Book Review The Undomestic Goddess Reviewed by Shoya

The Undomestic Goddess gives you tips about the important things of life. Samantha Sweeting, late-20s, works at the best law firm in London and spend extremely busy days, but she starts thinking about what the important things in the life: honored or love.

            Samantha Sweeting, who is 29 years old, works as a lawyer at one of the best law firm in London. She works seven days per week and does not know how to relax. One day, she made a huge mistake and became unthinkable. She thought everything was over. She left her office in London, took a random train, and finally arrived in the middle of nowhere. She got to one big and beautiful house to ask about some headache medicine, however, the owner thought she came for an interview. As a result, she accepted as a housekeeper of the house. She has never done any domestic things and the owner does not know she is actually a lawyer. While she struggles about housekeeping, she met Nathaniel, a gardener of the house, and falls in love. She gradually understands how to relax and enjoy her new life. However, the law firm tells her that it was not her mistake, and they offer an important position that Samantha was looking for. What is Samantha’s decision?

            This book gives a big question for today’s society: what is the satisfaction of the life? Some people work very hard as an office worked in downtown while others work at agricultural industry in countryside. Many people think that working at town can earn more money than at rural area. However, earning much money is not always related to the satisfaction of human life. In the book, at first, Samantha says the wage of housekeeping is quite a few comparing to working as a lawyer. Instead, she is allowed to have days off on weekends and realizes how rest is important and fun. Because of today’s globalization and capitalism, people especially in urban areas are busy making money. However, especially Asian countries, people tend to overwork so that the numbers of people who get kinds of mental illness are increasing. The brave to take vacation is so important.

            In this book, many people appear, and their personalities are well described. However, it is slightly difficult to follow their who they are. Readers might have to reread previous pages to make sure. Nevertheless, you are worth reading this book. Especially, Samantha’s mood is well illustrated so that readers might get into the world of the book. Although you do not like to read a book, I guarantee readers cannot stop reading it.