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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Fun, light-hearted and super easy to read, this book is exactly what you’d expect. Some parts made me laugh out loud and other parts, while entertaining, seemed utterly unrealistic—but honestly, that’s part of the fun. To me, this was the epitome of a good beach read.
Very cute. Kinda Bridget Jones-like. Entertaining, quick read. I've got nothing bad to say about it, and nothing profound to add either. Just some fun!
This book was quite dry until the end. It felt like not much happened. There is a part of me that wonders what is next for Rebecca though.
Odio a morte Becky Bloomwood, perchè è una ragazzina viziata, mani bucate, senza etica. Ma lo stile della Kinsella mi piace, e molte situazioni sono divertenti.
It was quite good. I enjoyed it. Not what I was expecting having seen the movie first but very good. It just wasn't very gripping and I found the main character to be very annoying at times. I was expecting to swoon over Luke,as that's what I did in the movie but he wasn't as cool in the book! Very disappointed about that! But overall it was still a great book.
This is just a light easy read. Becky, the main character is hopeless in an almost charming way. I say "almost." I did find myself wanting to strangle her several times. The book also ends somewhat abruptly. I felt like Becky never really learns her lesson and continues to be naive, irresponsible about her fiances and a compulsive liar. But through all of that...I did enjoy it well enough. I'm not sure if I actually want to spend any more time with Becky but I might give her sequel book a chance.
Cute, entertaining read.
Haven't read on in the series, based on this book. Highly predictable. But not a bad way to spend a lunch break. ;)
Haven't read on in the series, based on this book. Highly predictable. But not a bad way to spend a lunch break. ;)
What I think is most fascinating about this one is its ability to reflect on societal ideals and standards for women in the 1990s and 2000s.
Is the main character relentlessly materialistic? Yes. But she feels she HAS to be to keep up with what the world demands of her. Does she lie to make her schemes work? Yes. But again, she does so because she feels that she HAS to so that she can make enough money to have a roof over her head and food and live a stable, relatively independent life.
This says more about her context than anything. She acts out of desperation and cultural confusion; she makes purchases because she fears what will happen if she doesn't. She buys because she imagines the theoretical gains from her purchases and deems them worthy. That's fascinating. She thinks so MUCH about shopping; she imagines it as crucial to her livelihood. And, honestly, with the amount that others comment on her choices, she might be right. We know the pretty bias is real, and here is a character is doing everything she can to take proper advantage of that.
Her addiction is primarily borne of anxiety and fear and the assumption that she has to be a certain way for everything to work out. Yet the focus of so many reviews is on how "insufferable" she is as a narrator. Yes, it's true, but her insufferability says so MUCH about her. Hats off to Kinsella for crafting a character who is generally not particularly likable but who is capable of conveying so much through her general unlikability.
Also: her role in as a Woman in Finance adds SO much to her character and the central conflict. SOLID CHOICE, KINSELLA. I might add more to this section later, but I think my reading notes might have this bit covered tbh.
4 stars for the way this book made me consider what it means to have an addiction to shopping and how it may present in a person's psychology. An additional .2 for the absurd situations that seemingly came out of nowhere For the Plot and that were quite delightful for their absurdity.
Is the main character relentlessly materialistic? Yes. But she feels she HAS to be to keep up with what the world demands of her. Does she lie to make her schemes work? Yes. But again, she does so because she feels that she HAS to so that she can make enough money to have a roof over her head and food and live a stable, relatively independent life.
This says more about her context than anything. She acts out of desperation and cultural confusion; she makes purchases because she fears what will happen if she doesn't. She buys because she imagines the theoretical gains from her purchases and deems them worthy. That's fascinating. She thinks so MUCH about shopping; she imagines it as crucial to her livelihood. And, honestly, with the amount that others comment on her choices, she might be right. We know the pretty bias is real, and here is a character is doing everything she can to take proper advantage of that.
Her addiction is primarily borne of anxiety and fear and the assumption that she has to be a certain way for everything to work out. Yet the focus of so many reviews is on how "insufferable" she is as a narrator. Yes, it's true, but her insufferability says so MUCH about her. Hats off to Kinsella for crafting a character who is generally not particularly likable but who is capable of conveying so much through her general unlikability.
Also: her role in as a Woman in Finance adds SO much to her character and the central conflict. SOLID CHOICE, KINSELLA. I might add more to this section later, but I think my reading notes might have this bit covered tbh.
4 stars for the way this book made me consider what it means to have an addiction to shopping and how it may present in a person's psychology. An additional .2 for the absurd situations that seemingly came out of nowhere For the Plot and that were quite delightful for their absurdity.
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
could not get thru it even though I was interested in the slightly predictable love plot line
her magical thinking about money made me so uncomfortable
her magical thinking about money made me so uncomfortable