Book Review: The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Note: This book is also published under the title of ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’
Meet Rebecca Bloomwood. She’s a journalist. She spends her working life telling others how to manage their money. She spends her leisure time …shopping. Retail therapy is the answer to all her problems. She knows she should stop, but she can’t. She tries Cutting Back, she tries Making More Money. But neither seems to work. The stories she concocts become more and more fantastic as she tries to untangle her increasingly dire financial difficulties. Her only comfort is to buy herself something - just a little something …Can Becky ever escape from this dream world, find true love, and regain the use of her Switch card? Confessions of a Shopaholic …the perfect pick me up for when it’s all hanging in the (bank) balance.
Leah: Despite there being five other Shopaholic books, I’m firmly in the mind that the original is undoubtedly the best. Because as much as I’ve loved the continuing adventures of Becky Bloomwood, you just can’t beat getting to meet her that first time as she worries about opening her bank statement. Or how she borrows £20 from Luke for a scarf. There’s just something about Becky that makes me whiz through the book, despite her often flighty ways and inability to stop spending! It’s an absolute must-read for all Chick Lit fans and I assure you that Becky will keep you coming back for more.
Chloe: I didn’t actually read this book until around 2004 when I went to University. I was given some money by my family to buy some bit with, and I knew I wanted to take some books, and this was one of my choices simply based on the synopsis… it sounded hilarious and I knew I needed something funny to get me through the lonely nights! Becky Bloomwood was the perfect companion for my evening reads, and I found Kinsella’s writing style so funny and natural that I knew she would become one of my favourite authors after reading this book. It genuinely is laugh-out-loud funny, has the perfect heroine and is an absolutely brilliant start to one of the most readable book series of all time.
