It's sweet, really. But it's a little long, a little dull for my taste, not to mention it doesn't seem plausible to me. I'm not really to type of person to like miscommunication as a plot device, especially about romance. This one worked out - but only for the sweet moment of actually going through what was going to be left out! Not liking the way the author handled the ending.
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jokususa rated Parhaat piirteesi: 3 stars
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2 stars
jokususa reviewed Sophia of Silicon Valley by Anna Yen
"During the heady years of the tech boom, incorrigibly frank Sophia Young lucks into a …
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3 stars
I have conflicted feelings about this one.
On one end, I don't think it's much of a feel-good book, which was the category it was in in the audiobook app. It's not what I expected of chick lit, either. But it's a book about a woman, written by a woman, for women. And it's not grim or especially dark, so I guess that settles it for marketing. But it's not that fun, you know?
The back cover failed me this time, half of it was me rushing through it, though. If I properly read the cover I probably wouldn't have read this at all. When the book started with a caption of a disaster boss she had to drive through city like she was a rally driver, I thought that sure, I can enjoy a good, fast-paced brains-off chick lit like this.
But then the caption ends.
That wasn't the …
I have conflicted feelings about this one.
On one end, I don't think it's much of a feel-good book, which was the category it was in in the audiobook app. It's not what I expected of chick lit, either. But it's a book about a woman, written by a woman, for women. And it's not grim or especially dark, so I guess that settles it for marketing. But it's not that fun, you know?
The back cover failed me this time, half of it was me rushing through it, though. If I properly read the cover I probably wouldn't have read this at all. When the book started with a caption of a disaster boss she had to drive through city like she was a rally driver, I thought that sure, I can enjoy a good, fast-paced brains-off chick lit like this.
But then the caption ends.
That wasn't the beginning.
We take half, I think over the half of the book to get to the point we caught a glimpse of in the beginning. Didn't like that. Marketing-wise, I can kind of figure out why it could have been done like that - but reading it, it was really, really annoying. Besides, the back cover spoils pretty much the whole book - which, mind you, I don't think they usually do so I think I wasn't too far off thinking we'd start with the caption as our whole set-up for the actual story. The story I thought it was going to be never begun.
Instead, I get this story about a woman's succesful career. I don't know if it's realistic - I think not, but I wouldn't know. What I sure know is I did not ever expect to read a "--a lightly fictionalized retelling of working under Steve Jobs at Pixar and Elon Musk at Tesla." But it's.. oddly refreshing. A whole book about a woman building her career! The main character's upbringing, thirst for challenges and overall character were something new to me. Working with difficult people in big companies, investor relations... (what the heck is that? Well I guess I know a little better now) dealing with change and thriving to build up one's legacy... I think I needed to be Sophia Young for a while. And I hope I learned something about it.
I think it's an inspirational career book for women, if I'd have to describe this. And I'm just so happy such a thing exists.
But there's also that thing of idolizing he-who-shall-not-be-named. Sure, a genious and a good person in his own way. I'm not saying he doesn't deserve to be a role model, but at what point does she forget he's also kind of a jerk? There's something iffy about this. The epilogue just underlines it. What's with the epilogues that completely ruin the mood...
jokususa reviewed To Live and Die In Dixie by Kathy Hogan Trocheck
From her time on the Atlanta police force, Callahan Garrity, house cleaner and private investigator …
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3 stars
Another one that was in feelgood/chick lit category. Well, this is not it! An alright mystery, but not what I was looking for.
jokususa reviewed Joulu on jo ovella, Apo Apponen! by Juhani Känkänen
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3 stars
Joulukirja, joka alkaa jo lokakuusta! Sehän on hyvä, eikös lelukuvastotkin tule sitä aikaa. Joulunodotus on raskasta, mutta kirjassa on vähän sellaista sarjakuvamaista vauhtia vaikkei paljon tapahdukaan.
jokususa reviewed Tarvaatar by Hilja Valtonen
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4 stars
Tuttua Valtosta, vaikeuksien kautta voittoon, vaikkei ylpeästi rakkautta siis oikeasti tavoiteltukaan.
jokususa reviewed Barbie by Massimiliano Capella
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3 stars
Barbien tapaan supertyylikäs kirja. Muodista kiinnostuneille mahtava. Ja niille, jotka katselivat lelukuvastoista tyylikkäitä keräilybarbieita ihaillen. Mutta ei ehkä niille, jotka haluaisivat kuulla enemmän myös Barbien saamasta kritiikistä. Se ei ole tämän kirjan tarkoitus. Ja toisaalta, onhan Barbie isosti myös nukkelelujen edelläkävijä, siis myös hyvässä.
jokususa reviewed Helsinki-Tallinn express by Antto Terras
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3 stars
Vai että Neuvostoliitossa ei milloinkaan joutunut olemaan yhtä varuillaan kuin tämän päivän Me too -Suomessa? Aika rankkaa huumoria. Kirja on selkeästi kirjoittajansa näköinen, mutta tekeehän se hyvää välillä katsoa asioita eri vinkkelistä. Ja olihan se ihan hauskakin. Mutta mikään tietokirja tämä ei ole. Luulen, että parempi on lukea ensin kuivempaa faktaa Viron historiasta, jolloin ehkä vitsitkin tulee tajuttua paremmin.
jokususa reviewed Metsänpeitto by Inkeri Aula
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4 stars
Yleisilme vaikuttava ja koskettava. Käsinkirjoitettu teksti olisi kyllä saanut olla jotenkin ohkaisempaa fonttia, nyt tuntui hieman vaikealta hahmottaa.
jokususa reviewed Värikäs päivä poliisina by Henriette Wich (Kirjatiikeri)
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2 stars
Eihän näissä lukemaanoppimiskirjoissa voi olla kauheita määriä tekstiä, mutta nyt tuntui kyllä punainen lanka olevan hukassa. Mutta mitäs minä näistä tiedän, ensimmäisiä näin helppolukuisia luen!
jokususa reviewed Pahispomo ja kissat by Antti Valkama (Pahispomo ja kissat)
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4 stars
Kyllä minulla on sijaa sydämessä muutamalle kissalle lisää (ja pahispomolle myös kai sitten)
Piirroksilla ois kyllä varaa olla vielä lennokkaampia ja selkeämpiä, ja tekstissä on muutama englanninkielinen kupla. Miksi? No, ihana silti. Mun huumorintaju on pitkälti tämmöinen.
jokususa reviewed Kilroy sen teki by Hilja Valtonen
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4 stars
Ennen pitkää luen kuitenkin kaikki Valtosen kirjat.
jokususa rated Opettajan villikko: 3 stars
jokususa reviewed NEEKERITYTTÖ PEILAA by Hilja Valtonen
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3 stars
Huono nimi, hölmö sisältö, mutta siis taattua Valtosen hassunhauskaa hölmöyttä.