Right away,
I was overjoyed by Susan’s wry and witty candor as she recited her mock
interview spiel in front of the bathroom mirror. What do I do in my spare time?
Well, when I’m not doling out gruel to starving children in Africa, I am an astrophysicist.
What a hoot!
She is a
college student approaching graduation and is frantically in pursuit of a job
that will launch her to her power-driven career. To her, success meant financial
freedom and a life of excess (a beautiful apartment, fine clothing, and a hot
car.)The thing is that most Fortune 500 companies are not too eager to hire an
inexperienced kid right out of college.
I liked how
relatable she was. She had a young, fresh-faced, “eager to take the world by
storm” attitude, but she was also grounded in reality, which brought out her
sarcastic humor. With only $200 in her savings and student loans itching to
come after her after graduation, she’d take almost anything, but, still, she
wasn’t going to work for free (unpaid internship.) Of course, being bugged by
the meddling Brittneys—those perky, pretty blondes always got the boys, the
friends, and anything else they wanted—only added to her angst as well as her
derisive commentaries. You feel her tenacity and frustrations.
Overall, I
enjoyed Susan’s quest to climb the corporate ladders; however, I thought her
story was a little juvenile at times, especially with her run-ins with the mean
girls. Sometimes I wished she would just chill out about this whole corporate
fantasy of hers. But I think that most readers would gain some insight from
this character. A decent read.
My rating: 3.5 stars
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