There’s something you should know: I was a big fan of The Dropout, Inventing Anna and really dig these kind of stories based on real-life messy people. Obviously, with a synopsis like that, I couldn’t NOT want to read Anna Bright. Let’s see what I thought of it, shall we?
Anna Bright Is Hiding Something by Susie Orman Schnall Published by SparkPress on June 4, 2024
Genres: adult, contemporary
Format: ARC
Source: Publisher
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What some women will do for success…
A fast-paced and ripped-from-the-headlines story set in the glossy offices of Silicon Valley startups and New York City new media, Anna Bright Is Hiding Something explores our culture’s fascination with businesswomen who are breaking barriers—and sometimes behaving badly in the process.
Anna Bright is committing fraud. But nobody knows it yet. Not the board of her multibillion-dollar company, BrightLife; not her investors; not the media; not the public breathlessly anticipating the imminent launch of BrightSpot.
Jamie Roman, a hardworking journalist for BusinessBerry, is, no surprise, in awe of her company’s billion-dollar valuation, her polished confidence, and her hustle. But when Jamie learns about Anna’s misconduct, she embarks on a bicoastal journey to expose the crimes in the hope of making a name for herself as a journalist. It’s not long before Anna learns what the young reporter is up to, however—and she’ll do anything to stop Jamie, especially now that BrightLife’s IPO is days away.
With news of the deceit about to break, each woman will risk everything for her version of the truth . . . and only one will emerge unscathed.
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blackmail.There are no spoilers in this review.
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I ENJOYED…
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- Anna Bright is Hiding Something was a great contemporary novel overall. Told from 2 POV, we get to follow both Anna, the ambitious CEO of a start-up company and Jamie, the ambitious journalist wanting to interview her. I found both point of views interesting, right from the very beginning.
- Jamie was kind of easy to root for. While she’s not perfect, I really related to her wanting to make things right, to get to the bottom of the stories. She was determined, yet also had this soft side, with her wanting to feel loved, as well.
- Anna was a little harder to grasp, and yet. Her fiercelessness made me want to read more about her and know what her next step would be, as well.
- I really loved the whole vibe of this book and its themes, overall. CEO behaving badly, corporate secrets, female entrepreneurs and inequity in business, blackmail, a whole lot of pretending and fake-it-til-you-make-it kind of attitude. It reminded me of The Dropout tv show in a lot of aspects and I found there the same kind of compelling mystery, the simple wonder of : “how the heck is this messed-up situation going to end?”
I HARD A HARD TIME WITH…
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- My main issue with the story was that, at times, I felt kind of disconnected from the characters. Like I was watching it happen from above, but wasn’t really inside the character’s minds. I wanted to feel the desperation, the determination, the excitement of everything happening a little more, personally.
OVERALL
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If you enjoy stories featuring female entrepreneurs and a touch of mystery, I recommend Anna Bright is Hiding Something!
FINAL RATING : 3,5 stars!
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I wouldn’t be interested in this normally because the corporate world stresses me out, but I’ve been listening to a few podcasts where I got a few tidbits of the politics that goes behind the corporate world, and while that STILL gave me anxiety, I was definitely interested in what was going on. I’m curious about the mystery aspect in this one, too. Great review, Marie! Sorry you couldn’t connect with the characters that well.
There’s something about these kind of stories and the world that makes me so damn curious, every single time. I hope you’ll try this one out sometime! Thanks so much, Aimee!! <3