Filthy Rich - Wendy Holden (Filthy Rich - Wendy Holden)

Member Name: dippykitty

Product:	Filthy Rich - Wendy Holden
Date:	05/03/09 (25 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: It was good value for the size

Disadvantages: Plot was dull, most characters were boring

Introduction
I bought this book from my local supermarket for around £3.63, which I thought would be good value as the book was quite thick.

The Plot
There isn't much going in the way of plot in this book. The book follows a handful of villagers in the fictional setting of Allsop. These include Mary - whose husband Monty owns a country manor that they can't afford to keep going, Beth - an American who owns a second home in the village and is keen to be an English rose, Morag - a domineering activist who terrifies most of the residents, Catherine - a teacher at the local school, Philip - a solicitor whose wife died in a car crash, and Alexandra - a football WAG who has her sights set on buying property in the village and creating her dream home (read montrosity). These thin plotlines come together around the village allotments as various characters (mainly Morag and Alexandra) begin to clash over ownership.

The Characters
Most of the characters annoyed me to a certain extent. There just wasn't enough of a plot to maintain any interest in them for the most part. Alexandra, Morag and Beth were probably my "favourite" characters, although that was mostly only because they made things slightly less dull.

Overall Verdict
For a thick book, this was pretty dull. Towards the end, I was losing the will to live in terms of actually finishing it. I usually keep on reading a good book as I can't put it down but I had no trouble leaving this one alone for several days before I tried to summon up the enthusiasm to pick it up again. I would describe this book as average at best as it did nothing for me at all and I was quite relieved to get to the end and be done with it!

Summary: Not great