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A review by oashackelford
The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley by Courtney Walsh
4.0
Isadora Bentley is unhappy. She is celebrating her 30th birthday alone, and buying junk food at a grocery store when she sees a tacky magazine claiming that it has 31 surefire steps to becoming happy. Thinking that there is no way 31 little steps could make you happy, she buys the magazine in order to prove it wrong.
In addition to her happiness experiment, Isadora has just been assigned to organize the research of a professor on the campus that she works at. After the last professor that she worked with ripped of her work and broke her heart, she wants nothing to do with working with anyone else again. Unfortunately her boss, Gary, is requiring it. I guess it is just one more way that Isadora will be stepping out of her comfort zone this year.
I really liked this book. I know that it is put in the romance category, but I liked that it wasn't the entire plot of the book. The main idea of the book is still that Isadora wants to be happy and the different tactics that she tries to explore her happiness. I thought the book started off really slowly, but towards the middle it picked up, and the relationships with the people that she meets become deeper and more meaningful.
I liked the different ideas that were brought forward in the book. Is it possible to decide to be happy? Can someone else make you happy, or is it your responsibility? Is it better to close your self off so that you can't be hurt? Or, is life more worthwhile when you risk being hurt in order to form deeper relationships with the people around you?
In addition to her happiness experiment, Isadora has just been assigned to organize the research of a professor on the campus that she works at. After the last professor that she worked with ripped of her work and broke her heart, she wants nothing to do with working with anyone else again. Unfortunately her boss, Gary, is requiring it. I guess it is just one more way that Isadora will be stepping out of her comfort zone this year.
I really liked this book. I know that it is put in the romance category, but I liked that it wasn't the entire plot of the book. The main idea of the book is still that Isadora wants to be happy and the different tactics that she tries to explore her happiness. I thought the book started off really slowly, but towards the middle it picked up, and the relationships with the people that she meets become deeper and more meaningful.
I liked the different ideas that were brought forward in the book. Is it possible to decide to be happy? Can someone else make you happy, or is it your responsibility? Is it better to close your self off so that you can't be hurt? Or, is life more worthwhile when you risk being hurt in order to form deeper relationships with the people around you?