Review: Old Girls Go Off the Rails

Old Girls Go Off the Rails by Maddie Please
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This was less an interesting or funny story about ex-friends reuniting and getting together to recreate a college trip and more of a travelogue of Croatia.

I expected some zaniness from the girls and instead got a lot of inner dialogue about being so old and near the end of their lives.

There was no fun, no zaniness, really no laughs at all... but a wonderful push to visit Croatia.

Hilarious this was not, but it certainly was a worthwhile beach read.

*ARC supplied by the publisher Boldwood Books, the author, and NetGalley. 

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SUMMARY: "The BRAND NEW hilarious, uplifting book, full of friendship and fun - from BESTSELLER Maddie Please

A one way ticket to misadventure!

When Lizzie Stevens was eighteen, life took a wrong turn. While her best friends Harriet and Anna went interrailing across Europe, Lizzie stayed behind—shunted into a dusty bank job and a sensible life that never quite got back on track.

Now sixty-four, freshly divorced from terminally dull Freddie and wondering how she ended up here, Lizzie is unexpectedly reunited with the friends who left her behind. This time, she's not missing the train.

Their plan? A gloriously reckless rail adventure across Europe. The women are older, allegedly wiser, and considerably less flexible—but their bags are packed and they're ready to depart.

Yet once the train pulls out of Worcester, it's clear this journey won't be smooth. Old secrets derail fond memories, Harriet and Anna barely tolerate each other, and Lizzie discovers the trip she idolised for decades wasn't quite first-class.

As they rattle from city to city - Paris to Venice before embarking on a cruise along the Croatian coast - the old girls are fuelled by laughter and questionable decisions. And Lizzie begins to realise it's never too late to change direction—and that the best adventures are the ones without a timetable.

All aboard for another hilarious and heartwarming adventure with bestselling author Maddie Please"