Eve has it all. A great husband, family, and career. She wakes up and can't remember how she ended up in the hospital. The book is a gut wrenching read. I laughed and cried my way through it. The family struggles are true to life in dealing with a terminal diagnosis. One of my favorite books this year. Faith and love are a powerful thing

I didn’t read much about this before starting it. I have read every Sophie Kinsella and Madeleine Wickham novel. Therefore I got a gut punch when I realized this was sort of autobiographical and it was heart breaking. I am so happy that she is still with us and still writing such witty dialogue, and so very British. The husband should be winning awards for being the best man ever and I really hope the character (Nick) takes after her husband.
This was a short read, and obviously slightly different from her previous novels. Yet, the humor, the optimism and the realism are still very much in the vein of Sophie Kinsella.
Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.

Ive read most of Kinsella's books and have admired her humor and thoughtful ease in relationships. This book was breathtaking and allowed me to know Kinsella better. The book is heartbreaking, sweet, and still filled with lightness. This is a tough book to review but I'd recommend it to anyone who wants to know kinsella better.

It's been years since I last picked up a Sophie Kinsella novel. I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to read an advance copy of What Does It Feel Like?. This is a short (read in one sitting) novel, both heart-wrenching and full of hope. TW: cancer.

Post-read: Beautifully painful. Painfully beautiful. All I can say is thank you for allowing everyone the opportunity to see you.

Pre read: reading the description for this book gives me chills. My heart has been out to Sophie Kinsella ever since I saw she was diagnosed with a glioblastoma. Cannot wait to read this.

Sophie Kinsella always knows how to write the most darling books!! I just absolutely melted with this book. The story was beautiful! Well done!

There was a lot packed into this little book, and I thought it was so heartfelt and beautifully written. I appreciate the humor in the story, and that it was written with such honesty, and also hope.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the early chance to read and review.

I had no idea what was going on with Sophie Kinsella. I am so sad to hear of her health issues as I have loved her books for years.
This is actually a novella based on her experience with brain cancer. I flew through it and found it very touching and illuminating.
Please don’t be expecting a typical Kinsella book. It still has her voice, but it reads very differently knowing it’s based on her life.
I wish her all the health and joy in the world.

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House for an Advanced Reader’s Copy of What Does It Feel Like by Sophie Kinsella in exchange for an honest review.

I have been a Sophie Kinsella fan for years and have read many of her books. When I saw she was out with a new book, I requested an ARC and was excited to receive it. I didn’t even look to see what it was about.

Wow. Was I in for a surprise? I didn’t realize that this book was fiction but based on what the author had been going through in real life. At the end of the book, the author explains how much of the story is true and how much isn’t.

This book is written in a different format than all of her other books, and at the end, she explains why.

Can you imagine having to repeatedly tell your wife that she has a malignant tumor in her brain? Can you imagine having to wake up without knowing where you are, how you got there, or why you can no longer walk? Can you imagine having to break your children’s hearts and telling them you have cancer?

This book pulls at your heartstrings but shows what true love and positive energy can do.

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Eve is a successful author and enjoying walking the red carpet with her family when her latest book is turned into a movie. She is the mother of five children and has a wonderful husband that she adores. The next thing we know, Eve is waking up in a hospital with bandages around her head and not remembering what’s happened. The book does a wonderful job of letting us feel Eve’s struggles as she learns to walk again and deal with the treatments ahead of her. As the author states, Eve is a fictional character based on her own life and the brain cancer she faces. The book is very short but powerful. You can’t help feeling for Eve and for Sophie Kinsella and hope they both have good outcomes. I give the book 5 stars for its honest portrayal of dealing with a horrible disease with the wide range of emotions that come with it.

Thank you to the publisher and to NetGalley for this digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. The book will be published on October 8, 2024.

This was a heart wrenching and heavy book with Sophie Kinsella’s standard drops of lightness and humor sprinkled in. Her story is sad but the message of hope and “keep going” are undoubtedly felt for those experiencing their own stories of tragedy as a way to not discount the validity of their fears, grief and blurry future - but as a way to push forward when the ending is unknown.

I must say that I have not read any of Sophia Kinsella's books before this one. This book has made me want to read more of her books. From the first moment I opened this book I was hooked. The story hit very close to home for me and bottom line of this book is that there is always hope. Do yourself a favour and read this book.

Wow! This book had me feeling all kinds of feels. In typical Sophie Kinsella fashion, there was wit and quirkiness, that then took a turn to a different type of writing for this author. This story is semi autobiographical and deals with a cancer diagnosis and how it affects everyone in this family. Laugh out loud funny at times and heartwrenching at times, this short novella is a must read. Excellent!,

Autobiographical title from Sophie Kinsella on her health crisis. Deep and moving read that we all hope has a happy ending!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC. This was a short story but packed the punch. Very emotional but inspiring.

This novel starts out with the dreams being fulfilled, love, happiness, success and then it cuts to something else. It took me a moment to see if everything was just a dream but no reality strikes everyone. An amazing novella that had me sobbing yet filled with hope. I love Sophie Kinsella's books and I really hope she gets her happy ending. This book is based on her life yet it is fiction. However as a reader you can sympathize with what she really must be going through based on Eve's life. It was an unbelievably powerful story. While a very short and quick read (it probably took me all of 30 minutes to read), her strength and resilience shines from every page. And her husband! The warmth and care between the two of them was very sweet to read about. Thank you to the author, publisher and Netgalley.

This was a quick read coming in around 140 pages. I finished it in the morning and could not read anything else for the rest of the day. I went into it with the author's quote in mind.

“What Does It Feel Like? is fiction,
but it is my most autobiographical work to date.
Eve’s story is my story.”—Sophie Kinsella

Knowing this was an autobiographical story made it all the more personal, gripping and heartbreaking.

What Does It Feel Like? is a powerful story of resilience, love and patience. It’s one that has stayed with me over the past week. An insight into what the author has gone through with honesty and heart.

There aren't words to describe how I felt reading this book, Jodi Picoult sums it up perfectly.

“The bravest book you’ll read all year.”—Jodi Picoult

My thanks to The Dial Press for a digital arc in exchange for a honest review.

This was a very heart wrenching short story. It was very personal for me because I lost a very dear friend 6 years ago with Stage IV Glioblastoma. He lived 14 months. You can feel the confusion, the dizziness, the nausea, the sadness and the heartbreak that Eva, the main character, experiences everyday. She has everything, a wonderful husband, her five beautiful children and a very successful career. As a reader, I was hoping and praying this short story would have a positive outcome, I wasn't disappointed!

Sophie Kinsella brought me to tears with this realistic portrait of a woman coping with a cancer diagnosis and treatment. The format made the story come to life and the details of her relationship with her husband, children, caregivers, etc. gave it a heart all its own. Beautifully done!

This is such a beautiful empowering, raw and heartbreaking read. Going in I was not aware of how autobiographical this book was. Well it is fictionalized. It is still telling the events that Sophie Kinsella herself went through just slightly changed.

When you learn that I started looking at this book in such a different way. For such a small book. It holds so much emotion. There are moments throughout this book where you find yourself wanting to chuckle and where you find yourself wiping tears from your eyes.

I highly recommend reading this book. It's such a beautiful and honest book.