bookwormreviews.org » Sophie Kinsella http://bookwormreviews.org Ramblings of an avid bookworm and TV addict Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:03:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Undomestic Goddess-Sophie Kinsella http://bookwormreviews.org/2010/12/the-undomestic-goddess-sophie-kinsella/ http://bookwormreviews.org/2010/12/the-undomestic-goddess-sophie-kinsella/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 17:09:34 +0000 Bdubs http://bookwormreviews.org/?p=1791 I have a confession to make: I love curling up with a good chick lit as much as I love a fun romantic comedy. I know they aren’t that intellectually stimulating, but like a good sitcom, they are so entertaining. I have always been a fan of Sophie Kinsella and The Undomestic Goddess did not disappoint. I respected the protagonist a lot more than Sophie’s infamous Shopaholic character. Samantha is a high powered, overworked, overstressed lawyer for a prestigious law firm in London. She makes an error and loses everything she’s worked for over the last seven years.
In a daze she wanders onto the train and ends up in a small town and knocks on the door of a nice house, hoping to get directions back to the train. Instead the homeowners mistake her for a housekeeper applicant and hire her on the spot.
What I admire about Samantha is her perseverance. She knows absolutely nothing about cooking or cleaning but she learns and she gets creative in a pinch. Kinsella does a great job with Samantha’s character development and the reader gets a sense that Samantha has undergone a great transformation. This book made me really evaluate my working life and long for a new career of my own choosing. Perhaps I need to be more like Samantha.

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While it was written cute and funny, I just couldn’t identify with the protagonist at all. I’ve never been a big spender. I guess that’s why I just wasn’t that into the story. The whole time I just kept thinking in my head, this girl is a complete moron! She writes for a finance magazine, but she knows nothing about budgeting her money. How can anyone be that dumb? I also think considering the tough economic times we’re in, I identify with her even less. Perhaps if I hadn’t read this book while we were in a recession I might think differently about it.

Still, there were parts that were cute, and I love Sophie Kinsella as a writer, so I won’t say it was a waste. It was such a quick read that even though it wasn’t my favorite, I don’t feel like I wasted my time with it. I still think her book, Can You Keep a Secret was far better than Shopaholic. I still might check out her other books in the series, and see if our main character has grown at all. If she hasn’t matured I think the books will get downright annoying, but if she’s learned something along the way, then it might make for a better read.

I will say that I don’t have any plans to run out and rent the movie confessions-of-shopaholic-1780adaptation of the book either, despite how adorable Isla Fischer is. I’m afraid the character she plays just might make me hate my beloved actress!

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