Shopaholic & Baby (Shopaholic Series)
by Sophie Kinsella
|
List Price: Our Price: $1.88 You Save: $12.12 (87%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of Shopaholic & Baby (Shopaholic Series)
Book Review: 3.5 Stars
Summary: 3 Stars
I started reading the Shopaholic series in 2004. I loved the first book, Confessions of a Shopaholic and immediately jumped into Shopaholic Takes Manhattan, which is still my favorite of the series. It's filled with humorous situations, however it takes a real look on the consequences of impulsive shopping. I read books 3 and 4, but when Shopaholic & Baby was released, I started it and then put it down.
Fast forward to 2009. It's two years later and I've finally picked this up again to read. I decided to listen to the audio book and the narrator, Rosalyn Landor, did a fantastic job of bringing the characters to life. Becky and her husband, Luke, are expecting their first child. Always wanting to have the latest "in" thing, Becky convinces Luke they must have Dr. Venetia Carter as their OB-GYN as she is also the physician to the celebrities. During their initial visit, Becky learns that Dr. Carter and Luke are former school mates and previously dated! Becky is stunned by the news and gradually begins to feel insecure about herself and her marriage.
True to the series, Ms. Kinsella fills the pages with humor as we read about the predicaments Becky finds herself in. Having doubts about her marriage, Becky hires a private detective, only what he discovers is not what she asked for. Becky learns that things are not always what they seem.
So is it a girl or boy? I guess you'll have to read Shopaholic & Baby to find out!
Book Review: Still Becky, still charming, but...
Summary: 3 Stars
My dirty little secret: I have read all of the SHOPAHOLIC books. Obviously, I have liked them, or I wouldn't have kept on reading.
Still, in SHOPAHOLIC AND BABY, author Sophie Kinsella finally may be running out of steam. These books are kind of like a one note symphony, and that note now is getting tired.
On the other hand, her heroine Becky Bloomwood is so marvelously realized that it is impossible not to enjoy her skewed--but sweetly so--Becky view of the world.
In this novel, Sophie has Becky happily married to hunk Luke Brandon and expecting her first baby. Nothing but the best for Sophie's favorite character. Though pregnant, Becky remains obsessed by fashion here, probably a victim of fashion, albeit a victim with swollen feet.
Even if the humor is getting predictable, Kinsella is an excellent writer whose plot structure and use of language remain first-class. And, as always, Kinsella transmits a wonderful sense of place; in this story, upper class, up-to-the-minute London, as seen through the cockeyed prism that is Becky's point-of-view.
All of the SHOPAHOLIC books are interesting and, just as importantly, these also are fun.
Book Review: sophie does it again!! :)
Summary: 5 Stars
another winner by sophie kinsella! in this edition, becky brandon (nee bloomwood), back from her honeymoon and ready to start her life in london as mrs. luke brandon, finds herself expecting after returning from a glorious 10 month vacay all over the world. her shopping anecdotes in preparing for the baby are hilarious, of course, but enter a fabulous new OBGYN (fresh from L.A. where her clientele was strictly A list), and a next-to-impossible waiting list, who just happens to be luke's ex-girlfriend from college! she's gorgeous, brilliant and becky starts to worry is after luke. only no one believes her. is pregnancy making her overly emotional or could it be true?? with becky's insane shopping and tedious ways, not to mention her ever-growing waistline, does the dr. have what it takes to steal luke away?
you'll rip through the pages in record time, with more laugh-outloud moments than you could possibly count and get a truly fabulous ending... as ms. kinsella always provides.
if you love sophie kinsella and our beloved shopaholic, becky, you will adore this book!
i'm out of shopaholic books to read, please write another!!!!!!
Book Review: Shopaholic & Baby
Summary: 4 Stars
Becky Bloomwood is back... but was it worth it? I'm still pretty strong in my convictions that Ms. Kinsella should have stopped two books ago. This isn't to say that it's a weak book, it's just, like Meg Cabot has repeatedly said when asked if she'll continue Mediator/1-800, after everything eventful has happened, the convoluted situations can lead to nothing good. Kinsella has already taken the time (three books) to establish the strong bond between Becky and Luke--only to randomly (seemingly) break it in this one? Quite annoying, really. I felt like everyone's characters seemed to break a little bit, and the one relationship that I really did like the developments in, Jess and Tom, didn't really have a satisfying ending...or much of an ending or beginning at all. Will there be more books, then? It would seem like overkill, although I would personally love a spinoff focusing solely on Jess and Tom. I still did love how Kinsella wove all those stories together, eventually bringing them all back. Well done, and I was very glad to hear that Becky has a daughter--another future Shopaholic--we just couldn't have it any other way!
Rating: 4/5
Book Review: Could have been better
Summary: 3 Stars
My first Shopaholic was "Shopaholic Ties the Knot". From that moment I became addicted to Sophie Kinsella. I have read every book on the series, plus the hilarious "Can you Keep a Secret?" and "The Undomestic Goddess", which I think it is her best book so far.
I was a bit unsure when I began reading "Shopaholic and Sister" Jess was too difficult to like, but I loved it at the end. I laughed so hard during the whole trip to Cumbria! But with Shopaholic and Baby... well, it just wasn't as funny. Becky sounded stupid at moments. And she was not, she may be an irresponsible, self centered day dreamer but she was not stupid! Looking for home options in the Caribbean was just a bit too unbelievable. That couldn't be Becky! Becky would be looking for houses she couldn't afford, not for houses that far away!
Anyways, I enjoyed the lecture. It wasn't super, but it was ok. I hated Venetia so much and it was nice to see Jess and Suze again, the whole gang. I wished Sophie had taken a bit longer in writing it and reviewing it.
I will definitely buy her next book, though. I can't wait to get my hands on it!