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You Should Smile More
by Anastasia Ryan
This was a "Reader's Choice" book at my county library. I don't know exactly what that means, except that they generally have a lot of copies. I snagged one at a book sale, and then had no trouble getting the audio (the library had 40 copies!) and Kindle.
This was super silly and over the top. Not even "suspension of disbelief" could make this anything other than a parody/farce. But enjoyable and easy. I got a little confused at the time jumps ... the "present" for the most part, but some flashbacks ... "eight weeks earlier" and other earlier times. I wish these headers were included on the Table of Contents, I might have quickly skimmed some of the "past" chapters again, but alas, not if I had to flip through all the pages to find where they were.
We/the reader were never really told WHAT the telemarketing job was that our MC/Vanessa did. Was it sales, customer service? What was the product? We hear a whole lot about the company, coworkers and activities, but not the product (or did I miss it?) Some of the company activities (the olympics) made me picture The Office (and made me wonder if any of the employees/characters there actually hated it).
But ... SPOILERS ... really, admitting that you are firing someone for their "face"? And that every employee would sign paperwork for 3DAYS of pay? That workers could so easily bug the boss's office? That the receiver would get stuck ON out of reach? All the other tricks (foot rash, glitter, etc), that the boss would happen to call the new employer right as she's about to be offered a job? The whole fraud set-up? Seriously ... I never understood exactly how the company fired people and then collected their paychecks? That it seemed like none of the fired people found new jobs (which might set off alarms with tax withholding and such??) The mom and her friends ...
Hard to give it a high rating, it didn't check off many boxes on my list. BUT while silly, it was entertaining and made me smile.
ProFanity x2 ... no sex. Other words I note - snuck.
This was super silly and over the top. Not even "suspension of disbelief" could make this anything other than a parody/farce. But enjoyable and easy. I got a little confused at the time jumps ... the "present" for the most part, but some flashbacks ... "eight weeks earlier" and other earlier times. I wish these headers were included on the Table of Contents, I might have quickly skimmed some of the "past" chapters again, but alas, not if I had to flip through all the pages to find where they were.
We/the reader were never really told WHAT the telemarketing job was that our MC/Vanessa did. Was it sales, customer service? What was the product? We hear a whole lot about the company, coworkers and activities, but not the product (or did I miss it?) Some of the company activities (the olympics) made me picture The Office (and made me wonder if any of the employees/characters there actually hated it).
But ... SPOILERS ...
Hard to give it a high rating, it didn't check off many boxes on my list. BUT while silly, it was entertaining and made me smile.
ProFanity x2 ... no sex. Other words I note - snuck.