Bergdorf Blondes : A Novel

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Summary: yawn, sigh, yawn again
Review: This book was a waste of time and money. I honestly can't think of one remarkable thing about this story, in fact I've eaten cucumbers with more character than the vapid women presented in this unoriginal novel. It completely lacked depth and even the fashion became uninteresting to me, it was all just designer names with no connections to anything, boy was it dull. As I said I felt no connection with the characters whatsoever and only completed the book because I (unfortunately) paid for it, and boy did I end up paying for it...

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Summary: Boring, Boring, Boring!
Review: Let me start by writing that I enjoyed other novels of this dimension (The Devil Wears Prada, The Nanny Diaries, I Don't Know How She Does It) but this book was incredibly dull. I can only imagine that it's getting so much press because the author is well known Vogue writer etc.. But the storyline was banal and the writing flat...mostly the storyline was dull as ditch water. I picked up this book because reviews & synopses made it sound frothy and fun, but it's not fit for even beach reading. BORING!!!!

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Summary: Tres' Cliche'
Review: The only thing I gleaned from this book were the names of some designers so I could look for bargains on E-bay...otherwise, so utterly predictable and unlikley a plot(?) if that is not being too kind a word...of course you know that as soon as the main character (aren't the main characers supposed to be ultimately likable-I am a writer and learned this, if nothing else) meets a man she just can't stand, that she will, of course, end up with him. Gee, how original. The only thing in this book remotely original is perhaps, some of the clothing...
But I am sure it will sell millions of copies...others (too many others) have done this story already...not all that exciting to those of us who live normal lives...gives shallow a new meaning...

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Summary: A Soiree for a Manhattan Gal
Review: Bergdorf Blondes is by far one of the most corupt yet realistic ways of Manhattan socialites. I couldn't read the book fast enough and thought back to fond memories of drinking martinis on Saturday at Bergdrof. This book has wit and charisma that lacks from other New York socialite novels. Plum Sykes has outdone herself and I applaud her for her enthusasism and passion for the New York fashionista. Honesty and excitment went hand in hand. It was current and played hommage to some of New York's chicest of chic girls.If one was to find this book negative I feel it is because they do not understand how New York works with fashion and shopalcholics. It was honest, hilairous and by far the most encouraging to the Manhattan gal. This was by far one of the most intelligent novels I have come to read. I can only hope that Plum will continue to write about Paris and New York. She knows what a fashionista needs and was sure to keep us in mind. I didn't want the book to end.

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Summary: TERRIBLE
Review: Terrible: boring, badly written, full of stupid characters.

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Summary: SHALLOW GARBAGE
Review: I would give this book negative stars if I could. This is one of the worst books I ever read. It's shallow, superficial junk. A friend loaned it to me so I felt like I had to finish it. And I was APPALLED at the way the main character non-challantly tries to kill herself and then, woops, nevermind, let me go buy a dress. The way in which a serious matter was treated was disgusting. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Meaningless shallow characters with superficial plot. Save your money!!!

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Summary: This book deserves negative 5 stars
Review: Painful, boring, poorly structured, laughable piece of literature(if you could call it that). Only to be opened by readers of Cosmo and other illiterates. This book isn't suitable for even the fluffiest, mindless reads.....it's horrible....STAY AWAY!!! Don't buy this book, if you feel like giving your money away, there are things called charities.

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Summary: A champagne bubble of a book.
Review: Just your average fun, fluffy beach book...you'll read it once, then loan it out to friends all summer in exchange for some real literature. (Or for more delightfully silly beach books.)

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Summary: WHO is buying this?
Review: With all the awful reviews of this book that have appeared in newspapers and magazines, and with all the awful reviews here on Amazon.... I can't understand WHO is actually spending their money on the book. There are a couple reviews here by people who think it is getting a bad rap, but those are mostly by people who claim they never read, can barely spell, and think Candace Bushnell is Tolstoy. With all the overwhelming bad press, who is actually buying this crap? And are women these days as superficial and self-indulgent and clueless to the goings on in the world around them to buy into this blabber? When Plum Sick talks about a sample sale making the West Bank look peaceful, it's not only a sick joke, but gives you a clue to the view of the world of this stupid little sheltered idiot. I just can't believe it's actually selling. I wish Sick Plum would go back to England. New York doesn't need her kind.

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Summary: Trying too hard
Review: First of all, I want to say that I enjoyed other books in the same genre (Nanny Diaries, The Devil Wears Prada, etc) but I found Bergdorf Blondes pretty boring, to be blunt. I didn't find Moi to be a very sympathetic or likeable main character, and Plum Sykes' attempt at being "cute" was a bit tiring (the constant mentions of "going to Brazil" made me want to puke). Throughout the whole thing, I felt as if Sykes was trying to write a sort of "Clueless-in-Manhattan" (I'm referring to the 1995 movie with Alicia Silverstone), but lacked any of that great movie's original wit. In addition, I don't think it gives any great insight into the world she is trying to portray (and I work at a fashion magazine and live in NYC, so am familiar with the types of women and lifestyle she writes of).
Overall, a disappointment, considering the hype surrounding the novel and its author.