Not My Problem

Not My Problem is hilarious. The story is about a girl named Aideen who helps Meabh (pronounced as Maeve) with her problems. Aideen then becomes everyone's problem solver and encounters love, new friends, and some heartbreak. Aideen, Kavi, and Meabh made the entire story. This trio was absolutely hilarious--especially Kavi. They had me laughing a lot. Ciara Smyth did an excellent job with the story. Although there were some heavy, sad topics, Smyth entertwined humor into it beautifully making it an enjoyable read (and actually better than her previous novel The Falling In Love Montage). Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves sapphic content, an enemies to lover trope, and is looking for a good laugh.

This book is filling my Derry Girls-loving heart with all the things I miss about the show. It feels very much like the shite those girls would come up with--helping a girl by pushing her down a flight of stairs. WTF?The MC is deeply flawed, but that makes her real (and very Derry Girls-esque). She questions everything, which can feel a little much, but it works for her.Some people are upset that it's not really a romance, but the description only mentions an "unexpected chance at love." Not that the whole story was about it. Though the story isn't a love story, the romance subplot (and it is definitely SUBplot) was adorable.I need more books like this one in my life.

I was definitely drawn to the story after reading the summary and wanting more when it suggests the narrator has problems of her own she feels she can't handle so to feel in control she helps others. I didn't expect to be so gripped by this particular story, though! I felt like the characters were fleshed out, relatable, and had such a unique voice. The inner and outer conflicts of Aideen's are raw and real, they come right off the page. Aideen & Meabh's chemistry felt natural and unforced and you really root for them, as well as rooting for Aideen to learn to accept help and learn that she is making too many excuses for her mom and for her best friend Holly. I wanted a bit more back story on her and Holly's relationship and clarification if Holly felt the same as Aideen, because it seemed like Holly didn't at all and was using the fact that Aideen loved her so much to take advantage and have someone be reliant on her. I also feel like the inner dialogue where Aideen makes excuses for people and blames herself for "taking things wrong" could've been used a tad less or formatted differently, but definitely not eliminated completely because it was important. All in all am definitely keeping this book and will read again!

An awesome read! Loved it. Aideen is a well written, compelling character.

I loved this book! It was real and made me laugh. It also made me sad. It didn’t provide perfect answers for problems that can’t just be fixed in an instant. Highly recommend!

It was a little difficult to follow the high school terms since I am not from that country. I really enjoyed the interactions between the accidental friendship that formed. The ending was really good.

Try not to read it in public cuz it made me laugh silly and kinda embarrassing! :)

Es un libro problemático porque dice que no me interesa pero en algo que me gusto en lego que tenia romancé infantil y me gusto mucho pero no fue lo mio

Great book

I fell for the second book of this authors I had to check the first one, and it's absolutely amazing. I can believe I lived so many years without her books. Everyone should read them, not only because of the heartwarming romances, but for the character's growth as a person.

I loved this! I was a big fan of Smyth’s, The Falling in Love Montage, so this book was on the top of my must read list. My expectations were high, but this book met every single one of them. I’m happily surprised to say this, but I thought this book was actually better than TFILM. This is the kind of book that I think is just a must for YA fans. And even if you are not a huge YA fan, this book is written so well that I think you will love it anyway.Not my Problem in three words is quick, lighthearted, and funny!It follows Aideen, a witty and vibrant teen with tons of problems of her own but decides to solve others' problems instead of solving hers.

Leggero e molto scorrevole. La love story è un contorno molto carino anche se mi aspettavo di più speravo in di più. Ma l'ho amato.ncon lui tutti i personaggi

this was my second CS book and it's somehow better than TFILM. It's one of those rare books that have the air of a treasure hunt find, carrying that exhilaration and power to extract continuous stream of laughs and cries out of you simultaneously. everything, from the crisp, funny dialogues to the weird, brilliant characters, was so genuinely, stomach-achingly funny, with a writing that feels like a rendition of your favorite song: hilarious and sarcastic and sharp and biting and powerful. it's beauty trapped beneath every word.fave parts:• this huge focus on friends. Aideen forging actual, meaningful friendships with not just Kavi and Meabh but also with the ragtag, misfit people she collected in her "social enterprise".the book pushed a few narratives so candidly into the mix of laughs with zero preachiness attached to it and it was brilliant: like, realizing 1. when to step out of a bad, toxic friendship and not hold on to it just because of the long, uncoded history we share, 2. but also that a person isn't really painted in just black and white tones. 3. to take time to compensate for our mistakes when we mess up, and not just do a grand gesture to make everything better again. 4. liking a person with her annoying, prissy habits, not despite them.• the characterization was. so. incredible?? Aideen was such a RIOT to read about. how she'd deliberately text in ridiculous abbreviations just to annoy Meabh, and kept helping others without giving a single shit about consequences - everything only endeared her to me.Meabh, tho. despite her overall appearance of prim and sycophantic, and generally annoying, Ciara managed to make her look passionate and caring and sweet, who stopped being annoying to me long ago. (Or is a person still annoying if you like her being annoying?)• the casual juxtaposition of humor and heaviness. Aideen's home life was so terrible: the raw portrayal of the impact an alcoholic parent stamps on a child's consciousness chafed at my heart.• and oooff, her and Aideen's relationship was like a worn-out blanket, soft and warm and comforting. I loved the gradual, eventual build-up of their friendship. And the chemistry between them at times was a palpable current just jumping out of the page. they were adorable together.• KAVIIII. Oh how i ADORED that guy. He was the sweetest 16-year-old Indian kid ever written. I LOVED that the author didn't gloss over the Indian part, or the racist treatment he might've got. Also yeah, he was the stereotypical comic relief in here too but it wasn't derogatory, but actually made me hurt my jaw from laughing at his ill-timely appearances and monologues.• Also, yes, Ms Devlin. One of the best teacher presences in all fiction.• The ending gets props for being Absolutely Exquisite, for not being tied up neatly with a bow. To have Aideen finally arrive at a position where she could ask for help, something she's been resisting throughout the book was a sigh-inducing, hardcore satisfying sight.