Review: No One Ever Has Sex On A Tuesday

Synopsis

Never has a one-night stand led to such chaos!

Childhood sweethearts Matthew and Katy agree they must never see each other again after they end up in bed together following a school re-union.

So all is forgotten... until eight months later when a shock meeting at an antenatal class forces them to confront the fact that Matthew could be the father of Katy's baby. Oblivious to the mayhem unfolding, Matthew's highly-strung wife frets over giving birth to twins and Katy’s much younger boyfriend refuses to take fatherhood seriously.

Love and life are messy but Katy and Matthew take things to a whole new level as deep emotions begin to resurface and hormones run riot.  How will they navigate their way through this almighty cock-up?

Review

"There are those who get to choose the father of their child and those who don't. Those who spend years sifting through the giant haystack that is the male population and those who get unexpectedly ambushed."

Kate gets unexpectedly ambushed. She is in her thirties, unmarried and potentially pregnant by a boyfriend with a mental age of around 16. This story begins with a drive to an antenatal class, Kate is having a very unsuccessful conversation with her man-child/boyfriend.  This conversation turns out to be my favorite conversation out of the whole book because it sets the scene on these two characters work. In this conversation Kate chides Ben for using the word "fanny" because her Nan was called Fanny and she married a Mycock. Ben find this very funny, Kate on the other hand is not impressed. They are mismatched but very sweet.

Tracy Bloom's accurate observations throughout the entire book were funny, vivid and realistic. For example 
Kate's observation that Ben was "smelling unpleasantly of gym shoes, teenage boy sweat and mashed potato" was a nice reminder of being back in Secondary school. I was momentarily traumatized by high school flashbacks of football boys. Bloom is a great observer of human especially women. In this read, Bloom shows her understanding of how the female brain works. 

This book is well written, witty brought together by great characters.  Bloom creates characters that are extremely narcissistic but endearing,. Everyone seems to be worried about something. Kate is worried about who the father her baby could be, Mathew is worried about himself and Ben is worried about the baby coming out as ginger. Everyone is at one point panicking or hysterical.I found the more they panicked, the more I enjoyed the book.  This is a superb read, full of laugh out loud moments, romance and realistic. Bloom balances laughter with tears, there are no pretentious moments. I enjoyed every single page of this book. 

I could almost visualize all the characters from this book.  Kate is the strong willed realist while Ben is the moronic yet lovable boyfriend, .In the beginning Ben is the lovable class clown, the one with the funniest jokes but as the book develops Ben grows up gradually and matures into a lovely young man. Daniel is the gay best friend, Mathew is the confused middle-aged ma and Braindead is brain dead. This book is a glorious read, Its extremely funny, and by far one the best books I've read this year.