Synopsis:
Daisy Blane is a self-certified Happiness Expert – but does she have all the answers when it comes to her own love life?
Daisy is determined to bring happiness into the lives of others, and as a happiness guru she has the skills to brighten everyone’s day. Well, she would if her fledgling business would take off. Instead she’s stuck cleaning hotel rooms for minimum wage with her best friend, Eva.
But after a chance encounter with superstar celebrity, Vince Marino, Daisy’s client list starts taking shape. With her career on the up, and her lodgers settled in – including Doodle, the scruffiest dog in the world – it’s time for Daisy to tackle the final piece of the puzzle. Her love life.
Local barista Joe has been flashing his gorgeous blue eyes at her for months now, but he doesn’t seem to feel the same spark. Can Daisy turn her happiness tactics on herself to put her heart on the line? Or does she risk having it broken in the process?
Review:
The Happiness Project has been sat on my Kindle for a very long time now and I thought it would be a nice quick book to get me through a slump. Oh how wrong I was. Even though this was only 274 pages long, I barely made it halfway in four days. Which is pretty bad for me as I do pride myself on being a pretty quick reader.
Chapter two confused the hell out of me a little as Daisy acts like she doesn’t know what the show is about but then she says when getting your ticket you have to give your social media and say you’re willing to participate if selected. There seemed to be a lot of plot holes and inconsistencies with what the characters knew. This was really annoying as I didn’t know what to believe and it made the story really hard to follow.
The ending of the chapters are so abrupt. It was quite jarring and made the book feel very disjointed. A lot of them seemed to end mid conversation and then instantly jumped to a different day or event, so weird.
The mention of a specific conflict felt very weird. This book is from a few years ago though and it was less talked about then. But if you’re going to mention something like that try to actually raise awareness rather than shoehorn it in passing and never mention it again. I don’t like when books get too political, especially contemporaries but if you’re going to mention it, try to do good with it. Does that make sense?
I didn’t understand what this story actually was. I got the happiness coach part, but honestly that felt shoehorned in. The ‘sessions’ were ridiculous. Absolutely no one is paying £500 a session for coaching from someone that doesn’t have a degree or at least testimonials from other clients.
Another huge pet peeve of mine is massively present throughout the entirety of this book. Stop writing characters that don’t speak English as a first character if you’re going to make all of their dialogue the worst broken English you’ve ever seen. It’s probably quite offensive and should not be used for comedy purposes. You’ve already told me Eva is Russian (this could be wrong, I don’t remember anything about this book), I don’t need you missing out and switching around words in her sentences to know that.
I would like something positive to say about The Happiness Project but I don’t have anything but the dog. That whole situation is wild too, but I don’t have the energy to comment on it.
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