All the Other Mothers Hate Me
A mom will do anything to save her kid. Anything.
"The missing boy is 10-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he's a little shit."
Florence Grimes is a thirty-one-year-old party girl who always takes the easy way out. Single, broke and unfulfilled after the humiliating end to her girl band career, she has only one reason to get out of bed each day: her ten-year-old son Dylan. But then Alfie Risby, her son’s bully and the heir to a vast frozen food empire, mysteriously vanishes during a class trip, and Dylan becomes the prime suspect. Florence, for once, is faced with a task she can’t quit: She’s got to find Alfie and clear her son’s name, or risk losing Dylan forever.
The only problem? Florence has no useful skills, let alone investigative ones, and all the other school moms hate her. Oh, and Florence has a reason to suspect Dylan might not be as innocent as she’d like to believe...
"The missing boy is 10-year-old Alfie Risby, and to be perfectly honest with you, he's a little shit."
Florence Grimes is a thirty-one-year-old party girl who always takes the easy way out. Single, broke and unfulfilled after the humiliating end to her girl band career, she has only one reason to get out of bed each day: her ten-year-old son Dylan. But then Alfie Risby, her son’s bully and the heir to a vast frozen food empire, mysteriously vanishes during a class trip, and Dylan becomes the prime suspect. Florence, for once, is faced with a task she can’t quit: She’s got to find Alfie and clear her son’s name, or risk losing Dylan forever.
The only problem? Florence has no useful skills, let alone investigative ones, and all the other school moms hate her. Oh, and Florence has a reason to suspect Dylan might not be as innocent as she’d like to believe...
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This book was one of the worst books I have read lately. Only gets somewhat interesting in the last 50 pages.
I had a terrible time relating to the main character. She was a generally horrible human being, but she loved her kid. And it made her redemption arc at the end a little more satisfying.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 4 stars
I flew through this book. I loved the plot and how these two "outsider" moms teamed up to play detective, and the twist I did not see coming. And man, what a great first line.
Being a mom myself, I was questioning what I would do in Florence's shoes the whole time.
Thank you to Edelweiss and Penguin Random House for this digital Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I flew through this book. I loved the plot and how these two "outsider" moms teamed up to play detective, and the twist I did not see coming. And man, what a great first line.
Being a mom myself, I was questioning what I would do in Florence's shoes the whole time.
Thank you to Edelweiss and Penguin Random House for this digital Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an honest review.
I liked the premise of the story and the twists. Biggest complaint is that Florence is not particularly likable even to the reader.
I loved the title of this book as it already told me that the heroine of the story wasn't going to necessarily be a likable character. With a mix of a who-dunnit mystery and the struggle for the main character to fit into the title of motherhood, this book has all the ingredients to be a good bookclub read or getaway read. There were some changes I would suggest but overall, happy to read this and excited to see the TV series.
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