Really Good, Actually: The must-read major Sunday Times bestselling debut novel of 2023

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Or because we went to Paris and had an argument instead of falling more in love or at least rimming each other.

A prime example of how a storyteller's voice can pull you right in and keep you clinging to every sentence. Novels about women who unravel somewhere around the age of 30 aren’t exactly rare, but this one stands out both because it’s laugh-out-loud funny and because of the artful way Heisey reveals that her heroine is most definitely not OK.You know how every book about a young woman is described as “darkly funny” and then it’s actually only depressing?

It's categorized as a novel, but most definitely makes you wonder how much of was real for the author. The sense of a story being told from a distance made me not care about anyone in the protagonist’s orbit. This may have been more appealing if Maggie wasn’t kind of a self-indulgent, immature and selfish person. Or because I scoffed when he said that and asked about the socialist impact of his latest McDonald’s commercial. Her ultimate breakdown is inevitable, and she has to work hard to win back the trust of the people who love her most—and regain trust in herself.Maggie’s marriage ended just 608 days after it started, but she’s fine – she’s doing really good, actually.