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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Better Left Unsent by Lia Louis Contemporary romance, chick lit. Location - United Kingdom, Leigh-on-Sea. Two years ago, Millie Chandler had her heart broken. And everyone knew about it. Since then, she’s kept her feelings and dreams to herself. She doesn’t want to go through another humiliating event. To deal with her feelings, she writes emails that will not be sent. Private emails where she can express her frustration, her anger, her hurt, and her interest. A server outage at work somehow ends up with all those emails being sent and Millie is in trouble. Her coworkers know she still loves her ex. Her best friend knows how upset she is with her behavior. The list goes on and on. Millie can’t afford to quit her job and hide in bed for a year. Time to fake it and deal with the consequences. What a nightmare! I have a lot of those emails myself. They are cathartic. But never send one! Time for me to review and make sure there aren’t any legitimate Send To addresses in those. Responses around Millie are interesting. The ex’s new relationship seems to implode because of her email. And the hot crush is now talking to her! Humor, light self derogatory dialog, and hope. Provocative. I received a copy of this from NetGalley. This was a quick but thoughtful read about Millie, who was unceremoniously dumped by her ex Owen two years ago. Millie has spent the time since then trying to live a quiet and un-noticed existence, until one day her life is blown up in spectacular fashion after her entire email draft folder is mysteriously sent out. The same draft folder that she's quietly and privately been using as a cathartic personal diary to tell the people in her life what she really thinks of them without having to actually tell them. How did it happen? And how does she handle the fallout from all these inadvertent truth-bombs? This story turned into more of an existential journey for Millie than I expected, but that's what she needed: to learn how emotionally brave she could be when there weren't many options left *but* to be brave. Millie seems like she's been stifling herself for a long time, and it was great to watch her navigate her life A.E. ("after emails") as she realized what she wanted and who she truly wanted to be. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this story in exchange for my honest review. no reviews | add a review
So many ways to torpedo your career and your love life... So little time. A woman accidentally reveals all her secrets in this witty and charming novel from the author of Eight Perfect Hours. Two years ago, thirty-year-old receptionist Millie Chandler had her heart spectacularly broken in public. Ever since, she has been a closed book, vowing to keep everything to herself--her feelings, her truths, even her dreams--in an effort to protect herself from getting hurt again. But Millie does write emails--sarcastic replies to her rude boss, hard truths to her friends, and of course, that one-thousand-word love declaration to her ex who is now engaged to someone else. The emails live safely in her drafts, but after a server outage at work, Millie wakes up to discover that all her emails have been sent. Every. Single. One. As every truth, lie, and secret she's worked so hard to keep only to herself are catapulted out into the open, Millie must fix the chaos her words have caused, and face everything she's ever swept under the carpet. With her signature "tender and heartwarming" (Anstey Harris, author of When I First Held You) prose, Lia Louis presents another unforgettable and moving novel that is perfect for fans of Rebecca Serle and Emily Henry. No library descriptions found. |
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Some parts of Better Left Unsent don't click for me. The mistakenly sent messages trope is done more romantically in To All the Boys I've Loved Before. This book focuses more on the way the emails effect the other people in Millie's life, and frustratingly, some are left underexplored. The romance is definitely a subplot, so we learn very little about Jack who is supposed to be the love interest, but his part of the story is more about offering advice and seems superficial. Also, the humor mostly falls flat, making this more of a romantic drama than romantic comedy. Overall, Better Left Unsent is a mildly enjoyable read, but offers nothing new to the genre. ( )