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3.24 AVERAGE
3.24 AVERAGE
My least favorite Sophie Kinsella yet. The whole "madcap adventure" to Ikonos was just stupid. I didn't like any of the characters, not even the seven year old that the mother had no control over, apparently. I was skimming over pages by the end. I am breaking up with this author NOW.
Lottie thinks her fiance is going to propose but she is dead wrong. Instead they break up and on the rebound she elopes with her teenage fling who happens to call her out of the blue. They go to a Greek island to relive their fling year but thanks to her protective older sister, everything that could go wrong does. Fliss, the older sister, is going through a bad divorce and wants to protect her sister from future heartbreak so she tries to keep the couple apart so they can get an annulment.
It was a little jarring to have both sister's viewpoints in alternating chapters but this is mostly because I liked Fliss and not Lottie. It did help me understand Lottie better I suppose and not hate her completely.
I enjoyed the audiobook version of this book though I have to agree with other reviewers that it didn't leave me with the same satisfactory feeling that other Kinsella books did. I did laugh out loud, especially during the nightmare honeymoon scenes but Lottie was basically a nitwit and I couldn't like her. Though I suppose someone had to provide the dramatic tension. As an older sister myself I could appreciate an older sister's desire to rescue her younger sister and prevent any pain in her future.
It was a little jarring to have both sister's viewpoints in alternating chapters but this is mostly because I liked Fliss and not Lottie. It did help me understand Lottie better I suppose and not hate her completely.
I enjoyed the audiobook version of this book though I have to agree with other reviewers that it didn't leave me with the same satisfactory feeling that other Kinsella books did. I did laugh out loud, especially during the nightmare honeymoon scenes but Lottie was basically a nitwit and I couldn't like her. Though I suppose someone had to provide the dramatic tension. As an older sister myself I could appreciate an older sister's desire to rescue her younger sister and prevent any pain in her future.
Sophie Kinsella is one of my favorite authors, however, this book wasn't one of my favorites. Lottie, the main character was an idiot, who does things with out thinking. One of those was getting married to her first love, Ben. However, I did enjoy reading things through Fliss' point of view, because she seemed to be the voice of reason for her. It wasn't Kinsella's best, but it was still a good book.
Didn't like the book that much. I wish it was more about Fliss than Lottie!
Definitely not her greatest, but I found it a great deal of fun. Also possibly Sophie Kinsella's book to be written from two points of view?
This was my second Sophie Kinsella novel and I think it will be my last. Her characters just always come off as toxic and manipulative and delusional.
In the genre of chicklit, [a:Sophie Kinsella|6160|Sophie Kinsella|http://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1245821549p2/6160.jpg] is definitely my #1 favourite. I've read everything she's written, and I have loved them all. This book did not disappoint either. Light, fun, and laugh out loud! I love the author's style, and the books are perfect for summer reads.
As with most Kinsella books, this is the kind of book you want to pick up when you don't want to have to think too hard but also not waste hours reading something painful. It's entertaining and fun, and yes you will inevitably which the characters would 'grow up' or 'get on with it already', but at the end of the day there are worse books out there and you probably won't go away shouting 'i wasted my time on this?!'
I normally love Sophie Kinsella's books, but I really didn't like any of her characters this time. The book wasn't poorly written, the characters weren't one-dimensional or flat, the plot wasn't too far-fetched - I just didn't like how any of the characters reacted to their situations.