I'm living proof that you can read this book without any prior knowledge of the characters and their stories. I'd imagine that the topics of the girls' families, mental health, sexuality, and more are explored in greater depth in that book, whereas here they're mostly backstory to the struggle to be independent and start a career and a life in a new city.īUT, please don't feel that you can't read Please Send Help without reading the first book! Please Send Help works perfectly well as a standalone. Now that I've finished it, I think I'll try to track down the first book ( I Hate Everyone But You, set during Ava and Gen's college years). I'm glad I wasn't put off by finding out it's book #2. Not what I'd typically consider teen fare! (Side note - why are young adult novels mostly about teens and not about actual young adults - which is what Ava and Gen are?) So sure, put it on the YA shelf if you want, but just know that it's about women in their 20s figuring out life, sex, STDs, and more. NetGalley lists it as teen/YA, but since the characters are 22-ish (I think), I wouldn't have thought to consider this young adult. Genre/library shelf-wise, I'm not quite sure where I'd put this one. But they get one another, and they're there for one another - and even when they ignore good advice or act out in particularly questionable ways, they still are there to comfort, pick each other up, and kick a little ass if that's what needed to shake some reality into each other's minds and hearts. She did NOT like that but I have put vodka on all of my scratches so I'm sure I'm fine. Tabby finally gave in to her gluttony and came inside. Both Ava and Gen are wickedly, crassly funny, even when freaking out, making absurd decisions, or talking about insane events in their lives. Meanwhile, Gen is bi, out and proud, from a dysfunctional family and with no parental support whatsoever, trying to find connections as well as a juicy story in a backwards, socially conservative town where she has no chance of fitting in. Ava is coping with anxiety that stops her in her tracks from time to time, and because of Ava's previous experiences related to mental health, Gen tends to worry about her well-being - especially once Ava gets disastrously involved with her older boss, who's so clearly a player who preys on young interns. Gen, in Florida, is trying to break into serious journalism, but the only job she could find is at a small-town newspaper with nothing much at all to cover and no room for advancement at the family-run paper.Īva and Gen have history together, and their bond is immediately apparent. Ava, in New York, is interning with a comedy show, dying to gain real-life experience as a writer while working her (unpaid) butt off. Recent college grads, both are now facing grown-up life as they pursue their career dreams. Please Send Help is written entirely in texts and emails between two best friends, Ava and Gen. While it might have been nice to have read the first book, not having read it didn't detract from my enjoyment of this cute, quirky, quick read. Despite my qualms, I decided to read it anyway, and I"m glad I did. In Please Send Help, the hilarious new audiobook from the New York Times bestselling authors of I Hate Everyone But You, Allison Raskin and Gaby Dunn perfectly capture the voice of young adults looking to find their place in the world, proving no matter how desperate things seem, your best friend is always there to reboot your life and send help.įirst things first: When I requested this book from NetGalley, I had no idea it was a sequel. But as the two of them start to change, will their friendship survive the distance? Through their hilarious, sometimes emotional, conversations, Ava and Gen help each other navigate. And whether or not it's a good idea to take in a feral cat. Now, they're in the same time zone (although over a thousand miles apart), and in the real world, and it's the worst, but they still have each other's support. rant might get - Ava has always been there for Gen and Gen for Ava. But no matter how annoying, dramatic, or utterly bananas a 2 a.m. Ava knows what she wants and has plans to achieve her goals. "Authors Dunn and Raskin return to narrate another rollicking story featuring boisterous best friends Ava and Gen.listeners will find the characters relatable and hilarious as they converse about their young adult woes and triumphs." - AudioFileĪva and Gen are best friends.
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