I have to honestly say that I was not expecting to like this book. I think the title is meant to get your attention. But I thought it was a very good read. I think it's good to talk about things like this book covers. It shouldn't be taboo and this book helps to dispel that. It was a short read, but it is not a light read. This is not a beach book. This is a good book club book to get a real discussion going about real life. ( )

This was a rather good book. At first, I almost scrolled past because of the title but the summary sucked me in. I loved that there wasn't an instant moment where the protagonist "knows what to do". She struggled with herself. She fought with herself. she tried to make things normal again but things aren't normal immediately following something as serious as this. I highly recommend this for those who are trying to understand this kind of thing from a victim's perspective. ( )

I received this book for free through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewers in exchange for an honest review.

I know they say, "never judge a book by its cover," but when I first saw this cover, actually more-so the title of it, I was a bit put off by it and thought it was being insensitive and almost scrolled past it completely, but my curiosity got the best of me and I had to least find out what it was about. I'm glad I did because the summary won me over, and I realized then that was the point of the cover and title. It's to make people ask questions about it and (hopefully) start a dialogue about this issue more and to bring awareness.

It took me a little while to get into this book, it was not really what I was expecting. Although I'm not sure what I actually was expecting. Once I got into it I enjoyed it. It is classified as a romantic comedy, but I wouldn't call it that. I found it to be pretty serious and not all that funny, although there were some funny moments and the romance part was good. I will also say that this book was uncomfortable to read in public. The title causes some eyebrow raising. I felt the need to flip it over when I wasn't reading or tuck it away when I had guests. However, every single person who did see the title questioned me about it, so I guess that's good marketing. Nobody ever reacts to run of the mill book titles the way I saw people react to this one. I think a lot of people who have personal experience with this topic would benefit from reading it. ( )

Author: Louise McGregor
Published: 2019
Format: paperback (giveaway)
Pages: 205

This was a LibraryThing giveaway.

Thumbs up because the publisher is based in my hometown.

Cons:

1) The title, which I get, but I got a lot of looks while reading this in public.
2) The entirety of the book is in first person which does make sense for the story being told, but I loathe first person perspective.
3) Some of the situations were so convoluted they were comical.

Pros:
1) The story was told from the victim's point of view.
2) She had a good support system.
3) She didn't instantly know what to do and how to feel.
4) She didn't have instant closure.

We watched as our protagonist, Edie, figured out what actually happed to her and saw how she navigated everday life as a survivor of rape.

Her life fell apart a little too spectacularly for my tastes, but we did watch her work to put it all back together again, which didn't happen instantly. She had to learn how to fuction as a friend, a worker, a love interest and just Edie again.

It wasn't a great read, but it was very good. I would definitely check out more from the author a d publisher in future. ( )