From the author of "PS I love you" I had high expectations and was not disappointed. relatable and charming this book really did make me want to keep turning the pages. respect where respect is due and Ceceilia has my respect. Thank you for the opportunity of reviewing this book.

I often lose patience with a short story collection, but these stories were so thought provoking, emotional and inspiring. They are easy to read, and kept me coming back for more.

What a very, very clever book!!

All situations that women think, but actually happens in these clever short stories!!

I found myself in some of these stories, and it helped me to put them into perspective!!

I loved it, and couldn't wait for the next story!!

Very easy to read, and very enjoyable!!

Wonderful!!

Any book that highlights the difficulties and prejudices women experience and has the reach of an author like Cecilia Ahern is a good thing. Makes you think though when she can write 30 different short stories about the subject.

This book is a collection of stories on subjects that affect women, written in the style of a fairytale. I found this book really disappointing, cliched and at times lazy. I feel like this resorted to feminist ‘stereotypes’ at times, without looking further into the message it should have been delivering. Disappointing.

Such a inspirational book that wants you to keep turning the pages.
All the stories are so relevant and have powerful messages to them.

Not what I was expecting, but thoroughly loved all the stories. I found I couldn’t read it in the usual way, I had to stagger how many short stories I could read in one go. So many poignant, beautifully written, feelings, emotions were woven through them. The first one made my heart stop. Loved this book so much. I will be buying it for my female friends who will all find a little bit of themselves written about. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review.

A book on short stories on women empowerment. The subject is timely, but the execution is pretty flat. The stories all have a lesson, but there isn't enough feeling in the stories. I really enjoy books by the author, so I was a little disappointed.

I love a short story collection and I love Cecelia Ahern (like, publication day purchase love) so I was always going to love this! What I love about Cecelia Ahern books is her whimsical magical realism and this isn’t lost here, but what is is the lovely way she builds characters. 30 stories over 300ish pages means you don’t get an awful lot of time on each story, and it’s telling that the best/most successful story in there (The Woman Who Wore Pink) is also the longest, although even then it’s only 22 pages. Some of them did get a bit samey, especially towards the end, but the collection touches on some important political issues (especially in Irish politics) and is well worth a read!

I really enjoyed this, it was unique and it was an uplifting read. It's a nice book to come back to even after you have read it. Would recommend to my female friends.

A disappointing series of short stories with an other-wordly feeling that just didn't appeal to me. I have enjoyed amny of Cecelia Ahern's books in the past and enjoy short stories so this should have been perfect for me. But some of the analogies just felt clunky and the story endings were often too contrived.

This book is an interesting concept, 30 stories cleverly and quirkily told about women and issues they face. Some, I found, got me thinking about them with interest, some passed me by. Not as gripping as her novels - but was it meant to be? Different purpose......

I'm not the biggest fan of Cecelia Ahern - her style is not really for me - but I'd heard a lot (positive) about this and I enjoy short stories so was excited to read it. I guess overall whilst I liked the idea behind each story, I felt the writing / execution didn't do each concept justice. I felt the ideas were quite high level but the stories were very simplistic and spelled too much out for the reader.

Thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins for this eARC

Absolutely loved it. I was able to see myself in lots of the 'women' and where I couldn't see me I was able to see a member of my family or friends. I need a little room where I can go and ROAR.

As a fan of Cecelia Ahern I have to admit that I was a little disappointed in this book. Whilst all of the women have a message to inspire us I did not feel the same loyalty to the book. Part of the excitement for me is getting to know the characters, empathizing with their life and being compelled to read on to find out what happens next. Because they are all short standalone stories it is impossible to get to know the women well enough.I finished the book but it was a struggle, not for me unfortunately.

This wasn’t my favourite of Cecelia’s books, a collection of short stories about women facing various problems such as prejudice and discrimination, ageism, racism etc. They were very empowering stories they’re just not the sort of thing I like to read. But they were beautifully written.

Having read many of Cecelia Ahern's previous books and enjoyed them, I was a little apprehensive to read this book of hers, being aware it was a book of short stories rather than her usual longer novels. However, once starting this book I instantly enjoyed the usual style of her writing. As it is a collection of short stories it is the kind of book you can dip in and out of, reading a quick chapter here and there if pushed for time. Each story tells an individual tale of a woman exploring various situations that women (and possibly men) may find themselves in from time to time, such as dealing with the various stresses some of us are put under with day to day life, or coming up against particular views or stereotypes. Whilst we may not all be able to relate to all of the situations presented in this book, there will be at least one chapter that many of us can relate to in some way. What I loved about this book is that whilst Ahern explores these different situations that women may face from time to time, she continues to use the magical element that she includes in so many of her previous novels to explore these issues. Whilst the magical element we know is not entirely true, I found it really helped to illustrate points and situations in a literal way, but also making it entertaining to read at the same time. Such as, the chapter where a woman literally has a 'melt down' and becomes a pool of liquid in a bucket, the woman who literally has a feather in her brain and also the chapter where a woman passes wind whilst delivering a presentation in front of work colleagues and literally falls into a black hole. These literal depictions of the situations really help to demonstrate, in a slightly humorous yet quite simple way, how life can present itself sometimes, and encourage us to stand back and look at ourselves in life at times. As stated in one chapter, 'it is about the choices we make in life', and so it is with this statement that I feel this book explores some difficult and challenging situations in life, but encourages us to stop and think about these for ourselves and look at the choices in life we make. If you find life getting the better of you at times, I would recommend this book as a way of taking time out with some light hearted reading that will leave you smiling but also make you think about how to deal with situations in life. Another good read from Cecelia Ahern and my thanks go to netgalley and HarperCollins publishers for the ARC.

I love reading Cecelia Aherns books I have enjoyed them all so couldn't wait to start on this one, but this is not a novel it is 30 short stories about different women
Some of them I loved and wished they went on longer but some I just couldn't understand like 'the woman who ate photographs' I couldn't understand others too
All in all I am disappointed in this book I have read a lot of the stories but some I just gave up on

I have never read any Ahern, but this is not what I expected; this collection of stories about feminism and empowerment bought me so much joy.
The woman who disappeared was particularly memorable as well as The Woman left on the shelf.
The stories explore what it is to be a woman today, in bite size, funny instalments.
I recommend this for all your female and male friends !

An easy to read book of short stories featuring women and everyday situations we all find ourselves in but given from a different perspective. The central character of each story is a woman who never has a name but as one gets to grip with the style, this is unnecessary and one realises there doesn't need to be a name as it's a generalisation of women's lives. I liked the format, it was different but engaging in a slightly surreal way. It was thought provoking but with more than a touch of humour. The various situations, which were well written as expected with work by Cecelia Ahern, worked perfectly as a collection of short stories and could easily be picked up and read at odd moments.