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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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Brought to you by Penguin.

The 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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Critic reviews

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
Most relevant
I reviewed this book in two parts as I didn't want to forget the first part by the time I got to the end. I like Jane Fallon but this book felt rushed/incomplete

*Spoiler alert*

The book takes the usual JF structure. Part 1 was a bit long winded. The Patricia, Lydia and Georgie trio was a great plot when it started. From page 1 of the book it was off to a great start, I was hooked but 20 chapters in was hoping part 2 picked up. Or rather was not going to be as predictable as I was suspecting

Part 2 was better than the first part and the story line moved quicker.

Am just really sad I didn't like this book as much as her last books. This felt like a mesh of a previous book (getting rid of Matthew ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) and queen B but the JF twist just never came.
For starters, Patricia/ Georgia's slip up was obvious when it happened and the reveal was a bit messy. (Lydia said she realised from reading and copying each others work which was different to Georgie)

In the end I concluded the catfishing may have been the twist. I was hoping the other couple were going to add some depth but their parallel storyline was equally as predictable.

Lydia's character was also just all over the place. First she was annoyed with Georgia, then that just happened to coincide with her feelings for Nick which then propelked her to do what she did.

To conclude on a positive, it's an easy listen and the ending, though predictable is good.

Not my fav Jane Fallon book

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As always super interesting characters who feel real. But the story kinda fell off the end.

Interesting characters.

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A book of three - first section good - middle slow and frustrating - ending Undecided - plus Lydia was such a horrible person why would anyone be friends with her - and then nice Georgia started to evolve into being jealous and irrational - JF draws you into her books so you have to stay with it, but I can’t say I liked any of the characters except Nick and AnnaMarie

Undecided

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Once started I couldn't put it down, an absolutely amazing listen from start to finish.

10/10

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I enjoyed the story, it’s easy reading (listening) and kept me entertained. A little predictable, but the characters were believable and relatable. The storyline became a little bit too drawn out, but all in all quite likeable. The performances were a bit distracting. ‘Georgia’ constantly spits her words out like a petulant child which was rather annoying, ‘Lydia’ is monotone and bland and the mother in Spain is just irritating!

Lies, Deceit, Friendship and Betrayal

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