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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
4.5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was a wild ride. I honestly love how ridiculous Rebecca was at times with her antics and her struggles were actually super relatable. She gave me severe anxiety because of the situations she put herself in but she was an adorable, loveable character that I enjoyed reading about.
This was a wild ride. I honestly love how ridiculous Rebecca was at times with her antics and her struggles were actually super relatable. She gave me severe anxiety because of the situations she put herself in but she was an adorable, loveable character that I enjoyed reading about.
medium-paced
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-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
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
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual content
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
hopeful
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
four years ago i accidentally stole this book from a chicago train free library and now i've finally finished it. the absolutely delusional rebecca bloomwood inspires a very special brand of anxiety and secondhand embarrassment in me. i feel obligated to follow her around and teach her how to be a functional human being. this was very fun when i wasn't terribly stressed for her!
I don’t normally like airheaded characters, but there’s something so wonderfully charming about Rebecca Bloomwood that I can’t help but love her. She's constantly making the wrong choice or saying the wrong thing and yet I was still rooting for her. I still wanted her to win even though people like her - those who spend themselves into debt simply due to poor impulse control - normally drive me mad.
I wasn’t surprised, though. This isn’t my first Sophie Kinsella book and I know how her stories work. They’re modern fairy-tales, plain and simple. The things that happen to her heroines are the stuff of myth and insane luck. These women get the happy endings, the charming prince, and the fantasy life that us mere mortals can only dream of, but what else would you expect from chick-lit? Don’t enter this genre looking for Shakespeare, enter it looking for a good time.
That’s exactly what Kinsella provides, too. I always find myself laughing and smiling when I read her novels. Plus I always find it interesting to read books written by non-American authors. It’s fun to glimpse the everyday culture of another country, especially when it’s through the eyes of someone who lives there. (For those of you who don't know, Kinsella is British so all of her novels, or at least the one's that I've read, are set in England.)
With that being said, if you’re someone who struggles with debt, then maybe you should try [b:The Undomestic Goddess|33722|The Undomestic Goddess|Sophie Kinsella|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386924271s/33722.jpg|2914] or [b:Can You Keep a Secret?|33724|Can You Keep a Secret?|Sophie Kinsella|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1330464293s/33724.jpg|2888997] instead of this one because Rebecca spends the majority of this book struggling with the fallout that comes from having both a major shopping addiction and too small an income to support it. It makes for a good story, but I could see her struggles really stressing out certain readers. If that premise doesn’t bother you and you just want a fun, easy read full of enjoyable characters, then definitely give Confessions of a Shopaholic a try.
I wasn’t surprised, though. This isn’t my first Sophie Kinsella book and I know how her stories work. They’re modern fairy-tales, plain and simple. The things that happen to her heroines are the stuff of myth and insane luck. These women get the happy endings, the charming prince, and the fantasy life that us mere mortals can only dream of, but what else would you expect from chick-lit? Don’t enter this genre looking for Shakespeare, enter it looking for a good time.
That’s exactly what Kinsella provides, too. I always find myself laughing and smiling when I read her novels. Plus I always find it interesting to read books written by non-American authors. It’s fun to glimpse the everyday culture of another country, especially when it’s through the eyes of someone who lives there. (For those of you who don't know, Kinsella is British so all of her novels, or at least the one's that I've read, are set in England.)
With that being said, if you’re someone who struggles with debt, then maybe you should try [b:The Undomestic Goddess|33722|The Undomestic Goddess|Sophie Kinsella|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1386924271s/33722.jpg|2914] or [b:Can You Keep a Secret?|33724|Can You Keep a Secret?|Sophie Kinsella|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1330464293s/33724.jpg|2888997] instead of this one because Rebecca spends the majority of this book struggling with the fallout that comes from having both a major shopping addiction and too small an income to support it. It makes for a good story, but I could see her struggles really stressing out certain readers. If that premise doesn’t bother you and you just want a fun, easy read full of enjoyable characters, then definitely give Confessions of a Shopaholic a try.
read this in one sitting but god was so over luke and rebecca at the business dinner and then sleeping tgt i know it was like 20 pages but still so snooze compared to the excellence that was the building up of this romance.. also luke just randomly having a girlfriend who dumps him two weeks later so that rebecca can get mad is sooo hilare like lets work on our plots a little more next time. but i enjoyed it
So, Veruca Salt grew up, moved to London, started writing half-assed articles for a finance magazine and now calls herself Becky Bloomwood. Do you remember Veruca Salt? The insufferable little girl from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory who stamped her foot and declared "I want it now!" We don't have feelings of affection for Veruca. We hate her. We hate her because she is self centered little bitch with such narrow priorities and a fixation on material, with complete lack of regard for anyone but herself. Well, I get the same particular feeling when I read about Becky Bloomwood; a spoiled, self centered, fatuous, moron who is up to her eyeballs in debt. I can't help but pity her, clinging to her credit card like an addict to a needle, and all of the stories that are all too similar in this culture that's obsessed with youth, meaningless status symbols, and keeping up with the Kardashians. An image of bourgois importance that's built strictly on a wealth they can't afford. People with middle class incomes trying to project this illusory image of wealth, and who can't help but spend spend spend to fill the void. And at the end of the day, we're expected to feel sorry for their troubles with debt? Boo hoo. I'm sorry, but a good chunk of the world lives in poverty and squalor. They're the ones that deserve our sympathy.
Whatever. I don't know what I expected from a drug store novel. If I wanted financial advice I should have picked up a finance book, but still, stories like these, where slutty, dim-witted morons indulge in frivolous spending and then expect congratulations, irritate me.
Whatever. I don't know what I expected from a drug store novel. If I wanted financial advice I should have picked up a finance book, but still, stories like these, where slutty, dim-witted morons indulge in frivolous spending and then expect congratulations, irritate me.