A review by catherineduplessis
Shopaholic to the Rescue: by Sophie Kinsella

lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.0

To be honest, I can’t wait to finish this series. Shopaholic was the first book I read after University to get out of my reading slump school had created. It was a perfect lighthearted escape to go back to reading for fun, but now that I have read a lot more books, the Shopaholic series makes my eyes roll. Becky’s bitchy attitude against almost every women, constantly commenting in a negative way on their looks, and the plots are always based on a misunderstanding or a « secret » that is resolved when the characters finally talk to each other (at the end of the book of course). If they would have talked to each other in the first chapter there would be no story. And that is the worst kind of book in my opinion. It makes me want to yell at the characters to talk to each other and stop wasting my time. Let’s hope Christmas Shopaholic will redeem the series a bit. On to the next one!