This story ended great but it isn't until the last 100 pages or so that it starts to make sense and it's all pulled together into a satisfying conclusion. It starts as a typical Sophie Kinsella novel: twenty-something woman who lies about her entire life to her parents, has a loser boyfriend, and a crappy job.
Laura's great aunt Sadie (whom no one even visited while she was in a nursing home for 20+ years) dies and her ghost starts haunting Laura. In her heart Sadie believes she is still a 23 year old lady and of course, she is stuck in her heyday of the 1920's. I found her to be bossy, irritating and unrelenting. Laura spends most of the book pining for her ex-boyfriend Josh, boy was he a loser! When Sadie nags her to death about asking some stranger out on a date, Laura finally give in and asks Ed Harrison out. However, this is Sadie's date not Laura's so it's rather interesting since no one can see her except Laura. Though people are able to hear her as she spends most of the time screaming shrilly in their ears trying to get them to do what she wants. I found most of what Sadie did to be immoral and just plain wrong.
All in all a pretty good story but it took a real long time to get to the point. The author used the word insouciant way too often. I may have to take a break from Ms. Kinsella as all her books have the same irritating TSTL heroine.
Laura's great aunt Sadie (whom no one even visited while she was in a nursing home for 20+ years) dies and her ghost starts haunting Laura. In her heart Sadie believes she is still a 23 year old lady and of course, she is stuck in her heyday of the 1920's. I found her to be bossy, irritating and unrelenting. Laura spends most of the book pining for her ex-boyfriend Josh, boy was he a loser! When Sadie nags her to death about asking some stranger out on a date, Laura finally give in and asks Ed Harrison out. However, this is Sadie's date not Laura's so it's rather interesting since no one can see her except Laura. Though people are able to hear her as she spends most of the time screaming shrilly in their ears trying to get them to do what she wants. I found most of what Sadie did to be immoral and just plain wrong.
All in all a pretty good story but it took a real long time to get to the point. The author used the word insouciant way too often. I may have to take a break from Ms. Kinsella as all her books have the same irritating TSTL heroine.
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