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Review by Ben Macnair (211120) Rating (6/10) Review
by Ben Macnair Claire Flannery has left her job, but with no actual clue what she will do next. Understanding medical boyfriend Luke supports her through her career travails, but a misunderstanding and a misremembering at her Grandfather’s memorial means that neither her Mum nor other family members will talk to her. Add in a caring, but fairly useless Dad who is also facing challenges on the career front, and former work colleagues who are not that supportive when she returns to her office on a freelance basis, knowing that although everything has changed, the office, and the people still plod on in the same way that they usually do, as in most offices, and you have some of the ingredients that often beset people trying to make their way in their careers. The novel’s chapters are all short, and although there is not much in the way of character development in the novel there is some forward momentum as Claire improves her relationship with her Mother, resolves some of the issues within her career, and realises that the affair she feared Luke was having was only in her head. This is a fast and easy read, and although it has no real development it looks at the modern world, and at modern life in a way that is completely fitting for young people finding their way in the world, and not always succeeding. |
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