I so wanted to like this book. I just didn't connect to the characters in particular Eve. I don't have to like the characters but it does help, especially with a book like this. It wasn't as " feelgood" as I was expecting, and it didn't enjoy reading it I am sorry to say.

Shortly after I started this book, I realized it was not for me. The cover intrigued me but I only got to 20% before throwing in the towel. I did not connect with any of the characters at all. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

A nice story about the 3 generations, their misconceptions, secrets and love. A bit slow but interesting
Thank you netgalley and the publisher for this arc

Boop and Eve’s Road Trip reinforces stigmas and stereotypes while inadequately and insensitively addressing deeper subjects.

Women who get dressed up to go dancing paired with phrases such as “sluts” wearing “whore boots” rub me the wrong way, even if the author is trying to convey that Eve comes from a conservative family.

Eve’s suicidal depression left an equally bad taste: starving would take too long, hanging was “ow,” and slighting wrists was “gross.” Yikes... this seems casual and not very funny.

In addition, “midget” is a pejorative term, and while Boop is old and learning, these details don’t add to the story – they just unintentionally hurt people.

The discussion of teen pregnancy at the end also made me cringe. This is 2020... Sigh.

An entertaining story of a g and other and grand daughter who take a road trip and learn about themselves and each other in the process. It ends a little, flatly but the rest of the story makes up for it

This book was amazing. I had a superb relationship with my Maternal Grandma and I could feel this reflected in this book. The everyday normality and Then in contrast, the life changing events are things every reader will relate to. I felt the writer had really captured the love between a grandparent and grandchild. Complex relationships are hard to explain, but it is done so well in this book. Overall, you end the book with a real sense of warm family love - unconditional like no other. Super read.

I appreciate books that are enjoyable to read, but with a deeper undercurrent and this novel delivers. Although on the surface it’s about a grandmother and granddaughter road trip, it’s actually about dealing with depression, developing a sense of self-worth and enough confidence to face disappointments, and finding the strength to grow into who we can become.

Eve is a relatable character – college-aged and torn between her dreams of fashion design and parental expectations. Boop meanwhile, regrets not being the mother she wishes she could have overcome her own depression and become. She tries to compensate through her relationship with Eve, her granddaughter, but is still mired in guilt over parental decisions she has grown to regret.

I loved how Eve and her cousin are able to learn from Boop, and how Boop herself is a fully fleshed out character with desires and flaws, completely avoiding common cliches of the wise ‘grandma’ advisor in novels. On the contrary, everything about these two characters reads as complex, fresh and interesting, from Eve’s interest in fashion, to her initial disdain of a town’s garlic festival. “Pageants and garlic are both ridiculous in their own right, but together?”

A heart-warming read full of cute Boop-isms such as “Seriously, life’s full of rotten eggs. Hope’s what keeps the chickens laying."

Boop and Eve’s Road Trip delivers everything you’d hope in a witty road trip book – with even more depth and uplifting feels than you might expect.

When Eve needs emotional support, she turns to grandmother Boop. The two go on a road trip. I enjoyed the book and, as a grandmother, I enjoyed the relationship between the 2 women. It was amazing to see how much Eve needed the distance, physical and emotional from her mother.

Thank you Netgalley for this book.

There is a saying in the Southern US, “We don’t hide our crazy, We parade it down the street!”. It was not always that way, especially with people that are in high society or in political families. They had to guard their reputations, keep them untarnished and make sure that they are respected.

The protecting of past secrets leads to the plot of the book. It involves secrets of the past that need to come to light so that healing can be happen.

I was drawn to this book because it has multi-generations of a family; Grandmother, Mother and Daughter, and their complicated relationships. I love books that have an older, wiser character that knows not to sweat the small stuff and can guide the younger people to what is important.

This is Mary Helen Sheriff’s debut novel and she definitely has written a gem. While I thought I was choosing to read a story about a fun road trip, I was so wrong. This book is deeply emotional, tackling some very sensitive topics with grace and love. I recommend it very highly.

I want to thank NetGalley and She Writes Press for giving me the pleasure of reading the complimentary Advance Reader Copy. My review is my own opinion not influenced by receiving the ARC.

I was expecting more of a breezy fun grandmother-granddaughter road trip story but this was a lot deeper than I expected. I want a grandma like Boop!

Kindly received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Evie’s mother has made no secret of her disdain for her daughter’s future career job as a fashion designer. Fed up with her constant sniping, Evie plans a road trip with a friend, but when the friend leaves her in the lurch, Evie’s grandmother, Boop, wants to come along. She wants to see her sister and try to help Evie with her growing depression. What follows is a tamer, Southern version of Thelma and Louise with a grandmother and granddaughter traveling through the American South. It took me a while to warm up to this story, I felt like I was plunged into the book mid conversation with characters I didn’t know well enough to like or dislike. I stuck with the book and I’m glad I did, this was a funny, no holds barred story of coming to terms with your past and future