Confessions of a Shopaholic |  | Author: Sophie Kinsella
Publisher: Delta
Category: eBooks
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Rating:  957 reviews
Sales Rank: 161
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Pages: 384
Number Of Items: 1
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.92
ASIN: B000FBFN0Q
Publication Date: March 4, 2003
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Amazon.com Review
If you've ever paid off one credit card with another, thrown out a bill before opening it, or convinced yourself that buying at a two-for-one sale is like making money, then this silly, appealing novel is for you. In the opening pages of Confessions of a Shopaholic, recent college graduate Rebecca Bloomwood is offered a hefty line of credit by a London bank. Within a few months, Sophie Kinsella's heroine has exceeded the limits of this generous offer, and begins furtively to scan her credit-card bills at work, certain that she couldn't have spent the reported sums. In theory anyway, the world of finance shouldn't be a mystery to Rebecca, since she writes for a magazine called Successful Saving. Struggling with her spendthrift impulses, she tries to heed the advice of an expert and appreciate life's cheaper pleasures: parks, museums, and so forth. Yet her first Saturday at the Victoria and Albert Museum strikes her as a waste. Why? There's not a price tag in sight. It kind of takes the fun out of it, doesn't it? You wander round, just looking at things, and it all gets a bit boring after a while. Whereas if they put price tags on, you'd be far more interested. In fact, I think all museums should put prices on their exhibits. You'd look at a silver chalice or a marble statue or the Mona Lisa or whatever, and admire it for its beauty and historical importance and everything--and then you'd reach for the price tag and gasp, "Hey, look how much this one is!" It would really liven things up. Eventually, Rebecca's uncontrollable shopping and her "imaginative" solutions to her debt attract the attention not only of her bank manager but of handsome Luke Brandon--a multimillionaire PR representative for a finance group frequently covered in Successful Saving. Unlike her opposite number in Bridget Jones's Diary, however, Rebecca actually seems too scattered and spacey to reel in such a successful man. Maybe it's her Denny and George scarf. In any case, Kinsella's debut makes excellent fantasy reading for the long stretches between white sales and appliance specials. --Regina Marler
Product Description
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Sophie Kinsella’s Mini Shopaholic
Rebecca Bloomwood just hit rock bottom. But she's never looked better....
Becky Bloomwood has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it -- not any of it.
Her job writing at Successful Savings not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from Visa and the Endwich Bank -- letters with large red sums she can't bear to read -- and they're getting ever harder to ignore.
She tries cutting back; she even tries making more money. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something ... just a little something...
Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life--and the lives of those around her--forever.
Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times -- and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. Becky Bloomwood's hilarious schemes to pay back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Her "confessions" are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance.
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 Uninteresting until the end. September 3, 2010
Amaxda (CA)
For the majority of the book I just thought the character Rebecca was just a compulsive liar who had a terrible spending problem. She seemed pretty immature for a 25 year old who always had to make up lies to justify her ruthless spending. HOWEVER, I thought the book started to become rather interesting when Rebecca's life made a huge turnaround and she was able to change her life and be a new person...sort of. I wish there was more of that in the book. I really liked the ending though.
 Not so much ... September 1, 2010
Auburn Sky
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading all the rave reviews, I thought this book was a bargain at only $0.89 for the Kindle. I swiped it up and started reading it immediately. I expected a funny, light read. Light yes, funny, not so much. I guess it could be considered funny by some, but I just found it irritating, namely: her inability to tell the truth about even the most minute, seemingly unimportant things, her flimsy, silly excuses to the bank and the way she tried to fall in love with a date simply because she knew he was wealthy. There were too many bad sterotypes portrayed - that women are unable to take care of themselves, be responsible, are "gold diggers" and only think of clothes. So why 2 stars? First, it was only $0.89, so for a few hours entertainment, it cost less than a bad movie or meal. And secondly, I found the ending to be the only redeeming factor of this book. She discovers she is already smarter and more capable than she thought she was and she actually "grows up." While I wasn't impressed with the overall book, I do appreciate that the author had the main character grow, change and adapt.
 Whimsical & fun to read..... August 28, 2010
Tamra L. Bowman (kenmore, ny United States)
An easy read... but I thought it was pretty entertaining. Serious.. NO! At all believable... NO! But I must say, it was like "watching" a good no-nonsense comedy take place in my head. I enjoyed it very much. I think It's a good read for ages 13+
 Like listening in on a spazz's internal dialogue August 27, 2010
V. Nguyen (San Jose, CA)
Kinsella's novel starts off with a series of letters and delves into the superficial and self-absorbed shallow pool of Rebecca's thoughts. Without even reading the whole book the plot promised to be forumlaic and predictable. I couldn't get past the second chapter. This book is absolute rubbish - nothing more than the literary version on inane teenage chatter. The author goes into exhaustive detail on Rebecca's shopping obsession to build up a mini internal-conflict. For me, it wasn't at all rapturous. After a few more pages I didn't care whether she got the scarf or not. The prose is far short of witty, charming or even cute and instead stumbles on into insipid.
Reading this book probably dropped my IQ a few points.
Started out cute August 21, 2010
K. Holmes (Tulsa, OK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I got "Confessions of a Shopaholic" for my Kindle for only $.89, and feel it was worth the price. After reading it, I have to say I'm really glad I didn't spend more.
The book started off being a cute and fun read, but the main character's complete disregard for accepting any responsibility for her actions, and her apparent inability to rehabilitate herself ultimately made me just have nothing but disdain for her. Before the book was over, I was downright disliking this stupid, foolish, dishonest, irresponsible girl.
If there had just been some hint of her finally "seeing the light" it would have been so much more tolerable.
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