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Summary: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Review: This one of the best books I have ever read. You really fall in love with Becky. The book has everything, humor, romanance, etc. I recommend this book to everyone I know. And everyone who has taken me up on the offer has loved it. It is a must read if you like these types of books.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: I laughed most of the way through this book. I'm a bit of a shopaholic myself (but not as bad as the main character) so I could relate to some of the things in the book. I've already ordered "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan".
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Summary: Loved it!!!
Review: This book is delightful! Very well written and an easy read. Very light and funny...I highly recommend it!
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Summary: When I finished, I threw it away
Review: I didn't want to keep this book around.I have read both of the Bridget Jones books, and this one appears to be somewhat of a ripoff (not knockoff) of Bridget. The main character, Rebecca, is a liar and a compulsive shopper who feins a relative's death to cover another lie. How repulsive. The lies this woman tells are so selfish, childish, and awkward that I was embarrassed for both the character and the author. I didn't find much humor in it at all and I loved both Bridgets. I won't see the movie either.
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Summary: A great laugh and fun to read!
Review: This book was an easy read and very enjoyable! For anyone who has ever found themselves at a clothes rack justifying that discounted item as a purchase you can't pass up, this is the book for you! If you have ever told yourself that it was okay to buy something because it is not normally offered this low and when will you get another chance to get it on sale?-this book is for you! Rebeca Bloomwood's search for love is not center stage in this story, her search for a bargain is. And if the thought of a sale gives you a tingle, you will love this book! This is a great laugh and fun to read!
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Summary: Tepid Bridget Jones Wannabe
Review: This book tries very hard to copy the style of Bridget Jones' Diary, but it lacks the fast plot tempo, engaging secondary characters, and interesting subplots of Bridget Jones. It follows the twenty-something singelton Rebecca Bloomwood as she shops her way into debt in London. The first 250 pages of the paperback edition were nothing but repetitious scenes of her spending and debt problems. Ok, we get it, how much more do we need? Becky is also not a character you can relate to--she is lazy and incompetent at her job, and her major character transformation occurs toward the end of the book, in less than a dozen pages, and very unconvincingly. Like Bridget, she just happens to find herself a job in tv (the Cinderella ending for our media obsessed culture), and she just happens to find a multimillionaire boyfriend to go with it, although how she can manage to attract someone like this is a mystery, as is the boyfriend himself, whose character development gets lost in the pages devoted to Becky's shopping.
Other, more minor dissatisfactions I had: the constant overuse of brand names for London products, shops,tv game shows, and restaurants that, even with context clues, don't mean all that much to an American reader. Clearly, we're supposed to peg a shopper's socioeconomic class with them, but it's almost like reading an in joke when you're a member of the out crowd--it doesn't compute. Kinsella also manages to use the revoltingly ugly verb "gabble", that first made its appearance for me in Bridget Jones, not once, but several times. I think that's taking imitation too far.
In short, I'd borrow this book from the library if you want a mildly entertaining read for those days when you don't want to tax a single neuron, but I'd never pay money for it. Get Bridget Jones'Diary instead, if you want a funnier and snappier rendition of English single life.
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Summary: MUST READ!!!!! GREAT BOOK!
Review: I couldn't put this book down. It was great. I can't believe that I finished it in 4 days, which i've never done for any book. Even when I had to cut down studying time for finals, it was worth it. I can't wait to read the next one.
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Summary: A MUST READ
Review: I loved this book! It was funny, witty, and a great escape from my own daily life! As a shopping queen I was excited about the book when I saw the title, but after reading it I learned that I have nothing on Becky when it come to shopping! heehee This is a book that I have cont to let friends borrow, cause I can't stop talking about it. It is an easy read once you get used the the British lingo...I finished it in 2 days!
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Summary: brilliantly funny
Review: I thought this was a great book! It's hilarious and a complete must-have for any shopaholics and procrastinators. Some British phrases take a little thinking to get but even if you don't understand the UK lingo, you'll still love the book. I definitely recommend this book to anyone! If you like books like "Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging" this book is for you.
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Summary: Great escape...
Review: This book is a great escape from real life stress. I could be the main character, except I have a conscious. I recommend this book to any girl/woman who loves designer clothes and shopping!
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