Delia and Josie…best friends…stars of their own rather odd TV show…rather off-the-wall characters, but they got under my skin.
The plot is not actually that appealing. We watch them preparing their show. Delia is struggling with being abandoned by her dad and Josie is under pressure to do something more purposeful with her life. Through a rather random meet, Josie gets a boyfriend. The girls want to meet with a well-known producer to try and boost their show, so the three go on a road trip. They come home and start moving on with their lives.
This is the kind of book that I’ll really struggle to tell people about, particularly if they’re all about the plot.
As I was reading I found myself really envious of the friendship between these two. They’re struggling with their own demons, but have the kind of friendship I’d bite your hand off for. Silly jokes and random conversations won’t appeal to everyone, but there was a genuine love of the quirkiness these two exude.
Progressing through the book there were moments that I felt detracted a little from events (the very surreal ‘meet’ and restaurant scene) but then there’d be these quite beautiful moments snuck in that made me pause, smile wryly and just feel as if Zentner got it (whatever it was).
Definitely won’t be everyone’s cup of tea but it blended humour and seriousness just right.
Thanks to NetGalley for letting me read this in advance of publication in exchange for my honest thoughts.