Hardly Working

by Betsy Burke

CAUTION! Dangerous Waters Ahead

Dinah Nichols, PR chick for Green World International, knows how to spin a story. She has to, otherwise how else would rescuing loons get the media attention it deserves? But a visit from Higher Management guru Ian Trutch means she'll have to put some spin on the "fabulous work" she and the staff have been doing. Sure, her latest hobby of haranguing a cocky colleague is worthwhile, but it isn't part of GWI's mission statement or anything. So, how to convince the higher-ups she and the others are working hard for their higher purpose? Hmm. Dating Trutch seemed the obvious move, but now she's not so sure he is what he says he is, and the office is turned upside down as acts of local ecoterrorism are suddenly on the rise, and Dinah's famed mother—a bona fide well-known Jacques Cousteau type—makes an unforgettable appearance, putting Dinah's entire career in jeopardy.

Genres: Chick Lit, Fiction

331 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Aly Ber · Rating 1 out of 5]

This books is surely one of the worst books I ever read. Of course this is just my feelings, but I’m feel like it was a waste of time. Hard to start, har to read, hard to finish. The characters looks like kids who plays adult. The story isn’t good either. And the end is so Daly’s to find, even a the beginning of the books. Even the written style is bad. It looks like a 10 years old children try to make a book. The description are just two much. Normally, I really like big description, here, they are short and bad. Like too much informations, too much comparatively. It sounds like « if I don’t talk about things like I am a genius people will don’t understand ». Spoilers left : you don’t have to be super annoying to h ce good description.
Again : I really dislike this book. I don’t think I will read an other on of this author.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'd really like to say something reedeming about this book... but I can't come up with anything. It was hard to get into and even harder to finish. This is one of the worst books I've read in the past couple years. It was boring, pretty badly written and, worst of all, I didn't care about the characters. Two stars may actually be a real stretch for this one.

[Rebecca]

I usually love Red Dress Ink books, but I couldn't make it all the way through this one.

[Danielle · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’d like to say something good about this book but I’m struggling. It was predictable and the storyline was not very compelling. The characters seemed flighty and didn’t hold my attention. This book wasn’t my cup of tea but I finished it and it wasn’t the worst (Hence the 2 stars).

[Kourtney · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wanted to love this book - I really did. It had all of the elements of stories I love: (1) it is a Red Dress Ink book (2) it is your typical chick lit tale and (3) it was my first Canadian chick lit book. But the main drawback of this book for me was the nonstop discussion of the environment and all of the things we are doing to kill the planet. I know it fed into where Dinah worked and that was a main part of the storyline, but books with any negative connotations just serve to bring me down. Towards the end there was discussion about abusing animals and I almost put the book down. Bottom line: I do recommend this to chick lit and RDI lovers.

[Kelley · Rating 3 out of 5]

For chick lit book this took me way too long to read. I gave it 3 vs. 2 because a main issue was the environment and the main character wasn't superficial. It was cute, just took me awhile to get into it.

[Gracie · Rating 3 out of 5]

based on the reviews i've read...this book is a bore, i was actually thinking of not finishing it, good thing i did. i liked it!

[Scribblegirl · Rating 1 out of 5]

Soul-suckingly boring and immature.

[LiterarySnark · Rating 1 out of 5]

Like a bad Harlequin romance, only twice as long and with so much dreary exposition about fundraising and the environment that it's less than half as interesting. YAWN.

[Pghbekka · Rating 1 out of 5]

Actually, I can't say whether it was bad. I couldn't get past the part where a book called hardly working, with a title description about avoiding work at work, wasn't about that at all.

[Nicole · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not a very good book, one of the worst red dress ink books I have read actually

[Leeloo · Rating 4 out of 5]

sympa et rafraichissant^^

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy and enjoyable read.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book. Kinda predictable, but a quick and enjoyable read.