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“I hate this book. Too bad because I loved the show. Not usually how it goes, the book is usually better than the movie or television show of the same name.”
Christele C wrote this review Monday, October 19 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“It was ok...having fallen in love with the characters of the TV show I found the book a bit harsh and more about the stories than about the characters.”
Carol B wrote this review Wednesday, October 7 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Sex and the City is about the dating, sex, kids and family lifestyle of the rich and the famous. Entertaining. Informative. Expose. Reality. The storytelling was not cohesive. It's jumping from one scene to another. It gets boring. The ending was so-so. ”
Lyda wrote this review Tuesday, September 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“The only Bushnell book that was seriously torture.”
Brett W wrote this review Thursday, September 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Really different than the TV show. Little vignettes but not much warmth or relationships among the characters. ”
Joanne D wrote this review Wednesday, September 23 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“An above-average read for the intimate friendship the narrator establishes with the audience. The reader feels, from page 1, that s/he is a valued confidante, always an insider to action. The characterization is strong, too - real characters, in real situations. That's why this book, without any life-changing revelations or hardline analyses of the human condition, still merits a 4-star rating in my opinion.
Eve-Marie L wrote this review Monday, September 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This is an absolutely fun book to read. There are times of outright laughter, and times where you just want to reach out and give one of the characters a hug. Life-changing? Probably not. But a great book that puts the single-girl's sometimes-crazy life in perspective? Yes. Have fun for a couple of hours and treat yourself to this guilty pleasure.
P.S. This is not HBO's SATC. You'll find Carrie and Mr. Big, but little other overlap. ”
“What a waste of time and money.I've left about 50 pages in the end and by no means i could force myself finishing the book.A plot i could not follow,characters so shallow,i don't know there wasn't anything that i liked about it.”
anna c wrote this review Friday, September 11 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I love this book. Even if it is kind of mind numbing.”
Tabitha S wrote this review Friday, September 4 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A must for every woman!”
Taylor A wrote this review Friday, August 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Ughsville. Candace Bushnell is no Carrie Bradshaw. I was hoping that the book would be chock full of Carrie’s clever, poignant narration from the show. But Candace Bushnell’s vision of Sex & The City is not optimistic or witty. It is hard for me to picture Candace Bushnell running from cab to cab throughout Manhattan wearing a 3-inch 400-dollar pair of Manolo Blahniks with silk scarves and Botticelli curls flailing behind her (adorable as her press photo is on back cover of the book). Candace Bushnell’s book is not the HBO series; it is not a mid-90’s version of a Jacqueline Susann novel. It is depressing, boring, disjointed, shallow, snobby, and utterly off-putting. And, yes, there are moments when the show veers into uncomfortable snobbery and shallowness, but, and I hate to type the word, really, it has Heart. For every designer name-drop, there is a brunch scene with Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha that makes my little heart lub dub enthusiastically. [Girl power, yall.] But no such brunches exist in Bushnell’s memoir/novel hybrid. No, this little paper back has no heart. Plenty of designers, no heart.
michelle wrote this review Friday, August 14 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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