Nice Work Nora November – ARC Book Review

After a near death experience, one woman creates her “reverse” bucket the things she wants to do after death.

Nora November was living life on autopilot before she nearly died in a surfing accident. When she recovers, she realizes how close she came to the end of her life and regrets that she let so many wishes and dreams go undone. There are reasons for that–a pressure-filled career working for her impossible-to-please father and chronic depression to name a few. But with a renewed sense of vigor, she sets out to do all the things she never did before she died. Her “reverse bucket list” includes ordinary aspirations like learning how to cook and cleaning out her late grandpa’s garden. But it also includes finding the man she was unexpectedly locked for hours with in a backroom while being held hostage in a corner store holdup . . . the one who got away.

From New York Times bestselling author Julia London comes an uplifting and heartwarming story of second chances and the power of finding out what makes life worth truly living.

Nora November had a near death experience. And when she comes back again alive, she realizes that she has been missing certain things in her life. Nora has been trying to please her stoic father by becoming a lawyer and working alongside him, while unknowingly she suffers from depression. But after her near death experiences- Nora decides to try on certain things which includes learning how to cook and then trying to revive her grandfather’s garden back.

This book was an interesting premise with an interesting plot. Nora clearly didn’t want to become a lawyer and that she only became one to satisfy her father. Nora soon turns her interest towards cooking and gardening. In other words, the book as a whole teaches us valuable lessons in general. There are trigger warnings in this book as it also talks about depression in general. Also there were emotional and heartbreaking parts in the story that will make you cry as Nora makes decisions to make her life more improved.

Overall, this is a good read and worth three stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Harper Muse for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.