Review Of Goodbye Jimmy Choo
Goodbye Jimmy Choo
By Annie Sanders
Izzy and Maddy are both feeling stuck. Izzy’s husband Marcus is out of work and their marriage is in trouble. Maddy doesn’t know what is going on with her husband, but he has been working late quite a bit and seems distant. To make matters worse, both Izzy and Matty have been forced to live in the English countryside, in a community where they both feel out of place.
When they meet each other at a child’s birthday party the two women feel an instant connection and decide to become friends. Then tragedy strikes and they become even closer as they battle adversity. Yet it is when they go into business together, marketing beauty products from decades old French recipes, that Izzy and Maddy form a bond that is as important and more unbreakable than any other relationship in their life.
Goodbye Jimmy Choo celebrates the power and strength of friendship between women. This book also offers a peek into the world of cosmetics, offering both an English and French flair. There are also some interesting supporting characters, including Izzy’s husband Marcus, who is brilliantly flawed but at times sympathetic as well.
However, the story does become a little bogged down in the middle, when it feels like nothing is really happening for chapters at a time. The book could have easily been shorter without detracting from the story. Also, a lot of the plot is told through description when dialogue or character action would have been more effective.
That aside, Goodbye Jimmy Choo is a wonderful book to curl up with on a rainy day. It is definitely a feel-good read, with strong female characters, humor, and a touch of the exotic. After reading this book you’ll feel like you traveled to England with your best friend, and it will have been well worth the trip.
Review by Laurel Osterkamp
originally posted on OnceWritten.com
By Annie Sanders
Izzy and Maddy are both feeling stuck. Izzy’s husband Marcus is out of work and their marriage is in trouble. Maddy doesn’t know what is going on with her husband, but he has been working late quite a bit and seems distant. To make matters worse, both Izzy and Matty have been forced to live in the English countryside, in a community where they both feel out of place.
When they meet each other at a child’s birthday party the two women feel an instant connection and decide to become friends. Then tragedy strikes and they become even closer as they battle adversity. Yet it is when they go into business together, marketing beauty products from decades old French recipes, that Izzy and Maddy form a bond that is as important and more unbreakable than any other relationship in their life.
Goodbye Jimmy Choo celebrates the power and strength of friendship between women. This book also offers a peek into the world of cosmetics, offering both an English and French flair. There are also some interesting supporting characters, including Izzy’s husband Marcus, who is brilliantly flawed but at times sympathetic as well.
However, the story does become a little bogged down in the middle, when it feels like nothing is really happening for chapters at a time. The book could have easily been shorter without detracting from the story. Also, a lot of the plot is told through description when dialogue or character action would have been more effective.
That aside, Goodbye Jimmy Choo is a wonderful book to curl up with on a rainy day. It is definitely a feel-good read, with strong female characters, humor, and a touch of the exotic. After reading this book you’ll feel like you traveled to England with your best friend, and it will have been well worth the trip.
Review by Laurel Osterkamp
originally posted on OnceWritten.com
posted by Laurel | 11:30 AM
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