Surprise Me
Ratings14
Average rating3.3
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Ratings14
Average rating3.3
"After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage; they have a comfortable home, fulfilling jobs, beautiful twin girls, and communicate so seamlessly, they finish each other's sentences. However, a trip to the doctor projects they will live another 68 years together and panic sets in. They never expected "until death do us part" to mean seven decades. In the name of marriage survival, they quickly concoct a plan to keep their relationship fresh and exciting: they will create little surprises for each other so that their (extended) years together will never become boring. But in their pursuit to execute Project Surprise Me, mishaps arise and secrets are uncovered that start to threaten the very foundation of their unshakable bond. When a scandal from the past is revealed that question some important untold truths, they begin to wonder if they ever really knew each other after all. With a colorful, eccentric cast of characters, razor-sharp observations, and her signature wit and charm, Sophie Kinsella crafts a humorous, yet thoughtful portrait of a marriage and shines a light on the danger of not looking past the many layers of the ones you love to discover how infinitely fascinating--and surprising--they truly are"--
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I love Sophie Kinsella's writing because she always makes me smile. She is my go to when I am looking for a light and fun read and there were many parts of this book that had me laughing. However, this wasn't one of my favourites of her books, I would definitely recommend Can You Keep A Secret, Finding Audrey, My Not So Perfect Life, and many of her other books before handing this book over to someone because if this was your first Sophia Kinsella it might not encourage you to seek out her other books (but you should).
I think my main issue with this book is that the conflict could have been resolved if the characters had been honest with each other, and whenever that is the case it's just frustrating watching the characters struggle as I shout “ASK HIM!” “TELL HER” “BE HONEST”.
The twist was unexpectedly more serious than I expected it to be, but if it hadn't been that serious of a secret then I would have thought Sylvie's husband and mother were going over the top, granted I do agree they should have been honest with her from the beginning.
