What an absolute feel-good book! Good Joy, Bad Joy truly feels like a warm hug. It does an excellent job of being incredibly uplifting in its discussion of family, friendship, womanhood, and legacy without shying away from the hard parts - the more difficult side of all these themes.

While it could, at times, be a little too on the nose, it’s not nearly enough to take away from the heart or message of the story. Joy was SUCH a delight and she had me in turn laughing and crying and cheering. I adored her.

The audiobook was exceptional. Both narrators brought such life to the characters - this coming from someone who usually merely tolerates audiobooks due to my pickiness with narrators.

Overall, I can’t say enough good things about my experience listening to this audiobook (because it truly was an experience). If you need a pick-me-up, a little hope, a good laugh, a good cry… pick this book up.