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A review by khylabevibin
Simply the Best by Karin Kallmaker
2.0
Simply the best by Karin Kallmaker introduces us to Alice Cabot and Pepper Addington. Alice is a journalist recovering from a controversial spat in the politics section within her company. Her punishment is being moved to the style section, placing her in the direct path of Simply the Best. Simply the Best is a successful company owned by the well known, Helen Jolie. Enter Pepper, initially an unpaid intern at Simply the Best who finds herself as Helen's personal assistant and soon to be Alice's guide. Sparks fly but so does Alice's suspicion about Helen.
This is my first book by this author despite her having many to her name and as much as I wanted to enjoy this book it fell short for me.
My first problem would be the writing and content. There was a lot of irrelevant moments and paragraphs that was totally useless to this book. In the end that added to an unnecessarily lengthy and somewhat boring novel. The conflict was strung out and presented an anticlimactic ending.
I don't know how else to describe my disdain for the writing or contents of this book other than the way it resonated the same feelings that I get when my grandma tries to relate to me. No disrespect to the author but the writing was very try hard. To some extent I love Pop culture references but it was very overdone and as much as I hate to use this word to describe things it was, cringe.
It's very hard for me to imagine grown adults saying stuff like, "Ya basic" or "Bitch, I'm Beyonce."
On the up hand, Alice was a very likable character and she did have chemistry with Pepper, but perhaps if the author spent less time writing random facts about the world and more time building their relationship I would have taken more of a liking to this book.
I'll leave it to you to decide if you want to read this book but I will not be adding this to my recommend list.
Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC in return for a honest review.
This is my first book by this author despite her having many to her name and as much as I wanted to enjoy this book it fell short for me.
My first problem would be the writing and content. There was a lot of irrelevant moments and paragraphs that was totally useless to this book. In the end that added to an unnecessarily lengthy and somewhat boring novel. The conflict was strung out and presented an anticlimactic ending.
I don't know how else to describe my disdain for the writing or contents of this book other than the way it resonated the same feelings that I get when my grandma tries to relate to me. No disrespect to the author but the writing was very try hard. To some extent I love Pop culture references but it was very overdone and as much as I hate to use this word to describe things it was, cringe.
It's very hard for me to imagine grown adults saying stuff like, "Ya basic" or "Bitch, I'm Beyonce."
On the up hand, Alice was a very likable character and she did have chemistry with Pepper, but perhaps if the author spent less time writing random facts about the world and more time building their relationship I would have taken more of a liking to this book.
I'll leave it to you to decide if you want to read this book but I will not be adding this to my recommend list.
Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for the ARC in return for a honest review.