Book completed
Dec. 14th, 2023 08:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eve_primeThe Burnout, by Sophie Kinsella. A good Sophie Kinsella novel is the perfect light reading, and I'd rank this in the top three, along with The Undomestic Goddess and I've Got Your Number. As the book starts, Sasha is doing at least three people's work for her company, which would be cool if the work conditions weren't so awful. Here's an early paragraph - the speaker is Sasha's nemesis, Joanne:
"Sasha," she says briskly, flicking back her straightened hair. "I'm a little disappointed with your level of engagement in our employee-joyfulness program."
I think that pretty much captures the style of this book. Eventually Sasha escapes from her job and finds herself in Rilston, a faded holiday town on the Devonshire coast, where her family used to spend all their vacations. She hasn't been back in 20 years. The people there are very quirky! She makes a new male friend! And a fun story unfolds.
"Sasha," she says briskly, flicking back her straightened hair. "I'm a little disappointed with your level of engagement in our employee-joyfulness program."
I think that pretty much captures the style of this book. Eventually Sasha escapes from her job and finds herself in Rilston, a faded holiday town on the Devonshire coast, where her family used to spend all their vacations. She hasn't been back in 20 years. The people there are very quirky! She makes a new male friend! And a fun story unfolds.