Book Review: Who’s that girl? by Alexandra Potter

This is my first of Alexandra Potter’s and i have to say i truly enjoyed reading it. I was drawn to this book mainly by this tagline “If only you knew what you know now”. Also, i am exactly that kind of girl who would always play time-travel either to my past or my future so i thought this book might be my cup of tea and it turned out just as that. Before i read this book, i wondered how the author would spin a time-traveling tale in a modern age setting as time travel is physically impossible unless there is some magic, i guess. Whether it is just a figment of Charlotte’s imagination or the morphine effects done to her brain, we are not sure. In fact, has she really met her twenty-one-year-old self in real life? No one can tell. however, the main concern here is Charlotte, now 32, after meeting her 22-year old, she has changed back to the person she had always wanted to be – the jovial, live-in-the-moment girl who holds onto her passion, which is writing. Looking at her 32 self, which is a far cry from what she had wanted to be, she starts to have all the reflective moments as in is she making the right choice to move in with her current boyfriend which she realises she isnt in love with. Also, it then dawns on her that she had never thought of being a PR person, let alone owning a company. All her current allergies are probably come from being over-cautious to food and her health, which she didnt give it a hoot in her 22-year old self. If meeting her younger self changes her life, rekindling the relationship with the barman who had secret crush on her ten years ago makes her life complete.

This is a tale which is completely funny, relatable (esp if you are a thirtysomething) and definitely makes us reflect on our current life and also looks back at our younger years when we are almost fearless, spontaneous and laugh like there is no tomorrow.
As much as I love the story, I thought it would have been even more compelling if only there is more appearance of Oliver in the book as I think his character is not vividly painted out to readers. It is a such a likable character that it is a shame he doenst deserve more limelight.