The one thing I disliked about the Jane character was her lack of “want.” She seems to live life based on what everyone else wants to do, but I feel like I never knew what she wanted, and the book is based from her point of view, so why is that? She also made decisions based on convenience rather than her “want.” She never seemed truly happy with her life but she just went along with it because it was convenient for everyone else….

There’s no point to this book, other than family isn’t always about blood relations. I kept waiting for there to bea reason for the story, but there never was one.

I really was in a book slump, nothing recent was even enjoyable. Then came Jane. The book is literally a laugh a minute, or at least a laugh a paragraph for slower readers. If you are not LOL at someone or some description of something you must have something wrong with you. If you aren’t afraid to laugh out loud on a crowded bus, train or plane, buy this book. If you have young children or an early riser of your own, I suggest reading it when the household is up and about. Expletive will ask you what’s so funny and you’ll be tempted to read the funny sentence of paragraph. Don’t be. Just tell them they can read it when you are finished.

I laughed so loud at this book! The quirky characters, the beautiful funny romance, very light hearted and just cozy. I’ve actually had this book for over a year now and this is my first review. It’s absolutely funny and I love to reread it again. I actually bought it to keep in my library. I only buy physical books I’ll keep and reread. Everything else is on my kindle.

Meh…I kept asking myself why I was reading this book.

This was an unexpected find…a treasure! Sweet story that makes you root for the characters, and maybe relate to them also. There were a few places that I honestly laughed out loud!! So good!

Laughed out loud so many times! Constantly felt like calling my sister (who recommended this book) to tell her what the characters had just said.

My favorite book of the year.

If you love character-driven novels, or have already read a Katherine Heiny novel before, you will love this one. The characters lift off the page. Heiny shows you who they are, doesn’t tell you, and I appreciate that so much. Although some may categorize this as a “romance” novel, it’s truly about found-family and growing and learning to love the quirky, unique, sometimes annoying and intolerable people who make up your “village”.

As I started to read this book I thought, “oh no this is going to be cheesy”, and then like “the flip switching and cartwheels becoming possible”, I wound up loving every quirky character in this touching story. Just loved it!