I like Mrs. Plansky. I like the fact that she refuses to fall behind the times just because she is getting older. I like that she is determined to still find joy and fun in life even though she is a recent widow. And I loved how she did not panic and fall apart when she finds out her money is gone. She is a fun character and I enjoyed following her adventure and listening to her internal dialogue as she works through everything. There were a lot of fun and interesting situations that she gets herself into. And you even start to like some of the people who scammed her. I was a little disappointed that this intelligent, savvy woman fell for a scam that seemed so obvious to the reader. And when she gets to Romania there are a lot of conspicuous coincidences that start to strain believability. But the book is a lot of fun to read and any criticism I have mentioned here did not lessen my enjoyment at all.