The Assistant book review

Have you ever thought, 'Let's get out of debt, let's take care of our bills, and let someone else pick up the check?' I hadn't, but this book gave me a brilliant idea. Keep reading, and I'll tell you about what book we're talking about today. 

Hello, it's Kyla Denanyoh, and today we're discussing how to manage our debts, pay our bills, and avoid jail time. So, we're talking about the book "The Assistants." The author of this book is Camille Perri. The book's genre is fiction. The theme of the book is literature. 

Alright, so I picked up this book because I read the book When Katie Met Cassidy and thought it was so cute. I also thought the author was phenomenal. I was like, well, what else has she written? Camille Perry. Oh, this was a knockout. So let me tell you, for one, there's an assistant. I love being an assistant. I have an administrative, orchestrational brain. I like to put things together and make them work. And so I like being an assistant. I was like, okay, the assistants, bring it on. 

The letter S is a dollar sign. And on the cover of the book, someone is falling. The main protagonist in the book works as an assistant to Robert Barlow, a prominent figure. And so she's an assistant, and she's like, Oh, I got this $80,000 in debt. I hate it. I want to take care of it. I hate it. What if I do the expense reports for an extra $1,000, and then I start paying off my school loans? Terrible idea. Debt sucks. I'm not trying to go to jail for debt. I'm not. I'm not. There's no waffling about that.

But she decides to charge a little extra for the expense reports. I mean, the guy she works for is this big baller. He's taking private jets, he's making her call and get him upgrades when he has to fly commercial, he's doing overnight flights, and he's doing all this fancy stuff. He doesn't even look at his reports, and he doesn't care. She's like, what's a little $700, $1,000 here, there, and there? And she pays off her school debts. Okay, stressful. When is she gonna get busted? When is she gonna get caught? She does get caught. 

Yes, this book is not typical. The accounting manager wants her to pay off her loans as well. So now she gets even deeper into debt. This book was stressful, but it was really good to read. Okay, because Tina had her reasons, but I hate that not only did she commit a fraudulent act to get out of debt, but then she was further put into a difficult situation by having to pay off other people's debt. So, there is a happy ending; there's a rainbow at the end. She doesn't do any jail time, which was sweet. But my favorite thing about the book is that they ended up with the idea of crowd-sourcing to pay off school loans. So, if you can afford $25 a month, maybe $50 a month, you end up sending it to this website, they save it up, and then at the end of the month, they're like Oh, we have $25,000 to take care of someone's loans, Brilliant idea, and someone should still do that. 

I would not spend $45 on a meal to put it towards someone's loans, because then it might be mine in the future. I wouldn't because I don't believe in gambling, but I love the idea. I'm more of a sure bet kind of girl, so I know I wouldn't do it, but I would definitely support it. If I had an extra $35, I would definitely send it in. 

So, would I reread the book? Absolutely yes. It was phenomenal, and I love the idea. I've been fascinated by how founders get started, what piques their interest, and all that kind of thing. So, I love that she ended up with a good idea and helped a lot of people. I hate that it started off with embezzlement. The book was stressful to read, but it was very entertaining. 

So, my favorite thing about this book was not just that she opens the website, not that she gets things started, but that she starts dating this guy, and he actually gets this whole idea going. He tells someone who works at BuzzFeed or something, and then they come to interview her, and everything gets going. She's like, 'No, don't tell them right.' She knows it started with all these fraudulent, crooked ways, and he's like, 'I'm just trying to support you because I like you; I love that.' not only because it's your typical situation comedy miscommunication with the love story but also like he was trying to show his support for her he didn't know that you have been lying this whole time so I love that I thought that that was really realistic that someone would be like oh I have a connection let me share and also if you weren't a crook you would have been grateful. 

Until the next book review, Kyla