(I took care to give no obvious spoilers about the story)

Title: Shopaholic! in alle staten (on Librarything)
Original title: Shopaholic abroad (also published as "Shopaholic takes Manhattan")
Author: Sophie Kinsella
Translator: Mariëtte van Gelder
Language: Dutch, original English
Series: Shopaholic #2
Reviews for other books by this author (up till now): The undomestic goddess
Format of publication: paperback
Number of pages: 301
Publisher: The House of Books, Vianen/Antwerpen, The Netherlands/Belgium
Year published: original English 2001, original Dutch 2002, my edition 2004
ISBN number: 9044305131
Topics: shopping for too many clothes and shoes
Reason for reading: I've seen people write enthusiastically about this series and I liked Kinsella's book "The undomestic goddess".
Recommended: No.

Short summary:
Becky spends too much money on clothes and shoes and gets into problems.

Back cover text:
Het leven is heerlijk, vindt Rebecca Bloomwood. Ze heeft haar schulden afbetaald en carrière gemaakt bij de televisie. Haar nieuwe levensmotto is: koop alleen wat je nodig hebt. Becky is vastbesloten zich daar aan te houden, hoewel... Die nieuwe broek is noodzaak en die twee paar schoenen pure overmacht. De rekeningen belanden in de la, die kloppen toch niet. Becky heeft nu geen tijd om zich daar mee bezig te houden. Haar vriend Luke gaat voor zaken naar Amerika. En zij mag mee! Hello New York, here I come. Op naar de opera en het museum. Maar éérst naar het winkelwalhalla op Fifth Avenue, naar Saks en Bloomingdale's en Prada. Overal is het uitverkoop, waar je een jurk kunt vinden voor tien dollar, of was het honderd? Geeft niet, dat geld lijkt wel speelgoed.
Voordat ze het weet is Becky weer veel te ver gegaan. Haar creditcards worden waardeloos - en haar relatie met Luke ook. Met een gebroken hart probeert ze te redden wat er te redden valt van haar geschonden reputatie.

English back cover text (from Amazon):
With her shopping excesses (somewhat) in check and her career as a TV financial guru thriving, Becky’s biggest problem seems to be tearing her entrepreneur boyfriend, Luke, away from work for a romantic country weekend. And worse, figuring out how to pack light. But packing takes on a whole new meaning when Luke announces he’s moving to New York for business—and he asks Becky to go with him! Before you can say “Prada sample sale,” Becky has landed in the Big Apple, home of Park Avenue penthouses and luxury boutiques.

Surely it’s only a matter of time until she becomes an American TV celebrity, and she and Luke are the toast of Gotham society. Nothing can stand in their way, especially with Becky’s bills miles away in London. But then an unexpected disaster threatens her career prospects, her relationship with Luke, and her available credit line! Shopaholic Takes Manhattan — but will she have to return it?

First paragraph:
Oké, geen paniek. Géén paniek. Het is gewoon een kwestie van goed regelen, kalm blijven en beslissen wat ik nu precies mee moet nemen. En het dan allemaal netjes in mijn koffer pakken. Ik bedoel maar, hoe moeilijk kan dat nou helemaal zijn?

Review:
Story:
I haven't read the first book or any other books in this series, so maybe I've missed some things, but it's very understandable without having read the other books.
I had expected a story about someone who spent too much money, but still... If you're looking for an excuse to spend money, you can find all different kinds of excuses in this book :P You do get an idea about why and how someone can spend so much money, causing a negative amount of money on her bank account. The descriptions of the shopping were written very much from the viewpoint of the shopper (Becky): why did she NEED to buy those things. Mostly clothing and shoes. And because she owns so much clothing, she does lend it to her friends (and friends of friends), which I do think is good.
In the end it works out well, but I doubt she learned much from it...
There weren't any characters I really liked, though, but it's a book that reads very quickly so I didn't spend much time with it.

Writing style:
It reads very easily. Written in 1st-person viewpoint.

Spelling errors/typos:
p. 64:
organisch = biologisch
p. 82:
...scherm verdwijnt. =
...scherm verschijnt.
p. 213:
Ik had Megan zullen vragen je nog te bellen. =
Ik had Megan moeten vragen je nog te bellen.
p. 298:
Want als je dat echt denk, ... =
Want als je dat echt denkt, ...

Conclusion:
Now I know what everyone's talking about, but I didn't like this book personally. Too many excuses for spending too much money...

Rereadability:
I'm not going to read it again.

This review can be found on my weblog here.

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