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Review: The Good Part by Sophie Cousens


Blurb from Goodreads:
By the New York Times bestselling author of Just Haven't Met You Yet, a downtrodden twenty-six-year-old wakes up to the life she’s always wanted, but is it really a dream come true?

At twenty-six, Lucy Young is tired. Tired of fetching coffees for senior TV producers, tired of going on disastrous dates, and definitely tired of living in a damp flat share with flatmates who never buy toilet roll. She could quit her job for a better living, but she’s not ready to give up on her dreams. Not just yet. After another diabolical date lands her in a sudden storm and no money for bus fare, Lucy finds herself seeking shelter in a tiny shop, where she stumbles upon a curious wishing machine. Pushing her last coin into the slot, Lucy closes her eyes and wishes with everything she’s got: Please, let me skip to the good part of my life.

When she wakes the next morning to a handsome man, a ring on her finger, a high-powered job, and storybook perfect little boy and baby girl, Lucy can’t believe this is real—especially when she looks in the mirror, and staring back is her own forty-something face. Has she really skipped ahead to the future she’s always wanted, or has she simply forgotten a huge chunk of her life? And as Lucy begins to embrace this new life and new relationships, she’ll have to ask herself: Can she go back, and if so, does she want to?

 
This was just okay for me . . . it felt a bit too derivative of movies like Big and, given it was supposed to be set 16 years in the future, I don't feel like it was well intentioned in trying to accurately describe the future.  I just found the MC a bit over the top as well.  It had some sweet moments but I just found myself wanting it to end despite liking other works by this author. I'm sure it will be brilliant for others, just not me. Hope you have better luck!

The Good Part comes out next week on November 7, 2023 and you can purchase HERE.  
I wish ... I wish I could skip to the good part, where my life is sorted. I'm so tired of being broke and single and stuck. I wish I could fast-forward to when I know what I'm doing, when I have some semblance of a career, when I've met my person and I don't need to go on any more soul-crushing dates. I just want to live somewhere nice, with a sturdy ceiling and a shower with no bones in it. If the love of my life is out there, I want to get to the part that he's in. I just want to get to the good part of my life.

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