A Kept Woman by Louise Bagshawe, 0752843370, Lowest Book Price Finder

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Sooooooooooooo FANTABLIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is the first Louise Bagshawe book i have read and it is my all time favourite book i have ever read too.(ive only read 2 and a half books though. just kidding its 3. kidding. kidding.) You cannot put it down! I just LOVED it so so so much, i was so desperate to find out what happened next i sometimes sneaked a look at the next page while reading! ;-)

I love Miss Bagshawe, she ROCKS-big style!

I won't be reading her again

I thought this book was awful. Absolute cardboard characters; absurd and stereotyped extreme definitions of masculinity and feminity, and a totally unrealistic quick change from disgrace to massive success for Diana. Ick. And I didn't buy her reason for wanting to work under those conditions in the first place - why???

Some people have complained about the sexism, but this book is biased against men as well. We hear that "size matters" over and over and over again. Just ridiculous.

And the repetition - urghh. Diana's clothes are described over and over and over and over and over and over - so is Michael's masculinity, so is his driving need for business success, so is her devotion to him and his company, so is their fabulous sex life......etc. Where have all the editors gone? I think I got these points after I read them maybe 20 times or so.

I liked Sparkles OK but she seems really uneven. I won't be reading her again.

To clarify!

A Kept Woman is the UK version of For All The Wrong Reasons, therefore this is the book about Diana Verity. The title was changed in other markets.

As someone who has read all of Bagshawe's novels, this is one of the worst - stick with the Movie, Tall Poppies and Career Girls to see her best work, although the more recent The Devil You Know is her best book for a while.

You've got the wrong book, reviewer

Umm....I just saw online that there is a review saying that this story is about a woman named "Diana Verity". I haven't actually read THIS book, but that review that was given was for Mrs. Bagshawe's other novel, "For all the wrong reasons." That I know, is an AWESOME book, but as I said, I haven't read "A Kept Woman," yet. Just wanted to clarify for all the Louise Bagshawe fans out there!

Same old same old

I thought A Kept Woman was dreadful and marked the beginning of a decline in the standards of Louise Bagshawe's writing. After Venus Envy I was looking forward to another good read of the same calibre as her first four books but was left sorely disappointed with this effort; so much so that I nearly didn't buy When She Was Bad which was a marked improvement.
The most common theme throughout Louise Bagshawes's novels are two girls - one from high society and one from the wrong side of the tracks who invariably start off not knowing eachother then meeting making deadly enemies of eachother to then discovering they can both help eachother and become friends. There is always a sexy hero (normally American) and a slimy villain (normally English) who provide catalysts throughout the book for the heroine(s)' growth and development. I find this formula has become increasingly boring and tiring as Louise Bagshawe tends to use it throughout and merely adjusts the backdrop against which the story is set. Rarely does the hero drive a clapped out old banger with no tax or the heroine shop for her make-up in Boots. They are all Prada clad with perfect Christian Dior pouts and live a lifestyle very few of us will ever get the chance to experience. I feel it is about time Louise Bagshawe took a different approach and gave her readers something fresh and exciting.
Diana Foxton was not a likeable or believable character, her two dimensioned personality and complete lack of knowledge of the real world was annoying in the extreme while Michael Cicero merely came across as a male chauvanist who took pleasure in making her squirm.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone and unfortunately will not be reading Louise Bagshawe again.

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