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Summary: Chick Lit Takes on Manhattan
Review: "Bergdorf Blondes" takes the reader into the world of Park Avenue princesses and New York celebutantes. The narrator, known simply as "moi," is considered the "champagne bubble girl of the moment." She and her best friend Julie Bergdorf, the perfect Park Avenue blonde, run around New York attending charity balls, restaurant openings, and high profile baby showers. They dress perfectly and eat nothing. They spend ample amounts of time with other perfect dressers and talk about clothes, the food they don't eat, and men.While I liked this book and found the numerous anecdotes about Manhattan amusing, I was disappointed that the characters never grew. Perhaps that was point. However, I would still recommend to lovers of chick lit everywhere (and those who read W and Vogue and Harpers) as the book goes into tremendous depth about a very shallow world. It is fun--and it is also a fast read.
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Summary: If you want to read fun, light chick lit...
Review: ... look elsewhere. Bergdorf Blondes is boring, dull non-lit.
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Summary: For some reason I liked this one
Review: .... perhaps it was the fantasy of having the money to do what Moi did. All of the fabously rich things this nameless character, who refers to herself as Moi throughout, did kept me glued to the pages for some reason. I particularly enjoyed Moi's little acronmys!
I believe that the authors intention was for the main character to be a bit obnoxious as many of the reviews seem to imply. I think Moi was supossed to piss us off, and secretly make us wish we had the very life we are hating on as we read. I believe it was the authors intention to poke fun at the lives of the fabously rich, and show the reader what young, shallow, rich bombshells do on a daily basis and what they may be thinking.
While it really had no story to it, for some reason I still think it is worth reading. Take this one for what it's worth. Don't go into it thinking you're going to get a philoshophy lesson, just read it and laugh.
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Summary: Terrible
Review: A previous reviewer wrote that this book looked "like it was written by a 12-year-old." I beg to differ. Most twelve-year olds are better writers than Ms. Sykes. They know that writing a novel takes more than naming every brand available at Berfdorf's - it takes an interesting plot and interesting characters, both of which are sorely missing from BB.
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Summary: Call It Society Sex in the Psychotically Funny City
Review: Bergdorf Blondes is a frightening funny novel about a pack of predatory Park Avenue Princesses in search of a PH (Potential Husband). Set in post 9/11 New York City and authentically complete with devilish details about sample sales, botox injections and Brazilian bikini waxes, this book offers readers the rare opportunity to observe celebutantes in their natural habitat: charity balls, private jets and 4-star restaurants.
Rather than take easy sucker punches at Manhattan's privileged party girls, first time novelist, Plum Sykes, instead lovingly explores the experiences and exploits of a group of twenty and thirty-something women, who will one day rise to the status of Ladies Who Lunch, provided they can find the kind of fiance who they believe will make a girl's complexion glow, as no dermatologist can.
Does it matter at all that these women see their fiances as stepping stones to a better life and better invitations, rather than true life partners? Not in the slightest. These heiresses eye eligible men as any successful predator would: as fair game in the hunt for sustenance, provided of course, the camouflage is of the haute couture variety, the meal is strictly low-carb, and the transportation to and fro is on a PJ (allegedly New York society-ese for a private jet.)
Rather than express their horror that this is the way some chose to live their lives, readers should instead sit back, turn the pages and observe as newcomer Plum Sykes exposes the city's charity circuit for what it is: a nervous group of strangely ambitious women who would rather work like ditch diggers to remain forever young, rather than develop the strength of character that will keep them interested and interesting long after they've traded in their Manolos for sadly sensible flats.
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Summary: Loved it, A Great Fun Read!
Review: Despite having hesitations about this book from reading past reviews, I was pleasantly surprised that I ended it loving this book! It's a great fun read, that kept me interested and entertained throughout. If you like shallow, light-hearted chick lit, then this is for you!
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Summary: Bergdorf Blondes is the BEST!
Review: I loved this book!! If you like Candace Bushnell and Jane Green... READ IT!! I loved the story and thought it was cute and CRAZY! Plum Sykes is AWESOME!! I loved this look into Manhattan princesses lives! ( : Read this book because you will NOT be disapointed! ( :
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Summary: Skip This One
Review: I was very excited by the book's premise--love the title and cover--however the read left me short. The heroine wasn't easy to connect to. The Manhattan name dropping (legs feeling like strands of Da Silvano's pasta and eating a magnolia cupcake) became gratuitous. Did the author get a commission from Chloe jeans?
A few cute moments but overall disappointing.
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Summary: Boring and disappointing
Review: I wish I had read the reviews on this one and saved my money. I did read the whole book but it was pretty boring and predictable. I did not care about the main character at all, wondered exactly why she was a Bergdorf Blonde (it never explains where she got her money from). I heard they are making a movie from this book and I hope it will be more exciting. My advice is not to bother with this.
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Summary: terrifically sad...not even a "fun" read
Review: My super sweet airhead (but wonderful) friend that I have known forever gave me this book to borrow and read. I was forced so I dug in with full force. I am not a literary snob. I've read my share of classic literature, but also know when to sit down with a light book too.
This book is poorly written. Not only is it poorly written, but it is only about status brand names. It's not about the fabric, or the idea of a designer. It is about HOW MUCH IT COSTS. BOTTOM LINE. I have been 'spoiled' my entire life and have never lost insight. It terrifies me to think that there are girls out there like the characters in Syke's novel, but terrifies me ever more to know that there are people out there writing about them. I love fashion. Just not the fake glamour that surrounds girls that ONLY can afford it; not embrace it as art.
This novel is badly written because I could not force myself to care about the main character. Why? because the main character didn't care about where the story was going! Syke's needs to take some writing classes to develop stronger characters. It was just cheesy and depressing.
-3 stars
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