Sorry Not Sorry: The perfect laugh out loud romantic comedy Paperback – February 8, 2019

Lighthearted, witty, funny, relatable story of a modern coming of age experiment, specific to our modern generations who mature later in life. Descriptive but not enough to override the intent of the story. An easy read when you're looking for something entertaining, but not consuming.

The tale of “”Good Girl Bad Girl” is best told by the characters. In many ways it’s similar to other novels of the same genre but I’m a sucker for British writers of the genre. I even listened to UK-based bands referred to in the book on YouTube to better get the mood and put in context of the time it was written and found I’d stumbled onto new-to-me music I now enjoy regularly like The Lumineers. Check them out especially for their original lyrics.It’s helpful to download from Kindle the UK - British dictionary to parse out the unique UK slang to accurately describe the text. The dictionary is a great tool and I’m grateful to the developers of Kindle for making it easily accessible.It’s not as entertaining as the rom/com UK author’s work in the genre of Robert Brynzda: the Coco series but GBBG was a wonderful romp. I also really love the work of Spalding (can’t recall his first name...) which is solidly entertaining. So much so I even pre-ordered his next book at a bargain at $3.99.

It is a fun and light reading but a dramatic one at the same time! Def worth taking the time to read it.

There aren't many self-published books that are this well done. No plot holes, unformed characters or editing mistakes, just a fun read with a lot of heart. A great premise fulfilled. The side storylines of girlfriends and housemate kept it fast paced, but didn't feel like rabbit holes. She makes the reader care about every character. All in all, a classic piece of chick lit that's better than the same genre from major publishing houses.

The main character is enjoyable and down to earth. I enjoyed the book. It was very interesting, but I could do without all the f words.

If you read my reviews you already know that I read a lot and only write if I feel strongly about a book, either good or bad. I will say that I am not very fond of British books in general - they use common words only those from England would know and it is sometimes difficult to follow the story. I picked Sorry Not Sorry just from the description of a perfect laugh out loud romantic comedy. It is not. But....it IS a very good read about everyday life for a single semi-professional young woman, with all the struggles that come with relationships, both personal and professional. With some hiccups along the way, things work out the way they should. A little predictable, but a really good read.

I'm 8 chapters (25%) in and there's been no romance and no comedy. Why should I keep reading? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?I know the Brits have a drier sense of humor but I adore British comedy. This isn't it. Plodding on a bit longer but not much.****************So I did finish the book. It's not a romance. Romance has very specific rules and I don't say that to be a nudge. It's just true. This is not a romance so call it what it is so people like me - who know what a romance is - don't waste their money. And there was nothing funny about the story. Even if I'm generous with the one liners, they weren't funny. At best it's women's fiction. I still wouldn't call it a comedy.Charlotte is a mediocre character. She's most of the cliche's wrapped into a sarcastic package. I don't really mind the sarcasm; I do mind the cliches. The style of the narrative is pretty good - it flows easily though the author likes to go off on tangents about whatever noun was in the last paragraph so be prepared for that. I know too much about characters I care nothing about because they weren't a real part of the story.There are so many men it's a bit ludicrous. None of them play a very important role until the end when, like Russian Roulette, one is tagged the "hero." Romance is about the relationship between the two characters and we got very little of that, even if you read back between the lines once you know who is going to be tagged the hero.The ending is decent (again, not a romance) but a fairly straight shot from the start of the book. Several threads were left hanging so I don't know if she plans to pick it up in a sequel. This may be why we got so much back story and side story about characters we didn't see a whole lot.

I don’t think I can finish this book. It’s taking forever to get no where! I keep skipping bc it’s just a bunch of filler detail stuff that does nothing for the story. I’m on chapter 10 and I still don’t know who the romance is supposed to be between. So far she has a job where she gets walked all over but seems to love it, has a best friend who is now moving to next stage of life and marrying leaving her to have to have new roommates, she had a one bad date with sex that sucked so basically swore herself off guys, her best friend is turning into a rush snob and hurting her feelings but she feels guilty instead, and she’s playing hard to get bc a pod cast tells her to. Chapter 10 and I still am not sure if she’s met the guy that is supposed to be her romantic partner or not. The sexting they may or may not be doing is not written into the story. There’s no burn….. I’m going to put it down for a few days and then attempt again….