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Those Other Women

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When you want to read a light but gripping, lovely chick-lit book, Moriarty sisters never let you down.

Nicola Moriarty has a witty and entertaining tone. I loved the way she described the 'hipster' cafes:

<blockquote>In a time when most cafes had gone full hipster - everything organic, staff with beanies and thick glasses, and seats made out of tree stumps or milk crates - the cafe next to Cormack was unapologetically ... plain. Everything on the menu had gluten in it, there was no fancy coffee art on top of the cappuccinos and no quirky 1950s style names for the meals. No beards, no fedoras, no kale.</blockquote>

The novel is about motherhood and friendship. Poppy's husband betrays her with her life-long best friend. Back-stabbed twice, she tries to keep her chin up. Her colleague Annalise replaces as her new best-friend but there is an air of mystery around her. The duo set up a Facebook group together, NOP, which embraces the women who doesn't want to be mothers. The group quickly seen as a rival to an existing group for mums, called MOP. It doesn't take long that events get out of control.

This was such a fun read; and lots of delightful conversations about what mothers, and non-mothers go through. You get judged either way, with or without children. Funny but true!

I liked Annalise and her honest, brave and crazy personality. everyone needs a friend like her.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin UK for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

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A different story of women who do not have children setting up a group. As with most things in life it becomes dysfunctional. A very enjoyable book about characters I cared about.

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A heartwarming true to life story about the lives of different women mixed in with a bit of social media!!!! Loved it! Would recommend!!!!

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I enjoy reading Nicola Moriarty books. I read The Fifth Letter which I really liked so I was looking forward to reading this one. It was a bit of a slow start, but stick with and you'll enjoy it.

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The grass is always greener. Or is it? A fascinating look at choosing to be child free and how other people view this decision. Very readable and definitely thought provoking

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I really like Nicola Moriarty's books, and I enjoyed this one too. The story of the social media war between the mums and the non-mums, and I really could see both sides of the story. The non-mums feeling the pressure at work when the mums have every excuse to leave early, and the mums where they don't feel supported juggling work and home life (and feeling rubbish for not doing either one brilliantly!) It felt a bit "turf-war", and I felt a bit uncomfortable at times seeing such hatred over social media, and makes you realise how dangerous it can be, but overall I did enjoy this book.

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This story seemed to take a while to get going but once it did - I was hooked!! A real roller-coaster ride! The story dealt with events that we see happening in people’s lives every day and some reading it would really be able to relate to the stories and emotions. The author writes with a deep level of understanding and I was truly impressed. What I thought was going to be chic letter actually covered sadness and loss and everyday problems to a moving degree. I loved it.

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Not a bad read, did kind of feel like I was reading two different stories though, felt a bit disjointed to me, but did still keep me interested until the end

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I enjoyed reading the beginning of this novel then I flagged for a while until it picked up pace. It explores being childless by choice and being a mother and also looks at the rivalry there can be on Social media groups. The female characters are well drawn and I was interested in their lives. An entertaining read.

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I enjoyed this book and had read the author's previous novels. It was an interesting read given the subject matter and links to social media. It was very relatable and I thought it had a nice ending

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A great modern story highlighting the good and bad sides of social media.
I can see both sides of the story having thought I didn’t want children, then changing how I felt at 32 years old.
The story is told from the point of view of Poppy and Annalise.
It’s a really well told story and I liked the characters. There were lots of touching moments and lots of fun too. It also highlights some of the problems with dementia.
I liked the ladies football team, makes a nice change. And I liked the parts set in Poppy and Annalise’s workplace. I found it really interesting.
A really enjoyable read and I’d definitely recommend it, very relatable.
Thanks to Sam Deacon at Penguin Random House UK, Penguin UK - Michael Joseph and NetGalley for the review copy, in which I give my honest opinion

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This is a book which has captivated my attention on so many levels; it’s packed full of details with several story lines. It entertaining and fun, but with a serious side.

Poppy and Annalise are women who work for the same company and play sport together. When Poppy’s best friend betrays her in the worst way, Annalise helps her pick up the pieces. Fed up with – as they see them – smug mummies getting an easier ride at work than they do – they set up a facebook group for women who don’t want children as they are already aware of a local fb group for women with families. Aiming for a group with a positive influence, they could never have foreseen how things would turn out.

In addition, we follow both ladies – together and separately – and find out about their families and workmates, and a little of their histories. There is a LOT going on in this one, and all of it good. It’s a novel which holds your interest from beginning to end and certainly had my brain ticking over trying to work out the puzzle within. As well as some sad moments, there are some hysterically funny scenes. This is a well-written, well-plotted novel which is all go from first to last and one I most definitely recommend as a great read.

My thanks to publishers Penguin UK – Michael Joseph for pre-approving my requests via NetGalley. This is my honest, original and unbiased review.

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I really loved the concept. I’m a member of a couple of Facebook groups and have seen how mad it can get. The characters and their emotions were written about so beautifully. I could relate to all the fears and insecurities mentioned and thought it was a very good book.

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Thank you to Net Galley and the publishers for an ARC of this book.
I do enjoy a good book by a Moriarty!
Well written, good characters who are realistic, a modern day poignant storyline, what more could you want?
The everyday battles between women is real. Whether it be mother vs non-mother, mother vs mother or non-mother vs non-mother. This story outlines some of those everyday, mostly silly and pointless battles and really makes you think about why you might take umbridge with someone for having a different lifestyle from you.
I have no more to say but to recommend you pick up and read this book!

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I read Nicola's previous book (The Fifth Letter) and thought it was...alright. So, when this new one became available I thought I'd give it a go and I'm so glad I did. This had similar themes - women, families, secrets - but had an interesting angle with the social media groups.

I enjoyed reading about all three main characters and was surprised by how much I liked Frankie because, like Poppy, I am child-free and didn't think I'd be able to see the other woman's perspective.

I was genuinely touched at the end and didn't guess the mole either which is always enjoyable when a book can surprise you.

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The book opens with Poppy discovering that her husband and best friend have been having an affair for the past four months and have decided to confront Poppy about it. It doesn't sit well with Poppy at all, but clearly her relationship with her husband and with her best friend have come to an end. Particularly when she learns that Karleen is pregnant. She was led to believe that their affair had hinged on the fact that Garrett had changed his mind about wanting to be a father, since Poppy has never wanted children and believed Garrett was the same.
She then makes a new best friend, Annalise and together they start a Facebook group for women who don't have or want children. The events that then unfold provide captivating reading.

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I enjoyed this book and found it very easy to read and very relatable. It tells of the challenges to women in their 30s who either have or don’t have children. Having read the 1st book by this author, I much preferred this one.

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I enjoyed this book, and I can see how it could be prophetic of the dangers of online groups. I know I have encountered some in my time. I just wanted to give Poppy a shake and tell her to wise up. Although I'd have been wrong. I thought there was something dangerous about Annalise, and wasn't sure about Jack. We saw weak men in the form of Garrett being led by Karleen - did he or didn't he want children? I don't think he ever wanted to split with Poppy. I loved the idea of their family meals once a month, just for the parents and siblings - what a great idea. We did see some family dynamics with Poppy and Nolan and their parents, and later on Frankie and her sister Lucy. And we also saw another dangerous side of social media - when you only show the perfect family and nobody knows you need help. Very true to life, the rivalry been the mums and non mums facebook groups were classic. While #thoseotherwomen was a good read, there's nothing to really get your teeth into - no shocking discovery - the prologue kind of does that for you. And either I've read that before or it was very similar to something else I've read or seen. #NetGalley

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I'm afraid I didn't like this as much as Nicola Moriarty's previous book. I found the characters immature and almost interchangeable, to the extent that I struggled to remember who was who. And because of this I didn't really care what they did.
I suspect a younger, more social media savvy reader, would enjoy it much more. Sorry.

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I took a little while to get really into this book but enjoyed it nevertheless. It is very uptodate with the social media forore but I liked the background stories of the characters, and would recommend it Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to read and review this book.

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