Name: mariola's review of Careering by Daisy Buchanan
Item: Careering
Rating: 3
Author: mariola

Daisy Buchanan

careering (verb) 1. working endlessly for a job you used to love and now resent entirely2. knowing that a little of your soul is inextricably tied to the work you do3. moving in a way that feels out of controlHarri has poured her life into her job at Panache magazine, losing friendships, the love of her life, and increasingly, her sanity. She knows it will all be worth it when she gets the top job. Until she's side lined, passed over for promotion and forced into running 'a new venture', which everyone knows is code for 'being pushed out'. Imogen has had to hustle her whole professional life to cling onto an industry that favours the privileged. When Harri offers her a job, putting an end to her constant sofa-surfing, she feels like all her dreams are coming true. But her fairy-tale ending soon sours as she finds herself putting more and more of herself into writing for a company that doesn't care if she sinks or swims.Harri and Imogen both thought they loved their jobs, but it is becoming increasingly clear that their jobs do not love them. Together, they stage a rebellion the only way they know how. But what will the view look like from the other side?Hilarious and unflinchingly honest, Careering takes a hard look at the often toxic relationship working women have with their dream jobs.

Careering

mariola

It took me me way too long to finish this, I am almost embarrassed. I went into this book thinking I’d be a changed woman and my relationship with my job would move in a positive direction. It did not but I got the message.

There were certain moments i thought I had read something better when I was 15 and other moments where i thought this was so real.

Davina 

It took me me way too long to finish this, I am almost embarrassed. I went into this book thinking I’d be a changed woman and my relationship with my job would move in a positive direction. It did not but I got the message.

There were certain moments i thought I had read something better when I was 15 and other moments where i thought this was so real.

Picked this book to get out of a reading slump and it did the trick. Even though the end comes a bit too nicely together, the „millennial in the workplace in a big city“ story had many moments of recognition. Best to read on a vacation or when you actually really don’t feel like careering. 

Tabea Lüth

If you asked me how to describe this book, I would tell you the Easiest way to do that would be its the Bol Type but in Fictional form; okay maybe it’s a little different but its set around publishing and it really does remind me of The Bold type and exploring the highs but mostly lows of writing for a Magazine. 

We follow Imogen; a 20-something struggling intern working a fashion magazine but who runs a successful blog on the Sid in her free time all about Sex and relationships, we also follow Harri; A 40-something woman who has just been passed up for the role of editor in chief and she is now trying to launch an online feminist magazine. 

This book revolves around the pressures, stress along with highs that Women face in the modern world and workplaces. The book does a great job at singing a huge spotlight on the Grinding culture and the things that Women must sacrifice to be “Successful” It shows the pressure that is put on them as well to land their dream job and, in some cases, the hard work leads that dream job to turn into the thing that is running you into the ground.

Buchanan does an amazing job at bringing this all to light within this Novel, but the quick POV changes were at times a little confusing and make some of the narrative jumpy, but this is a fast read!

Ian Brakspear

If you asked me how to describe this book, I would tell you the Easiest way to do that would be its the Bol Type but in Fictional form; okay maybe it’s a little different but its set around publishing and it really does remind me of The Bold type and exploring the highs but mostly lows of writing for a Magazine. 

 

We follow Imogen; a 20-something struggling intern working a fashion magazine but who runs a successful blog on the Sid in her free time all about Sex and relationships, we also follow Harri; A 40-something woman who has just been passed up for the role of editor in chief and she is now trying to launch an online feminist magazine. 

 

This book revolves around the pressures, stress along with highs that Women face in the modern world and workplaces. The book does a great job at singing a huge spotlight on the Grinding culture and the things that Women must sacrifice to be “Successful” It shows the pressure that is put on them as well to land their dream job and, in some cases, the hard work leads that dream job to turn into the thing that is running you into the ground.

Buchanan does an amazing job at bringing this all to light within this Novel, but the quick POV changes were at times a little confusing and make some of the narrative jumpy, but this is a fast read!

Careering follows 26 year old Imogen, an aspiring writer, working a night job in bars as her day job to fund her internships at various fashion magazines and fulfilling her writing dreams with her online sex blog, and 49 year old Harri, at the other end of the work spectrum, having just being turned down for editor in chief at Panache, trying to start up an online women's magazine.

This book is fantastically relatable to anyone feeling the unsatisfactory grind of working and pushing towards your goals and dreams. The contrast between these two women, opposites in so many areas of life, but connected in the way they're feeling and trying to strive for more.

The characters feel like long-lost friends. I found myself laughing at Imogen's antics and errors in judgement. There were some very heartbreaking moments within these characters' lives.

This novel is powerfully feminist. The whole theme is women making it for themselves and not being ashamed of their sexuality and sexual desires. I marvelled at its honest intensity at times.

Extremely interesting, intriguing, and relatable writing, making me want to pick up more of Daisy Buchanan's work soon.

Victoria Justice

Careering follows 26 year old Imogen, an aspiring writer, working a night job in bars as her day job to fund her internships at various fashion magazines and fulfilling her writing dreams with her online sex blog, and 49 year old Harri, at the other end of the work spectrum, having just being turned down for editor in chief at Panache, trying to start up an online women's magazine.

This book is fantastically relatable to anyone feeling the unsatisfactory grind of working and pushing towards your goals and dreams. The contrast between these two women, opposites in so many areas of life, but connected in the way they're feeling and trying to strive for more.

The characters feel like long-lost friends. I found myself laughing at Imogen's antics and errors in judgement. There were some very heartbreaking moments within these characters' lives.

This novel is powerfully feminist. The whole theme is women making it for themselves and not being ashamed of their sexuality and sexual desires. I marvelled at its honest intensity at times.

Extremely interesting, intriguing, and relatable writing, making me want to pick up more of Daisy Buchanan's work soon.

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