Customer Rating:  
Summary: Incredibly superficial
Comment: This has nothing to do with being a goddess - unless your definition is to have the latest lipstick and high heels.
This book has the most misleading cover of all time. It looks absolutely beautiful but it's empty and devoid of anything even slightly beautiful. Just spend, spend - "wow, so fabulous darling"
Keep away from this, and her other Goddess book - unlike me who keeps being attracted to it in the mind, body, spirit section of the bookshops and disappointed every time.
Neicey - the Green Queen
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good, frivolous fun
Comment: I have a mild addiction to books like these, and this rates very highly - the layout is gorgeous, the tips are handy, and the style is warm.
However, there are some atrocious spelling errors, as well as some outdated information. The book would have benefited from a more eagle-eyed editor.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Lacking
Comment: I bought this book maybe expecting too much because I gained very little! The cover is lovely and the pages are lovely, but the content is very trivial and really only based on the author's favourite shops etc. I think the title is misleading it is not a Goddess Guide but someone who has written a book listing the things that they like. As the book went on I read less and less and finally just flicked through the last few pages.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Dissappointing
Comment: This is a very beautifully illustrated book and makes for an interesting read. However i was slightly disappointed with it as it was just not what i was expecting. The book is a narration of the author's life essentially and gives useful tips on how to get pen marks off your bags, and clean your suede shoes for example but unfortunately i found it to be slightly boring and too personal, i found myself flicking through most of her memories that outline each new section. I expected the book to be more of a guide to how you should create your own style, for example when it comes to fashion; good places to find great heels, black dresses, how to apply your makeup, great places for cocktails and so on but it was more a biographical account of one persons own experiences which are always going to be different to how someone else experiences them. The majority of tips and advice she gives don't really relate to the average woman but someone essentially with a lot of money. This book definitely provides useful tips on what to look for when for example buying a suit etc but in my opinion a lot of it is not things people need to be told. It is aimed at a certain type of person who perhaps doesnt have time to go out and find new places, bars, restaurants etc and prefers having a list of good places to go, where they can get their teeth re-done, laser treatments etc which of course there is nothing wrong with. Overall i would recommend it for its more practical advice rather than it being a good read.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Overrated
Comment: I saw this advertised in one of my magazines and thought "Wow! I have to get that book!", so out I went. However, I was actually rather disappointed with it. Looks beautiful on my bookshelf, but I have only read it once. The content is the same as many other similar books of the genre, and after a while this gets a bit same-y and nothing sets it apart from the others! There are the few odd good bits, but they are outnumbered by the not so good, in my opinion. I imagine it would be a fantastic book for a person new to these types of books, but for those who it is not, I would borrow it from someone before buying.
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