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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780440241904
ISBN: 0440241901
Label: Dell
Manufacturer: Dell
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: December 27, 2005
Publisher: Dell
Release Date: December 27, 2005
Studio: Dell
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Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets: Secrets from her boyfriend: I’ve always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. Secrets from her mother: I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur. Secrets she wouldn’t share with anyone in the world: I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is. Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger.…Until Emma comes face-to-face with Jack Harper, the company’s elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her...
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Rating:  -
This book did have a few laugh-out-loud moments and was a reasonably entertaining "check your brain at the door" type of read. However, the plot was pretty silly and unrealistic. The main character, Emma, is a little less pathologically self-centered than Becky in the Shopaholic series, but only a little. Like Becky, she also lies constantly to everyone, including her closest friends and family, which disturbed me.
The plot is a typical Cinderella story down to the wicked stepsister (cousin, in this version). Emma has a miserable life until she is rescued by a Prince Charming who is extremely wealthy, much older than her, and, did we mention, her boss? I found it creepy that Jack never even worries about the ethics of dating his most junior employee. Not to mention he betrays her deepest confidences on national television, but she still takes him back. I feel like books like this perpetuate stereotypes by portraying women as helpless, ditzy bimbos who need older men to sweep in and fix the injustices of their lives.
Rating:  -
The book was in good shape and came very quickly. I usually read more serious books but this was completely enjoyable and nice change for me. I would recommend this as a good vacation book.
Rating:  -
There were two things that attracted me to reading this novel. First, I had become a fan of Sophie Kinsella due her Shopaholic novels (although I wasn't particularly keen on the Shopaholic ties the Knot). And second, I was very curious to see how the author would deliver another novel without a Becky Bloomwood heroine. Would this new protagonist `Emma Corrigan' become just as endearing as Becky?
Unfortunately, no, she does not. Emma turns ut to be very annoying and absolutely pathetic compared to Becky. She has no charisma, no wit, and I certainly was not laughing at her antics. Rather, I felt dismay at the character's lack of common sense and self-confidence! I did not care for her at all! How could I? Here's a girl who continually allows herself to be bullied by everyone - her boss, her older cousin, her cousin-in-law, and her parents! And by the end of the story, instead of finally standing up for herself, her boss `Jack' (the CEO who knows all her secrets) is the one who ends up defending her and making everyone feel sorry for what they have done to Emma! Uh, obviously he will command attention since he is portrayed to be a very wealthy and powerful man. His act of a `knight and shining armor' is not at all charming.
Obviously, I do not like Jack's characterCan You Keep a Secret?. I cannot possibly think of a girl that can be swooned by him. He is weak and uninteresting compared to Luke Brandon (the lead male in Shopaholics). It is very difficult to like, much less respect Jack when he ends up blabbing all of Emma's secrets on national television. WHAT???!!! A CEO that does that? A self-made multi-millionaire gossips away in a serious business program?!!!?? Just when I was hoping the author would give me a shocker or twist to make this story interesting, like answers to how Jack could possible excuse himself out of this one and win Emma back, Ms. Kinsella disappoints me with Jack telling Emma that the reason he blabbed all her secrets on the Telly was because she was always on his mind. WHAT?!!! Is that even a reason? What kind of hogwash is that? The most horrible thing is that Emma bought it! Stock and Barrel, she bought it and took him back! OH MY GOSH! I wanted to stop reading right there! I really did, but there was a chapter left, so I had a flicker of hope that perhaps the final pages would turn this book around!
I was wrong. It was boring, predictable, and a total waste of time til the end. So far I'll limit my admiration of Ms. Kinsella's works to her Shopaholic novels and do her a huge favor by keeping this novel a secret from everyone! No one will want to know about it!
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Saw Sophie Kinsella books at Cost Co, and with shipping and handeling costs I could have done better just buying it there..... oh well, Amazon is good for things I can't find in stores!
Rating: -
I am a big fan of Kinsella's books, but the more I read of them, the more I feel she's rushing through to finish each one so that she can get it published, do some promotional work and then churn out another one. The last couple of chapters of this and 'Twenties Girl' seemed particularly rushed.
It was a fun read but I can't really relate to someone who's so secretive and embarrassed by everything! And I'm a bit bummed that certain themes are the same as the book I'm writing... maybe I should rush too!
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