Erin's Reviews > Twenties Girl

I will never understand what kind of Jedi mind tricks Sophie Kinsella employs with her books. If any other author wrote this story I would have thrown it down in frustration. I'd be writing a scathing review about cheap plot devices and sloppy characterization. But, I'm not. I enjoyed this book. I devoured it in a couple of hours. I was thoroughly entertained by it, despite the fact that it's not really a "good book." This is the power that Kinsella has. Her energetic writing style and likable, if hugely flawed, characters are sort of impossible to dislike.

Think about Becky Bloomwood, who is kind of an idiot and irresponsible at best. And yet, you want to be her best friend. It's the same with Lara, the heroine of Twenties Girl. She's a bit of a sad sack and allows herself to be completely spun around by a domineering ghost. Yes, a ghost. And yet, she's adorable. You root for her and want her to solve the mystery of the missing necklace. Jedi mind tricks. I can come up with no other explanation.

I'm not even going to recount the storyline here, like I normally do, because if I type out the plot of Twenties Girl I will start asking myself a lot of tough questions about why I actually liked such a ludicrous story. So, I just won't. It was a fun, brainless and totally engaging Summer read. I enjoyed the heck out of it. And now I want to learn how to dance the Charleston.