I like chocolate cake. I like coffee. And I like Kinsella's Shopaholic series. Well, maybe not all. I didn't particularly like Shopaholic & Sister. I did not see the reason for Rebecca Bloomwood to be wanting so eagerly to bond with the could-have-been sister, Jess, who despised shopping. I thought the ending where Becky was clicking her obsession to shop with Jess's obsession to collect rocks was lame.
So, it made a lot of sense that Kinsella needed to produce another work to bury the what-I-perceive-to-be lower than average Shopaholic episode with bouncy Shopaholic & Baby book. That was a good book. And I thought that would be the last I would hear of Becky. I was wrong. And secretly happy that I would be hearing what Becky would be up to. I did not see the reason for a return, but Rebecca Brandon nee Bloomwood was back. With her two year old baby, Minnie. And hence, the name Mini Shopaholic.
I was horrified to imagine a two year old doing the credit cards like her mom, but I was prepared to be open-minded. I mean, it's Kinsella. Sure, I did not like the Undomestic Goddess - (puhleazzzzze.. a lawyer learning to cook in one lesson?? I still burn my fried rice.). But I have faith in Kinsella. I shall always have her Can I Tell You a Secret? as a testimony of her fun writing. As well as Twenties Girl.
Kinsella made me sit through my free time, not switching on the tv or playing music and even made me staying up past 1am just to finish up the last 50 pages to find out what victory Becky would kick up. I have to say that I was stunned by the ending. Not a typical ending, of the previous Shopaholic episodes. I still think the book was misleading. And thank goodness. I am in for more Becky. Not Minnie. I want to hear what silly stuff Becky would come up with, and not some whining kid. And that was Kinsella served through this new book.
Some scenes really made me laughed out loud. Some scenes made me questioned my loyalty to the idea of a Beckinism. As well as to the question of whether there would be such a patient man like Luke Brandon. It's amazing to know that there is such a man who would love a woman through anything...
But still, when the book came to an end, I forgave Becky for the creepy shopping habit she was demonstrating in the earlier scenes, as well as her self-denial character. As the book had hinted, I am looking forward to hearing Becky again, in a new world. Hopefully this time I will be more tolerant of her obsession.
I love Kinsella. I love Rebecca Bloomwood. I love this new book - Mini Shopaholic.
P/s: Nice touch to the mother stuff. Made me wanna hug that icy queen too.
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