Book Review: Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella
Audrey can’t leave the house. She can’t even take off her dark glasses inside the house.
Then her brother’s friend Linus stumbles into her life. With his friendly, orange-slice smile and his funny notes, he starts to entice Audrey out again – well, Starbucks is a start. And with Linus at her side, Audrey feels like she can do the things she’d thought were too scary. Suddenly, finding her way back to the real world seems achievable.
My Thoughts:This one was so, so good! I’ve become quite the Sophie Kinsella fan of late, enjoying her books on audio. My latest listen was Finding Audrey, and it was an absolute delight.
One of the themes within this story I loved the most was the idea of us all taking a step back from always needing to know all the gory details about what has happened to someone. Instead, we should accept that someone has been through something traumatic, and that’s the sum total of what we need to know. I really appreciated this concept, and we, as readers, are never given the details about what happened to Audrey, and we don’t need them. It’s enough to know that she has been through something traumatic and is now dealing with it and recovering from it as best as she can.
This story is both laugh out loud funny and filled with deeply meaningful moments. I thoroughly enjoyed it, as I have with all of Sophie Kinsella’s books that I’ve listened to so far. At just over six hours, it’s a quick listen, ideal for this busy time leading up to Christmas. A nice little escape.
