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A review by kellyldriver
Shopaholic & Baby by Sophie Kinsella
2.0
In the fifth book of the Shopaholic series “Becky’s life is blooming! She’s working at London’s newest big store, The Look, house-hunting with husband Luke (her secret wish is a Shoe Room)...and she’s pregnant! She couldn’t be more overjoyed—especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. Everything has got to be perfect for her baby: from the designer nursery…to the latest, coolest pram…to the celebrity, must-have obstetrician. But when the celebrity obstetrician turns out to be Luke’s glamorous, intellectual ex-girlfriend, Becky’s perfect world starts to crumble. She’s shopping for two…but are there three in her marriage?”
When I started reading the fifth book in this series I had read the other four Shopaholic books beginning with Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties The Know and Shopaholic and Sister. As I got to the second chapter of the latest installment I remembered how annoying I found these books, but I had already invested time into the other four so I figured I should power through and hope that this is the last of Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood).
I won’t say that I completely hate the Shopaholic books, I don’t, there are some enjoyable things about them, the main character however is not one of them. Becky is a complete and utter TWIT!!! She is irresponsible, naive and a TWIT! She is irrational, frivolous, dense and did I mention, a TWIT!
I guess I had forgotten the last four books but I could not believe how insulted I was by the way that all the women in this book are portrayed. Becky, her mother and her best friend, Suze are all living in a fantasy world where money grows on trees. Janice, her mother’s best friend, is a driveling head case. Fabia is willing to sell her mansion for a pair of designer boots and Venetia, the celebrity ob/gyn, is a home-wrecker. The only female character that doesn’t make me sick is Becky’s sister, Jess. However, she is still an over the top environmentalist who is incredibly cheap and frugal.
I know that it is fiction but I at least want my fictional characters to be based somewhat in reality and Becky is so far from it. Never in my life have I met someone who tried to pass off a Tiffany’s bracelet as an investment in the gold market and believes it to be true. I mean come on, no one is that stupid. Maybe it’s because of the state of the economy right now, but I found myself getting extremely frustrated with all of Becky’s unnecessary spending and hiding it from her husband.
I hope that this is the end of the Shopaholic.
When I started reading the fifth book in this series I had read the other four Shopaholic books beginning with Confessions of a Shopaholic, Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, Shopaholic Ties The Know and Shopaholic and Sister. As I got to the second chapter of the latest installment I remembered how annoying I found these books, but I had already invested time into the other four so I figured I should power through and hope that this is the last of Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood).
I won’t say that I completely hate the Shopaholic books, I don’t, there are some enjoyable things about them, the main character however is not one of them. Becky is a complete and utter TWIT!!! She is irresponsible, naive and a TWIT! She is irrational, frivolous, dense and did I mention, a TWIT!
I guess I had forgotten the last four books but I could not believe how insulted I was by the way that all the women in this book are portrayed. Becky, her mother and her best friend, Suze are all living in a fantasy world where money grows on trees. Janice, her mother’s best friend, is a driveling head case. Fabia is willing to sell her mansion for a pair of designer boots and Venetia, the celebrity ob/gyn, is a home-wrecker. The only female character that doesn’t make me sick is Becky’s sister, Jess. However, she is still an over the top environmentalist who is incredibly cheap and frugal.
I know that it is fiction but I at least want my fictional characters to be based somewhat in reality and Becky is so far from it. Never in my life have I met someone who tried to pass off a Tiffany’s bracelet as an investment in the gold market and believes it to be true. I mean come on, no one is that stupid. Maybe it’s because of the state of the economy right now, but I found myself getting extremely frustrated with all of Becky’s unnecessary spending and hiding it from her husband.
I hope that this is the end of the Shopaholic.