Reviews

Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

ageekybibliophile's review

5.0

Where to begin, this book was one I had wanted to read for a while. Finally I picked it up and dived into it. Such a lovely book to read, quite emotional too at times, other times I found myself laughing at loud. I recommend if you like a light hearted book then definitely read this :)

applegnreads's review

3.0

I wasn't sure I was going to like it at first. The main characters are a bit irritating. However, I ended up liking it after I stuck with it a bit.

brendalovesbooks's review

3.0

This was one of my least favorites by Sophie Kinsella, but it was interesting enough to keep me reading for hours to finish it last night, so it gets a three. I didn't really care for the main character, and I especially didn't like the ghost of her great aunt. They were both so unlikable.

sunny15's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, and Stalking

sarahfrance0_0's review against another edition

5.0

Gosh, that was incredible storytelling and I adored Sadie & Lara’s relationship and adventures. I think this is my favourite Sophie Kinsella book that I’ve read yet!

allisondenae's review against another edition

4.0

I don't know why I cannot STAND her Shopaholic books, but I love everything else she writes. It is a mystery to me. This was fun, cute and completely unrealistic. I have trouble with things that couldn't EVER happen...but somehow Kinsella makes it believeable. It's a fun ride.

jfraser82's review

3.0

Definitely not my favorite stand-alone Kinsella book...but enjoyable enough.

natashatsimbler's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

almondcookies's review

2.0

I'm starting to realise that I like reading chick lit as palette cleansers, but I end up disliking most of them, and this is no exception. Probably because the main characters are dislikable, (or even worse, are very dislikable, but the rest of the cast treats them like likeable snowflakes and their nemesis dislikes them for no reason).

Thankfully, Twenties girl is the former of the two; however, instead of one dislikable main character, there are two. Both Lara and Sadie both are selfish, childish, temperamental and very short sighted. Lara especially starts as selfish manipulative and lacking of any self reflection

Spoiler

she was in denial after her boyfriend broke up with her and kept insisting he was still in love with her. She literally stalked him, and when she saw something she didn't like, she forces Sadie into manipulating him to get back together with her

. Sadie too, starts off as self centred, not caring about anyone except her own self and doesn't show an interest in anyone else's life until she realises she needs to before Lara's willing to help her out. I have to say, although I barely managed to get there, towards the end it was nice to see the two ladies looking out for each other and trying to help one another.... Even if it was out of negative reasons like guilt/revenge.

Both characters develop throughout the story, and eventually learn how to think about someone other than themselves (Yay character development!), but this happens so slowly and well past half way into the book (Boo unnecessarily long books for the sake of being long!) that I was very tempted to dnf several times.

tl;dr I learn more about why I hate dislikable characters.

shareen17's review

3.0

This is the equivalent of watching a funny sitcom on tv. A woman's life is interrupted by visitations from her recently deceased great-aunt.