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A review by tien
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
3.75
🎧 Audiobook Review 🎧
A surprise find when trawling through hoopla ;) It was at first the cover; despite being pastel, the combination of pink and blue grabbed me. And that title! Such pithy phrase, I thought, and I couldn't help myself.
The protagonist left her job due to 'burn out' and after all her savings been used up, she needed a paying job BUT... nothing like before. And so, her "adventure" through some short term contracts starting with a surveillance job. I figure maybe a security firm? I didn't actually catch who she's working for (I'm not great with details on audiobook) but it sounded like her dream job. Working on your own, sitting at a desk, etc. But in the end, she found another stressing component to this job and moved on.
And as she moved on from job to job, she found different things she enjoyed, people she liked but yet more things that stressed her out. Even as none of these jobs are what I think as being 'regular' jobs, they are out there and from this protagonist's experience to the title. The protagonist is 36 yo and I'm a few years older than her but I can already tell you without having to move from jobs to jobs that there is no such thing as an easy job. However, the people you work with and liking what you do (if not passion for it) is IT. A lesson for my kids later in life...
<i>There's No Such Things as an Easy Job</i> is an enjoyable and easy listen. A very much slice in life but with 5 different jobs, there was more than enough variety for an entertaining read. And of course, that ending, almost makes me laugh. That's life, lady!
A surprise find when trawling through hoopla ;) It was at first the cover; despite being pastel, the combination of pink and blue grabbed me. And that title! Such pithy phrase, I thought, and I couldn't help myself.
The protagonist left her job due to 'burn out' and after all her savings been used up, she needed a paying job BUT... nothing like before. And so, her "adventure" through some short term contracts starting with a surveillance job. I figure maybe a security firm? I didn't actually catch who she's working for (I'm not great with details on audiobook) but it sounded like her dream job. Working on your own, sitting at a desk, etc. But in the end, she found another stressing component to this job and moved on.
And as she moved on from job to job, she found different things she enjoyed, people she liked but yet more things that stressed her out. Even as none of these jobs are what I think as being 'regular' jobs, they are out there and from this protagonist's experience to the title. The protagonist is 36 yo and I'm a few years older than her but I can already tell you without having to move from jobs to jobs that there is no such thing as an easy job. However, the people you work with and liking what you do (if not passion for it) is IT. A lesson for my kids later in life...
<i>There's No Such Things as an Easy Job</i> is an enjoyable and easy listen. A very much slice in life but with 5 different jobs, there was more than enough variety for an entertaining read. And of course, that ending, almost makes me laugh. That's life, lady!