Book Review: She Wouldn’t Change a Thing by Sarah Adlakha

This was an unusual story. I was highly intrigued by the concept, and requested the e-book straight away. I was declined. Then the audio book came up, and I requested that. I found the narrator to be fantastic for this one, with the perfect tone and pacing and character differentiations for the story. That said, the story itself I found a little confusing and meandering at times…

There are many moments of brilliance here. There is a lot of thoughtful considerations of motherhood, family, regret, consequences, and fate/ destiny. The emotions are raw and honest and I found the characters quite relatable. Some of the explanations as to what was going on and why, and some of the interconnectedness between characters and storylines, were not very clear to me and while they didn’t detract from my enjoyment overall, they were the reason for four stars instead of five.

Still it was a lovely story on the whole and I quite enjoyed it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my obligation-free review copy.