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Title: Slave to Fashion by Rebecca Campbell ISBN: 0-375-76062-8 Publisher: Villard Books Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.23 (31 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: How KC gets real class....
Comment: When I first picked up Slave to Fashion, I loathed the main character, Katie Castle immediately. I could not stand her egotistical, deplorable attitude. However, with this novel, things change. Katie learns the hard way to develop integrity and the way to a beautiful soul.
A bit weightier than the average Brit Chick book, it follows Katie Castle and her rise from her loathed hometown to Fashion Diva. However, certain events disrupt her climb, and she learns what the meaning of humility is, as well as several other essential human qualities.
If you are looking for the average Brit Chick quick escape, I wouldn't necessarily recommend Slave to Fashion. It's definitely a very enjoyable read, but it's got much more depth than usual.
Slave to Fashion is definitely worth the purchase, and, should not be skipped if you fear it is yet another formulaic Brit Chick romp.
Rating: 5
Summary: I was a slave to this book!
Comment: This book was so much fun to read. I couldn't put it down! The main character, Katie Castle, was a very REAL character. So realistic that sometimes you loved her, and sometimes you wanted to smack her upside the head! Not many narratives are that realistic. Most main characters are like guys on a first date: they only show you the good stuff. The bad aspects of Katie Castle are the same bad characteristics in all of us -- selfishness, conceit, vanity -- but the main character owns it all! This is a refeshing change, which left me scouring the bookshelves for other books Rebecca Campbell has written. The plot is fun for anyone who has an interest in fashion or shopping. A very entertaining, smart, and stylish book.
Rating: 4
Summary: Couldn't put it down
Comment: This is a really good satire, both of the fashion world and of the whole 'Brit chick lit' genre. It's a simple story of the rise and fall of Katie Castle. I loved the interaction between Katie and Peggy Moss in the first section of the book. I admit that I found the first chapter or two slow, but by the time Katie and Peggy were in Paris, I was hooked. I thought Katie was actually a well rounded character. She wasn't a nice person, by any means, but I liked that about her - she appealed to my dark side. Katie could say and do things that I'd never dream of, so the book provided a good escape in that sense. I also liked that she did have something of a conscience (albeit not a well developed one), she did learn from her mistakes, and she had a degree of self awareness. I found myself wanting to see her succeed. The first part of the book developed the relationships well enough that I genuinely felt bad for her mistake, and I wanted to see her win back the boyfriend. Campbell manages to take a woman who is very different from most of the people who read the book, and yet make her someone we could relate to. Who hasn't messed up royally in their lives? She is able to find the insights and morals in the story. There are no profoundly original truths written here - it's all stuff we already know, on some level, but the reminders work. It's got just enough depth to be interesting, but it's not so serious that it comes across as pretentious.
The book wasn't absolutely perfect, of course. I thought some things happened too quickly and too easily, like the exposure of what Katie did, and even her ability to get back what she lost. I didn't like the ending - it was all just too easy. Some of the characters - particularly the men - were poorly developed. But those things are just minor complaints that keep the book from gaining full-fledged classic status. It's still better, funnier, and smarter than a lot of books available today. Worth a read!
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Title: The Accidental Virgin by Valerie Frankel ISBN: 0060938412 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 04 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Cat's Meow: A Novel by Melissa De LA Cruz, Kim Demarco ISBN: 0743205049 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Dog Handling by Clare Naylor ISBN: 0345453387 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 30 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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