A review by booklistqueen
The Good Part by Sophie Cousens

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

Twenty-six-year-old Lucy Young is tired of her career, love life, and flatmates, none of which are coming anything close to what she imagined. When she stumbles upon a wishing machine, she makes a wish to skip to the good part of her life. Suddenly, Lucy finds herself a married 40-year-old with two kids living the life she imagined. Did she skip ahead or just forget? And if she could go back, would she?

The Good Part is a heartfelt romance reminding you of the value of all your experiences, both good and bad. Completely overwhelmed by being a working mom, Lucy struggles with impostor syndrome, finding she can't magically jump into a more mature life. For it's in the living of our lives that we have become who we are today.  While I enjoyed the deeper themes of Cousen's novel, I found Lucy annoyingly immature, which was supposed to be funny but I found it more irritating than anything.

I received a complimentary copy of this book from G. P. Putnam's Sons through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.