Super fun book with a heart, I’m glad it isn’t afraid to tackle tough topics! She may not be the most likable Mc but she is definitely understandable and sympathetic and god the office is so real

In this wildly funny and heartwarming office comedy, an admin worker accidentally gains access to her colleagues’ private emails and DMs and decides to use this intel to save her job—a laugh-till-you-cry debut novel you’ll be eager to share with your entire list of contacts, perfect for fans of Anxious People and Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.

I enjoyed this book while my characters were weird. But i'm not big on the self-helpishness that this book ended with. I am not a fan of those books in the first place but it was what it was. I do however enjoy the characters and thats a big thing for me. I love good world building but weird and relatable characters are my favorite.

Omg I loved this book so much. So completely fresh with the setting and the writing and the dialogue. I recommended it on social media as soon as I finished it. Subversive but full of emotion and relatable, flawed characters. Genuinely loved.

I wasn't especially impressed with this book-- I appreciated the premise of the book and was initially excited and interested in Jolene's arc but I felt a great lack of depth to her character, beyond her anxiety and trauma. This book felt a little caught between being character-driven versus plot-driven, and I think I would have appreciated the author leaning more to one side or the other of the dichotomy. It didn't feel like Jolene grew or learned a lot throughout the story, and she continued to make decisions that I couldn't sympathize or empathize with, and thus was disinterested in.

Idk how I feel about this one. The writing really bothered me at the beginning and I almost DNF’d. It was just cramming in as many quirky quips and pop culture references into every sentence as possible to the point where I’d lose the meaning of the sentence I just read. But I was really interested at seeing where the plot went once things got started. I had a good time in the middle bc I love secrets and gossip in books. Then everything got a bit too outlandish and too much was going on for me. The end was disappointing because I don’t feel that’s what would have actually happened. I don’t think her coworkers would independently reach out and forgive her after that and I don’t think she would have made off with the love interest either. Idk. Big shrug.

I wasnt able to read and review this one before the publish date but now that I have I gave it 3 stars.

I did not find this book to be a wildly funny office comedy... rather a more serious story of a woman struggling with anxiety, depression, alcoholism and making some questionable life choices. I was rooting for her but this book was not what I expected.

This was…fine. I think it wanted to be a quirky office comedy but it missed the mark for me.

I received an ARC via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

All the Bridget Jones vibes! Missed a workplace story told with this much humor! Natalie is a big talent and I can't wait to see what she writes next!

I really enjoyed this novel. I was expecting something more snarky and funny rather than the meaningful, poignant and satisfying book. Really well written and hit all the feels for me. I think the ending tied up a little too quickly but it was otherwise excellent.

I Hope This Finds You Well is a fun, quirky, and relatable tale of office life. I found this to be a very enjoyable read.

Thank you to Netgalley and the Publishing Company for this Advanced Readers Copy of I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue!

This book had me laughing out loud at times with how dry the narrator is! While there were perfectly placed moments of humor and sarcasm, there were also times of reflection, sadness, and friendship. "I Hope This Finds You Well" is an inviting novel that touches on the fragile ecosystem within a corporate environment while also touching on families dynamics and trying to live up to parent's expectations. I enjoyed this book and would read anything Natalie Sue writes. Congrats on a great one!

I’m not normally into gossip books, but this one had me laughing and engaged the entire time. I was interested in the depth of all the characters they all have more behind the surface than what you would expect them to at first. I think that the book was a little long for what it was but overall, I enjoyed diving deeper with the characters.

It was a commentary on empathy, and how we all are going through some thing whether we can see it or not. I felt like it was a really real telling of how we can misunderstand what people are going through based on their actions and how we can be more vulnerable with others when it feels safe to do so.

I read this after a really sad historical fiction novel and it was the perfect palette cleanser. It was funny. It was messy. It was heartwarming. It was deep. And, to my surprise, I enjoyed it.

All I could think about while reading this book was Jemima Kirk’s advice to unconfident young women, “I think you guys might be thinking about yourselves too much.” Jolene is a character who should truly be receiving that message. (I think more socially awkward characters that I would have related to when I was a teenager should have heard that.) Jolene constantly assumes that things are happening and they’re about her - when in fact they’re about other people. If that lesson had been examined a little harder, I would’ve enjoyed it more. Jolene grows in the way you’d expect her to - she realizes that her coworkers are also people, that connecting with them isn’t bad, heals a bit of grief, and she finds a boyfriend too. It’s a good story and had a bit of a snowball effect with her actions that kept me reading. I felt torn from the way the book tossed around from Yellowface type anxiety to heartwarming romance, nothing landing exceptionally strong. My mom and aunt both totally loved this one so not a bad pick-up if you’ve got a day off!

This is one of those books that I read in one sitting. I had so much anxiety over the actions that the main character Jolene was taking and how it was going to all play out that I simply needed to know what was going to happen next. It was as if I was in her shoes.

I enjoyed this debut novel. It had some very funny moments as well as some quite heartwarming moments. While it seems like it would be lighthearted, it did also deal with heavy topics like bullying, death of a friend (in the past), guilt, depression, and alcoholism. I liked the way the book ends on a happy note though.

I really liked the first part of this book. I wish the snarky office humor/email writing from the FMC would have lasted a little longer before she got caught. It was super relatable corporate humor. We all have a Rhonda! As the story unfolded, it became a little more okay than great for me, but I enjoyed it all the way through.

This type of book is not really my cup of tea, I find awkwardness extremely uncomfortable and not entertaining as some people do. There is some sentimentality and heartwarming in the story but for me the discomfort outweighs that.

Very fun. It has that quirky vibe to it. That mid life crisis of a weird girl. I related to this book many times reading it. It's funny in most parts, that dry humor, but has some serious underlying topics.