Amanda's review
Confessions of a Shopaholic
by Sophie Kinsella
Amanda's review
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Amanda's review
rating:
recommended for: shopaholics everywhere; people with patience
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 flaws this character RUBS in our faces that she has. She seems to be an out of control car in the middle of a busy highway, and it's nice to see everything working out in the end.
If you can't stand feeling annoyed or are used to reading a few pages and chucking the book before finishing, this is not for you. Sophie Kinsella writes in transitional fases: the girl has a problem, she realises she has it and goes through stages of trying and desperating over it, and it works out well in the end. I loo...more
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 flaws this character RUBS in our faces that she has. She seems to be an out of control car in the middle of a busy highway, and it's nice to see everything working out in the end.
If you can't stand feeling annoyed or are used to reading a few pages and chucking the book before finishing, this is not for you. Sophie Kinsella writes in transitional fases: the girl has a problem, she realises she has it and goes through stages of trying and desperating over it, and it works out well in the end. I loo...more
