Name: Laura Mitchell Hutchinson's review of Maggie's Going Nowhere by Rose Hartley
Item: Maggie's Going Nowhere
Rating: 4
Author: Laura Mitchell Hutchinson

Rose Hartley

'A compulsive and hilarious read. In Maggie, Hartley has created one of those indelible characters of whom we must thoroughly disapprove and yet cannot help but love.' Karen Joy Fowler Maggie Cotton's life is a hot mess. In one day, she's dumped by her boyfriend, disinherited by her mum, and kicked out of the three-year degree she'd stretched to a decade. And that was before she received the letter saying she owed the government $70,000. But that's no reason to grow up, is it? With a decrepit 1960s caravan to call home, Maggie has to prove to her mother she can survive without a safety net, stop her loyal best friend Jen from marrying a scumbag, and convince her sexy workmate Rueben that she's not a walking disaster. For someone who's spent her life avoiding hard work, she sure can move mountains when she's got a little motivation - just don't ask her to move the caravan. 'Maggie's Going Nowhere is a whip-smart and heartwarming novel.' Miranda Tapsell

Maggie's Going Nowhere

Krystal Campbell 

Laura Mitchell Hutchinson

Light, funny, feel-good Aussie story. 

Maggie is everything I hope to never be - a lazy, entitled, selfish millennial - and it was uncomfortable being inside her head. However, there is a fine line between love and hate and I just couldn’t help but cheer for her. Maggie has SO many opportunities to change, to improve, to look beyond her own nose and reading those moments I found myself tensing up like cmon cmon cmon Maggie!!!

This book challenged me - I related more to other characters who were struggling to deal with a toxic friend than I did to Maggie. I cringed, I gasped, I laughed a lot. I have never read anything quite like this before, where the hero is also her own villain. 

I definitely recommend Maggie’s Going Nowhere if you’d like a fun, light read, or would just like to give yourself a pat on the back for how well you’re doing in life by comparison.

'A compulsive and hilarious read. In Maggie, Hartley has created one of those indelible characters of whom we must thoroughly disapprove and yet cannot help but love.' Karen Joy Fowler Maggie Cotton’s life is a hot mess. In one day, she’s dumped by her boyfriend, disinherited by her mum, and kicked out of the three-year degree she’d stretched to a decade. And that was before she received the letter saying she owed the government $70,000. But that’s no reason to grow up, is it? With a decrepit 1960s caravan to call home, Maggie has to prove to her mother she can survive without a safety net, stop her loyal best friend Jen from marrying a scumbag, and convince her sexy workmate Rueben that she’s not a walking disaster. For someone who’s spent her life avoiding hard work, she sure can move mountains when she’s got a little motivation – just don’t ask her to move the caravan. 'Maggie's Going Nowhere is a whip-smart and heartwarming novel.' Miranda Tapsell

Jane Krauss

So far, this is probably the most Australian book I've read. The story begins in the middle of the action, a writing technique that I find hooks me in and which I enjoy very much. I hadn't read much Australian literature before this, only various texts in secondary school. I enjoyed the familiarity of life in a modern suburban Australian life. I found this book very engaging 
Even though the lifestyles choices are vastly different from my own, I found the story held a more profound journey to the themes of self-worth.

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