Book Review: Confessions of a Shopaholic

I was pricing books at my church's rummage sale when I found a book entitled Confessions of a Shopaholic. It had a pair of shoes on the its bright pink cover and I was immediately attracted to it. As I opened it and read the first page, I was introduced to a odd character by the name of Rebecca Bloomwood. She is an ordinary woman living an ordinary life in an ordinary flat in London, England. She works for a boring financial magazine writing articles she doesn't understand and going to press conferences that she couldn't care less about. But she has one particular trait that make her stand out from the rest... she is a shopaholic.

This book is a great read, and is relatively easy at that. It is rather long, 320 pages, but it is so good that it seems to be over with in a flash! I love how the author, Sophie Kinsella, writes the chapters as if you are in Becky's head. That characteristic in the writing draws you in to the point where you can't wait to read what will happen next. The best part is that Becky is an average person who has quirks just like the rest of us. By the second chapter I was hooked!

As I was reading this book I was looking for things that I didn't really like, but I couldn't find a single one. This book is very good. The only thing I didn't like was that about half-way through, Becky's friend from work, Elly Granger, becomes a fund manager for Wetherby's Investments. This seems very out-of-character for her and it makes her very boring. It's still a good part of the story, though.

Becky's life works out in the end, but she gets into loads of trouble before the bliss begins. She uncovers a headline-making financial story, makes a name for herself, and ... well, I don't want to spoil it for you. I'll just say there's a multimillionaire involved who could give Prince Charming a run for his money.

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One of my older articles. Written for a comp class, comments welcomed.