Book Review: How Hard Can it Be? by Allison Pearson

How Hard Can it Be? –  Allison Pearson

4/5 Stars

I received a free advanced copy from St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley.

Kate is heading toward her 50th birthday and trying to keep it all together. Mainly trying to understand her teenage children and enter the workforce again which requires a little bit of flexibility on the actual birthdate listed on her updated resume. Ahem.

This is a sequel to I Don’t Know How She Does It (14 years later!!)- BUT not reading the first book didn’t make this book any less enjoyable! (I saw the movie with Sarah Jessica Parker way back when so I kinda knew the gist of what happened previously)

I love Pearsons wit! Mainly in the character of Roy – Kate’s “brain butler” who she requires to remember things.

“Roy, who is this woman in the pink suit waving to me? She looks familiar…”

“Roy, who played that character in that movie way back when? The one with the fish?”

It ends on a pleasant note (I won’t call it a happy ending and in my opinion a book like this SHOULDN’T have a happy ending) but there are some parts of the story that make me sad for Kate, mainly the way her family treats her.

Great summertime read – light plot with humorous commentary on parenting and getting older!

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