RACHEL WEISS'S GROUP CHAT is an easy, light-hearted read about female friendships and feeling behind in life. I will say it felt more like in the woman's fiction genre rather than a romance, and Christopher's professed love felt a little sudden to me. I liked the reminder that not everyone always has or has to have their life figured by thirty years old. I do think young adults will especially like and relate to this book.

Thank you to Grand Central Publishing and NetGalley for the arc in exchange for my honest review.

3.5⭐️ rounded up

I am thankful to have gotten the eARC for free from Netgalley and Forever, Grand Central Publishing so I can leave my voluntary and honest review.

I don’t usually round up but over all I did like the book for the most part in that so kept reading and wanted to know what happened.

I’m not typically a fan of modern retellings so ai am glad I did not realize that this was one of Pride and Prejudice meets Bridget Jones Diary (which I’ve never read or seen the later)

The FMC is really frustrating and messy but I did want to see her get a happy ending. This is classified as a romance but I didn’t agree with that at all. The FMCs mother is also awful and to me completely unauthentic. It made me angry that the author describes her as a typical “Jewish mother” as she isn’t. Her mental health seriously needs to be examined.

However what I liked about the book was that things were messy and imperfect. It was nice to read a character who didn’t have everything together. I could have done without the complete self absorption but it wasn’t that bad. Meaning having to read it. The r self absorption was over the top and awful. There is a bit of toxicity going on so I caution young readers from reading it. It’s not YA but it can have that appeal to that audience.

After I sit with it I may change my rating but for now I am
Being generous. On a side note the prose itself is also a bit of a mess at times. Disjointed and in certain sports just doesn’t make sense. Lastly, I hated the ending.
My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.

⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again

This story is a Pride and Prejudice retelling, but of the Bridget Jones’s Diary variety. The FMC is often at times obnoxious, arrogant, self-centered, and quite the disaster. However, the plot focuses on her growth as she learns to center those around her and focuses on bettering herself. While I personally felt the story started out strong, it was overall underwhelming and lackluster.

I loved the focus on Rachel’s family and friendships. Even her work dynamic is a well fleshed out piece of the story. The romance, though? It was a major flop. Granted I know Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth don’t spend THAT much time together before his failed proposal, but in Austen’s story there were balls and run ins and dinners. Not Instagram comments and passing greetings. In this story after the proposal, they spend even less time together while she obsesses over him and the fact he liked her. It felt like she was settling for someone she was told to like and didn’t completely find boring. The chemistry, to me, was lacking.

I did appreciate the author writing a very authentic character - someone who makes mistakes, doesn’t have herself pulled together, isn’t quite sure what she wants from life, and only starts learning from her mistakes after finding herself in a situation with fairly severe consequences. I often have trouble relating to characters that are portrayed as pure sunshine. The characters that are oftentimes a mess just seem more genuine and realistic to me.

I think fans of Austen and Bridget Jone’s Diary will appreciate this retelling, but for me its strengths are in its family and friendship dynamics, not the romance.

Thank you to Netgalley and Forever (Grand Central Publishing) for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review.

I wasn't sure if I would end up liking this book. It started out kind of crass and sarcastic, and I wondered where it was going. However, around 30% in, the story hit its stride. While I'm sure others will find the FMC annoying and self absorbed (tbh she is) I enjoyed watching her evolution, and found the ups and downs of friendship to be very heartwarming. Without giving too much away, I was happy to see the FMC prioritize herself, and take responsibility which area pretty important messages. Rom Com lovers will enjoy this quick read, and of course the HEA. Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!

A bit of a slow start but it does pick up and become fast paced and gets interesting! it's not as heavy on the romance as I initially thought it would be BUT it does have a lot of funny moments to get it into that rom com vibe. It also has character development and sisterhood as a main portion of this book too. I would say it's about life all around rather than center romance in it's entirety. This is definitely about feeling stuck and not knowing what to do, relying on friendship, and learning the struggles of life as you open up your heart. This is much more than just a romance book!

Our main character you'll either love her or hate her, she is annoying and at times an air head but at the same time enjoyable and lovable and you want to root for her.

It is definitely giving vibes and writing of pride and prejudice, readers who are fans of that should definitely read this one! This is an easy and quick read and I would recommend it!

Thank you to NetGalley for the advance review copy in return for an honest review. I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
The book is very fast paced and fun but the main character seems so aloof and out of touch a little. The whole sexual assault joke video being scrubbed from the internet was a lot.

Here I am again reading another modern adaptation of Pride & Prejudice with some Emma vibes mixed in. I assumed for some reason that there would be more romance in it, but the book really does revolve around main character Rachel.

I wanted to like Rachel more than I did, but she was kinda terrible for parts of the book. And her friends left a bit to be desired as well. I didn’t really get why Christopher was so gaga over here, but it is what it was.

Thanks as always to NetGalley for the ARC.

Rachel Weiss is like many of us. Frustrating, frustrated, and bolstered by the ever-entertaining chatter of a group chat with lifelong friends. We follow Rachel as she navigates relationships with her family (see: overbearing mother and insufferable teenage twin sisters), friends (who are all on their own journeys hurtling towards thirty), and men (self-explanatory). Rachel is imperfect but pithy - her clear voice echoed throughout & kept me rooting for her despite her many, many mishaps. I enjoyed the comradery of the friend group / group chat and the realistic depiction of the ebbs and flows of life-long friendships, all while set with deliberate description in Seattle. Romance is always present but (almost always) secondary to the bond between the four best friends. While Rachel makes some upsetting mistakes, especially one with her sister, I enjoyed following the entirety of this arc towards redemption.

Witty, relatable, and evoking many a visceral reaction, this contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice was an easy, quick, and enjoyable read.

I Rachel Weiss’s Group Chat. This was a funny romcom that had me laughing out loud often. If you enjoy books, where opposites attract, this one is for you.

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Asco es lo que me dió este libro. Hasta el capítulo 25 el libro me pareció malo porque Rachel es un personaje que cae mal es superficial y tonta, pero luego hace algo horrible que me quitaron las ganas de seguir leyendo y únicamente lo terminé porque quería ver como se arreglaría la situación y fue una mala decisión. Debí abandonar el libro.

La protagonista se burlo de una AGRESIÓN SEXUAL:

I watched as I sank to my knees and wailed (voice still shaking with mirth), “Jeremyyyyy!” Jane raised her arms to the heavens (or to the stained bathroom ceiling) and crowed, “Why did you do it, Jeremy?” And then I lurched forward and grasped Jane’s hands and gasped, as though I were saying something very secret and very clever, “Hashtag me too please!” And Jane screamed and covered her face and laughed until her mascara pooled, and we were chanting it together, clutching our stomachs at the hilarity of it: “Hashtag me too please! Me too, Jeremy!” And then I was prancing around the bathroom smacking my own ass and crooning, “Please call me hotcakes!” And Jane was slumped against a sink, exhausted from laughing, and that’s when the video stopped.


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La idiota no dimensiona el tamaño de estupidez que dijo y sigue diciendo:



“No! How can they do this?” The idea of her employer seeing the video hadn’t even occurred to me, I’d been so lost in my own guilt.
“They can’t have a women’s issues reporter who jokes about sexual assault,” she said.
“It wasn’t assault, it was just Jeremy Coltrain, he—”



Al final nunca reflexionó sobre su "bromita" y sólo se sintió mal por las consecuencias, no por burlarse de una mujer que fue agredida. Hizo un estudio sobre MeToo para que su hermana recuperará su trabajo y el público la perdonara. 

“It’s about sisterhood and trauma and trust,” I continued. “It’s about how women are feeling heard and seen but also scared, wary, and tired. It’s about how, whether the crimes are big or small, whether we know the person or not, each #MeToo story is a blow to our psyche.”








Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book early.

Rachel, our narrator and protagonist, is just so frustratingly annoying. She is self absorbed and clueless yet lovable. She is very Bridget Jones like (which the author even says is an inspiration in the acknowledgment section).

This book is a fun and easy read but I found the ending quick and disappointing. I also just found the book predictable in parts and meandering as well. However if you’re looking for an easy rom com read it’s a good way to spend an evening!

Fans of Pride and Prejudice will love this updated version...and it's considerably funnier, too! Each character, including Rachel and her sisters, plus all the members of the group chat, and the various men who show up throughout the book, are hilarious in their own way. (Well, nearly every character...there are one or two to despise.) Rachel has a good heart, but poor execution, and finds herself in the middle of many misadventures...including one that seems to have set off a lot of reviewers. To that I'd say...folks shouldn't throw stones. We've all made mistakes, whether they go viral or go unnoticed, and the sisters work hard to reverse their mistakes. While romance is a theme of this book, as Rachel discovers who she is and what she wants her future to look like, it's really more about a sisterhood and making the world around you a better place.