Enjoyable fun book! In order to keep her job, the main character has to pretend to be very caring about climate change as her new boss wants to make her PR company exclusively focused on ecological causes. Her pretending will result in many funny situations involving plastic bottles, the macarena and sharing a table with a cheeky parrot. Definitely worth reading if you're looking for a light fun read!

I found this an easy story to read. Mostly. Ellie is a little hard to like and hard to root for but it works in the context of the story and I guess, as a way to lighten up the topic of caring about the environment and climate change.
I liked the office politics aspect of the book in presenting the topic and though this is what I've come to expect from British stories like this, which means it was a bit (a lot) over the top at times and often it was cringeworthy, It works to a certain extent and if you can get beyond that, you'll enjoy the story a bit more.

This is an interesting novel about the importance of going green. The book follows the story of Ellie as she tries to keep her job after the PR firm she worked for is sold. It’s a well-written book that explores an important topic although I struggled to connect with the character and the storyline which seemed a bit over the top and chaotic in places. Many thanks to NetGalley for a review copy.

3.5 stars. I debated between 3.5 and 4 stars. I loved some parts of the book, which were laugh out loud funny. Ellie’s train journey, for example. I liked the overall premise of the book too. Ellie Cooke is as far from environmentally conscious as possible and pretends to be interested only to impress her boss, and keep her job. Somewhere along the way she become genuinely invested. The problem is in the details. I understand that there will be some exaggeration for comedic effect, but sometimes Ellie just appears unhinged. I like the writing style but wish the plot was more fleshed out.

Witty and humorous. Follow the funny misadventures of a completely not earth friendly woman on journey to save her job but not the planet.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of Going Green by Nick Spaulding.
I liked the concept of this book and the importance of going green. There is a difference between talking green and actually trying to implement ways to go eco-friendly and ways to support eco-friendly businesses. It was fun to watch how Ellie evolved in to her new job description. Again, I enjoy books where the character evolves. This was also an interesting look at interactions in the workplace and how we can effect other's world views when we try. There were quite a few interesting characters and clever character twists in the book but I do not wish to give any of that away.
Even though I would recommend this book to others and found it to be unique and thus stand out from many of the books out there, I felt there were 2 flaws . First, I had to read the first chapter or so multiple times because I felt that I was inside a man's head and not a woman's. It felt as if a man was writing a female ,which is what is going on, but normally I am not affected by whether a male or female is writing a male or female character. It definitely improved as the story continued but there were several instances throughout where I found it glaring. I'd find myself thinking, that's not how a woman would think. Perhaps just not this woman, so that might to be a flaw for anyone else. Second, I understand that it was supposed to be humorous in the "Bridget Jone's Diary" style; yet ,sometimes Ellie's antics were just a bit too far gone. It might be great for a film adaptation for sight humor but in the book it was a bit over the top for me. Overall, though, I enjoyed the book and am glad to have read it.

This was the first book I have read by Nick Spalding and it did not disappoint! This read was super easy and quick and I enjoyed every bit of it. Spalding's writing was fantastic and there were so many laugh out loud moments.

Ellie was over the top but in the best way (I believe the kids today would call her a bit "extra"). She had such a good heart and always had the best intentions but things just couldn't go her way. The plot twist came out of no where near the end of the book and was a bit of a curve ball.

All in all this was a great read and I would absolutely recommend.

A decent book with a good ending but no real laugh out loud moments, like in previous books. I will keep reading Nick's books in the hope they get back to being as funny as Love From Both Sides and Fat Chance.

Nick Spalding has a winning formula in his novels, he grabs contemporary issues and adds drama and humour to create entertaining and thought-provoking stories. He seems to be on a quest to address as many of the outstanding matters in modern life as possible. In Going Green the backdrop is the environment, recyclable energy and climate change. Nick doesn’t preach these issues but rather tells a story with multiple twists, laugh out loud scenes and characters that are fascinating and prone to more than the odd mishap.

Ellie Cooke works in PR for Stratagem PR and finds that the boss she loves has just sold the business to Nolan Reece, a successful marketing entrepreneur, that has a new market niche that he wants to target, stating “I want to run an ethical PR company that prides itself on its green credentials.” Ellie drives a petrol-guzzling, smoke polluting car and knows nothing about the green agenda, but as her new boss has indicated, he can only keep on some of the employees in the now rebranded Viridian PR. Ellie is determined to demonstrate that she should be one of them and plans to stand out as a committed environmental activist. When I say Ellie was an interesting character it should be followed by a hmmm because I felt quite detached from her at times and I couldn’t quite get her reasoning for some of the decisions she made. At the same time, she did entertain and as I’ve come to eagerly expect (because Nick Spalding is so good at it) the scenes that go awry and leave you laughing out loud. Ellie is a go-getter, but in meeting new clients who are all committed, and often obsessive to the green cause, something starts to shift in her conscience.

“Up until now, all of my efforts have been purely directed at keeping and maintaining my pay packet, and it’s felt like a noble and just cause to me. But there’s something about the meeting that I’ve just had with the owners of Veganthropy Foods that has shifted my thinking.”

The lies mount from several of the characters and I wondered how this would all end, especially as I’m prepared for the moral lesson of the story. Well, it didn’t go as I was expecting but probably a lot of other readers will see it coming.

Going Green is a book I can recommend and as always it leaves you with an ethical ponderance and an entertaining experience that has many light-hearted and humorous moments. I would like to thank Amazon Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC copy in return for an honest review.

Nick Spalding has a winning formula in his novels, he grabs contemporary issues and adds drama and humour to create entertaining and thought-provoking stories. He seems to be on a quest to address as many of the outstanding matters in modern life as possible. In Going Green the backdrop is the environment, recyclable energy and climate change. Nick doesn’t preach these issues but rather tells a story with multiple twists, laugh out loud scenes and characters that are fascinating and prone to more than the odd mishap.

Ellie Cooke works in PR for Stratagem PR and finds that the boss she loves has just sold the business to Nolan Reece, a successful marketing entrepreneur, that has a new market niche that he wants to target, stating “I want to run an ethical PR company that prides itself on its green credentials.” Ellie drives a petrol-guzzling, smoke polluting car and knows nothing about the green agenda, but as her new boss has indicated, he can only keep on some of the employees in the now rebranded Viridian PR. Ellie is determined to demonstrate that she should be one of them and plans to stand out as a committed environmental activist. When I say Ellie was an interesting character it should be followed by a hmmm because I felt quite detached from her at times and I couldn’t quite get her reasoning for some of the decisions she made. At the same time, she did entertain and as I’ve come to eagerly expect (because Nick Spalding is so good at it) the scenes that go awry and leave you laughing out loud. Ellie is a go-getter, but in meeting new clients who are all committed, and often obsessive to the green cause, something starts to shift in her conscience.

“Up until now, all of my efforts have been purely directed at keeping and maintaining my pay packet, and it’s felt like a noble and just cause to me. But there’s something about the meeting that I’ve just had with the owners of Veganthropy Foods that has shifted my thinking.”

The lies mount from several of the characters and I wondered how this would all end, especially as I’m prepared for the moral lesson of the story. Well, it didn’t go as I was expecting but probably a lot of other readers will see it coming.

Going Green is a book I can recommend and as always it leaves you with an ethical ponderance and an entertaining experience that has many light-hearted and humorous moments. I would like to thank Amazon Publishing and NetGalley for providing me with an ARC copy in return for an honest review.

This was the first Nick Spalding book that I have read and so I did not come to it with any preconceived ideas.

Going Green is a light-hearted, comedic read centred around Ellie, a PR worker who will do whatever she thinks it takes to keep her job when it is threatened. Ellie reminded me a lot of Sophie Kinsella's Rebecca Bloomwood from her Shopaholics series, and, if you've enjoyed these books, you'll probably like this one.

Going Green is a brilliant way to spend a couple of hours. It's not a challenging read but a perfect bit of escapism. It was easy to picture the situations that Ellie found herself in, and, in all honesty, what would happen, but that was part of the magic of the book for me - it was a relatable if a little magnified, reality. There are some great laugh-out-loud moments (tacos and bicycles in particular). I could see this on the screen - it would work well.

Recommended.

With thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the ARC.

This book was well written and covered an interesting topic of being greener to help the planet. The story followed Ellie trying to impress her boss and keep her job by going green. Some good pieces of information about our planet but the story seemed slightly far fetched in places. The book did not grip me until the final few chapters where I couldn’t put it down. Thanks to Netgalley for the early e book copy.

Ellie Cooke is worried about keeping her job. The public relations firm she’s been working for is having problems. The partners split, and business has been slowing ever since. But there is some hope on the horizon. Nolan Reece is buying the company, and he has very specific ideas on what he wants to do with the firm. He wants to go green.

Nolan is a vegetarian and an environmentally conscious businessman. He thinks that companies are looking for an ethical, conscientious PR firm to represent them. So he is reinventing the business as Viridian PR and specializing in representing companies who are striving to make the world better.

Ellie is excited. It sounds like Nolan wants to breathe new life into the company, and it needs it. But she’s not so sure if she’s the right person to be there for it. She spends her weekends buying instant fashion at the stores of the energy-slurping mall, which she drives to in her big Mercedes. But she’s determined to do what it takes to keep her job.

Her first foray into environmentalism brings her to a demonstration outside the mall. She saw on social media that Nolan was going to be there, so she jumped in and got ready to participate alongside him. Only, it turns out that Nolan was just watching as the hardcore Warriors for the Planet showed their dedication to the cause by acting out the deaths of the animals killed by climate change and human interference in their habitats.

In order to prove her dedication to the environment, Ellie also fills the office with potted plants, dresses up as a plastic bottle for a potential client, and shows off her love of hemp underwear in an embarrassing moment in her boss’s office. But all this hard work pays off, as Ellie not only gets to keep her job but gets promoted to Nolan’s #2 in the company.

As Ellie gets to know their clients, spending time with them and getting caught up in their passion for their causes, she gets caught up too. The Mercedes gets traded in for a hybrid. The disposable fashion gets traded in for used and vintage clothes she finds online. And the previous, forest destroying boyfriend gets traded in for Nolan.

But when she finds something out that could destroy the firm’s ethical, environmental reputation, Ellie is faced with a dilemma—does she go along with the lie to keep her job, or does she stand by her newfound principles and stay true to her new green?

Going Green is the newest novel from laughter inducing British writer Nick Spalding. Although this book gets a little deep into some serious questions of morality, there are also several sequences where Ellie finds herself overthinking her way into awkward and hilarious situations, and in one instance, a septic tank. Finding a balance between the self-righteous and the self-indulgent, Spalding takes these characters to extremes for our education and enjoyment.

I really enjoyed Going Green. I liked the characters (except for the obvious ones I wasn’t supposed to like), and I enjoyed the story. There were laughs, there were surprises, there was a little bit of guilt for being such an evil consumer, but there was also balance. I recommend this one, or any of Spalding’s novels, for any reader looking for a bit of a laugh at the end of a long day. Lots of green fun!

Egalleys for Going Green were provided by Amazon Publishing UK through NetGalley, with many thanks.

In Going Green, the author has shown a light on the issue of climate change. A PR company decides to focus on clients who are going green. This leads a whole staff to become more environmentally conscious, Ellie leads the way, changing her ways as she becomes more aware of environmental issues. She finds herself dating the boss as they bond over becoming more green, Ellie discovers that her boss Nolan isn’t really committed to going green, but is rather using the focus on the environment as Wray to make himself more money before he sells the PR company. Ellie manages to turn the tables on him and expose him for the fraud that he is.

Going Green is a fun little tale of deception in a Public Relations firm, and how that deception can lead to both good and bad outcomes. Ellie isn't much of an environmentally responsible citizen until she tries to impress her boss with her activism in Climate Change. Nolan, her boss, wants to take the company in a "greener" direction, and Ellie has a crush on him. What ensues is a light story of Ellie's antics and her discovery of the plight of our planet and her cute boss's business strategy.

This book gets a little silly in parts, and should have been edited down slightly. I found myself skimming a little in the middle of the book.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read Going Green.

I liked this book - it was an easy read, but I never fully felt invested in it. The story felt fresh and new, which I really appreciate in world of tired and recycled (get it!) story lines, but this was refreshingly different.

I just never really felt the story click for me and my interest level.. I was easily distracted while reading, but would recommend overall.

The book was hilarious enough to hurt my stomach by making me laugh at every single page. The story plot was interesting and gripping to hook you on the book. The transformation of 'Black smoke emitting Mercedes' Emily to 'Worrying about the 4 non-environmental bulbs' Emily is such an unbelievable process. The way the story involves and evolves around the environmental issues and workspace relationships were worth the reading. While reading this, just like Emily, I can't avoid being guilty ridden of our planet. The only thing that I feel a little off about this book was the non-stop chattering of Emily and her brain and the over-obsessive nature of everything. This is my first read by Nick Spalding. I absolutely loved this. Recommend it.

First of all, I’d like to thank NetGalley, publisher Lake Union Publishing and author Nick Spalding for providing an advance reader copy of Going Green.

It took me a while to finish the book. By saying this, it means that I had to force myself every time to read the book. I will not say there is something wrong with it. The pace drags which makes it difficult for me to continue to the next chapter. There are several scenes where I have lost interest. Most people would just give up and categorize this under “Did Not Finish.” I guess the quirky humor is what kept me going.

If you have strong opinions and views about things such as the environment and a certain type of diet, this book would either raise your hackles or amuse you. However, if are fairly neutral in these types of subjects, then the book would be fine.

Told in one dimension through the voice of the main character Ellie Cooke, this funny story about a girl who works at a PR firm that suddenly changed ownership. The new boss who is an Adam Driver look-alike is an advocate for the environment. As with any new business acquisition or management, the new boss needed to make some changes by letting go of two personnel. Ellie has done ridiculous things to make sure the boss notices her as passionate about the environment as he is so she can keep her job.

Three stars for the humor and good writing. The pace and story are where the book fell short in my opinion.

Thoroughly enjoyed this story of a very 'non-green' girl who is forced to start going green by the new owner of the PR firm she is employed by. Her humorous adventures to prove herself and change her ways will make you laugh and cringe at the same time. There are surprises, sweat, stench, romance and rashes. The end is not what I expected but was the best outcome for this story. I am looking forward to read more from Nick Spalding.

Going Green by Nick Spalding is a quick light read with the message of doing your bit for the environment at its heart. It follows the adventures of Ellie Cooke, a woman who realises she will have to pull up her socks when it comes to environmental issues when the PR company she works for is bought out by a man who intends to target clients who are eco conscious. Ellie is full of good intentions, from avoiding disposable shopping for clothes she does not need to finally getting around to sorting out the problem that is causing her car to belch black smoke ,but somehow her actions never seem to quite work out. Desperate to keep her job and keen to make a good impression on her attractive new boss, she sometimes goes a little too far on her environmental crusades with amusing consequences.
I would describe this book as a mildly amusing, light hearted read, easy to pick up but not all that memorable. I found Ellie irritating as a character as she never seemed to learn from her mistakes and lurched from one silly escapade to another. None of the other characters were particularly well developed either. Not my favourite book from this author.
I read and reviewed an ARC courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher, all opinions are my own.