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Reviewed by Hilary Hawkes for Readers' Favorite
Angelos Michalopoulos’ Basking in the Wrong Kind of Sunshine is a self-help book that is written in an almost poetical manner. It is the conversation and musings between a man called George and his conscience. The two examine, question, and challenge each other about George’s own (and mankind in general’s) beliefs and conscious and unconscious understandings. They explore the notion of the “fog” which exists within and prevents us from seeing and owning certain aspects of ourselves, the effect and consequences of our silences, sorrow, inner darkness, meanness versus kindness, fears, misery and hope. George acknowledges that he needs to go within himself to free himself, and grapples with the things that he allows to prevent him from being totally authentic.
Basking in the Wrong Kind of Sunshine is a fairly deep and profound look at humankind and human nature. George and his conscience take turns to speak throughout the book, making it almost a kind of script for two actors. I thought the fact that they sit at either end of a see-saw for part of their discussion is a good analogy for the way an inner discussion might feel – reflecting a to and fro-ing of thoughts and opposing ideas and musings within one person. Through the dialogue George and his conscience can express and question, and the reader is able to ponder on these notions and thoughts too.
There are touches of humour amongst the seriousness of the discussion, making this an entertaining as well as thought provoking book. Michalopoulos' characters examine what makes us human and how and why we create and impose limiting beliefs and strategies upon ourselves, how and why we lie to ourselves and others, and find it such a struggle to free ourselves from behaviours caused by our fears. A book to savor, it presents the reader with insights and truths that will resonate with those looking for understanding of the inner worlds we construct and human psychology.
