Sophie Kinsella - The Undomestic Goddess

Pros: Witty, dramatic, filled with great characters and a riveting plot.
Cons: None.

Samantha Sweeting is a skilled lawyer, quickly moving up the corporate ladder into an immanent partnership in the acclaimed law firm of Carter & Spink. She works endlessly never allowing time for friends, family, or anything else that might distract ...

Pros: Light reading, entertaining story, likable characters.
Cons: some of the situations are somewhat hard to believe.

This book was loaned to me by a friend of mine. I happened to pick it up and read it when she left it on her desk one day. I just picked it up and read about 3 pages beginning where she was at (around page 34) and found I was immediately caught up in it. ...

Pros: Fast read, likable main character
Cons: Abrupt ending

I am a fan of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series, so when I picked up a book by her that didn't feature Becky Brandon, I was unsure of what to expect. It turns out I was pleasantly surprised with The Undomestic Goddess. Although I was ...

Pros: Good characters, great chemistry.
Cons: Some unbelievable spots.

Sophie Kinsella, author of the popular Shopaholic series featuring Becky Bloomwood, has introduced a new heroine in her latest novel The Undomestic Goddess. The 'goddess; in question is Samantha Sweeting, a 29-year-old lawyer on the fast ...

Pros: scandalous, superbly entertaining, witty, juicy, fast-paced, hilarious, crazy
Cons: open-ended

A few years back, my sister and I laughed our a**es off when we found that our friend’s little sister’s crush was this green-haired Anime character from YuGiOh. As I type this, I can’t help but wonder why that doesn’t seem so funny ...

Pros: new character, completely different plot line
Cons: obvious ending, unbelievable storyline

I have been a faithful reader of the Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella. I enjoyed them but the whole "ditzy irresponsible girl" routine wore thin over the course of 4 novels. After the last one, "Shopaholic & Sister" I vowed never to read another ...

Pros: Wonderful story, vivid descriptions, lively characters. Great read for an idyllic afternoon.
Cons: None, really.

Although I am a fan of Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series, I must admit from time to time her Shopaholic characters irritate and annoy me. I understand it is fiction, and I understand the characters' personalities are deliberately extreme to move along ...

Pros: Fun story with great characters.
Cons: Nothing.

Spoiler alert: this review gives away major details about the storyline!!! This is the second book I have read by Sophie Kinsella and I have to say I loved it. Completely different than her shopping obsessed characters, this book features an up and ...

Pros: A light and funny page turner!
Cons: May make you fantasize about your gardener

Meet Samantha Sweeting, a half naked business woman trying to sneak an email on her blackberry while getting a massage. Kinsella introduces us to the modern career girl. She is determined, ambitious, serious, and shaking on the inside. Samantha is a girl ...

Pros: Very light, cute story
Cons: none really

I tend to find an author and read all of his/her books one after another. I had recently finished reading everything that one author had available, so I remembered someone talking about Sophie Kinsella. I went to the library and they had a couple of ...

Pros: Easy read.
Cons: Unbelievable character.

I read this book with much anticipation (how many times have we all thought how nice it would be to walk away from our current stresses, whatever they are and start over). I happen to work in a law firm and also thought that I could relate to the book from that angle. However, it was hard for me to believe that anyone could be as inept as the main character was at basic living skills (i.e., cooking, cleaning, etc.) and have passed the bar exam to be a lawyer. If the writer had perhaps focused on how much more difficult it was balancing all the domestic demands and not made the character to be a complete idiot when it came to household basics it would have been a little more believable and easier to read. I did, however, enjoy the basic "plot" of the story. Nice little romance (which was to be expected and kept the book moving along). I didn't dislike this book, but it wasn't one that I found hard to put down either. Definitely not one that I wanted to pass on to someone else to read.