Reviews for The Booster

The average rating for The Booster based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-08-09 00:00:00 Martin Southworth If you get into the whole psychological reason that the main character and othres are into shoplifting, it's a pretty good plot. If you read it only as a chic flick type of narrative, it doesn't work as well. I enjoyed it!

Review # 2 was written on 2009-05-15 00:00:00 Simon Menear The Booster tells the story of New Yorker Jillian Siegel. She is wealthy, has a great boyfriend and a good job in advertising... but she's also a shoplifter and emotionally fragile. A series of traumatic events in Jillian's life causes her to become a full time shoplifter with Shelly, a young woman she meets in jail. Soon, Jill and Shelly are working for an organized shoplifting syndicate and being trained for a big job. You couldn't entirely call this chick lit- and thank goodness for that- because this book covers some darker and more interesting territory than you'd expect in that genre. However, I didn't also think the book was entirely successful. It started out well, but Jill's questionable choices got a little unfathomable as the story went on. Also, the organized crime ring that pops up towards the end of the book stretches credibility a bit and really changes the tone of the story. And the ending was just a little too perfect and pat. I did admire what the author was trying to achieve and the unusual, non-cliche characters peppered throughout the story.