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Summary: Like a painful toothache where the pain won't go away
Review: Kate Jameson is 31, single, living in Manhattan, and has a job she loves at a nearby private school as a psychologist. She just has bad luck when it comes to finding the man of her dreams. Her friends Brice and Elliot are like her family and advise her on her choices. Kate's friends from Brooklyn all seemed to be married, having a baby, or engaged. Her best friend Bina is about to get engaged to the man of her dreams, so they think, but ends up getting unceremoniously dumped. Kate's attitude towards her old neighborhood and friends is extremely bothersome and elitist. Kate struggles with helping her friend recover some self-esteem. Kate herself has to face being stuck in a dead-end relationship. Brice, Elliot, and Kate help Bina survive the unwanted notoriety at their friend Bunny's wedding reception. Billy Nolan enters the picture. Their friends all believe in the ridiculous rumor that all a woman has to do is go out with Billy, have him dump her, and then the next man they meet will be the one. Bina does go out with Billy and gets dumped. Jack her ex-fiancé proposes but it is obvious he is the wrong man for Bina. Kate never believed she herself would fall for the charms of Billy Nolan but does. Naturally, the story ends with Kate catching Bina's bridal bouquet. Upon reaching the last page, one has to feel relieved that this dismal story is over. Dumping Billy is nothing like Olivia Goldsmith's previous novels. Feel free to pass on this novel.
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Summary: One star for being written in English, but otherwise...
Review: This was my first foray into the world of Olivia Goldsmith and I believe it will be my last. Goldsmith made the main character, Kate, so unlikable that I kept hoping she would be hit by a bus as she crossed the fashionable streets in Chelsea. The story was horrendous and completely unbelievable (which I somewhat forgive since it IS fiction) and there were too many stereotypes and back stories taking up the space where the plot should have been.If you want a good summer read, skip Dumping Billy and try Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella instead. Where the Shopaholic was a whiny moron, Emma (from Can You...) is delightful and realistic--quite the opposite from Goldsmith's Kate.
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Summary: Chick Lit Escapade
Review: Will and Grace or Sex in the City go to Brooklyn in this rowdy chick lit episode. Frequently over the top and salaciously funny, there is little or no realism to this equation. While it is possible to take the girl out of Brooklyn, it is harder to take Brooklyn out of the girl? While Kate Jameson has escaped her roots, she isn't the most sympathetic of characters, and the Bitches are of Brooklyn are little more than thinly drawn caricatures. The convoluted premise of the story is more than a stretch - but escapism is always a fun indulgence, and that's exactly what this tale is.
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