Life is going well for Delia Moss, until it isn’t. She proposes to her boyfriend, he says yes but doesn’t exactly seem enthusiastic about it. Delia soon discovers why. He has been sleeping with someone else.

Heartbroken and unsure whether the relationship is salvageable, Delia decides to move to London. For how long she isn’t sure, but it’s time to get out of Newcastle and figure out exactly what she wants from her life.

Things I like about the book; it’s littered with moments of humour that genuinely made me laugh out loud.

Things I didn’t like about the book; I didn’t like any of the characters, not one of them. I didn’t find Delia relatable at all, more than once I wanted to shake her while asking “what the hell did you think you was going to happen?” or “how did you not realise that sooner?” These questions aren’t about the break-up, but much of what Delia does afterwards.

So much of how you read a book depends on your connection to the characters. In It’s Not Me, It’s You we’re supposed to want the best Delia honestly, though, I really didn’t care who she ended up with or how her the situation with her job panned out.

Maybe I expected too much from It’s Not Me, It’s You, but various people told me this was different from your average “chick lit” novel. It all became a bit predictable for me. It’s Not Me, It’s You is well written, it just didn’t capture my attention.

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