Workhorse
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4.0 • 11개의 평가
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- US$19.99
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"Narrated with wry undertones by Helen Laser... [who] takes Clo’s wry and self-injurious attitude and makes her relatable instead of unlikeable. [Laser] can fluidly vacillate from the “showhorse” privileged voice of Davis to the “workhorses” like Clo who endure dysmorphia and private insecurities." — Booklist
"Fierce, funny and unflinching."—Coco Mellors, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Sisters
A richly drawn, unsettling, and wickedly funny story of envy and ambition set against the glamor and privilege of media and high society in New York City at its height.
At the turn of the millennium, Editorial Assistant Clodagh “Clo” Harmon wants nothing more than to rise through the ranks at the world’s most prestigious fashion magazine. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t have the right pedigree. Instead, Clo is a “workhorse” surrounded by beautiful, wealthy, impossibly well-connected “show horses” who get ahead without effort, including her beguiling cubicle-mate, Davis Lawrence, the daughter of a beloved but fading Broadway actress. Harry Wood, Davis’s boarding school classmate and a reporter with visions of his own media empire, might be Clo’s ally in gaming the system—or he might be the only thing standing between Clo and her rightful place at the top.
In a career punctuated by moments of high absurdity, sudden windfalls, and devastating reversals of fortune, Clo wades across boundaries, taking ever greater and more dangerous risks to become the important person she wants to be within the confines of a world where female ambition remains cloaked. But who really is Clo underneath all the borrowed designer clothes and studied manners—and who are we if we share her desires?
Hilariously observant and insightful, Workhorse is a brilliant listen about what it means to be in thrall to wealth, beauty, and influence, and the outrageous sacrifices women must make for the sake of success.
A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books
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Was so so for me
Still kind of processing how I feel about this book, I liked it, but I did not love it. It’s not flashy or fast-paced, but it stays with you.
Slow and unlikable characters
I tried to finish the audiobook but I couldn’t handle the left loathing inner monologue anymore. I kept thinking she would realize her own inherent self worth. The way she talks about the female body is so demeaning. Also the book is so slow and the plot is undeveloped. When she almost drowned her friend and then it was never revisited, that’s when I had to stop. Three stars because the first could hours were interesting and the narrator is great.