It's definitely easy to see why all the mother's hate Florence. Florence grew on me throughout the book. She's a single mom who thinks her son murdered his classmate. Florence sets out to clear her son's name, although she always doesn't make the best decisions in doing so. Solid debut book for Harman, It kept me guessing and it was a quick read. I even found myself laughing out loud at poor Florence. 3 solid stars!

Thanks to G.P. Putnam's Sons & NetGalley for the ARC!

My first take away of "All the mothers hate me" is that Florence,the female lead, is a certifiable hot mess. And yes, all of the other mothers do hate her. For one, she is a former American musician in a small British town that likes to party. Plus, she lacks social skills which almost feels intentional. While it is obvious she doesn't exactly mesh with the other moms she loves her son no less than the "posh" moms that clashes with daily. So,even before a child goes missing Florence and her son Dylan are seen as outsiders and slightly suspicious. When Alfie, a pretencious bully of a ten year old does not return from a field trip- one where he and Dylan are paired - Flo does everything in her power to lead investigators away from focusing on Dylan as a potential suspect which mainly involes solving this mystery herself. She stumbles upon another mom,Jenny, who also finds herself with liitle intrest in sucking up to the mom pool at school. Fortunately, Jenny is a lawyer with a LOT more common sense and social graces that help keep Flo from spiraling out of control......for a little while. The two eventually have a falling out, resulting in a return to poor decision making on Flo's part which lead to surprising results.

Flo and her conversations with her buddy Jenny are some of my favorite in the book.It would be fun to see them become a crime fighting duo :)

There are plenty of red herrings and twists throughout the book making it hard to read to put down.

Admittedly, Florence is not a likeable charachter making it hard to sympathize with her. Problems she faces are mostly self inflicted. However, Flo does step up when needed and feircly fights to keep her son unharmed.

The title grabbed my attention and I am happy that I took the chance . 3 1/2 stars thta I'll round up.

Thanks to Netgalley and G.P. Putnam's Sons for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I really enjoyed All The Other Mothers Hate Me. Such a great main character - so unlikable, but you are rooting for her anyway. Unique voice and a refreshing thriller. Excited to see other works by this author!

This was a trip unlike any other. There is no other way to describe this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin for the ARC.

All the Other Mothers Hate Me is a fun, fast read, with an interesting twist on a well-worn premise. Florence is the typical unreliable narrator that you love to hate - she's selfish and self-absorbed and narcissistic, but she does truly love her son, which really does a lot to redeem her. This book isn't really ground-breaking in any way, but it does manage to create interesting, memorable characters in a quick, light read. Overall, it was very enjoyable and definitely what I was looking for in a thriller/suspense.

This is where HYPE meets quality. A fun, voice debut that gives Finlay vibes. The main character is a relatable imperfect mom 👩 loved the Mariah Carey references!

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for providing this book, with my honest review below.

All the Other Mothers Hate Me is a witty story that has a little edge of heartbreak and a lot of sharp humor. While I’m not like her (I hope), I was drawn to Florence, an ex girl bander with a son she is supporting on balloon arch money, barely tolerating the rich mothers at his private school (who barely tolerate her in turn) who seems to be firmly stuck in her early 20’s. Florence was a complex character who is utterly selfish and destructive (or to quote her friend Jenny ‘a chaos muppet’) but deeply loves her son and does want to do better…. Eventually.

The plot around the missing boy kept things moving, people growing, etc. But really this book is about Florence and her messy life. It wasn’t always as fun as I wish it was but I guess life isn’t either, and ultimately I was cheering for Florence and couldn’t stop thinking of this.

This is a good book! a lot of reviews called out the "unlikeable narrator/main character" but I loved her! She was genuine and real, and well written! I loved seeing how she dealt with all the negativity and ignorance from the other moms. Over all I loved the mystery and the twiats that come in this book!


Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complementary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

3.5 stars

This was a fun little mystery. I love an unlikable mc, and Florence was perfect for this role.
It had some dark humor, and an overall good mystery. I definitely enjoyed it.

Florence Grimes is a single mom who used to be the lead singer in a girl band. Now she scrapes together an income with part-time jobs while her ten-year-old son, Dylan attends the posh private school his dad funds. Florence doesn’t fit in with the other moms who feel she is too garish and poor for their cliques. Now Alfie, son of the richest of the rich and Dylan’s nemesis, has vanished from a field trip. Everyone is outraged and Florence fears Dylan may have something to do with the disappearance. She teams up with Jenny, another parent, to solve the mystery. Their antics are reminiscent of Finlay Donovan except they are solving a crime not committing one. I thoroughly enjoyed this. There was one storyline that I didn’t feel was clearly resolved but overall the twists were surprising and believable. I thank the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I'll preface this by saying I don't read a ton of mysteries compared to other genres so there has to be a hook which makes them interesting to me for me to request one, and in this case it was the protagonist and the humor--who doesn't love a funny washed-up former pop star? I enjoyed the similar concept of Meg Cabot's Heather Wells mysteries (think Britney's parents and manager spent all her money but instead of getting married and having kids and ending up in a conservatorship, she becomes an RA at NYU and has to solve crimes), and I likewise enjoyed it here with the transplanted American heroine having to deal with single parenthood and the other posh parents at her son's exclusive London school. Both the setting and Florence being a flawed but entertaining narrator gave this a fun Girls5Eva meets Bridget Jones vibe and made it a quick and diverting late-summer vacation read.

I think I’m going to be an outlier on this one. I’m with the moms. And I’m not a mom.

Florence Grimes is a thirty-one year old former girl band member who had an embarrassing downfall and now she’s single and broke. Her reason for going on is her ten year old son, Dylan.

Dylan goes on a class trip and rich boy Alfie Risby, who bullies Dylan vanishes. Suddenly Dylan is the prime suspect and Florence has a purpose: to find Alfie to clear Dylan’s name. Of course, she has never skills and no idea how one man got go about doing that. Oh, and all the moms at the school hate her (for good reason.). And maybe Dylan is not so innocent. Maybe.

I thought I was really going to like this book, as it was witty (“her awful triplets - Trip and Teddy and, I dunno, Tryhard”) and seemed fun, but the longer it went on the more Florence grated on me. She’s a thief. Her mothering skills are….um…well, she loves him, I guess, but…. She does many abhorrent things to the point it just wasn’t fun for me to read about any more. I think a lot of people loved it and found it all funny. It just fell flat for me. I liked her friend, though, 2 stars.

All the Other Mothers Hate Me, by Sarah Harman, is a thoroughly enjoyable novel about a very unlikeable woman. Florence is pretty awful- but some of her thoughts and characteristics are definitely relatable. I loved following along as she investigates the disappearance of one of her son's classmates. This book is absolutely hilarious. Highly recommend!!!

WE can all see why the other mothers hate Florence. She is thoroughly unlikeable. Irresponsible, living in the past, just an all-around screw up.


Her only light is her son, Dylan. But honestly, she isn’t a great mother either.


Her son is being bullied by some rich kid at his rich kid school that his father pays for. Dylan is odd. And when the bully disappears, Dylan is the number one suspect.


Florence will use all of her non-existent skills to find the truth and the boy. Maybe.




NetGalley/ G.P.Putnam and Sons March 11, 2025.

All the Other Mothers Hate Me by Sarah Harman is such a fun book. I love the main character Florence, who is both unlikeable and quite droll. I laughed out loud reading this book, she is so relatable. There's a missing child and Flo's son might be the main suspect. This book is completely different from most mysteries and completely grabbed my attention. A fun read and solid mystery. Recommended.

An anti-heroine gets drawn into investigating the kidnapping of a child so she can protect her own son. The protagonist definitely made a lot of bad choices, but it was entertaining and kept the pages turning!

This booked has me hooked! Even though many of the characters were unlikeable, which usually makes the story drag on, it was not the case at all with this book.

Florence is a washed up pop star and a single mom. Her son, Dylan, is her opposite. He seems to deeply care about all living creatures. Whereas, aside from Dylan, Florence only cares about herself. A boy from Dylan’s school goes missing and Florence’s find herself trying to solve the disappearance.

Sarah Harman did a great job developing the story and the characters. It was a great mystery read and I look forward to reading more of her work. Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Group Putnam for the ARC.

This book was one I went into with no expectations because it could have been written and plotted in so many different ways. I wasn't sure what to expect. But I absolutely loved it. The characters and the world building for this setting was perfect. I loved it.

I love how authors are increasingly using humorous narrators in psychological thrillers/domestic noir genres. It makes me like them more and often identify with them. This novel is a perfect example. Florence is a girl band singer, a drinker, occasional shoplifter and a mother who usually makes pretty bad decisions ut usually comes out on top. Mostly due to gut reactions and absurd luck. She is raising g a ten year old in a well to do London enclave where he attends an expensive private school Thanks Dad). When one of his classmates vanished during a field trip Flo begins to feel her son had something to do with it. She begrudgingly begins to investigate as she wants to divert attention from her son. An interesting mystery and it was fun to figure it out together.

Thank you to Netgalley and Sarah Harmon for an ARC copy of this book. I read this book in 2 days. I couldn’t wait to find out what happened next. There was a few stories going on at once. Florence had her hand in everything. Trying to protect her son Dylan at all costs. The end of the book was the only issue I had. I’m not sure what to think of it. Read it and enjoy!