I found this quite a strange book at first. I think it is because the main character Laurie is quite unlikeable at the beginning. She has to grow on you.
Part of the book is set on a cruise – and I was on a cruise when I read it. Luckily it was not one of the seemingly many books that sink the cruise ship.
It is however a book whereby Laurie meets someone (Kaatje) which sets in motion her getting to know herself better and allows her to evaluate her lifestyle and realise that it is all about work and success and wanting more of it and she has missed out on a lot of life. She doesn’t come to this realisation all at once. She does however want to be in a relationship with Kaatje who has the extreme opposite view of life and work than she does. They have to navigate their way to a lifestyle that is acceptable to both of them.
Whilst I found it hard to like Laurie and get emotionally involved in their story I did enjoy the book. If you identify as a workaholic I suspect it might make useful reading for you.