Anna Yen

Needing a change of pace from my mystery/historical fiction reading, I let my fingers do the walking through my ereader and stumbled across this techie-styled chick lit story (Yes, cover art usually gives a very good impression of what type of story is lurking inside). Nothing earth-shatteringly unique about this story, down to the thinly veiled caricatures of Steve Jobs/Pixar and Elon Musk/Tesla. While the story is based on the author's experience as a Silicon Valley veteran, it is easy to see Yen is a Lauren Weisberger fan, replacing the NYC fashion world of [The Devil Wears Prada] with her perspective of the Silicon Valley tech industry. So, a lot of familiar references for readers like me to connect with, which I like when I am in the mood for a light beach read. I found Sophia to be a fun character. She is spunky, outspoken, driven to succeed, and terrified of failure, which is kind of odd given that she has such an amazing support network in her family and friends. I enjoyed following Sophia as she navigates through the vaulted offices (and insane hours) of investment banking and IPOs to high energy vibe of tech startups and the life lessons learned from a creative visionary.

Overall, a light-hearted professional coming-of-age story set in the fast-paced Silicon Valley tech scene.… (mehr)

DNF at 58%

Good audiobook, but not realy my content.

Started reding this book based on recomendation of a blogger, thought this would be cute contemporary romance like "Wedding Date" or "Roomies", but it's a story about a youung woman Sophia, who works at a tech company and her life. Sophia was really interesting as a character and gives good representation as asian diabetic and workaholic, who lives with her protective parents, but still has her own strong voice. I think, actually, all characters were very realistic.
Also Sophia's boss - Josh? - basically Steve Jobs. I hated him from the first second.
Main complain about audiobook is time-jumps like 'one year later', 'we were dating for 3 years at this point' but in a previous sentence it was your first date?
I'm upset and I don't know in book or in myself.

I think it's not this book, it's me. (Third DNF this month ugh)… (mehr)