Welcome to Litsy!

It‘s ostensibly about a woman, Loretha Curry, who discovers that the best parts of life aren‘t behind her, after a tragedy occurs on her 68th birthday. In reality, it‘s a book filled with complaining, snark, lies, and misery. When all of the characters finally get their sh*t together, the book takes on an unbearable preachy tone, and ends with no real conclusion. It‘s like something I would have written in my college creative writing class.

I hate when obligation reads trigger book slumps. Book club is Tuesday. I‘m on page 92 of 350 and I hate this book. So much. It‘s everything I abhor in contemporary fiction. But... I run book club. I haven‘t DNFd a book club book, yet. This one may do me in since I heard the audiobook is horrible, too. 😭😭

This week‘s reading plans have been completely derailed. I totally thought IRL book club was 1/18. It‘s not. It‘s one week from Tuesday. So, guess who will be setting aside the Dumas this week. 🤦🏻‍♀️oops.

This author is funny. And, I loved reading about a group of women who have been friends forever, give each other shit when they screw up, and support each other unconditionally. There‘s a lot that happens in this book and it‘s not perfect, but it‘s certainly an enjoyable escape.

This was my first Terry McMillan book and I wasn‘t impressed. It seemed to lack emotion. Deaths just seemed to be brushed off like, oh well, it‘s because of this or that and there were a lot of needy characters.
My positive takeaway is to take care of yourself, stay strong and healthy both physically and mentally.

🤣😂🤣😂 That‘s all I can say about this!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I'm a big fan of Terry McMillan's! 💙 It's Not All Downhill From Here was somewhat disappointing to me. Throughout her work, strong female characters face and conquer challenges. This piece was more challenging than others. Every character had sorrowful difficulties . . . from start to finish. Maybe it's just the times, but this was a little bleak for me.

Thank you Netgalley and Random House book for an Arc of this book for an honest review.

It's not all Downhill from here deals with the main protagonist Lo and her life and family and friends. This group of women are in their late 60's and are dealing with death, depression, sickness, etc.

I felt like some of the book was really rushed and I wanted to get to know the characters better.

Good but not great. A quick and easy afternoon read. #Edelweiss #ARC