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THE TIMES BESTSELLER
A Stylist Must-Read & a Red Magazine Best Book of 2018
'It is so good! It is so honest about being a woman and all the things that are expected of us ... I enjoyed it very much.' MARIAN KEYES
AS DISCUSSED ON BBC WOMAN'S HOUR AND THE SARA COX SHOW
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'Turning thirty is like playing musical chairs. The music stops, and everyone just marries whoever they happen to be sitting on.'
Who the f*ck is Tori Bailey?
There's no doubt that Tori is winning the game of life. She's inspired millions of women to stick two fingers up at convention with her bestselling memoir, and she has the perfect relationship to boot.
But Tori Bailey has been living a lie.
Everyone around her is getting married and having babies, but her long-term boyfriend won't even talk about getting engaged. And when her best friend Dee - her plus one, the only person who understands the madness - falls in love, suddenly Tori's in terrifying danger of being left behind.
When the world tells you to be one thing and turning thirty brings with it a loud ticking clock, it takes courage to walk your own path.
It's time for Tori to practise what she's preached, but the question is: is she brave enough?
The debut adult novel by bestselling author Holly Bourne is a blisteringly funny, honest and moving exploration of love, friendship and navigating the emotional rollercoaster of your thirties.
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This summer, everyone is talking about HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW?
'Truly a f***ing good novel' EVENING STANDARD
'Relatable for any woman navigating emotional time bombs' RED
'Gave me all of the feelings ... this generation's Bridget Jones.' CARMEL HARRINGTON
'Funny, sad, honest, insightful, up-to-the-minute. Kept me guessing (and hoping) to the last page' ROISIN MEANEY
Sure to resonate with anyone navigating the emotional minefield of their thirties - RED ONLINE
'Smart, witty and perceptive. Razor-sharp on friendship, self-image and self-deception' LUCY DIAMOND
'Sublime, perfectly observed' LAURA JANE WILLIAMS
'Bourne incinerates the lies we're all capable of telling ourselves in this raw and very funny book; it'll resonate with anyone trying to convince themselves that sticking it out is better than being alone.' EMERALD STREET
'Funny, real and heartbreaking. I haven't been this obsessed with a book in years.' LUCY VINE
Injected with such reality it can't help but be hilarious - TIMES
What reviewers are saying:
'I f***king love this book. I was not expecting to feel so understood. I had to stop every page to fire off a quote to my best friend.' - Netgalley, 5 stars
'This book is everything - I was hooked from page one.' - Netgalley, 5 stars
'A laugh-out-loud read you will not want to put down... funny, relatable, honest and extremely addictive. 5***** 10/10' - Waterstones reviewer
'I can't get over how much I loved and appreciated this book... I needed to read this so badly. Holly speaks for me completely. The late-twenties/thirty-something's Cat Person.' - Netgalley, 5 stars
作者简介
Holly started her writing career as a news journalist, where she was nominated for Best Print Journalist of the Year. She then spent six years working as an editor, a relationship advisor, and general ‘agony aunt’ for a youth charity – helping young people with their relationships and mental health. Inspired by what she saw, she started writing teen fiction, including the best-selling, award-winning ‘Spinster Club’ series which helps educate teenagers about feminism. When she turned thirty, Holly wrote her first adult novel, examining the intensified pressures on women once they hit that landmark.
Alongside her writing, Holly has a keen interest in women’s rights and is an advocate for reducing the stigma of mental health problems. She’s helped create online apps that teach young people about sexual consent, works with Women’s Aid to spread awareness of abusive relationships, and runs Rethink’s mental health book club.
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我必须坦诚地说，这本书**极其考验耐心**，但回报是巨大的。它不像市面上流行的快餐文学那样迎合读者的即时满足感，相反，它要求你慢下来，去品味那些看似平淡却暗藏玄机的日常互动。书中的“留白”艺术运用得出神入化，作者留下了大量的空间，让读者自己的经验和想象力去填补人物未曾言明的想法和感受。这使得每一次阅读体验都变得非常个人化。我常常会因为某个角色一闪而过的眼神，或者一个停顿的叹息，而陷入长久的沉思。这种**情感上的深度共鸣**，很少在其他作品中找到。它迫使我直面自己内心深处那些不愿承认的阴暗面和矛盾心态。从写作技法上来说，作者对“场景调度”的把握达到了大师级别，他能用极少的笔墨勾勒出庞大的空间感和压抑的氛围。比如，书中描绘的一个雨夜场景，我竟然能真切地闻到空气中泥土和潮湿木头的味道。这本书更像是一面镜子，映照出人性中最复杂、最难以捉摸的真相，读完后，世界在你眼中似乎蒙上了一层更深沉的底色。
评分天哪，我简直不敢相信自己读完了这本厚厚的书！从翻开扉页的那一刻起，我就被作者那**极其老练且近乎残忍的洞察力**给牢牢抓住了。这不是那种轻松愉快的消遣读物，而是一次深入人心、甚至有点令人不安的旅程。作者似乎拥有一种魔力，能够将最微妙、最难以言喻的人类情感和动机，用**精准到令人窒息的笔触**描绘出来。我尤其欣赏他对社会结构和人际关系中那种微妙的权力动态的解构。书中描绘的那些场景，那种对话的张力，让我感觉自己仿佛就坐在那些角落里，目睹着一切的发生，却又无力干预。有些地方的叙事节奏慢得像是凝固的琥珀，让你不得不停下来细细品味每一个字背后的潜台词；而另一些段落，则如同疾驰的列车，猛地将你抛入高潮的漩涡，留下一地狼藉的思考。这本书成功地挑战了我对自己所处世界的既有认知，让我开始质疑那些我们习以为常的“常识”。它不是给你答案的，它只负责提出更尖锐、更难以回避的问题。读完后，我发现自己花了整整两天时间，只是坐在那里，试图把书中那些复杂的人物关系和哲思重新梳理一遍。这绝对是一部需要反复咀嚼，才能领悟其深意的佳作，它在你脑海中留下的“回音”比书本身的内容更持久。
评分这本书的魅力在于它的**“反高潮”设计**。它在铺陈了大量的紧张和期待之后，并没有提供一个爆炸性的结局，而是选择了一种更加微妙、更加贴近现实的收束方式——很多事情悬而未决，很多误会并未完全解开，人物的命运也只是暗示了一个大致的方向。这种处理手法，对于习惯了传统叙事闭环的读者来说，可能会感到一丝失落，但我恰恰认为这是作者**成熟和自信的标志**。他相信读者有能力去处理这种“未完成感”。书中对“沉默”的运用堪称一绝，很多时候，人物之间最关键的信息都不是通过对话传递的，而是通过他们选择不说的话、通过空气中凝固的几秒钟来表达的。我反复研读了几个关键的无声对峙场景，发现每一次阅读，都能从中捕捉到新的细微差别。这种要求读者主动参与解码文本的写作方式，极大地提升了阅读的互动性和持久性。总而言之，这是一本**不妥协的、令人精神为之一振的作品**，它要求你付出努力，并最终以一种深刻的、难以言喻的满足感回报你。
评分如果你期待的是一个酣畅淋漓、节奏明快的阅读体验，那么这本书可能会让你感到**有些沉重和晦涩**。作者似乎对“快速解决问题”这件事抱有一种近乎蔑视的态度。他热衷于将冲突和困境无限期地延长，让角色在泥泞中挣扎，直到读者也感到一种近乎生理上的焦灼。这种处理方式虽然在商业上可能不讨好，但却是艺术上高明的选择。它模拟了真实生活中许多问题无法被简单定义的特性。我特别欣赏作者在语言风格上展现出的**惊人的多变性**。他可以在前一页使用高度学术化、充满隐喻的复杂句式，下一页却突然切换到极其口语化、近乎粗粝的内心独白，这种反差制造了一种强烈的冲击力，使得人物的内心世界层次感极其丰富。这本书更像是一部**社会人类学的深度田野调查报告**，只不过载体是文学小说。它不是为了娱乐大众，而是为了探讨存在本身，探讨我们如何在这个充满悖论的世界中，试图找到一点点立足之地。读完后，我感受到的不是满足，而是一种对未知的更深层次的敬畏。
评分读这本书的体验，简直就像是参加了一场**高强度的智力马拉松**。作者的遣词造句，简直是文学界的**匠人精神的极致体现**。每一个从他笔下流淌出来的句子，都经过了无数次的打磨和斟酌，充满了令人赞叹的节奏感和音乐性。我特别喜欢他构建世界观的方式，不是通过大段的背景介绍，而是巧妙地将环境细节融入角色的行动和对话之中，让读者像拼图一样，自己去构建出那个宏大而又真实的设定。更妙的是，他似乎精通人类心理学的“灰色地带”。书中的角色，没有绝对的好人或坏人，他们都是由各种自私、渴望、恐惧和偶尔闪现的善意混合而成的复杂体。每一次我以为我猜到了角色的下一步行动时，作者总能用一个**意想不到却又合乎逻辑的转折**来打我的脸。这种持续的、高度的智力参与感，让我爱不释手。当然，不得不提的是，这本书的结构设计也极其大胆，采用了非线性叙事，时间线在不同章节间跳跃穿梭，这要求读者必须保持高度的专注，稍不留神就会迷失在时间迷宫里。对我来说，这种挑战性正是它最大的魅力所在，它奖励了那些愿意投入时间和精力的读者。
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