There's something about Becky, I must say that. The Shopaholic series isn't nearly as good as Kinsella's stand alone books. Becky's spending habits literally make me cringe, and I've had to put down Shopaholic books several times due to the anxiety they cause me. Yet I keep reading!

This book, however, had a total cliffhanger, which was kind of disappointing. I'd loved how the previous ones could for the most part be read alone. I'd also thought that this would be the last book of the series forever.

Of all the books, this was unfortunately probably my least favourite. I found myself really not liking Becky. I've never been able to relate very much to her, but I could always envision myself being friends with her. However, she really changed in this one and acted rather selfishly at a lot of points. Despite the ending, this really just wasn't the greatest.

I still maintain that Kinsella's standalone books are much better than the Shopaholic series; however, these books have still been a lot of fun to read and it's been great to see Becky in all these different scenarios.
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Il libro più debole di tutta la serie, quello che sinora mi è piaciuto di meno, dove per gran parte della vicenda troviamo una Becky quasi irriconoscibile, talmente presa da sé stessa tanto da rischiare di mandare all’aria tutta la sua vita.
Di contro Luke appare troppo tenero e accomodante tanto da riuscire a sopportare e perdonare quasi oltre il comprensibile.
Una storia, a mio gusto, tirata troppo per le lunghe e dove la voglia di apparire a tutti i costi raggiunge livelli incomprensibili anche per la Becky conosciuta nei libri precedenti.
In più il finale non mi è piaciuto per niente perché tutto rimane in sospeso e lo sciogliersi del “mistero” è rimandato al prossimo libro che spero sia decisamente migliore di questo che, per la sua inconsistenza e insipienza, riesce a far perdere punti a tutta la serie.
In definitiva una Kinsella del tutto irriconoscibile per un libro che sembra uscito dalle mani di una sua bruttissima copia.
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You got the struggle but there was no climax. It just left the reader guessing. And sad. I always feel sad towards the end when Becky’s world comes crumbling down, and everyone is mean to or disappointed in her. This time, there was no solution to that. I started to wonder, what if I die before I have a chance to read the next one? That is how depressing it was. ( )

Simple enough for a middle schooler to read (not a bad thing!!) with adults characters, making it a really fun beach read. I was hoping to cut this into a script for competitions, but the plot has a lot of small arcs so it might be hard. The ending felt a little rushed, Becky suddenly sees the error of her ways and rushes headlong into the cliff hanger. ( )

Not my favorite book in the series, but a solid one. I just wish I was laughing before page 80. ( )