I just love these books so much. Becky B never lets me down! My comfort series

2,5 stars.
E só mesmo pelas partes que me fizeram rir, porque se não tivesse bocados hilariantes, julgo que daria uma estrela.
Luke, Luke, onde estás tu?
Não há paciência para Rebecca, tudo bem que é a heroína, mas não devia levar um susto?
Luke abandoná-la, blábláblá, um pouco de drama?
As coisas que ela faz são inconcebíveis, ridículas, no entanto, Luke perdoa e ainda pede desculpa?
Ok, faz parte, é giro, é cómico, mas...
Basta!
É demais.
Não há como classificar um livro deste tipo com mais de 2,5 estrelas e acho que estou a ser mesmo muito simpática e pouco exigente.
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2.5 stars.
And just for the parts that made me laugh, because if it didn't have that hilarious bits, I think I'd give it only one star.
Luke, Luke, where are you?
No patience for Rebecca, okay she's the heroine, but shouldn't she be scared?
Luke abandon her, blablabla, a little drama?
The things she does are inconceivable, ridiculous, however, Luke forgives her and still apologizes? Okay, it's cute, it's comical, but...
Enough!
It's too much.
There's no way to rate a book of this type with more than 2.5 stars and I think I'm being really nice and undemanding.
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Very enjoyable. Becky is truly one of the most annoying characters I have read about, but it's still so funny; the situations she get's herself into, the conversations she has and the way she justifies certain actions. That woman lives in a completely different world. That makes this series definitely entertaining!

These books annoy the heck out of me but for some odd reason I keep reading them.

This time around Becky, the spoiled, materialistic bumble-head is unemployed and married to her sure to be long-suffering lover Luke. They spend the early part of the novel honeymooning around the globe for a year while Becky secretly spends all sorts of dough on silly trinkets and other assorted things (such as two dining room tables!) that Luke doesn't want or need. How the business savvy Luke remains oblivious to her spending is beyond me but oblivious he is until they return home and the huge trucks arrive with all of her secret purchases. He frets about the finances and puts her on a budget and, of course, she has a secret credit card that allows her to continue to do major damage. Luke nearly works himself to death while Becky is off putting his career in jeopardy so she can buy a trendy bag. Serves him right for marrying the bubble-head, if you ask me.

When Becky returns home from her travels she discovers she has a half sister and is overjoyed with visions of shopping, sleepovers, popcorn and spending endless hours watching Pretty Woman and Sleepless in Seattle with her new sis. It's difficult to believe this woman is nearing 30 because she thinks like a spoiled tween. Much to Becky's dismay she quickly learns that her new sister isn't all she dreamed her up to be. First off she hates shopping, is super thrifty, is an environmental activist and wisely wants nothing to do with Becky. Due to Becky's wildly self-destructive antics the new sis warms up to her and eventually opens up. This part of the book partially redeems Becky's silly behavior. As always, Becky means well in this novel and down deep has a good heart but she's such a materialistic airhead she makes me want to scream throughout most of the book. I'm sure I'll be back for more punishment when my library releases the next installment . . .

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Becky Bloomwood è ora una donna sposata. Dopo aver trascorso dieci mesi in luna di miele attorno al mondo, è pronta per tornare alla vita reale. Tuttavia alcune sorprese l’attendono: ha preso coscienza di non avere più un lavoro; la sua amica Suze sembra aver trovato una nuova migliore amica e, soprattutto, i suoi genitori si comportano in modo strano. Incuriosita, Becky inizia a fare supposizioni fino a quando saranno propri i due a rivelarle la verità: ha una sorella. Per la giovane è una notizia meravigliosa, già s’immagina a trascorrere serate in sua compagnia, giornate in giro per negozi, ma Jesse, questo è il suo nome, non è propriamente il suo clone.

“Sto tremando tutta. Jess è mia sorella. Non sono mai stata così sicura di qualcosa in vita mia. Devo trovarla. Devo dirglielo. Adesso.”

Il rapporto tra sorelle, specie agli occhi di chi non ne ha, risulta a dir poco idilliaco. Becky, animata da quanto ha letto nei romanzi e visto nei film, è elettrizzata dalla piega inaspettata che ha preso la sua vita. Nonostante continui a dedicarsi allo shopping (i souvenir acquistati ne sono la prova evidente), è una persona sensibile, attenta ai sentimenti. Dopo essere stata delusa da Suze, ripone tutte le sue speranze in Jesse, sarà lei il suo riscatto. Becky si impegna con tutta se stessa per creare una complicità con una persona sconosciuta, con la quale ha in comune la figura paterna.

Jesse cattura da subito l’attenzione del lettore. È sufficiente un rapido sguardo per rendersi conto di quanto i progetti di Becky siano destinati a naufragare. Jesse, abituata da sempre a contare solo su stessa, è parsimoniosa, attenta agli sprechi, trova inconcepibile la sola idea di spendere soldi in roba inutile e ha hobby ben lontani dalla visione di commedie romantiche e dall’acquisto di cosmetici o borse firmate. Il romanzo si fonda, dunque, sulla complessità del loro rapporto, sul gioco degli opposti e sulle ripercussioni che i comportamenti dell’una hanno sulla vita dell’altra. Da una parte c’è la leggerezza e la “frivolezza” di Becky e dall’altra l’assennatezza, che talora rasenta l’antipatia, di Jesse. Trovare una soluzione di compromesso è la vera sfida e le due dovranno dimostrare di essere all’altezza della situazione smussando un po’ i loro difetti, aprendosi reciprocamente a cambiamenti e nuovi orizzonti.

Lo stile della prosa è semplice, fluido e brioso. Accanto a numerosi eventi esilaranti, che divertono il lettore, si collocano altri più seri, ad alto contenuto emozionale che aprono la strada a riflessioni sul rapporto tra sorelle.

Un romanzo divertente e spassoso. Una lettura che, pur nell’assurdità di alcune situazioni narrative, riesce a infilare utili consigli di vita.

I was a bit underwhelmed by this, it had some humor, but not what I expected.
Sigh!

I feel like I SHOULD hate these books by now...they all follow the same pattern of "Becky shops, Becky gets in trouble from shopping, Becky reforms and swears she'll do better." ALL the same. And yet, these books are all so funny and entertaining that I can't put them down. They're excellent for when I want to read something light, because they're well-written and they have such likable characters. I will have a hard time not reading the next one right away. In fact, I might not succeed in that. :)

I really enjoyed this one. My favourite since the first and definitely an improvement over the last instalment. In this 4th novel in the Shopaholic series, Becky meets her half sister that she didn't know she had, and to her disappointment, she's her polar opposite.

So, obviously, we meet a new character. I didn't care much for Jess at first. She was a bit... actually no, a Lot extreme. I get she's thrifty and everything, but excited about getting free rotted bananas? Eeek. I did warm up to her at the end I guess. The long lost sister angle did add some emotional waves to the story, and we still had a lot of the good old gullible Becky and her inability to say No. I especially enjoy how she makes up these whole scenarios in her head of what she thinks she can make happen. It's so absurd that it's adorable.

Her relationship with Luke progresses, though slowly and a bit unrealistically. Still, I like Luke and I think they make a great couple. The books wouldn't be the same without them together. Suze appears a lot more in this novel than the last, which is great! She's so cute. Though I hope Danny will make another appearance. I loved his sense of humour.

I'm looking forward to continuing the series. The next could be very interesting since the title - Shopaholic and Baby - kind of gives away that she will be having a little one. That's inevitably going to be the foundation of plenty of humorous Becky moments.

I tried to re-read this again last night but only got half way through. Wow. I forgot how aggravating Becky was in this book. Selfish is not the word. We also get a ridiculous plot point included in this one with adding a character that was not needed at all. I still say that Kinsella adding Jess was the death knell to this whole series. I honestly thought she had better sense than Becky (which isn't saying much).

"Shopaholic & Sister" follows Becky 10 months into her honeymoon with her husband Luke. Becky thinks about going back home, but they still have 2 months to go. She and Luke though are getting tired of living out of hotels (poor things) and do miss their family. We find out that while they were away Suze had twins that are now about 2 months old. They decide to return home after Becky obsesses about a stupid bag. Of course Becky is shocked that things have moved on while she was away. Suze has another friend (another best friend it seems) and her parents appear to have secrets from her. Becky is finally told though that she has a half sister and that her name is Jess. Since Becky is feeling wounded over Suze she decides that she and her sister will be best friends and do tons of things together. Sometimes I forget that Becky is not 12 in this series even though she acts like it. Of course Jess is nothing like Becky and she hates shopping.

Becky is still obsessed with shopping (seriously there's a whole thing going on with regards to a stupid angel bag and Becky once again landing Luke in trouble cause she doesn't think) though Kinsella weirdly makes Becky way less likable in this one. She says and does a lot of terrible things to people in this one that I was just over. She apparently went to multiple countries and bought a ton of crap. Luke rightfully puts her on a budget after cutting up her credit cards and she gets all resentful about it. I just....look I will be here all day if I get into this, but she sucks.

The other characters have barely anything to do in this one since we just follow Becky around while she acts like an ass and lies about a lot of things.

The writing just lost it's sparkle for me in this one. The flow was okay, it's easy to read and ignore I think.

The ending made me roll my damn eyes. I think I was supposed to be all, yes Becky and all of that, but she's ridiculous and never pays any consequences for her behavior.

I found that Becky was more annoying in this book. She REALLY needs to start communicating with Luke. How much she hid from him was just driving me crazy this time. I am glad that she saw the error of her ways and I am hoping in the next book she is different...

I don't really remember what happened in this book. It's just one of those forgetable books. Nothing special.

Another book in the shopaholic series. Vol. 4. From the get-go I thought the idea of the book was a bit out there. After three okay books this fourth one stinks! Becky and Luke returns home from their honeymoon and immediately, Becky starts trouble - she has once again overspend and the appartment is stuffed with all kinds of things she's picked up during their ten months of travelling. On top of it all, she finds out she has a half sister who's completely different from her, for one thing the sister hates shopping.
The idea of the book doesn't work for me, and through the entire book I kept thinking how Becky could keep on being so stupid and not learn at all. I didn't think it was funny and only in very short passages was it even briefly amusing and the only reason I finished it, was because I want to read the fifth one where she gets a baby.
So this does definitely not come recommended by me...