The Knockoff

DNF on page 70 because it wasn't much fun. It felt false - like manufactured drama with no real purpose and little basis in reality. It does make total sense for a publishing company to decide to forgo print in favor of a website and app relaunch. But that decision isn't one that is handed down by the publisher and executed within six months without the editor in chief being made aware of it, and then said editor isn't thrown back into her (senior) role after a not-that-long leave of absence with no feedback about how the company is moving forward and her role within it. Both main characters felt like caricatures, and it annoyed me. My mom is in her late 50s, and not tech-savvy at all, and even she knows how to use email and basic smartphone functions better than Imogen as an “old” could at 42. And at 26, Eve is a caricature of what a millennial is - recent business school grad that will do anything to get ahead, operating a 24/7 cutthroat work environment with 100% connectivity, who has mediocre-at-best social skills and whose goal is pushing anyone over 35 out of the company (um, highly illegal).

TL;DR - I was irritated. Sorry, friends who loved this one.