Sweet Harmony

The novella length suits this one. It has a simple and direct fable-like quality, and like a fable it uses the specific to highlight the general. For a short book, there's a lot to unpack here - it touches on consumerism, our basic dissatisfaction with what we have versus what we want, abusive partners, relationships with our parents, and more.
It's a smooth and easy read that will pull you in easily. For all that, though, it feels very linear, and there are no real surprises. Her first few novels left me thinking Claire North had a great book in her, but the next couple made me doubt that. Sweet Harmony isn't that great book, but it has smoothed out her wobble.