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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
While I enjoyed the light reading and mild entertainment, I had a very hard time relating to the main character and her financial idiocy.
On the one hand, I loved Sophie Kinsella's writing style and her humor (as always) was right up my alley! On the other hand, I really wanted to smack Becky to Mars and back as she was so totally delusional and self-centered. I was amazed at how entitled this character was and how easily she could justify pursuing any purchase or action ~ just because she "wanted and deserved" it.
Definitely a love-hate relationship with this story!
Definitely a love-hate relationship with this story!
There were really funny moments in this book, but it was also really absurd. I found it hard to believe that any adult could be so vapid and yet still manage to pull off a major journalistic coup and end up snagging the guy.
Oh, Becky Bloomwood...when I read this book the first time, there's no way I took any of it in. I know this because I wouldn't have made the mistakes I made with money if I had absorbed any of the info. When I first read it I must have been in high school, maybe first-year in college. Now as a 25 year old with debt, I wish I had learned from Becky's mistakes. Unlike Becky, I don't have the option of finding a millionaire. Despite that, I can't wait to read more! After re-reading this, I vaguely remember the next book in the series...I'm excited to read it again! And I'm even more excited to see how they change the story around for the movie!
I never read chick-lits but I really enjoyed this book, it's a light fun read and Rebecca Bloomwood is so likable and easy to relate to. I also want a Luke Brandon and a Denny and George scarf!
Cute book. It took a while to get into, and there was plenty of secondhand embarrassment to deal with, but it was overall a fun read.
The title of my book is The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic, but my understanding is that they are the same book. Can I just say that at first I really hated this book. I wanted to slap Becca and say, please just stop buying crap. Then I realize that it's a book, a story and that I need to let go and enjoy it for what it was. And I did. I'm not sure that I enjoyed it enough to read others in the series, but maybe I will. Now back to some paranormal I think.
I loved this book when I read it the first time 17 years ago and I loved it again now.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced