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Worst Idea Ever

What’s a little white lie between best friends?

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Worst Idea Ever

By: Jane Fallon
Narrated by: Luisa Bradshaw-White, Kristin Atherton
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T
he razor-sharp new novel from the million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author of Queen Bee and Faking Friends.

Best friends tell each other everything.

Or do they?


Georgia and Lydia are so close they're practically sisters.

So when Lydia starts an online business that struggles, Georgia wants to help her - but she also understands Lydia's not the kind to accept a handout.

Setting up a fake Twitter account, Georgia hopes to give her friend some anonymous moral support by posing as a potential customer.

But then Lydia starts confiding in her new internet buddy and Georgia discovers she doesn't know her quite as well as she thought.

Georgia knows she should reveal herself, but she's fascinated by this insight into her friend's true feelings.

Especially when Lydia starts talking about her.

Until Lydia reveals a secret that could not only end their friendship but also blow up Georgia's marriage.

Georgia's in too deep.

But what can she save?

Her marriage, her friendship - or just herself?


Praise for Jane Fallon:

'The queen of the revenge novel' Heat

'She always delivers a fabaliss read' Marian Keyes

'Compelling, edgy, beautifully written' Daily Mail

'Hugely compelling and unpredictable' Ruth Jones

'Barbed, twisty and full of deliciously dry wit' Sunday Mirror

'Brilliant, with completely unexpected twists' Gill Sims

'Intelligent, edgy and witty' Glamour

'Romcom with attitude' Mail on Sunday

© Jane Fallon 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Contemporary Family Life Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Romance Women's Fiction Comedy Funny Marriage
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I loved Worst Idea Ever. Another Fallonesque treat, possibly my favourite so far. Full of heart, humour and humanity. Great characters and a riveting story from the start. She's so good at tapping into the best and the worst in us. Fabulous (Ruth Jones)
Worst Idea Ever is SO GOOD! I read it in one mad gulp (Marian Keyes)
We adore Jane Fallon's novels, and this witty page-turner could be her best yet
Brilliant, gripping . . . Emotionally intelligent and beautifully written
We love everything Jane Fallon writes and this might be her best yet!
Fallon's trademark warmth and humour is very much to the fore with this tale of friendship gone badly wrong
Takes us on a deep dive into the emotionally murky waters which exist between protagonists Lydia and Georgia . . . I adored it
Ingenious. Her eye for detail, compressed emotion and the absurdity that lurks beneath what people say to each other, is unerring. Worst. Idea. Ever. strengthens her claim to be one of our very finest comic novelists
Funny, insightful, sharp, wicked, brilliant - Jane Fallon at her very best (Milly Johnson)
Jane's talent lies in understanding human behaviour . . . Another winner. You won't regret it
All stars
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Around 30% of this book, roughly around the middle, is actually quite thrilling. It moves quickly, there’s jeopardy, parts where where the reader knows more than the characters, parts where they don’t…

But the beginning and the end, in particular, well… it’s a lot of middle-class people moaning about minor first-world problems. There’s a large sense that everyone will be fine anyway because their self-inflicted problems are so inconsequential.

It’s a passable listen and easy to drop in and out of. I’ll forget almost all of what little plot there is as soon as I’ve pressed “submit” on this.

First-world whining

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I enjoyed it hugely, great story, superb narration! Can't wait for next book next year!

Finished in one day - Best.day.ever!

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Loved this book, was a really good listen. Only thing I will say is one of the narrators had a really unfortunate tone that came across as stroppy most of the time! Bit of a distraction but enjoyed all the same.

Great book, narrator a bit stroppy!

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I absolutely loved this book. The story was really well thought out and the characters believable. Two thirds of the way through I couldn’t fathom where it was going to go next.
I only have one criticism on the performance: Nick’s voice when talking to Georgia is completely different when he’s talking to Lydia. Other than that, I thought the narrator was really good.

Excellent Plot

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If you want to read a book about a woman who can't keep her mouth shut and an evil friend, fill your boots. This book is a smug (Primrose Hill) darling! Look down on the mere mortals who pay to keep the author in the lifestyle she's obviously become accustomed to! Utter trash.

Self righteous mumbo jumbo.

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