Review : Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer

Good Joy, Bad Joy by Mikki Brammer

Synopsis: Joy, aged 89, has a quiet, predictable existence. Her life is upended when she discovers that her adventurous, lifetime best friend Hazel has terminal cancer and only has months left to live. Realizing she has spent decades playing by other people's expectations, Joy decides she wants to live a little more boldy, a little more like Hazel. She develops a friendship with her ex-con neighbor, explores a few petty crime opportunities, and works through her strained relationship with her daughter.

Review: Friendship as a (platonic)!love story will always get me. I enjoyed Hazel and Joy’s hijinks, and I loved watching her realize her life over her many years may not have been as exciting as some, but was entirely human and beautiful. 🫶

Vibes: Uplifting and charming with a content warning for cancer death, definitely cried a few times

Read if you like: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans or This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page or The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer or Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (also a Netflix movie

Shows or Movies with Similar Vibes: Gracie and Frankie or The Thursday Murder Club

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