Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella
Rating: 4 of 5 stars
Book Summary:
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.
Book Review:
Another good book by one of my favorite authors Sophie Kinsella. I hadn’t even known about this book so when I found it I immediately had to pick it up.
It’s a cozy, warm, feel good book like most of Kinsella’s works. Except I feel that this one delves into a more serious side, and I really enjoyed it. Knowing it was written by Kinsella, I knew it would be good and the characters would be well rounded and you’d feel like you knew them as a friend. What I did not expect was certain aspects of the book and the depth they touched upon.
There were a lot of lessons to be learnt from this book – one of the primary things was to value time. The book starts off with Sylvie and Dan being told they have another sixty eight years of togetherness and how they react to it.
Slowly things start happening and secrets start unravelling.
I was really caught up and wanted to see where they story went. Sylvie’s character arc was beautifully done and I adored her from start to finish.
Another thing this book touches on is how to be comfortable with being yourself. It’s often the things we don’t even know we should question, that are the most important questions of all. And that sometimes you just have to let go of your preconceived notions and the comfort you have with them.
After all, growth only comes from going outside your comfort zone.
Above all, this book shows that Love is often subtle and silent.
This is a fun book with a good message. And you’d breeze right through it too. This is probably my favorite Kinsella book now. Please read it. And even if you want to read it as just another chick lit/contemporary book, it’s fine because it’s still a super fun, super cozy trademark Kinsella.