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Shopaholic Ties the Knot
by Sophie Kinsella
After years of dating Becky and Luke have decided to tie the knot. Becky’s parents are absolutely thrilled and her mother has already started planning them the perfect wedding in England. Surprisingly, Luke’s biological mother is also pleased and has decided to gift them an elaborate wedding at the Plaza in New York. . . for the very same day. Becky must now choose between two wonderful weddings scheduled for the same day . . .
While I normally have nothing but love for Becky, I found her to be so annoying and selfish in this book. I thought she was completely blowing off her family and all their hard work they were putting in to plan her wedding day. She got so caught up with the glitz and glamour of a lavish wedding.
The first two thirds of this book was Becky getting all caught up in the wedding day that she lost site of what a wedding is supposed to mean. It wasn’t until the last arc of the book that we saw her really interact with Luke.
What I liked about this book was the different depictions of families and family dynamics. Becky grew up with both her parents in a very loving home. Luke grew up with his father and step mother. And while they have always loved and cared for him, Luke felt such a need for his biological mother. Now that Luke is living in the same city as his biological mother Elinor things aren’t working out as he hoped.
I thought this was by far a more interesting story line. I wish we could have explored these family dynamics more.
I give this book a C+
While I did have issues with some of the characters, I absolutely love Kinsella’s writing. She has such a funny writing style and her books are filled with great dialogue that makes these stories so hard to put down.
While I normally have nothing but love for Becky, I found her to be so annoying and selfish in this book. I thought she was completely blowing off her family and all their hard work they were putting in to plan her wedding day. She got so caught up with the glitz and glamour of a lavish wedding.
The first two thirds of this book was Becky getting all caught up in the wedding day that she lost site of what a wedding is supposed to mean. It wasn’t until the last arc of the book that we saw her really interact with Luke.
What I liked about this book was the different depictions of families and family dynamics. Becky grew up with both her parents in a very loving home. Luke grew up with his father and step mother. And while they have always loved and cared for him, Luke felt such a need for his biological mother. Now that Luke is living in the same city as his biological mother Elinor things aren’t working out as he hoped.
I thought this was by far a more interesting story line. I wish we could have explored these family dynamics more.
I give this book a C+
While I did have issues with some of the characters, I absolutely love Kinsella’s writing. She has such a funny writing style and her books are filled with great dialogue that makes these stories so hard to put down.