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Summary: Great!
Review: Rebbeca has a problem. A big one. An addiction, really. She cannot stop buying things. Anywhere she goes, as long as there's a shop, shes happy. This book made me laugh sooo many times for many reasons. The situations she gets herself into really are hysterical. And her spending is really out of control. I oculd really related to her, ahem, "shopping problem".
Its just such a light hearted novel with a great storyline and hilarious dialogue. I'm so glad that they made a sequal. I read this in about 4 days and was glad that I could go and buy the second one!
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Summary: Extremely Funny
Review: Becky Bloomwood writes for "Successful Savings" where she tells people how to hold onto their money. The only problem? She can't hold on to hers. She may have a fabulous flat in London and all the clothes her heart desires, but she's going broke. Now she has to find a way to pay off her credit card bills, and save instead of spend, before she can officially say, "I'm broke".This is a great book, very entertaining. I recommend it to all fans of "Bridget Jones's Diary".
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Summary: Irritating and cutesy
Review: When you read a book that's presented in the first person, that character should be likeable, to entice you to read the book through. Not only was I annoyed pretty much the whole time with Rebecca (lying and being terribly irresponsible), the book in itself was junk. Halfway through, I started skimming the pages for some meaningful action, and was thoroughly disappointed at the end because, even though what she fell into was pure luck, this book does NOT teach a valuable lesson that it should: If you work, you will get rewarded. This character was a fraud and very uninspiring to us all.
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Summary: Simply Wonderful
Review: I loved this book. I work at a rental counter in a small airport, and we do a lot of reading in our spare time. We have all read this book and absolutely adore it. British humor is rediculously silly, and the entire book will make you laugh and feel embarassed as Becky tangles herself into crazy and absurd lies.
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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Finally a book that's incredibly funny like Bridget Jones's Diary! It was hilarious, witty and fun-loving. The only bad thing I can say about it is the sappy ending. It's hard to believe that Becky finally managed to get her shopping frenzy under control and get her finances straight. She started becoming a dull character, not the neurotic Becky that she was in the beginning of the book. But nevermind, it still was an amazing read and I definately recommend it to anyone who loves this type of book!
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Summary: Prada blouse, Gucci bra- Shopaholic takes all
Review: First and foremost I would like to thank my stepmother who introduced this novel to me. She shares my passion for shopping and knew that I would enjoy this book. She was precisely correct. Not only could I relate with great magnitude to Becky Bloomwood, but her character's imagination and creative and humorous comments added a hilarious degree of amusement to the story.
Not only was the novel well written and an easy read, but it displayed a very strong factor that controls and shapes our youth economy of today- the urge to shop and spend money. I am a teenager- 17 to be exact- and I adore shopping. I am not as crazy as Becky, but when there is something that I see in a store I buy it- regardless of the price. This is not a very good habit, but it's also a very natural characteristic of the female nature. So people can't blame us for being such impulsive spenders. Becky's humorous outtake on shopping really opened my eyes to my many devilish and foolish shopping ways. Now, I keep my reciets and bills from every single purchase. Maybe this helps, maybe it won't, but at the end of the year I will take out these reciets to view how much money I have spent over the last 12 months.
Back to the novel. This was the kind of book that you just couldn't put down because Becky had a certain way of dragging you into her life. She took things so lightly- the numerous letters from Endwitch Bank, maxing out her VISA and even hidding a pair of zebra-stripped pants from a costumer(at the store where she temporarily worked), so she could buy them herself later! A little extreme, but that is only what makes this novel all the more hilarious.
I am now reading her current novel, Shopaholic takes Manhattan, and it is as fulfilling as Confessions of a Shopaholic. I love reading about Becky and her eccentric shopping adventures. Instead of reading heavy, sad novels, I like to endulge myself in relaxing, simple reads that still hit the right spot and leave me laughing out loud at how ridiculous women can be when they in their own little shopping world.
Keep up the good work Sophie!
-A true shopaholic fan
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Summary: Laugh out loud! A jolly good read
Review: Rebecca Bloomwood has all the things a university graduate should have, a job, a flat (ok she shares it) and debt. Not just a little debt, Rebecca, or Bex as her friends call her, has a seemingly evergrowing overdraft on all her credit cards and store accounts. The calls and letters from her crediters keep getting dodged with ever more clever excuses, and Rebecca discovers it takes more and more retail therapy to help her out of her "Is that all ther is?" funks. When the letters take on a more persistant tone, and Rebecca's friend takes a job in finance with real pay, Rebecca looks at her job as a writer with "Successful Savings" magazine and decides to make some changes. In hopes of making some extra money she send away for some make at home crafts to gbring in extra money, only to find it a disaster. Even her lists on her good intentioned money saving ideas make you smile. The weekend trip to the Victoria and Albert Museum (museums are supposed cost free) as a cheap way to have fun, is redeemed by Rebecca's discovery of the museum gift shop and her estatic discription of getting her Christmas shopping done. Unfortunately, the more Rebecca tries to save, it seems the more she spends, and she is overwhelmed by the mounting debt. Facing financial disaster she keeps on plugging along, with often hialrious results.
What sets this apart from all the recent British 'singleton' imports is the likability of the heroine. Not only is Rebecca just like almost anyone we might know ourselves, she is just trying to do her best. Not obsessed with sex, or weight (although Bridget Jones did those brillantly) she is Everywoman trying to make ends meet. And when her efforts catch the eye of Luke Brandon, the owner of a PR firm that often comes in contact with Successful Savings magazine, she is as flustered and disbelieving as any one of us might be. Sophie Kinsella has managed to capture a fresh take on what has become a formulatic market. This book is a sheer delight!
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Summary: light and fluffy and funny
Review: It's "Legally Blonde" in the world of financial journalism. Mostly predictable, light reading, perfect for a morning commute.
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Summary: A wonderful, heartfelt, and honest book
Review: I loved this book. I have a penchant for British authors and heroines esp. after reading Bridget Jones Diary. This book, however, is simple, and more intuitive than BJD. We all can relate to the heroine's shopping mishaps, and the fact that she maxes our her credit card too! We women don't feel so alone anymore! It's a cute book, not annoying at all (unlike some parts of BJD and the sequel to it.) And the Shopaholc Takes Manhattan is even BETTER!!!! Way to go Kinsella!!!
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Summary: Very light reading....
Review: Definitely a page-turner from mid-book on, towards the end I suppose I really wanted to find out what was going to happen. The only problem I had was with Becky's "compulsive lying" behaviour, it got way ridiculous and totally unrealistic and she got very annoying.
All in all, I recommend the book...
Also, I do like Sophie Kinsella's writing style, it is clever and funny.
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