I loved this book! The fabulous characters, the snappy dialogue, and the insightful tour of the lives of all these women struggling with body identities.
I cheered for their realizations and boldness. I ached for their painful experiences.
Thank you, Kristan Higgins, for this important, inspiring, and brilliantly told story. ( )

Stick around for the happily ever afters

I love reading Kristan Higgins. I especially love her romances. The women’s fiction books are harder for me, and that why this is only 4 stars.

Kristan writes such three dimensional characters. You see them, they become your friends. While reading this book was a lot slower than some of her others, I still fell in love with the characters and was rewarded with a satisfying resolution. ( )

Obligatory animal life update: IT'S OKAY THE BUNNY DOES NOT DIE.

I wrote this before reading other reviews, and I think I'll leave it that way. (With an additional two cents: 100% support you 1 starring a book you've read either 20% or 50 pages of. Do not support you 1 starring a book you haven't read. Okay I'm good now. Back to my thoughts.)

Oh, how LOVELY this was! How heart-warming and affirming and enveloping! This is Higgins back at her deeper self, writing real women's fiction as opposed to romance.

Though this does talk extensively about weight, the main plot line revolves around the girls doing things that scare them, just like one of those really good YA books where they make lists and try to accomplish them. Their list of things involved mainly things they had at 18 wanted to accomplish, and I loved seeing how these things were still relevant.

I love that there's a lot of positivity in this book. Both main characters demonstrate an ability to be happy without men in their lives. Their relationship with Georgia's nephew is absolutely phenomenal.

I don't have personal experience with being overweight, but I can still relate to the way society is constantly demanding of women to be skinnier, to wear more makeup, to wear less makeup, to look some particular way for the men in the world. I felt like this novel did an incredible job at documenting that struggle while being overall affirming.

This is one of Higgins's better ones, and I'm so glad I picked it up.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. ( )

Heartbreakingly honest: hit too close to home and was at times difficult to read. Although I adored this book, I feel the essence of the story could have been told more succinctly. ( )

I adored this story - it was brave, courageous and hard to read at moments - but it resonated with me so much. Good Luck With That is the story of three women who became best friends at fat camp and vowed that they would all change their lives and be skinny someday, but it opens up with a tragedy. Marley and Georgia have stayed really close - in fact they live in the same building - their pal Emerson though still lives a state away. It's been a few years since they've seen her and they are shocked when they get the call that she is on her death bed. When they arrived that are STUNNED at just how large Emerson is, she isn't just fat she is super morbidly obese and dying. What happened, how did she get so bad. They've all had weight issues their entire lives, but this is over the top. She gives them a letter and makes them promise to do what's in it. Sadly Emerson dies and they realize that she has given them the list from summer camp of all the things they said they wanted to do when they got skinny - get a piggy back ride, do a photo shoot, tuck in a shirt, etc. Marley and Georgia may not be super obese but they are both fat and they both have insecurities - is this list too juvenile... is it too hard? Wonderful and eye opening - a look at insecurity, weight, family, trust, and more. A wonderful novel. ( )