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lizzycatslibrary's review against another edition
3.0
*Sigh*
I am so disappointed. I started this book and I was really enjoying it. Granted it is a light, fluffy type of read but most definitely fun! You feel for Becky Bloomberg and her quite substantial shopaholic tendencies. You feel for her when she is trying to work through lifes little nuances and be taking seriously while avoiding the real problem.
The problem I have with the book is completely related to the ending. I hated the ending. I don't like Luke Brandon at all. He seems like a pompous jerk and I'm bummed that Becky ends up with him. I think she was completely warranted in the way that she felt about him treating her. Yes he apologizes eventually but blah... I hate it. It also seems like an annoying knight in shining armor story.
The other problem I have... everything just resolves itself too easily. Derrick Smeath doesn't care that she has avoided him for half a year and doesn't show up for their meeting. Becky does end up basically miraculously coming "into some money" by the job she gets on the tv show. Okay that is great and everything but it all just seemed to easy. It seemed like she never really dealt with her problem but just happened to get a job where she is going to have the money to pay off the debts. Had that not happened would she really have dealt with it ever? I don't know.
So yeah... disappointed.
I am so disappointed. I started this book and I was really enjoying it. Granted it is a light, fluffy type of read but most definitely fun! You feel for Becky Bloomberg and her quite substantial shopaholic tendencies. You feel for her when she is trying to work through lifes little nuances and be taking seriously while avoiding the real problem.
The problem I have with the book is completely related to the ending. I hated the ending. I don't like Luke Brandon at all. He seems like a pompous jerk and I'm bummed that Becky ends up with him. I think she was completely warranted in the way that she felt about him treating her. Yes he apologizes eventually but blah... I hate it. It also seems like an annoying knight in shining armor story.
The other problem I have... everything just resolves itself too easily. Derrick Smeath doesn't care that she has avoided him for half a year and doesn't show up for their meeting. Becky does end up basically miraculously coming "into some money" by the job she gets on the tv show. Okay that is great and everything but it all just seemed to easy. It seemed like she never really dealt with her problem but just happened to get a job where she is going to have the money to pay off the debts. Had that not happened would she really have dealt with it ever? I don't know.
So yeah... disappointed.
clxire21's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
phoenix2's review against another edition
2.0
Quick passed and easily read, the book really discribes the dreamwold of a shopaholic. However it doesn't focus on the addiction, not on the romance. It concentrates on the economical aspect and on the banks. But it is funny and cute in its own way, up until the end, that for me was a disaster really.
clairemfoley's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
piecan314's review against another edition
5.0
Second time through this book. Such a good quick, easy read to throw in for the beach. Obviously, I related to the frivolous, shopaholic protagonist.
First time I reread it since the movie came out. I was write to have issues with the film. Gah.
First time I reread it since the movie came out. I was write to have issues with the film. Gah.
cdjdhj's review against another edition
4.0
I'm enjoyed this book...it is lightweight to be sure, but I found myself laughing outloud almost everytime I pick it up to read a few pages. The voice of the book was fun, but I wasn't found of the cliche ending.
srartese's review against another edition
1.0
This book was absolutely terrible. It was not interesting at all until the last 100 pages and even then it wasn't that great. The main character was irritating and the only reason I finished the book was because I had already read so much to see something good happen. I would not recommend this book.
laurabroadberry's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
icelacs's review against another edition
1.0
I remember picking this book up because it came highly recommended by several friends. When I finally considered reading it, I looked at the premise of the book (a person suffering from shopping addiction) and I had to wonder why there were already several books in the series that still carried the same theme.
That should have been a sign of bad things to come.
There are few books that I dislike more than this one--and this is with me suspending disbelief and giving it much more of a chance than it deserved. The author had built up the protagonist's shopping addiction to become such a destructive and useless habit that I am never able to reconcile with how she can't ever seem to learn her lesson. (Hence the need for X more books to fill the series.) How can we reward her for this when all the other events in the book clearly indicate that what she has been doing is clearly unhealthy and should be stopped? :(
I can't. I just can't.
That should have been a sign of bad things to come.
There are few books that I dislike more than this one--and this is with me suspending disbelief and giving it much more of a chance than it deserved. The author had built up the protagonist's shopping addiction to become such a destructive and useless habit that I am never able to reconcile with how she can't ever seem to learn her lesson. (Hence the need for X more books to fill the series.) How can we reward her for this when all the other events in the book clearly indicate that what she has been doing is clearly unhealthy and should be stopped? :(
I can't. I just can't.
lynecia's review against another edition
4.0
Loved it! Didn't think I'd enjoy it so much - I judged it by its popularity (shame on me!). It was laugh out loud funny, and Kinsella's heroine, Rebecca Bloomwood was so bumbling and endearing, you can't help but love her.