The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella

 

Synopsis :

Sasha has had it. She cannot bring herself to respond to another inane, “urgent” (but obviously not at all urgent) email or participate in the corporate employee joyfulness program. She hasn’t seen her friends in months. Sex? Seems like a lot of effort. Even cooking dinner takes far too much planning. Sasha has hit a wall.

Armed with good intentions to drink kale smoothies, try yoga, and find peace, she heads to the seaside resort she loved as a child. But it’s the off season, the hotel is in a dilapidated shambles, and she has to share the beach with the only other a grumpy guy named Finn, who seems as stressed as Sasha. How can she commune with nature when he’s sitting on her favorite rock, watching her? Nor can they agree on how best to alleviate their burnout ( manifesting, wild swimming; drinking whisky, getting pizza delivered to the beach).

When curious messages, seemingly addressed to Sasha and Finn, begin to appear on the beach, the two are forced to talk—about everything. How did they get so burned out? Can either of them remember something they used to love? (Answer: surfing!) And the question they try and fail to ignore: what does the energy between them—flaring even in the face of their bone-deep exhaustion—signify?

My Review :

It's been a while since I last review a title.  it's been a while too since read seriously.  It's been a while since I posted here too.

It is my plan to start again, both reading and also reviewing so I really hope I can be consistent.

I always love titles by Sophie Kinsella. From the Shopaholic Series and to her other stand alone titles. Generally I am a fan.

The Burnout however doesn't really have the Sophie Kinsella that I was familiar with.   It could have been written by any other authors of this gene.  After saying that, it doesn't mean it's not entertaining. It's actually a very entertaining read. It just doesn't really have that Sophie Kinsella magic.

The characters rather bland and somehow I don't warm up to Sasha.  I felt after dragging the storyline, the author tries to end it too hurriedly and the ending felt rush. I mean, after 29 chapters of everything else, only 1 chapter to wrap everything up.  It felt rush.

Having said all that, The Burnout is still a relaxing read. Nothing I need to think too much about and yes, it does have some 'lessons' but it's quite acceptable.