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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
There was something just fun about this book. I think I'd actually give it a 3.5, but I saw the movie immediately after putting this book down and I was soooo disappointed by it that I think it actually ruined my view of the book. Either way, if you need a chick-lit summer read, this is a good weekend by the beach easy to breeze through kinda book.
I don't give up on many books, but I am on this one. The main character is such a horridly entitled piece of work that I can't stand reading about her for one minute longer. Arguably this sort of vivid characterization reflects well on the writer, but the sheer absurdity of this woman (and the scary resemblance to some I've met in real life) makes me actively annoyed and angry at the book. The only way the book could be redeemed is if the lying entitled brat of a main character died in a spectacular fashion, thereby saving a building of orphans from sure death.
I had hoped this would be a fun fluffy (and cheap) book for the summer, but I was sadly mistaken. Don't make the same mistake I did - stay away if you're over the age of 20 or believe in honesty or working for a living!
I had hoped this would be a fun fluffy (and cheap) book for the summer, but I was sadly mistaken. Don't make the same mistake I did - stay away if you're over the age of 20 or believe in honesty or working for a living!
This could’ve been 100 pages shorter so I didn’t listen to Becky drone on and on about her shopping and explain away why she should buy shit.
The movie was better!
The movie was better!
I started the book expecting it to be just like the movie, which I love, but it was even better!
Sometimes we find ourselves saying that we shouldn’t take this kind of stories (chick-flicks) seriously, but it sounds like an arrogant way to say “I’m better than this”.
The story of Rebecca Bloomwood show us how the mind of a delusional and completely addicted person works. It may be about something as shallow for some as shopping, but it has hints of what someone who has not enough money experiences in a society that constantly bombards us with advertising and new products.
Also, Sophie Kinsella writes it in a really funny and ironic way. We, as readers, can see from the outside how stupid Becky’s thoughts are. But she is completely living that fantasy, she’s being selfish and reckless, but she’s addicted.
Obviously, at the end of the book Rebecca is not completely through all this, but she’s kinda put a band-aid. And, at least, she’s understood her problem.
I really recommend it, but only if you’re really going to be open minded, and not judge the book by it’s cover (literally, since it’s so pink and fluffy).
Sometimes we find ourselves saying that we shouldn’t take this kind of stories (chick-flicks) seriously, but it sounds like an arrogant way to say “I’m better than this”.
The story of Rebecca Bloomwood show us how the mind of a delusional and completely addicted person works. It may be about something as shallow for some as shopping, but it has hints of what someone who has not enough money experiences in a society that constantly bombards us with advertising and new products.
Also, Sophie Kinsella writes it in a really funny and ironic way. We, as readers, can see from the outside how stupid Becky’s thoughts are. But she is completely living that fantasy, she’s being selfish and reckless, but she’s addicted.
Obviously, at the end of the book Rebecca is not completely through all this, but she’s kinda put a band-aid. And, at least, she’s understood her problem.
I really recommend it, but only if you’re really going to be open minded, and not judge the book by it’s cover (literally, since it’s so pink and fluffy).
Funny ridiculous.
I read this at a time when my cashflow to debt ratio wasn't as healthy as it might have been.
I picked up the book 1) because it was pink, 2) because it had summer readability potential and 3) because, perhaps, I was crying out... silently, and ironically, through the purchase of yet another thing.
Not only does Becky spend uncontrollably, but she seems to be fine with the drama it causes. Read this book if nothing else for the restrained bank letters to Becky that Kinsella executes ever-so-masterfully.
I read this at a time when my cashflow to debt ratio wasn't as healthy as it might have been.
I picked up the book 1) because it was pink, 2) because it had summer readability potential and 3) because, perhaps, I was crying out... silently, and ironically, through the purchase of yet another thing.
Not only does Becky spend uncontrollably, but she seems to be fine with the drama it causes. Read this book if nothing else for the restrained bank letters to Becky that Kinsella executes ever-so-masterfully.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I needed something light and fluffy to read as the last three or four books I read were all really dark and heavy (although all still excellent) so I picked up this book and got exactly what I was looking for. Light, fluffy, stupid and an easy read. No thinking required, just reading about this character and her habits. Enjoyable and a good "beach" read (even if I was reading it in the middle of winter).