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3.15 AVERAGE
3.15 AVERAGE
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
It sucked like fr
I got to page 150 and then I started skimming because it annoyed the actual heck out of me. Don't read it
I got to page 150 and then I started skimming because it annoyed the actual heck out of me. Don't read it
Sigh. So okay, let me start by saying I always feel weird rating a book lower than 3 stars because someone put their time and effort into whatever book and I am sure they have the higher hopes for it. But I hated this book. First of all, I spent the majority of this book feeling like I already read it and that's when I realized it's basically a copy of Confessions of a Shopaholic. I don't know if at some point I outgrew the overly quirky, slightly flaky, annoyingly cheerful and kind of dim female characters that Sophia Kinsella prefers, but it becomes really tiring really quickly. Plus not one female acts like that in real life. The male love interest are usually of the stoic, type A business man who probably has issues with at least one member of their family. Until Becky/Ava/ Emma/ Fixie/Lexie...you get the picture... Comes along and makes stoic Luke/ Matt etc. Realize that the way they have been living their life is wrong and all they needed was a little extra color and fun. Cue Walking On Sunshine! Listen, this book would have been 2 stars though until we got to the second to the last chapter and Sophia Kinsella committed half of my big no no when it comes to books; she injured my favorite character Harold. Thou shalt not injure the dog to cause ridiculous drama. At least Thou did not kill the dog because then this book would have gone straight in the trash!
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Wow this barely deserves one star. I hated every minute of it. I just couldn't get into it at all, and I found it long and irritating. The characters were full of themselves, uptight and obnoxious, as were their friends. None of the plot was captivating and it just fell flat. I couldn't care less about Genevieve even though she took up way more of the book than was necessary.
I don't even want to waste another second talking about this god awful book.
I don't even want to waste another second talking about this god awful book.
I picked up Sophie Kinsella's Love Your Life because I am taking part in PopSugar's 2020 Reading Challenge, and one of the prompts requires you to read a novel by an author who has published more than 20 books. I had no idea that Kinsella had such an extensive backlist, having never read her novels aside from a few from the Shopaholic series in the early 2000s. I must say that I am pleased with my pick and found Love Your Life to be just the light-hearted and funny read that I needed at the end of this tumultuous year.
Ava's friends may be just fine with finding love on dating apps, but Ava prefers to make a connection the old-fashioned way - in person. So it is no surprise that she falls for a guy insta-love style at a writer's retreat that she attends in beautiful and romantic coastal Italy. To make her whirlwind love affair even more heady and mysterious, none of the retreat participants are allowed to use their real names or share any personal information with each other, so Ava and her new love interest only know each other by "Aria" and "Dutch."
Alas, all good things must come to an end, and Ava is sad to eventually see the retreat (and her newfound romance) come to a close - can she and Dutch keep the spark alight long distance? So imagine her surprise when she learns that Dutch actually lives in London too ... and his real name is Matt! But love in the real world comes with its own entanglements. It turns out Ava and Matt are complete opposites and keep bumping heads over a myriad of issues, including flats, friends and family, pets, art, and hobbies. Should they try to make their new relationship work or is their love affair bound to be over as quickly as it started?
Love Your Life is a refreshing entry in the chick lit/romance genres. It was nice to read a story where the main character and love interest don't exactly click and have to realistically work through relationship problems that most of us face in the real world. I found Love Your Life to be a convincing portrayal of the complications that arise in new relationships between people "with baggage," and shows both the pros and cons of working through your differences vs. abandoning the relationship altogether. This book is entertaining and humorous, and will appeal to readers in their late 20s and 30s, as well as those who are on the dating scene.
Ava's friends may be just fine with finding love on dating apps, but Ava prefers to make a connection the old-fashioned way - in person. So it is no surprise that she falls for a guy insta-love style at a writer's retreat that she attends in beautiful and romantic coastal Italy. To make her whirlwind love affair even more heady and mysterious, none of the retreat participants are allowed to use their real names or share any personal information with each other, so Ava and her new love interest only know each other by "Aria" and "Dutch."
Alas, all good things must come to an end, and Ava is sad to eventually see the retreat (and her newfound romance) come to a close - can she and Dutch keep the spark alight long distance? So imagine her surprise when she learns that Dutch actually lives in London too ... and his real name is Matt! But love in the real world comes with its own entanglements. It turns out Ava and Matt are complete opposites and keep bumping heads over a myriad of issues, including flats, friends and family, pets, art, and hobbies. Should they try to make their new relationship work or is their love affair bound to be over as quickly as it started?
Love Your Life is a refreshing entry in the chick lit/romance genres. It was nice to read a story where the main character and love interest don't exactly click and have to realistically work through relationship problems that most of us face in the real world. I found Love Your Life to be a convincing portrayal of the complications that arise in new relationships between people "with baggage," and shows both the pros and cons of working through your differences vs. abandoning the relationship altogether. This book is entertaining and humorous, and will appeal to readers in their late 20s and 30s, as well as those who are on the dating scene.
adventurous
challenging
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So I did not love this book. I thought the concept was amazing and by the ending I appreciated it more. The ending is absolutely wonderful, that I almost want to say it made up for the rest being meh. But, I really really did not like either of the main characters and even all the other characters in the book were pretty awful. While it all came to a great end, it’s hard to enjoy the rest of reading when you don’t like the characters at all.
This was not the book for me. I've been on a bit of a romance/lighthearted reads streak and this one disappointed me! I mostly found the characters to be caricatures of real people and for 90% of the book you were convinced that they did not belong together, which made them ending up together even more confusing!
I did like the Italian setting at the start but that's about all that I really enjoyed about this one.
I did like the Italian setting at the start but that's about all that I really enjoyed about this one.
Loved it! Fun, upbeat, and a quick, gobble-it-up read. You’ll find parts and the characters endearing and a tad infuriating, and the best part about it is- isn’t life?