You know, you spend your whole life feeling like you don’t quite fit in anywhere. And then you walk into a room one day, whether it’s at university or an office or some kind of club, and you just go, ‘Ah. There they are.’ And suddenly you feel at home.” Sooooo, it was time to try again. I do have the follow-up book, The Girl You Left Behind but prefer not to read it. I chose One Plus One instead.

I also struggled with the ensuing drunken mishap that later took place between the two main characters (Jess and Ed). It just seems to me that if a drunk woman were to do the things that she did to and around a man whom she had only really gotten to know in the span of a couple of days, any man would have bolted straight out of there. So, it was confusing that he calmed her when she acted insane and yet was upset by something that happened later in the book that wasn’t quite as crazy, but more desperate. It just didn’t blend very well for me during this part of the book for me. I also found Ed’s sisters reaction to their breakup to be unbelievable. Safety advisory: If you’re planning to read Jojo Moyes’s One Plus One on your summer vacation, slather on plenty of SPF 50. Once you start the book, you probably won’t look up again until you’re the last one left on the beach…[a] wonderful new novel.”—The Washington Post The characters were done really well and the narrative style (in the third person omniscient) is very impressive. It’s every character’s perspective without actually having to read a particular character whine about his woes or brag about his accomplishments. Things were presented truthfully without sugarcoating stuff that are sad but without being mean at the same time. Gah! I just love the author’s writing style! It’s charming, funny, painful, sad but really hopeful too and worry not because nobody dies. Whoopee! Todo está relatado por un narrador omnisciente, en capítulos cortos enfocados a cada uno de los personajes. Así la narración pasa de un personaje a otro y en cada capítulo nos enteramos de los pensamientos e intimidades de un personaje en específico. La escena no cambia, lo que cambia es el enfoque del narrador, y la continuidad de la historia se diversifica y no se ve afectada. Es una historia a diferentes cuadros.When Tanzie gets a chance to compete in a Math competition to try and win the prize money she needs to go to this exclusive school Jess is determined to get her there. I don't like to give the story away, so I'll let you read the book to find out how these four quirky characters plus a dog end up going on a road trip to Scotland together. I was surprised by how much the events happening during this road trip made me laugh, and getting Ed's perspective on spending time with this family was priceless. Your characters are fun and quirky and so real. Tell us a little about where your ideas for your characters and their stories come from.

The one gripe I have with this novel is that I feel this formula for putting together two people who have absolutely nothing in common together, is a little overdone. Sure Moyes is a skilled writer, it's just a subject that is hard to revamp.This book is perfect for a lazy weekend read since it is romantic yet not too cheesy, emotional yet not too dramatic, funny yet not too comic and thoroughly engaging. Herald, TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER For the Telegraph (19 February 2023). "Schlichenmeyer: 'Someone Else's Shoes' a breezy, relatable read". TelegraphHerald.com . Retrieved 26 June 2023.

I got tired of how, throughout the whole book, we see Jess penny pinching and acting all prideful when the rich guy tries to help. Yes, it's a real bitch to be poor, and I'm not trying to be callous here. (I've sometimes had to seriously pinch pennies myself.) But Jess's tough life and obsession with her poverty, though very real and sad, was way over done. We get it. Yeah, we still get it. Move on with the story, change the channel for a while, whatever. Really, we get the picture.

Jojo Moyes’ new novel One Plus One adds up to a delightful summer read, where the whole is greater than the sum of its charming parts…Moyes’ observations on modern life are dryly hilarious…You don’t need to be a math whiz to figure out this book is one worth adding to your summer reading list.” —USA Today (4 stars) hole*),finds herself in a constant struggle to support her family by working hard.She works as a cleaner in rich peoples' houses by day,and a barmaid in a pub by night just to make ends meet. She is flat broke, works two full time minimum wage jobs but is always brimming with cheerful energy.

Thank you! Most of my books are inspired by different snippets of things, whether they be news stories or things people have told me. In the case of One Plus One, I’d wanted to write a road trip for ages—and then when I started thinking about the differences between today’s Haves and Have Nots, it suddenly seemed like the perfect thing to put some very different people together. Anyone who has sat next to a stranger on a long-haul flight knows that there’s no better way to find out who someone really is than to be shoved together in close confines traveling for any length of time. Here is a picture from the film Me Before You, adapted from the novel by JoJo Moyes. I’m excited to see this movie, and maybe the follow-up too, called After You. I enjoyed this story immensely, especially the audio experience. Jess is a wonderful character who goes the distance for her children and puts her pride aside for their sake. You'll laugh, cry, get angry and tense (there are some dicey moments), which are hallmarks of a really good book. So plug in and enjoy.I feel I should begin this review with an apology to Diane Chamberlain ... Whenever I'm asked who my favourite author is - I name her, as she never fails to delight and presses all my buttons with her lovely romantic family dramas - Well I'm sorry Diane, I'm not dumping you, honest I'm not, its just that Jojo Moyes is my flavour of the month at the moment and looks to be taking top spot for some time yet, I feel almost as though I'm being unfaithful but she just gets better and BETTER.