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The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic

(Shopaholic Book 1)

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The Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic

By: Sophie Kinsella
Narrated by: Emilia Fox
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Brought to you by Penguin.

The fabulous first Shopaholic novel by international No. 1 bestselling author Sophie Kinsella. The perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance . . . !

Meet Becky Bloomwood.

She has a great flat, a fabulous wardrobe full of the season's must-haves, and a job telling other people how to manage their money. She spends her leisure time ... shopping.

Retail therapy is the answer to all her problems. She knows she should stop, but she can't. She tries Cutting Back, she tries Making More Money. But neither seems to work. The letters from the bank are getting harder to ignore. Can Becky ever escape from this dreamworld, find true love, and regain the use of her credit card?

'Popular fiction at its glorious best: a loveable heroine, page after page of bellylaughs and the enormous comfort of knowing that us out-of-control shoppers are not alone.' Sunday Independent

© Sophie Kinsella 2006 (P) Penguin Audio 2006

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As good as reading the book yourself, I binge listened to this! Thoroughly enjoyed it

So easy to listen to

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I’ve read the book, but it was a good few years ago, so I decided just to listen to it while I was doing housework - where has the rest of the book gone. Not happy at all!!
And as for the narrator - not at all convincing.

Where’s the rest of it?

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Firstly, I love this book and the whole series of shopaholic, but you only get a quarter of the way through the book before it jumps to what would be the last page and abruptly ends! Audible why are you still selling this knowing that there is a fault?
Secondly, maybe the book being cut short is a blessing in disguise. The narrator does not give a convincing performance. No wonder there are reviews that say the character is a self absorbed liar, there is no nuance, no nod to the absurd or light hearted intentions of the author. Where's the humour gone? I'll tell you, it's dead under the weight of the serious tone. Lighten up!

Very disappointing. If you want the real thing go and buy the actual book...

Awful.

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Ended very abruptly, unsatisfying and bizarre plot, audio performance was fine though. Wouldn't recommend but maybe fine for commute or holiday?

Slightly deranged plot

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I enjoyed reading the book so was looking forward to listening to it on my travels to work. very disappointed to find it wasn't the full book! why charge for part of a book and not offer the rest?!

only part of the book

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