hard Feelings isn’t a good book. It’s a classic character arc for a reason. I think a lot of late-twenties/early-thirties women can find this book relatable. I was rooting for Penny to finally get with her secretly perfect fuckboy housemate, and the scene where (spoiler alert) things change in their feelings and he confesses made me want to shake her and kiss him.
There are some really great lines, and I particularly enjoyed the way Novak groups chats on the page, and she captures well the way texts between friends can be deliciously rapid and hilarious or stomach-curdlingly tense and passive aggressive.
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Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late twenties. A sharp, smart and witty look at adulting - Fleabag meets Sorrow and Bliss with a splash of Dolly Alderton and Beth O’Leary.
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Hungover, underpaid and overwhelmed, this isn't where Penny expected to be as she reached her late twenties. A sharp, smart and witty look at adulting - Fleabag meets Sorrow and Bliss with a splash of Dolly Alderton and Beth O’Leary.
No Hard Feelings features in the following genres: Debuts, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Romance / Relationship Stories
Paperback. £8.99, down from the £9.99 cover price. In Stock.
No Hard Feelings was written by Genevieve Novak and published by HarperCollins Publishers
No Hard Feelings has 336 pages
£8.99, reduced from £9.99. In Stock.
