I’m not usually a lover of short story collections, but I would never miss anything written by Cecelia Ahern and this collection did not disappoint. A wonderful series of uplifting, empowering stories written in her unmistakable writing style. I loved them.

A fantastic collection of short stories about women and their power. I liked it a lot and read it in one sitting! Highly recommended.

I could not get into this book, ultimately it was not form me and I could not finish it. It may be one for other readers

I enjoy the build up of Cecilia Ahearne novels and getting to know the characters, which short stories like these rob you of.
Some of her books have a fantastical, other worldliness which I enjoy, but not this collection.
This title was very much praised and recommended but to me it's only a shadow of her earlier books.
They seem all to be a tract to empower working mothers and because quite repetitive.
I'll still to her full le gth novels.

4.5 stars

A provocative, hilarious, astute collection of 30 stories on the theme of the female experience. I love how unapologetically intersectional Ahern is and the way these stories address so many different aspects of womanhood for so many different women. It's fiercely feminist and diverse and extremely funny. Each story is gem in its own right, a rarity in collections and lots of them will stay with me. There's an entertaining mix of genres from realism to magical realism, surrealism and dystopian but each centres on the experience of an anonymous woman and her situation with wit, rage and perception. It's hugely imaginative and an absolute joy to read

This was a brilliant read. As soon as I started reading this book I just knew I was going to love it. Highly recommended

A little hit and miss for me, on the whole we'll written stories but found some a little frustrating to read. Being short stories could pick and choose however which was a bonus!

30 short stories told from the perspective of 30 un named woman. The only stories I liked were: The woman who ordered the sea bass special, The woman who found the world in her oyster and The woman who thought the grass was greener on the other side.

I think I get what the author was trying to do, but it all felt too literal and clumsy.
The guilt eating you alive for example. Walking in a man's shoes, being pigeon holed, jumping on the bandwagon, wearing your heart on your sleeve. It was too cliché. I found it very weird and not for me unfortunately.

Received an arc from Netgalley to review.

I didn’t know know what to expect with the book as it is a departure from the usual writing style of this author and I don’t read short stories regularly.

However I really like the concept of this book, all about women and the focus on their issues and challenges. Stories that we can all relate to.

I enjoyed reading the book but I think I definitely a full length book kind of reader.

Roar is a collection of short stories written by the wonderful Cecelia Ahern. The story's are all about women and their different lives, some are funny and some make you think. It's a good book for busy people who have a spare five minutes as they could read one story.
I would recommend this book

I usually struggle to connect with short stories but I found each of these fascinating in their own way. Ahern uplifts women in an imaginative and unique narrative, that in no way feel congratulatory or condescending. It's a joy to read and is definitely a collection that contains stories for different stages of life. I feel like I could pick this up in 5 or 10 years and relate to it in an entirely fresh way. I will say there is one story that sticks out from the rest and the collection may have benefited from it being cut as it does not ring true to the mission of the collection. However, I do feel like if Ahern were to revisit this, she may have a new perspective.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my e-book copy for review. This is a collection of short stories, which I don’t normally read as I often struggle with the pacing and getting invested. This book has 30 short stories focusing on different women. The stories I read were enjoyable but I found I wasn’t invested as I couldn’t find a thread to follow which I really enjoy in my reading. If you like short stories this will probably be for you, it just unfortunately didn’t work for me.

I have so much respect for this author that I will literally read anything she has written without reading the blurb but this wasn't my cup of tea. The stories were too short to really build a character and despite the creativity, many followed the same sort of formula and I gave up half way. Much appreciation to NetGalley for the opportunity to read her work.

I don't usually read short stories so it might had some influence on how I felt about this book, but I didn't really enjoy the most of them. Really wasn't my thing

Thank you to the publisher for my eARC copy of this book. Unfortunately I didn’t love this book and therefore didn’t finish, I just didn’t connect with this one. Not for me, sorry.

Roar by Cecelia Ahern is made up of 30 short stories, and are all stories about different women, one per story, who each have something to discover.  They are enjoyable stories, and feel like fables, as each story has a message. 

I enjoyed the surprise of the moment of revelation in each story, and trying to guess where we were going to be led. These are very much told from the point of view of these women do not value themselves sufficiently but are uplifting.

 Roar  was published on 1st November 2018 and is available from  Amazon ,  Waterstones  and  Bookshop.org .

You can follow Cecelia Ahern on  Facebook ,  Twitter ,  Instagram  and her  website .

I was given this book in exchange for an unbiased review, so my thanks to NetGalley and to  HarperCollins .

short stories, each one of them slightly offbeat but with a powerful message of empowerment for the central character.

Roar by Cecelia Ahern was featured on Caboodle/National Book Tokens “18 of the best books to read this autumn”.

This is a compilation of short stories about women’s lives. They were easy to read and the point of them was to highlight issues that women face on a daily basis such as feeling invisible when they reach a certain age. Each story was given a literal twist for example the woman who was falling apart because of having too much to do and in the story she actually starts falling apart. The stories were quite clever in a way but personally I found them slightly silly and had a job getting through them all. Not for me! Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me an ARC of this book.

Roar took me pleasantly by surprise as it wasn’t your typical novel that follows the same characters from beginning to end. Rather, this was a collection of thirty stories, or dare I say fables? That provide a mirror to the negative tapes and stereotypes we as women embrace, despite the adverse ramifications to our well-being. What appears on the surface as simplistic actually delves deeper into societal norms and how it has played out repeatedly, and seemingly regardless of age, location, and culture. There is power in simplicity, because underneath the surface are multiple layers, commentaries on our lives as women, and perhaps urging us to peel away the surface we’ve accepted for far too long. To lay recognition to these societal norms that hinder us. Because once we are aware, we are one step closer to making change.
Roar touches on themes of self-worth and confidence. How women have strengths that often go unnoticed and unappreciated, yet women believe their lives are inconsequential. How women are beautiful, beyond the confines of what is dictated. A woman’s insecurities should not define all females, yet we fall into a trap of false-belief. This book is a reminder that women do have a voice, and they have choices. And their voices shall not be stifled.
Ahern’s novel is a homage to women as they navigate a world of repression with dignity, light, honesty, and love. And while it exposes how adversity affects women, it also illustrates how women maneuver through the difficulties, how they triumph, and how they ultimately Roar.