Becky thought being married to Luke Brandon would be one big Tiffany box of happiness. But to be honest, it's not quite as dreamy as she'd hoped.
The trouble started on honeymoon, when she told Luke the tiniest little fib, about the teeniest little purchase. Now she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend. Then she receives some incredible news. She has a long-lost sister!
Becky has never been more excited. Finally, a real sister! They'll have so much in common! They can go shopping together... choose shoes together... have manicures together...
Until she meets her - and gets the shock of her life. It can't be true. Surely Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister can't... hate shopping?
Sophie Kinsella has sold over 40 million copies of her books in more than 60 countries, and she has been translated into over 40 languages.
Sophie Kinsella first hit the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in the Shopaholic series – The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide. Becky has since featured in seven further bestselling books, Shopaholic Abroad (also published as Shopaholic Takes Manhattan), Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic & Sister, Shopaholic & Baby, Mini Shopaholic, Shopaholic to the Stars and Shopaholic to the Rescue. Becky Bloomwood came to the big screen in 2009 with the hit Disney movie Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy.
Sophie has also written seven standalone novels which have all been bestsellers in the UK, USA and other countries around the world: Can You Keep A Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, Wedding Night, and My Not So Perfect Life, which was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Best Fiction in 2017.
In 2014 she published a Young Adult novel Finding Audrey about a teenage girl with social anxiety and her madcap family, and in January 2018, Sophie published her first illustrated book for young readers about the charming adventures of a mother-daughter fairy duo, Mummy Fairy and Me (also published as Fairy Mom and Me).
Sophie’s latest novel, Surprise Me, published in February 2018, presents a humorous yet moving portrait of a marriage—its intricacies, comforts, and complications. Surprise Me reveals that hidden layers in a close relationship are often yet to be discovered.
Sophie wrote her first novel under her real name, Madeleine Wickham, at the tender age of 24, whilst she was working as a financial journalist. The Tennis Party was immediately hailed as a success by critics and the public alike and became a top ten bestseller. She went on to publish six more novels as Madeleine Wickham: A Desirable Residence, Swimming Pool Sunday, The Gatecrasher, The Wedding Girl, Cocktails for Three and Sleeping Arrangements.
Sophie was born in London. She studied music at New College, Oxford, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She now lives in London, UK, with her husband and family.
I loved the series when I read it many years ago, but not as much this time around. My humor must have evolved and I must have become more serious and boring. Also I was more frustrated with Becky. Still, it deserves stars for giving me joy once upon a time!
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 . . .
I don't know why but for some reason I liked this book better the second time around. I read this book 5 or 6 years ago and I didn't love it. Shopaholic & Sister has always been my least favorite. I almost skipped rereading it but I decided to give it another shot. I'm glad I did because I found this book to be so charming and now I can't remember why didn't like it the first time.
Shopaholic & Sister is book 4 of the Shopaholic series starring Becky Bloomwood. I'm gonna state facts here Becky is fucking lunatic. She the kind of person that I hope only exists in a work of fiction. Becky is a degenerate shopping addict and she's spoiled rotten.
And Yet....
I love her and I love this series. The Shopaholic series is a fun, fast paced read. I like to think of it as Literary Cotton Candy. It's not good for you but it sure does taste good.
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Like I've said before, I absolutely love Sophie Kinsella's writing style. She creates such strong characters with very different personalities and has them get into the weirdest and funniest situations. I honestly thought I would get bored with this series as I kept reading on, but the opposite is actually true! I can't wait to read the fifth book, Shopaholic & Baby and laugh even more!
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. ════ ⋆ ★ ⋆ ════ ⋆ ★ ⋆ ════ ⋆ ★ ⋆ ════ ⋆ ★ ⋆ ════ 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. ════ ⋆ ★ ⋆ ════ ⋆ ★ ⋆ ════ ⋆ ★ ⋆ ════ ⋆ ★ ⋆ ════
Becky and Luke Brandon have gotten married and just spend an entire year on a world tour honeymoon where Luke has been relaxing and seeing the sights and Becky has been secretly shopping (because, of course!) As always, this book is absolutely hilarious, taking us on Becky’s shopping addiction snafus, this time with an international kick, as Becky stalks an Angel purse in Milan, and chases aquamarine jewelry while doing yoga (I loved that scene.) At home, Becky is struggling somewhat. Her best friend Suze has three babies to look after, and has made a new close friend while she was away. And then Becky gets some startling news in the form of a half-sister she never knew she had… and things don’t go according to plan on that front either. As always, this had Becky’s comedic scenes and hilarious shopping disasters for a lighthearted fun read.
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. :)
By this book, Becky Bloomwood is too annoying to read about. It's the same crap over and over again, and after three books of reading the same jokes, she's no longer funny, she's infuriating. I think that's the problem with this series. Since the main character suffers from an addiction, she's obviously supposed to exhibit the same behavior time after time. But this series is supposed to be funny, and if you hear a joke too many times, it loses its humor. Not only that, but since Becky never shows any improvement in the subsequent novels, it makes their endings worthless. In each book, Becky has some big epiphany at the end and we're led to believe that she's going to be more level-headed about her shopping, but then every sequel starts with Becky acting just as stupid as she was in the very beginning. It kind of makes you feel like everything she goes through is for nothing.
Becky also reaches extreme levels of stupidity--oops, I meant "ditziness"--in this novel. At least in the first two books she had SOME intelligence, but here she's just plain dumb. Sophie Kinsella has stated that she originally planned her "Shopaholic" series to end after the third one, in which Becky gets married to Luke. According to her, she just missed Becky too much and decided she had to bring her back! Well, it shows. This plot is extremely contrived. All of a sudden Becky has a long lost sister whose biggest personality trait is her hate for shopping? Gimme a break. It would've been a better move for Kinsella to just skip straight to "Shopaholic & Baby" (which also sucks but is better than this one) and not bother with such a dumb storyline.
Personally, I think Kinsella should have ended this series after "Shopaholic Takes Manhattan."
WHEN IS BECKY GOING TO LEARN HOW TO BE A HALF WAY REASONABLE HUMAN BEING???
Oh my god, I just get increasingly ANGRY at her inability to be ration for more than two seconds. I don't understand how this woman is supposedly an adult. How long does it take to figure out that LYING and HIDING STUFF never is a good idea? Especially when she does it?
This girl just doesn't learn. Maybe I just hate when people unnecessarily lie to their partners and best friends.
And I am totally pissed at Danny for being a flake.
Becky and Luke are married now and they have had their honeymoon visiting so many different places. When they come back, a lot has changed. Becky finds out that she has a sister. Suzie has had twins and a new best friend.
Becky is all excited about having a sister but all her excitement comes crashing down when she finds out that her sister is nothing like her. First of all, she's not a shopaholic like Becky. Secondly, she's all about the environment again unlike Becky. And she doesn't really want to hang out with Becky. So Becky has to find a way to have her sister in her life.
This one had a lot more drama than the previous books and not as many laugh out loud moments but I liked the story nonetheless. I did expect Becky to have grown up after the third book in the series but for a little while she reverts back to her old ways and I thought here we go but then she kinda matures again.
Book Four is set ten months after the events of book 3. Becky and Luke have been gallivanting all over the world, exploring ancient sites and shopping for souvenirs. Well, the latter is really just Becky! With the recent news that Suze's twins are about to be christened, Becky and Luke return to London in the hopes of surprising everyone. But England holds a few surprises of its own. First, Suze appears to have replaced Becky with a new best friend. Second, Becky finds out that she has a half-sister, Jessica. Excited to have someone to bond with, Becky's hopes are very high. But do these two women actually have anything in common?
Becky Bloomwood Brandon is highly entertaining as always. With only two Shopaholic books left and book 4 really giving a good cliffhanger, I can only imagine what antics are still to come.
That should be a proper title, for one of Mrs. Kinsella's worst products, as poor characters, a slim plot and a too expeditious final can't never make a good book. Speaking about heroines, you don't know what do do first: to be merciful or to disdain Becky, not necessarily a bad girl, but egocentric, snob, liar, impulsive, spoiled, jealous( of course, without reason...) childish in the most horrible way, as you have to wait almost four hundred pages for her first intelligent words, about the price of the bread. Her sister, Jess may be a more decent creature, but her avarice is terrible paltry: water, second hand-coffee, potatoes, spoiled bananas, recycled paper. The result is that you can't enjoy the book and that's a pity. So two stars are more than enough. Even perhaps one too many...
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.
Shopaholic and Sister is the fourth installment in Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series and is my favorite to date. Becky Bloomwood just tries so, so hard and it all just bites her in the end. This installment focuses on more than just her spending addiction so I think it was the perfect reprieve in that regard. I enjoyed it so much!
It’s been ages since I read this the first time. I could not remember much about it at all and think I enjoyed it more the second time around. This time, not everything is rosy with Rebecca Bloomwood and she has to experience some difficult life-lessons.
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!
Another great addition to the Shopaholic series - Sophie Kinsella once again brings Becky, a quirky but lovable character back into the fray with a wonderful mix of weary world traveling, sisterhood and of course, more shopping!!
We pick Becky up at the end of a 10-month honeymoon with her new hubbie Luke – they’ve been all over the world and Becky’s got a lot of shopping to show for it – but it’s easy – she just buys and has it all shipped home – she’ll worry about where to put it all later! Becky decides to surprise her parents and her best friend Suze – by arriving in England unexpectedly. Becky’s in for a rude surprise – she seems to have been forgotten by her best friend Suze, who’s had twins since Becky left for her honeymoon and along with the twins, she’s got a brand new buddy that doesn’t seemed too thrilled about Becky’s return. Even her parents don’t seem too thrilled to see her and there’s some girl lurking in the background – who can she be? Well, Becky finds out that she’s got a sister. It seems that before her parents met, Becky’s dad had a romance with a flight attendant and never knew that she’d had a baby girl that she named Jessica. Becky is thrilled to hear about her sister and decides that the best way to bond is by…what else? Shopping!! She quickly learns that Jess doesn’t like shopping (Gasp!) and basically finds Becky to be irresponsible and shallow. Becky is determined to change her sisters’ mind and travels to the English countryside where Jess lives in order to bridge the gap and find her way into her sisters’ heart. Will Becky and Jess become soul mates? Will Jess learn to love shopping? Sophie Kinsella delights her readers once again as she takes us on adventure to find out!
During all the action, we get the story from Luke’s perspective a little more – we see why he loves Becky so much and in seeing her through his eyes, we learn to love her just a little bit more!
I read a few books between the last book (…Ties the Knot) and this one, but I found myself falling back into the story easily - It was nice to hear about Becky again! This was a fun story and the ending leads you right into the next book in the series – that’s right, I think it might be time for our Shopaholic to have a Baby!!
During the entirety of this book, I had the following phrase repeatedly creating a spot in my mind, "It's all in your head."
Shopaholic & Sister is my first ever Sophie book & I enjoyed reading it by the end. Since I'm not actually a remarkably brand-conscious individual nor an avid shopper, the first half was getting on my nerves, all gratitude to Becky. I couldn't comprehend how one could be so ignorant & frantic to go & shop all the time. But once Becky's sister entered the account, I couldn't resist laughing at all the silliness.
I would like to thank the library, Books on the Move, for making it feasible for me to read the writer's book.
Actually, it's a light read, but I don't suppose I'll ever re-read this one. This is book four in the series, yet, I could read it as a standalone without any connection to the last narratives.
Becky and Luke are back from their honeymoon after travelling many places such as Paris, Amsterdam and Australia. Alot of thing have happened since she went on honeymoon, Suzie has twins, a new best friend (a dis likeable one at that) and her parents are acting strange (due to the fact of discovering her dad has another daughter).
The Angel bag is the start of all the problems (Nathan Temple being one) or should I say drama's of the book. Along with all the other pieces of rubbish she brought on honeymoon. I really thought she'd changed in #3 but I was wrong the shopaholic is back. This woman has alot to thank Ebay for.
I love how her sister Jess hates shopping, Becky not everyone likes shopping but it's okay for you not to like rocks either. I find Jess very hot and cold one minute I find her funny the next I don't like how she treats Becky just for being different. Jess is at her most annoying to me in the supermarket I really was yelling shut up inside my head. However in parts I don't like how Luke is treating her either. I feel she's being underestimated again just like Becky i get the impression Luke thinks she is crap and Jess is fab. It is like Becky is so inferior and I don't like that because she's not even with the shopping habit.
Becky makes her way to Cumbria (where Jess is from) and I love the descriptions of the place having grew up there I was loving being reminded of Kendal Mint Cake and many other of the beauties up in the north.
Up a mountain Becky has an accident and it takes her running off and having this accident for everyone to crowd round her again. Jess is at her best towards the end of this book, Suzie is back to normal and Luke would have been full of guilt if she hadn't pulled through. Maybe he should have said don't be like Jess be like you a little sooner. However Becky does sort of score her own points against him with the protest which was funny.
Cover: 8 Plot: 9 Characters: 9 World Building: 8 Flow: 9 Series Congruity: 9 Writing: 8 Ending: 8
Total: 8
In Dept
Best Part: Good character development. Worst Part: I hated Jess, at first. Thoughts Had: Ugh Jess; Oh nooo; really?!?
Conclusion
Continuing the Series: yes Recommending: yes
Short Review: I love this series. I am a bit irked at the ending, not gonna spoil, but lets say i don't see how they can just assume and go with it. Anyhow, bad Becky keeping secret credit cards in compacts, genius idea thou. Jess, Becky's Sister, annoyed the crap out of me greatly, untill the last 10% or so, then i fell in love with her :) I am excited to see how this goes next.
Becky and Luke are back from their honeymoon after travelling many places such as Paris, Amsterdam and Australia. Alot of thing have happened since she went on honeymoon, Suzie has twins, a new best friend (a dis likeable one at that) and her parents are acting strange (due to the fact of discovering her dad has another daughter).
The Angel bag is the start of all the problems (Nathan Temple being one) or should I say drama's of the book. Along with all the other pieces of rubbish she brought on honeymoon. I really thought she'd changed in #3 but I was wrong the shopaholic is back. This woman has alot to thank Ebay for.
I love how her sister Jess hates shopping, Becky not everyone likes shopping but it's okay for you not to like rocks either. I find Jess very hot and cold one minute I find her funny the next I don't like how she treats Becky just for being different. Jess is at her most annoying to me in the supermarket I really was yelling shut up inside my head. However in parts I don't like how Luke is treating her either. I feel she's being underestimated again just like Becky i get the impression Luke thinks she is crap and Jess is fab. It is like Becky is so inferior and I don't like that because she's not even with the shopping habit.
Becky makes her way to Cumbria (where Jess is from) and I love the descriptions of the place having grew up there I was loving being reminded of Kendal Mint Cake and many other of the beauties up in the north.
Up a mountain Becky has an accident and it takes her running off and having this accident for everyone to crowd round her again. Jess is at her best towards the end of this book, Suzie is back to normal and Luke would have been full of guilt if she hadn't pulled through. Maybe he should have said don't be like Jess be like you a little sooner. However Becky does sort of score her own points against him with the protest which was funny.
2020 Толкова бързо свършва поредната книга от серията. И така ме разсмя отново. Беки и пестене. Колко може да трае това? 2018 Това , което ми се иска в момента е да имам фантазията на Софи Кинсела . Уникална ! Разбира се и чувството й за хумор. В тази част от серията, Беки разгръща своя потенциал до невиждани висоти, организирайки екологичен протест и какво ли още не. Но култовия момент за мен си остава този , в който пред смаяния поглед на продавачката в магазина, разбива с перфоратор пудрата си , за да извади поредната кредитна карта. Ха маха , ще я лишават от средства и то в Милано ! Да, ама не, не знаят на какво е способна. Да, на пръв поглед изглежда като една разглезена и повърхностна кифла. Но я и дайте кауза за която да се бори и тогава ще видите вие. Искам я за приятел !
Another great book from Sophie Kinsella. These books are funny and very entertaining. They are a great way to escape from life for a few hours although I’ve read them once before it was quite awhile ago so it was like reading them for the first time.
Becky Bloomwood is finally married to Luke Brandon and after a 10-month honeymoon the pair decide it's finally time to head home and Becky decides to not tell anyone they're returning and instead leave it as a surprise. It's Becky that's in for a surprise though when her parents start acting weirdly and best friend Suze reveals she may well have found herself a new best friend. Becky's parents finally admit what is wrong with them and it turns out Becky has a sister named Jess. To Becky that means someone to have girly nights in with and to go shopping with but is shocked to learn that Jess doesn't actually like shopping. Is that really possible? Can Becky Bloomwood's long-lost sister really hate shopping?
As you're probably sick of hearing, I'm re-reading the entire Shopaholic series in expectation for the brand new one out in September. I wanted to read them all one after another to see how well they flowed together and to maybe pick up on little tidbits I may have missed the first time around. I've now reached book four in the series, Shopaholic and Sister, which is the book I remember best and I couldn't wait to get stuck in a second time!
I suppose you can guess from the title that the books revolve around someone who likes to shop and while that is a huge focus on the first two books, it isn't as in your face with the next two. Shopaholic Ties The Knot was mainly focused on Becky's wedding to Luke and this one, Shopaholic & Sister, is focused on Becky's new-found, long-lost sister Jess and the relationship she envisages the pair of them having. Yes, there's still a lot of shopping to be done, but nowhere near as close as the shopping she does in the first two books. Obviously it would get a bit boring if Becky continually fought debt problems so these new problems and struggles make a welcome change.
I quite liked the idea of Becky having a sister. Even more so, when the blurb tells us she's the polar opposite of Becky. Obviously because Becky is Becky Bloomwood she gets all in a tizz about being a sister and begins to imagine how everything will pan out between the pair... girly nights in, fantastic shopping trips, doing each other's make-up etc. so it's a culture shock when Becky learns Jess is a bit of a skinflint. The interactions between the pair is hilarious and I loved just how different they appeared. If Becky was shocked about all of that, she also had to deal with Suze, her best friend since forever, suddenly finding a new friend plus the shock of spending 24/7 with Luke to suddenly barely seeing him. Shopaholic and Sister certainly seemed the most difficult struggles Becky has to face!
As always I loved Becky. Having such a tight sister to compare her to does make her seem a bit spoilt but I think we know that now anyway so it's not as if it's a huge surprise. I could totally understand why Becky was so excited to find out she had a sister, who wouldn't want to find out that after years of being an only child, they suddenly have a long-lost sister, it's a dream come true, surely? I was sad with Becky when she realised Jess was nothing like she imagined and after being with her through four books (with at least two more to go), it is as if I really know Becky. Strange, but true. I still think Luke is fantastic, he and Becky have some struggles but you just know it'll all be OK in the end somehow. I missed Suze, I must admit, she was definitely not around as much as I would have liked, obviously so the plot between she and Becky could develop, but I did miss her. The addition of Jess was a master-stroke and I really really loved her. I don't care if she was the total opposite of Becky, I liked her for who she was and, it turns out, she wasn't as bad as I thought she was going to be!
The book, like the rest of the series, is told entirely from Becky's point of view in a chatty and conversational style. The letters from banks and shops and what-not are still interspersed between chapters (and are as hilarious as ever). I could wax lyrical for hours and hours about how fantastic Sophie Kinsella is. I mean, four books in and the books aren't tired or getting boring, they haven't jumped the shark in anyway. It's a series like I've never read before. Not many books could get to the fourth book and still be fantastic and enjoyable reads (it even extends past the 5th, since I loved Shopaholic & Baby, too). It will be a sad, sad day when Sophie Kinsella announces there'll be no more Becky Bloomwood. I just hope that day is far far away!
I don't know if I can say how much I am glad that I am finished with these 4 books! I think I said it in the book reviews for each of the other 3, and I'll say it again: THIS GIRL MAKES ME CRAZY!
Sure, there are some entertaining things in these books, and the whole sister thing is like a Lucille Ball show, but her lying and shopping make my stomach hurt. Literally. As I read each of these books, I actually felt concern for the predicaments she was getting into!
Several people have said they didn't like/get the whole shopping thing. I think I understand that part, actually. It's more the lying that concerns me. She lies constantly and about everything. Even things that don't need to be lied about!
Yes, these books are good for the plane (which is where I think I read this one), and they're nice and lite, but . . . I'm glad I'm done with the series. And I just hope there aren't any more! If she writes more like Can You Keep a Secret?", I'd read them in a heartbeat. And if that book gets a sequel, I'd be all over it. But Shopaholic I'm done with!
It's really hard to rate this book because on one hand it was completely addictive but on the other, I was majorly disappointed with the way Becky was acting. At the expense of comedy, she took her stupidity to a whole new level.
Becky and Luke's honeymoon around the world has come to an end and they're ready to get back into the lives they left behind in England. Wanting to surprise her parents and her best friend Suze, Becky returns home without warning but their reactions are not what she is expecting. Suze is juggling with her kids and appears to have made a new best friend and her parents act shady as they prepare to break some news to Becky (no surprise, since it's in the book title: Becky has a sister)! The sisters are so different but Becky is prepared to make it work and it's a tough job. Even worse, Luke and Becky's relationship becomes rocky when Becky meddles in his job and gets caught up in a long period of lying and avoiding the problem at whatever cost.
To be fair, Becky always manages to redeem herself and I enjoy the last few chapters the most. She always manages to revert back to her annoying ways at the start of a new book. I'm hoping in Shopaholic and Baby she will be more responsible throughout!
Ben Sophie Kinsella okumaya bu seriyle başlamıştım.Hatta okuduğum ilk kitabı olan Alışverişkolik Ve Evlilik roman okumaya ciddi bir şekilde başladığım ilk zamanlara aittir. Seriye ilk okuduğum kitabından da anlaşılacağı üzere biraz tersten başladım.Daha sonra Mini Alışverişkolik'i okumuştum.Sonrasında da filmini izledikten sonra ilk kitabı alıp okudum ki filmine bayılıyorum keşke devamını da çekseler :) Alışverişkolik Ve Bebeğini de okumuştum ve okumadığım sadece bu kalmıştı yeni çıkan haricinde. Bu kitap da her Sophie Kinsella kitabı gibi çok eğlenceliydi.Aslında uzun bir kitap sayılır ama nasıl bittiğini anlamadım bile :) Becky bazı zamanlar beni çok fazla kızdırsa ve sinir etse de napalım onu da bu şahsına münhasır kişiliğiyle seviyoruz :) Ayrıca Luke'u çok severim belirtmeden geçemeyeceğim.Kendisi ilk book boyfriendlerimden biridir ;)