Since November 2009Book Review: Mini Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
September 3rd, 2010 by Leah
Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) thought motherhood would be a breeze and that having a daughter was a dream come true a shopping friend for life! But it s trickier than she thought two-year-old Minnie has a quite different approach to shopping. She can create havoc everywhere from Harrods to Harvey Nicks to her own christening. She hires taxis at random, her favourite word is Mine , and she s even started bidding for designer bags on ebay. On top of everything else, there s a big financial crisis. People are having to Cut Back including all of Becky s personal shopping clients and she and Luke are still living with Becky s Mum and Dad. To cheer everyone up, Becky decides to throw a surprise birthday party on a budget but then things become really complicated. Who will end up on the naughty step, who will get a gold star and will Becky s secret wishes come true?
Leah: I did think that with the title of Mini Shopaholic that the book was going to be dedicated entirely to Becky and Minnie - and their shopping exploits of course - but that wasn’t the main plot at all. Minnie and her like of the word “mine” is prominent to the book but the book seems, to me, to be more focused on Becky wanting Luke to have a surprise party for his birthday after the year he’s had. There’s been no book between Shopaholic and Baby and Mini Shopaholic and there’s a gap of two years, so a lot has gone on in the intermittent time, but Becky explains it all to us and Luke - and Becky and Minnie - have had a heck of a time so Becky decides that Luke should, for once, celebrate his birthday and decides to organise a secret party. Because it’s Becky organising the party, things never go to plan and we’re with her all the way as she tries to arrange it all, so there’s the usual chaos which I just lapped up. Mini Shopaholic is as well-written as the other books, told entirely from Becky’s point of view, in a really easy chatty manner with letters interspersed throughout. Kinsella is such a fantastic writer, and manages to suck me in any time. She could write a book about paint and I’d love it. Mini Shopaholic has been well worth the wait and I managed to finish it pretty much in one sitting. The ending gives me hope for another Shopaholic book, whenever Kinsella decides to write it, so here’s hoping Becky Bloomwood will live to feature in another book! My life would be completely empty without her and I’m rather gutted I’ve actually finished Mini Shopaholic. I can’t wait to read it again soon! An absolute must-read for all Shopaholic fans!
Chloe: As soon as this book hit my doormat a while ago, I knew I wouldn’t be able to wait until now to read it so I quickly devoured it, and boy was it worth it! Mini Shopaholic is the first outing we’ve had from Becky, Luke and co. for a few years and Kinsella has chosen to keep to this time frame as well, meaning Becky’s daughter Minnie is now a precocious toddler rather than the baby we left Becky and Luke with at the end of ‘Shopaholic and Baby’, and therefore it makes for some quite hilarious reading! Minnie really is a mini Becky, already obsessed with nice things and getting her own way, and it leads to a lot of embarassing situations for poor Becky, quite a few of which mums all over will sympathise with too! The writing style is as great as ever allowing the reader to quickly and easily slip back into Becky’s world, and once you’re there, it’s like you never left! It’s another brilliant foray into this series, and I think ending definitely allows for Kinsella to bring back Becky and her family again if she so desires… let’s hope we’ll see Becky again soon!
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this sounds fab i cant wait!
I’ve just picked up Mini Shopaholic yesterday. I’m done. I absolutely love this book as of all Kinsells’s book. I really hope we’ll have a Hoolywood Shopaholic!