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4 1/2 stars

Reviewed in Australia on 12 September 2019

I don’t think I’ve reviewed any of Mhairi McFarlane’s books before now, but I’ve read them all. And what’s more I’ve loved them all. I do get a little caught up in the “conversation” that would be the internal dialogue as well as the actual dialogue, I think it’s because I think and talk Australian and the author and characters are from the British Isles and speak British/Irish but it’s also the snark and wit that these fictional characters use to converse with each other. And they’re just so damn likeable! Fab story!

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Gordon Ross

Yawn

Reviewed in Australia on 12 December 2021

Just could not connect with this one, although writing fluent. Maybe I am the wrong age group, gender or bored by relationships!

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4 1/2 stars

Reviewed in Australia on 12 September 2019

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Touching and real

Reviewed in Australia on 18 October 2019

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Mhairi McFarlane has done it again. This was such a good read and it was so hard to stop once I got properly into the story.

Georgina is thirty years old and is fired from her job as a waitress then goes to see her boyfriend of six months only to find him in bed with another woman. This isn't a particularly unique trope in the romance/women's fiction area. But the rest of the story has plenty to recommend it. Through a family connection she gets a one-off gig helping to tend bar at a wake and is offered a job by the end of the night. The offer comes from one of two brothers who have bought and renovated the pub. She's met the one brother but the other arrives much later and turns out to be her first love from high school. But he behaves as though he is meeting her for the first time.

This is no shallow story and it delves into some deep-rooted issues in several areas of her life and it ends up with quite a few touching scenes by the end.

I wouldn't say it's a solid five stars but it's pretty close. I don't give such high ratings often but this surely deserves a strong one.

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Laurajh_21

Surprisingly sad!

Reviewed in Australia on 22 November 2021

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I cried - a lot!
The book starts with Then - Georgina’s school years and a secret romance.
Now - a number of years later, and we learn that her dad passed away during her first year at uni and now she feels stuck working in an awful restaurant in Sheffield. Then she gets fired and catches her boyfriend cheating, all in the same evening!
She gets offered a new job that she loves and can’t believe her luck, that is until the boss turns out to be the boy that broke her heart all those years ago, yet he doesn’t seem to remember her at all!
As the story unfolds we learn the secrets that she didn’t even tell her therapist and how these have impacted on her life and confidence ever since.
Although in some ways this was a typical romance, I found it quite sad. The story of her father’s death was a little too close to home maybe, but I also felt upset by how she is treated in general.
It was a speedy read and overall I enjoyed it. I did feel at the beginning that there was some complicated words being shoe-horned in unnecessarily. Some of these were called out, but much as I love learning new words, when I had to look up a few within the first few pages it nearly put me off.
I’m happy I persisted and overall I felt that Georgina was a likeable character who I empathised with and believed in.

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Tracy

Great book

Reviewed in Australia on 4 January 2022

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I had to re read many lines...as they were so clever, so well written, if I had read like I always do, with the drivel I usually read, the sentences sometimes didn't make sense..but once I slowed down and enjoyed an almost person to person conversation...I was enthralled
Amazing style, great story. Thank you loved it

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Fonzarelli

So good!

Reviewed in Australia on 4 June 2020

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It took me a little to get in to this book as the hapless protagonist was incredibly frustrating. But persist - as once you find out more about her and the circumstances that have brought her to where she is, you come to love her and hope desperately that she gets the happy ending she deserves. I also love the way she seizes control back for herself and the messages of female solidarity and friendship (and could Kitty please make a reappearance in another novel? She’s fab!) Lovely, funny and a weeny bit tear jerking.

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Reviewed in Australia on 24 January 2022

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It’s such a long time since I veered away from reading crime fiction, murder mysteries, espionage… you get the drift, but “Don’t You Forget About Me” has reminded me that Rom-Com is good for the soul.
A wonderful storyline and enough laughs liberally sprinkled throughout that I’m smiling now just writing about it!
Can’t keep wittering on, I need to get back onto Amazon to find more of a Mhairi McFarlane’s work… Five stars all the way Mhairi, thanks!

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Meg Howe

Refreshingly real

Reviewed in Australia on 8 January 2022

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This is a lovely read. I liked the characters because they were quirky but familiarly real. The dialogue had me laughing out loud several times. Can't wait to read everything this author has on offer.

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Kindle Customer

Wow what a ride

Reviewed in Australia on 24 April 2022

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Wow! What a story. Lots of twists and turns, ups and downs makes this story entertaining, heart warming, sad and all the emotions. Loved it

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Elizabeth

Sigh

Reviewed in Australia on 4 February 2022

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The characters feel like friends, now I'm annoyed that it's finished and I don't get to spend any more time with them.

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The writing is superb.

Reviewed in Australia on 31 August 2019

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I really enjoyed this book. The story is just at the right level of interesting. It's easy but not boring. It's hard to put down yet not demand too much of effort to read. The caharacters are so wholesome and consistent. The writer succesfully made them likeable and relatable that you really care about them. The core story is romance but you can get a lot about friendship and family too.

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