Quirky and funny and infinitely wise. This story is a delight and perfect for a weekend or summer read, getting lost in Clover's adventures.

Did I originally read this because it has a rabbit on the cover? Maybe! I'm not sure that I am quite the target audience for this one, but it was nice to see a middle aged woman as the protagonist. Clover didn't feel overly likable, but she definitely felt real. The book takes place over a single day, in which Clover decides to have an extremely chaotic day off and makes some questionable decisions! It was fun to see how everything played out, though I don't necessarily feel that the outcomes were very realistic. I liked seeing Clover take some time to be more introspective as well and contemplate some of the things that need to change in her life.

Thank you Penguin Group Putnam and NetGalley for the advanced electronic copy!

Clover Hendry spends a day doing what so many of us fantasize about: she takes an unauthorized day off work doing what ever appeals and saying exactly what she thinks.

Clover is an overworked TV producer, people pleaser, wife, and mom of teenage twins. Her mom is a piece of work and her relationship with her sister though not hostile, is distant at best.
With the aid of a couple of pain killers and what ends up to be a lot of alcohol, Clover spends the day bouncing place to place in an Uber and setting her universe to rights.

I definitely chuckled along the way, but my favorite parts are where Clover was vocal and either stood up for herself or set to rights a wrong. And though some of the plot was outlandish, it was just perfect for letting off some steam and saying all the things that needed saying.

If you can't manage a day off, Clover Hendry's Day Off is a perfect weekend read.

Thank you to G.P. Putnam's Sons for providing an early e-copy via Netgalley. All opinions are my own.

I really really wanted to like this book. I kept coming back to it and trying finish it but I had to finally give up at 57% and make it an official DNF. I can't say there was one main thing that didn't work I just couldn't see what more could happen and the day to be honest just would not end. I'm pretty sure the main character is suffering from a head injury for most of the book which brings about her personality change and was to be honest making me anxious., This just wasn't the book for me but it does seem to have a lot of positive reviews and would always encourage people to read it and give it a try. Want to thank NetGalley and PENGUIN GROUP Putnam for the digital arc in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publishers for this Advanced Readers Copy of Clover Hendry's Day Off by Beth Morrey!

Clover Hendry is completely over it! She takes a day off in much the same way Farris Bueller did, but Clover is a full-grown women with family and career responsibilities. Of course, everyone needs a day off from time to time, so I cheered for her, laughed at her antics, worried over some of her actions and decisions.

The writing is excellent, the dialog witty. The story takes a darker turn as Clover digs into her past, and this changes the mood somewhat. Hey, life is moody isn't it?

I found Clover Hendry's Day Off to be an entertaining change of pace. When the book launches in January 2024, I suspect it will likely be popular with book clubs. Thank you to author Beth Morrey, PENGUIN GROUP Putnam / G. P. Putnam's Sons, and NetGalley for providing an ARC copy. Opinions are my own.

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Clover Hendry’s Day Off will definitely appeal to the modern women juggling family and career in stressful situations. It’s written as a comedy, but for us older ladies, the life styles depicted are more of a tragedy made by modern society and unrealistic expectations.

I didn’t enjoy the book, but then it wasn’t targeting the older generation.

I appreciate this ARC from NetGalley and the publisher, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, in exchange for an honest and unbiased review. Best wishes to the author and the success of this book.

While this book didn't full resonate with me, I recognize that it has amazing potential to captivate other readers. I did enjoy Clover's haphazard internal dialogue and completely sympathize with the busy Mom aspect of her life. I encourage others to try it out!

Clover is a recovering people pleaser and professional doormat who decides today is the day to start being a human. She sets out and starts speaking her mind whether she means to or not because she’s had enough and she spends the day doing exactly what she feels like doing. I enjoyed the idea of this book and am proud of Clover for stepping out to advocate for herself and start recognizing what she wants to do. This book did start with her popping two Vicodin and getting a head injury that knocked her out and was bleeding but never looked at by a medical professional. Clover spends her day eating delicious things and burning some things down, while building other things back up, but what I thought would be a heartfelt and liberating story of Clover being set free was actually a very worrisome story. Yes, drugs not prescribed to us can impact us in ways like speaking our mind when we otherwise might not, but Clover went on a path of destruction that didn’t feel productive or healthy to me. She did a lot of self-sabotaging and made a lot of weird and destructive choices that never actually had consequences. This felt like a midlife mental breakdown, which are all entitled to, I just had a hard time rooting for Clover when it often felt like she was just having a head injury about town. She rode the line between self advocacy and fighting toxic with toxic like a tightrope. I did enjoy the characters and I do feel like the book ended with Clover finding some balance to move forward in life with better boundaries and better participation in her own life. I liked the relationships she had with people and where they grew to by the end of the book. The way she burned down her work enemies was really concerning to me as it felt like she forced something on people that could have been extremely triggering for many folks and since there was no warning it felt really upsetting to me. I understand she was standing up to a horrible excuse for a human, but there were other people, other women in the room, and that felt like a really traumatizing way to bring him down. You might enjoy this book if you enjoyed Ferris Bueller’s Day off and if you like seeing middle aged women stick up for themselves and heal from their past (I know I do, that’s why I chose this book). If you like “not as they seem” relationships that break down walls and grow in a very human way. Also there is a bunny and that’s honestly reason enough to read this.

Hilariously funny day in the life of TV Producer, Clover Hendry, who has had enough of people in her life walking all over her. Clover wakes up and as the stress of her busy life starts falling all around her, she decides to just walk away and take a day off. This decision brings an incredible amount of chaos to her coworkers, family, and friends.

This cringe-worthy novel made me laugh and scream “No. Don’t do it!” A very fun easy read that everyone in the working world can relate to.

I enjoyed the author’s quick wit and comedic writing, but it stressed me out when Clover made so many bad decisions.

Thank you Penguin Group Putnam & NetGalley for the advanced reader copy. I really enjoyed this fun read. #NetGalley #CloverHendrysDayOff

Thank you to @NetGalley and @putnambooks for the ARC copy of "Clover Hendry’s Day Off" by @bethmorrey

Rating: ⭐️⭐️💫 2.5/5

Clover Hendry is most well known for being Robbie’s wife, a mom to twins, TV Producer and chronic overthinker.

Clover starts her day off like any other day, rushing the kids out the door, eating their leftover breakfast, being late for her train and on top of all of that, she’s dealing with a migraine from hell. While on her way to work, she spots a suspicious bag and unattended bags are one of Clover's worst fears. So of course, this sends her into a spiral. In a whirlwind of anxiety, Clover ends up leaving the train but not unscathed. In a turn of events, Clover decides to “screw it all” and finally takes a day off to do whatever she wants.

While reading all about Clover’s spontaneity was enjoyable, there were a few times where her anxiety attacks were personally hard to read through and made it hard to focus on what was actually happening.

Towards the end of the book I was having an easier time reading and relating to Clover. Clover spends most of her life being the person people want her to be and not doing anything that truly makes her feel fulfilled and happy. I think everyone can relate to this at one point or another.

Clover Hendry’s Day Off is a laugh out loud funny and heartwarming tale of one women’s journey to find her voice.

Clover is an assistant producer at a small tv network as well as a wife, sister, daughter and mother of teenage twins. She is the one who takes care of everything and never says no. One day, after taking some possibly expired medication, she decides it is time to speak up for herself and the fun begins. Starting at work, she begins to express herself in a manner that her colleagues are not expecting. The rest of the day follows with a rabbit rescue, some shoplifting, an encounter with her school skipping daughter and other adventures.

Over the course of one day, Clover learns to put herself first and, in the process, begins to mend her family relationships and finally put the past behind her. Clover is a relatable and realistic character, and the story is completely engaging. The reader will cheer for Clover.

Thank you Penguin Group Putnam and NetGalley for my advanced electronic copy. All opinions expressed are my own.

Clover Hendry is overwhelmed. She is also wound so tight trying to keep everyone happy that she's about to break. Then she does...break, that is. And--suddenly--she just doesn't care any more. She goes about her day doing whatever SHE wants, for a change. No matter the cost.

My immediate reaction was, I can soooo relate! I can feel her worry and anxiety, mentally, emotionally, and physically, as she suppressed herself until she exploded. I experienced her outside-of-it feeling right along with her, and then the utter the relief of no longer caring. The writing was so descriptive that it was easy to slip into Clover's world and psyche. After all, who wouldn't want to be relieved of pressures and expectations and feel absolutely free? What would that be like? I appreciated the nuanced exploration of that question, because ultimately doing exclusively whatever I want is the definition of selfishness, isn't it? Finding balance is important.

When people pleaser, Clover, gets hit on the head in the train station, she gets a whole new look on life and takes every opportunity to speak her mind!

If this would not have been an ARC I 100% would have DNF’d it. It lost me from the very beginning with Clover randomly taking old Oxy for no apparent reason.

I could not relate to Clover in the least bit and everything she did that was supposed to be her standing up for herself or speaking her mind was just plain mean and/or illegal. Also, it would’ve been helpful to get a better picture of her and her life before the head injury, so we could see why it was liberating for her to do all of these ridiculous things. Instead we got random sections throughout about her past and how she never stood up for yourself, but they didn’t add up to much and for the most part didn’t really help move the story along.

Almost all the characters were forgettable and how Clover felt about them jumped all over the place throughout the book, so I had no clue how I was supposed to feel about them.

This book was marketed as a fun and upbeat book, but suddenly in the end all her issues were because her boss raped her? It came out of nowhere with no build up at all, except for one or two small mentions of her old boss she didn’t like or the job she abruptly left. Also, if a book is going to be about a sensitive subject like that there needs to be some kind of trigger warning.

And how does no one at her work notice that she has a gapping head wound that is dripping blood everywhere?!

This was a fun concept that just wasn’t executed well at all. I would not recommend this book to anyone.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and statements are my own.

Thank you NetGalley and the publishing team for the opportunity to read and review this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve never saw Ferris Beuller’s day off, the inspiration, so I had no idea what might possibly happen in this story but I liked the premise of it! The cover also caught my eye as one I’d pick up in the store.

The book was written well but I had a hard time connecting to the story which made it hard for me to enjoy. The day off antics stressed me out and I have no idea how she was able to get away with the things she did and have zero consequences.

This book wasn’t the one for me but I know the perfect audience is out there!

Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free, electronic ARC of this novel received in exchange for an honest review.
Expected publication date: Jan. 30, 2024
Clover Hendry has been accommodating everyone her entire life- she hasn’t said “no” to any requests, and has earned her reputation as the ultimate people-pleasure, afraid of confrontation and desperate to keep the peace. But then a string of events causes Clover to change her tune and soon she’s standing up for herself, saying “no”, and completely saying “f%*k it” to her responsibilities. Does this signify a permanent change for Clover?
Beth Morrey’s “Clover Hendry’s Day Off” is a witty and charming story, inspired by “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”. 46-year-old Clover is a television producer, wife and mother of adolescent twins, who decides to take the bull by the horns of her own life. She’s a relatable protagonist and her gutsy move inspired the people-pleasing, confrontation-avoiding, “always-say-yes” woman that lives in me. I pondered following Clover’s lead and simply spending the day doing whatever I wanted (without the illegal activities of course) and couldn’t help but be envious of how freeing that would feel.
There’s a little bit of Clover in all of us, and her story made me laugh out loud in places. Not only was “Day Off” enjoyable and humorous, it was also emotional as Clover begins to unravel her relationship with her mother, and re-evaluate her role as a mother herself.
Morrey is able to provide a realistic and satisfying ending to Clover’s adventure. After she spends the entire novel living it up, Clover is able to return to being “the old Clover”, but with some positive changes.
“Clover” is a fun story, to be sure, and props to Morrey for her creativity and unique style! I loved the characters, especially Clover (who I related to way too much). “Clover Hendry’s Day Off” gives new meaning to “escapism” as readers are able to live vicariously through Clover, and cheer her on throughout!
Morrey is a new author (for me) but she has impressed me. A funny, light yet emotional read, “Clover Hendry” was the exact novel I didn’t know I needed!

Thank you Netgalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this, but most importantly thank you Beth Morrey for writing this! As any kid from the 80s and 90s I watched Ferris Bueller A LOT. It is still a favorite, feel good film and storyline for me. So when I saw Clover Hendry's Day Off being compared to it... I was a bit skeptical, but am glad I was approved and given the chance to read it.

Clover is an overworked, under appreciated, people pleaser who one day decides to take the "day off". To stop worrying about coloring inside the lines and what everyone thinks about her and not saying yes to everything just because it is expected. And at times she comes across as rude or disrespectful but honestly, thats part of the charm of her character. It makes you question why women are pushed into the box of needing to be this and that but never speaking out or saying no.

I don't know of a working mom who wouldn't be able to relate to this book. Fed up at work and with no more f's to give, Clover just decides to say and do whatever she wants. She pisses people off, she yells at them, she gets drenched, she cuts her hair, she picks up a large rabbit, she lies and connives. It's pretty funny but I also couldn't help but think How did she cover this much ground in one day? and How is she not sweaty and malodorous?

Clover Hendry’s Day Off was something a little different from other books I’ve read, but also something I could really relate to. The book follows Clover Hendry for one day that is anything but ordinary for her. Usually, Clover is the type of person that doesn’t speak up, who always says “yes” even when she’d rather say “no”. But she’s also overwhelmed and burnt out in her roles as wife, mother of twin teens, and producer of TV shows. So, for one day, Clover has decided she’s had enough, and she’s going to put herself first. Of course, this leads to quite a chaotic day of crazy antics. I don’t necessarily approve of everything she does over the course of the day, but there were definitely some laugh out loud moments along the way.

As we follow Clover through her day, there are also introspective moments as she recalls events in her life that she feels have shaped who she is today. Some of these memories are happy, like recalling the day she met her husband, but others are not so happy, like her wedding being a disaster. I think those moments where she really took a close look at herself, realizing how she has always put everyone before herself, how anxious she is, how she lacks a sense of self-confidence, how exhausting being a mother is… that was the true meaning behind the story that led to immense character growth. I don’t think I’ve ever highlighted so many passages in a book as I did in this one, but there were so many times I felt as if this book was providing me advice for my own life.

There were some times that I had trouble following Clover’s train of thought in her cluttered mind, but overall the writing was good, and I seemed to be able to follow better as the book went on. Being American, I was a bit tripped up by the British dialect at times too, but could still understand the context.

Thank you to PENGUIN GROUP Putnam, G.P. Putnam’s Sons and NetGalley for the free advanced copy of Clover Hendry’s Day Off. The opinions expressed in my review are completely my own.

Well I really liked the idea of this book but, then it went zero to sixty. Her fun day off just turned into a day of crime and just really crappy things.

It's a no from me.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publishing team for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.