Book Review - One Good Thing by Alexandra Potter - #HolidayReading Cruise

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Title: One Good Thing

Author: Alexandra Potter

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: MacMillan

Publication Date: 28th April 2022

Rating: 4 Stars

In life, nothing is certain. Just when you think you have it all figured out, something can happen to change the course of everything . . .

Liv Brooks is still in shock. Newly-divorced and facing an uncertain future, she impulsively swaps her London Life for the sweeping hills of the Yorkshire Dales, determined to make a fresh start. But fresh starts are harder than they look and feeling lost and lonely she decides to adopt Harry, an old dog from the local shelter, to keep her company.

But Liv soon discovers she isn’t the only one in need of a new beginning. On their daily walks around the village, they meet Valentine, an old man who suffers from loneliness who sits by the window and Stanley, a little boy who is scared of everyone, hides behind the garden gate and Maya, a teenager who is angry at everyone and everything. But slowly things start to change…

Utterly relatable, hilarious and heart-breakingly honest, this is a novel about friendship, finding happiness and living the life unexpected. And how when everything falls apart, all you need is one good thing to turn your life around and make it worth living again.

What starts off as introductions to seemingly unlinked characters, in fact so unlinked, I had to check the blurb to make sure there might be any logic too it, turns into a really heartwarming story. 

These turn into unlikely friendships with Livie and arguably her rescue dog Harry at the heart of it all. 

Harry is definitely the star of the book, and I also really enjoyed Valentine's and Stanley's stories. 

I wish we had seen more of Stanley as he was so incredibly well written.

There are some surprising turns of events at the book progresses and I really enjoyed discovering them.

A highly enjoyable novel filled with real and relatable characters and situations that you can identify with.  

Thank you to MacMillan and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.