The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
(Reader's Digest edition)
(Reader's Digest edition)
Charity Shop: British Heart Foundation (Newcastle upon Tyne)
Charity: Charity fighting heart and circulatory disease. The BHF funds research, education and life-saving equipment and helps heart patients
Price: £1 (actually I suppose 25p, as I got 4 books in 1)
Book Blurb: In the course of one day, Samantha Sweeting's life falls apart. One moment she's a hotshot lawyer, the next a hopeless house-keeper in this poignant, romantic comedy. // My name is Samantha Sweeting. I am twenty-nine years old and about to be made a partner at Carter Spink, one of the biggest law firms in London. OK, there are a few drawbacks - I spend all my waking hours at work, have no home life and have never had time to learn to cook, or sew on a button. But then, who needs to be a domestic goddess?
Expectation: Didn't think about it too much, a rom-com
Reality: Brilliant, it was a rom-com but such a far-fetched one that I didn't get annoyed by it. Also it was more about Samantha escaping a ridiculously high-pressured job, than getting a man. Ultimately her reason for not going back was because she didn't want be one of those people who doesn't even have time to look out the window.
Overall Rating
It was a struggle 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Gripping page
to make it turner
It was hilariously, wonderfully bizarre.
Twist Scale:
Knew the beginning, As twisty as the
middle and end 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 bendy wendy road
from the first line
There was a bit in the middle I really wasn't expecting, but it would have been a very short story without it!
There was a bit in the middle I really wasn't expecting, but it would have been a very short story without it!
Tear-jerker Scale:
As dry as a house 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Cried an ocean
throughout
Do tears of laughter count? I give it a 3 because I did feel for her as her idol is taken away from her and suddenly her life has no meaning.
Moral of the Story: The good life is the best life
Do tears of laughter count? I give it a 3 because I did feel for her as her idol is taken away from her and suddenly her life has no meaning.
Moral of the Story: The good life is the best life
***
Coming up: 2 more books to come in this series...
No update, as I wrote the last blog about 5 mins ago
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