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Dec 16, 2009

Rachel rated it:

So I used to work with this girl called Sarah, who was a real no bullshit kind of person. I really liked her because she was intelligent and articulate, someone I could actually hold a conversation with. She was well read, she kept up on current events and she could talk politics while maintaining integrity and respectability. When I saw this book on the break table in the back, I never would have thought that it was hers. When I found out I made fun of her. I couldn't believe a girl like More...

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Nov 12, 2007

Christy rated it:

I was in the library when I walked by this book, while I was looking for another book. I pulled it off the shelf and because I've found and read some pretty amazing book with this randomness, I thought ok. Another reason I have become a little obsessed with shopping on ebay. I thought this girl book would be fun, it would be like a new girl friend, getting to now good and bad about her, how she thinks about life........... So, I checked it out and I read it in about 6 hours. Reason it sucked: More...

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Aug 25, 2008

HappyHippo rated it:

Elayne Boosler said:
When women are depressed, they eat or go shopping. Men invade another country. It's a whole different way of thinking.

setuju deh, soalnya gw samasekali gak ngerti ama "hobi" kaum cewe tentang shopping ini. semua cewe pasti doyan shopping meski tidak semua memiliki kadar yang separah becky. ceritanya tentang seorang becky yang tak bisa mengontrol hobi belanjanya sehingga dikejar-kejar surat tagihan dari bank padahal dia kerjanya jadi jurnalis keuan More...

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Aug 15, 2010

Leftbanker rated it:

Vile cultural poison masquerading as a poorly-written novel. I think that a heroin addiction is less damaging to young women, and it's certainly more interesting to read about.

If there is a male equivalent to women’s mindless pursuit of name-brand (read: expensive) fashion, it would be a dude with a mullet peeling out in a TransAm blaring a Bon Jovi anthem. This book made me physically ill. I felt like I was in more peril reading this book than anyone on a toxic waste clean-up cr More...

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Jul 18, 2008

Alicia rated it:

I really hate slamming books, really I do. This book is the typical chick-lit that I've grown to love, and to be fair, it's a quick read.

But, my praise stops there.

The main character of this book, Rebecca Bloomwood, is the most annoying, daft, and ridiculous character I have ever had the misfortune to read about. I understand that she's a "shopaholic", but I've had quite a few friends who fell into that catagory that were never in danger of being as simple-minde More...

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Sep 25, 2008

Katie rated it:

This book was a waste of my time. And I spent far too much time on this book that I really didn't like.

The first 200 pages or so are spent with the main character, Rebecca, avoiding all her collection calls and all the letters in the mail from her creditors. She stuffs things into trucks, she keeps the letters in a drawer she never opens, anything to avoid the fact that she's got bills to pay. And then she has an embarrassing run-in with a sales clerk who tells her all her cards are More...

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Oct 01, 2008

Julie rated it:

I disliked this book with a fiery passion. For one, I did not pick this book up to read out of my own pleasure. I've read a book by Kinsella before, Undomestic Goddess, which was funny, but not a GREAT read, but after seeing this in the stores and reading the back of it (and the rest of the series) combined with online reviews, I knew it wasn't the book for me. Then, I took a literature course, Chick-Lit Modern Representations of Males and Females in Books and Media...or something like that. S More...

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Mar 01, 2008

Shae rated it:

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book! I saw so much of myself in the main characters spending personality that it just made me laugh all the way thru reading it. The book has that Bridget Jones feel but wer as Bridget is clueless in relationships Rebecca is clueless with credit and spending. Her crazy schemes to make extra money, like homemade potholders to sell but never following thru on is a page out of my life. I gave up credit cards as my solutions and it appears that she finds her own way to keep he More...

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May 17, 2008

Ozma rated it:

As a Shopaholic myself, I found this book really enjoyable. If you like shopping at all, this book will make you laugh. The main character gets into funny situations constantly. It's not an advanced physics treatise, but it's not mindless either. The effort the main character goes to to justify her shopping is hilarious and some genius plotting on Kinsella's part. If you don't like shopping at all, look elsewhere. If you like funny, memorable characters and plots, then give this a try.

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Oct 17, 2007

Denise rated it:

Funny. Light. Completely brainless. Perfect beach book. The main character is a completely out of control shopaholic, and will go to any lengths to conceal her addiction while still feeding it on the sly. It's a thoroughly enjoyable book, but it has a fatal flaw, the flaw that made me give it a "liked it" rating instead of a "really liked it" rating. This chick drives me NUTS! It is almost physically painful to see her destroying her life for a new scarf or perfect sho More...

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Aug 10, 2007

Tara rated it:

Well I enjoy my light reads, particularly Marian Keyes, so I thought I'd get a kick out of the Shopaholic series-not so.
The protagonist is irritating and irrational to the point of annoyance.
I surmise though that this series and it's popularity has to do with how people view money. I like shopping, but have never spent outside my means to the point of debt. I personally think that's stupid.
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Sep 22, 2011

Book Chick City rated it:

This is a wonderful, light, fluffy read. It was the first real 'chick lit' book I ever read and it got me hooked. The character is vivid and fun, and I can identify well (a bit too well!) with Becky Bloomwood and her retail therapy issues. I love the use of the present tense and first person narrative, I think it works brilliantly. I have now read all, except one, of Sophie Kinsella's books, which are all in the same vain, and they are fantastic reads within the 'chick lit' genre.

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Oct 02, 2008

Terry rated it:

I laughed. I cried. I finished reading this month’s chick lit novel—Confessions of Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. I have to admit that when I started it, I didn’t like it very much--I could not readily identify with the main character, Becky Bloomwood. She is a British, single, twenty-something woman who works as a financial journalist. However, she does not really seem to know much about her personal finances except how to spend, spend, and spend money. I cannot understand the More...

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Jan 28, 2008

Amanda rated it:

This book starts off ok, very scary amounts of money pop up, and the girl can't control herself -- hence Shopaholic!
It takes wrong turns along the way, I had no will to read it sometimes, it is, sorry to say, full of debts and lies, and cheating as well (not romantically), and it shocks a bit. But I have to say I kept hoping for the best, so I held on to it. From the middle to the end, I read nonstop. Not that it was an amazing book, but it was good. I liked it very much, inspite of the fl More...

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Nov 03, 2007

Kathaileen rated it:

Becky Bloomwood is the main character of this book. She has a boring job and no special man in her life. She has to get her excitement somewhere and so it comes from being a shopaholic. She lives beyond her means in a trendy neighborhood in London, with a closet full of clothes she can’t afford (or possibly wear).
The setting is the area we are moving to. When she described getting off the “tube” at the High Street Kensington station and the stores around it, I knew exactly what she was t More...

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Feb 21, 2011

Cassi rated it:

I picked up this book because I felt like I needed to know if I like "chick lit" in the slightest. I thought "Good in Bed" was pretty stupid, but I liked the whole "Something borrowed, Something blue" series... so I was on the fence.

So I asked my friends for their favorite Kinsella book. This is my note to them:
WHO ARE YOU AND WHY DO YOU HATE ME??
and in slightly less anger:
Really girls? Did you just like this book at a time when y More...

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Feb 11, 2008

Cj rated it:

Oh how I laughed when I read this series. As each book came to an end it was like saying goodbye to a friend. If Sophie Kinsella can bring Rebecca back with more books I only hope it wont be far away.

Her other titles are also great reads and I cant wait until Remember Me is released.

I am sure there is a little bit of Rebecca in every girl who will completely understand the logic of why she has to buy something and the reason behind it. In fact when I am out clothes shoppi More...

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Feb 07, 2008

Lilly rated it:

After college, I wanted nothing to do with serious books. And so began my quest for all books fluffy and light. The cover of this screamed fluff at me. This book is NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. Take it for what it is - hilarious chick lit. Otherwise, you'll find yourself realizing that if you actually knew a character as shallow as Becky Bloomwood, you'd probably give her a look of disgust and hiss at her as she walked by or something. Also, don't think too much about her relationship with L More...

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Sep 27, 2007

AmmY rated it:

Dear girls,

Shopping is some kinda healing, right?
No girls would offense me, I guess.

I think everybody will love Rebecca Bloomwood, our heroine.
She's funny and out-of-control addicted to shopping brand-names (with good excuses). When I first read it, I think, ooh...there must be the one who's more crazy than me? owing many debts. I love shopping but can control my finance well. I think Sophie has developed good plots and
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May 14, 2008

Aod rated it:

OK, this book did not sound like it would be any good, but I was surprised by how much I liked "Undomestic Goddess" by the same author. This book must be popular because I have been tripping over it in the book store for the past couple of years so I gave in. I just did not like the main character and wanted to throw the book across the room but I kept reading to see if it improved. It didn't.

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Jan 04, 2012

Buggy rated it:

Its been ages since I’ve read any chick-lit but when I found this book in a box of “free stuff” left at the mail boxes (ironic hey, its about overspending and I find it for free) Anyways I grabbed it (along with some other useless crap) and immediately started chuckling.

Reminding me very much of Bridget Jones's Diary, this was an equally fun read, that had me LOL more then once at the antics, irrational decisions and downward spiral of a shopaholic who, oh yeah also just happens to More...

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Oct 12, 2010

BJ Rose rated it:

A very weak 3* for this, and that's only because the last 70 pages somewhat redeemed the title character. This is total fluff, and that's not a bad thing, but when I read fluff, I want to at least like the main character. Becky is self-centered, self-indulgent, childish and immature, and she goes on that way for almost 3/4 of the book. She even cons her own parents!

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Mar 15, 2009

Katrina rated it:

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May 21, 2011

Becky rated it:

I picked this book up on a whim at the thrift store. I had heard it was fun and hilarious and that I'd love it.

It wasn't, and I didn't.

In fact, I only made it 25% into the book before I decided that reading more just wasn't for me. For starters, the main character gives me a bad name. What a vapid, delusional, hypocritical mess. She's bad at her job, she's completely self-centered and selfish and annoying, completely focused on outward appearances and and seems to think More...

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Apr 15, 2009

Dee rated it:

Don't judge a book by its movie.

I'm not a big fan of chick-lit generally but the shopaholic series is pretty special, mainly because of Sophie Kinsella's comic timing.
If you are in need of cheering up (but don't have the money to indulge in a little retail therapy yourself) this is the book to do it. It will seriously make you laugh out loud.

When I first read this book (when it was known as The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic) I found I related to Becky somewhat More...

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Aug 21, 2009

Helynne rated it:

Even though one might call this book a flapdoodle or a mind twinkie (it's easy to finish in two or three days), it's a fun, light read with the same kind of delightful, screwball British humor that is reminiscent of the Bridget Jones books. Heroine Becky Bloomwood is a somewhat endearing character to all of us who have limited funds, but still love stores, malls, new clothes, chic accessories, fancy makeup, and unlimited Starbucks snacks; in short, champagane taste on a beer budget. With a degr More...

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Aug 23, 2011

Shannon rated it:

Rebecca Bloomwood is a compulsive shopper. She can't go past a sale sign without taking advantage of it. She has run up all her credit cards and gone over her overdraft, but she really must have that coat from Whistles. She works as a finance journalist but knows next to nothing about mutual funds, investments or even how to manage your own money. She just types up articles from press releases - yet she understands more than she realises.

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Aug 15, 2008

Norabee rated it:

I must admit that I got a little bit edgy as I started to read this book. Past due bills, maxed-out credit cards - who wants to be reminded?? But then the story took over and I fell for Becky Bloomwood - our heroine and financial journalist. She's fashionably fabulous and just like her, who can resist a good sale? I loved the "Brit-speak" and found myself calculating the currency exchange between pounds and dollars - just another little thrill to go along with this funny story.
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Jan 11, 2008

maricar rated it:

there were times i felt like an indulgent parent to our protagonist, rebecca, as she runs through her then almost-nonexistent bank account. it was downright funny to see her muddle through her arguments for the sake of appearing to have initial qualms about spending money, and then just ending up buying more than she has accounted for. you'd somehow want to shake some sense into her and at the same time, want to be arm-in-arm with her as she razes boutiques. she's definitely one of the most uniq More...

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Nov 08, 2007

Julia rated it:

************Proceed with caution - stop reading now if you haven't read this book yet!********************************

Okay, now that you're warned, I can give this book a four star review until the last couple of chapters. It was an interesting read and an interesting twist for the main character to be British and for the book to be set in England. I loved her funny thought processes with purchases and her resulting climbing debt from the great buys. I really liked how each chapte More...

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