The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder by Holly McQueen | Book Review
The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder by Holly McQueen My rating: 2 of 5 stars This could quite possibly be (OK, most certainly is...) THE most annoying fictional character that I have ever 'met.' The story-line is actually pretty great! But Isabel Bookbinder infuriated me throughout all 400+ pages. There is absolutely no one in the world that unfortunate - and absolutely no one that has that little sense of the world. And the procrastination!!!! Urgh!!!! As a novelist myself - I get some of what the author is trying to portray - but what angers me is that it's like Isabel doesn't really even want to write a book... she's too caught up in her own lala land to do so! I got this book because I've been missing London (a lot) recently and the closest I could come to it was to live vicariously through a book. It mentions places like The Wolsley (which is a place I have been lucky enough to dine at before,) and it was so good to read bits about London.... ...