Lara is a failure in love and career. At least she thinks so. After a particularly rough break-up and her business partner’s flaking off to India, Lara is at the end of her rope. When her Great Aunt Sadie dies at the age of 105, the last thing she feels like doing is seeing her family: her rich Uncle Bill is owner and founder of an internationally successful coffee chain and self-help guru and her cousin Diamante is at 17 an aspiring fashion designer with her own label. When Aunt Sadie’s 23-year-old ghost appears to Lara in the middle of the funeral everyone, including Lara, thinks she’s bonkers.
Sadie’s ghost acts like a guide for Lara’s life, showing her who she is and why she is special. While Sadie helps Lara figure her life out, Lara uncovers some secrets that Sadie had been keeping for a very long time. A little bit of a mystery unfolds, a little action happens, and everyone comes out winning in the end. I would expect nothing less from a Sophie Kinsella novel. The problem is that Twenties Girl really needed an editor. The first half dragged and some of the storyline could have been cut completely. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t love it. I couldn’t help but compare it to Remember Me?, Kinsella’s last novel. Yes, it was about amnesia, but I liked it just the same.
Sadie’s ghost acts like a guide for Lara’s life, showing her who she is and why she is special. While Sadie helps Lara figure her life out, Lara uncovers some secrets that Sadie had been keeping for a very long time. A little bit of a mystery unfolds, a little action happens, and everyone comes out winning in the end. I would expect nothing less from a Sophie Kinsella novel. The problem is that Twenties Girl really needed an editor. The first half dragged and some of the storyline could have been cut completely. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t love it. I couldn’t help but compare it to Remember Me?, Kinsella’s last novel. Yes, it was about amnesia, but I liked it just the same.
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