3.5 AVERAGE


I tried. I really tried. But I can't stand Rebecca!!!! I like Kinsella's other books but the Shopoholic ones, I could live without

Too frustrating. I couldn't finish it. I'm quite a geek when it comes to economy. I love making budgets, and I save so much that I almost don't spend any money ever. This book made me want to slap someone. I think it was really clever in the way it was written, but it just wasn't for me.
funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I LOVED this book primarily because it was so very funny! Its not often that a book makes me literally Laugh Out Loud and this definitely did that for me. Of course not everything was perfect about the story though. I really did not like the fact that Rebecca was such a huge liar. Towards the end the frequency of her lies was really starting to get under my skin. All in all, it was very entertaining, and I look forward to reading the other Shopaholic books!

Esto es lo que mi marido llamaría "un libro para leer en el baño". Es chick-lit fácil y rápida, que te va contando la vida absolutamente insatisfactoria de Becky a los 25 años de edad, soltera, con un trabajo que odia y con un terrible problema de desorganización financiera.

Leí otras opiniones y decían cosas que "deberías preocuparte si te sientes identificada con la forma de gastar / manejar el dinero de Becky" y pensé "chín, ya valió". Porque la verdad es que yo sí entendía por momentos su necesidad de recompensar las cosas tristes o frustrantes comprándose algo bonito para ella. O esa actitud tan estúpida de "si no lo veo, entonces no existe y seguro se arreglará por sí solo". A lo mejor por eso empaticé con la protagonista.

O esa cosa de soñar con que algo mágico sucediera y de repente la vida se arreglara y fuera feliz. O cuando a pesar de todas las tonterías que hace, sale a relucir que en realidad no es una mala persona, solo atolondrada (muy).

El punto más bajo que veo en esta novela es que fuera de Becky, ninguno de los otros personajes parecen existir fuera de la necesidad de la protagonista. O sea, ella requiere padres, amigas, galanes o jefes. Y ellos están, pero no son adorables, entrañables u odiosos. Son muy planos, decorativos.

Son chistosas sus excusas para no pagar al banco, no te hacen carcajear pero sí rodar los ojos y pensar que hay qué ser sinvergüenza para inventarse todo eso. Y esas burradas que dice tipo "ahora seré recordada como la chica del pañuelo".

Cleverly written, but I had to keep putting it down because the protagonist's willfully stupid decisions triggered my anxiety. I also didn't buy her abrupt turn-around. I won't be reading the rest of the series.

DNF 50%. Usually I'm a fan of Kinsella, but this series jumps thru so many loopholes and provides such convenient fixes for some serious issues Rebecca has - I couldn't handle it.
I'm chalking up my inability to finish this up to the overall environment currently.

Usually I like books by this author, but I really didn't like the main character in this one. She was selfish, judgemental, and lied to everyone and in the end gets everything she wanted without having even changed that much.

Overall, I enjoyed the book and will probably read others from the series. However, two things really annoyed me about the book. #1 is that I don't know exchange rates, so I had no idea how much stuff that she bought actually cost and thus had a hard time relating. #2 the main character infuriated me by not taking charge of her finances. I can't stand it when people don't deal with reality. Somehow, I got past that and finished reading the book and enjoyed it well enough.