Careering: 'I loved loved loved it' Marian Keyes

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The characters are raw, they are vulnerable, they are flawed and floundering in a world which is telling them that its all about female empowerment but quick kick you down for expressing your views.

She's full of determination, hopes and dreams for her future career but the late nights, an empty bank account and a rented room without a window aren't making climbing the corporate ladder particularly enjoyable. A love story about work, self-worth and modern womanhood, Careering is, quite simply, the funniest novel I’ve read all year.I did really enjoy the fist half and the encouraging positive message for women, but I couldn't maintain that interest for the duration of the book. I know there’ll be plenty of others out there who would love this book but it didn’t connect with me the way I thought it would. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

The author also does a masterful job of slightly highlighting prejudice and racism in the publishing world without making it her own story (the author is a white woman). Blisteringly funny and painfully perceptive, with a warmth that radiates off the page, this book will speak straight to the heart of anyone who has ever felt like their own career is playing hard-to-get. I was hoping for some raw and accurate portrayal of the "dream job" illusion and yet it didn't land. Daisy has that magic gift, of capturing the nuance and detail of a very specific world in such a way that it feels universally, eternally relatable. And only skimmed them for the sake of it, rather than exploring a handful of the most interesting ones properly.

Maybe it's my fault for reading so many books about lost 20-somethings (don't read into this too much) but this book felt like it had been done so. As someone far removed from corporate life in London I didn’t necessarily think I’d relate to this book. But you hear from Imogen a lot more and I didn't feel like I got to know Harri, so I'm not sure what her character's point-of-view added to the story. Relatable to every woman who has been disillusioned by their toxic job and bullied by their knobhead boss.