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Summary: Bergdorf Blondes
Review: This has to be the most superficial & tedious read ever. The characters were unappealing & not characters many could relate to. The story was boring with not a whole lot of substance. I wish I had skipped this read....
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Summary: what?? youre all insane.
Review: LOVE IT! this book is adorable -- fabulous, fun, and enjoyable.
i think it reads more like a book version of legally blond or clueless than a bridget jones.
i plan to buy the audio cassette and cant wait for a movie.
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Summary: Not For Those Seeking Intellectual Stimulation....
Review: I didn't go into reading this books for intellectual conversation with a book group, I read it because chick lit is my stress release. The characters do or say things that many of us think but would never dare say. Bergdorf Blondes reads like a fictionalized account of Vogue or InStyle without the pictures. The only problem I had with this book is that it didn't actually go anywhere, by the end I had enough of all of the girls including the nameless lead character. Some may say that no chick lit book actually goes anywhere but I disagree. There are many diamonds in the rough, this just isn't it. I would recommend buying this book only if you enjoyed books like "The Nanny Diaries", anything in the "Shopaholic" series, or "The Devil Wears Prada". Not that the books are the same, it's just that all have a lot of fashion references and if you can stand reading about Marc Jacobs or Jimmy Choo every other chapter then you're ok.
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Summary: Light, funny, and frivolous...
Review: ...nothing more, nothing less. If you want brain food, look elsewhere. If you want style, sparkle, and a vicarious walk in someone else's Jimmy Choos, then this is perfect.
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Summary: Typical Fluff
Review: This is another name-dropping book along the lines of the "Nanny Diaries" about the posh life of Upper East Side women. Ms. Sykes mentions in great detail the over exhausted shops and spas of NYC, Bliss Spa, Magnolia Bakery, and Alpha-Beta peels from Dr. Dennis Gross, etc... Unfortunately, this book lacks a plot and just rambles on about vapid characters.
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Summary: COME ON, PEOPLE...
Review: ...Vanity Fair, it ain't. but you KNOW that going into it--i mean, for starters, just look at the title. you KNOW this is going to be a flippant, fluffy book most likely relegated to a pile of 'chick lit' best suited for the beach or poolside. so read it through those lenses, not as some erudite pedant expecting to deconstruct the text.but i digress. this frothy, quick read follows the narrator and her rich-girl pals through the trials of tribulations of being uber-rich in NYC. this type of lifestyle just cracks me up; i do not own anything prada or by vera wang, and the thought of women having an entire day focused on the search for such a piece of attire just makes me laugh. i find it interesting to ponder that there are actually women like this in the world. the tale unfolds quickly and the characters have such eccentric quirks as to make them somewhat fascinating. for an airplane, the beach, the poolside--i highly recommend this book. it is pure reading for entertainment at its best...nothing educational, enlightening or literary but sometimes, who cares?
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Summary: pure entertainment
Review: No, this book will not make you reach deep into your soul. But it will make you laugh, roll your eyes and give you entertainment at the expense of some Bergdorf Blondes. I absolutely loved it and couldn't put it down, in spite of the fact that I'm usually the type of person who does go for the "deep" books. My book club was tired of reading those deep thinkin' types of books and asked me to choose something a little lighter. I went for Bergdorf Blondes and am so glad I did! It's a chick flick on paper :-)
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Summary: Plum Awful!
Review: "Bridget Jones" meets "The Nanny Diaries," without the charm, humor, or insight of either one, and the earl-next-door channels Helen Fielding just a little too closely for comfort. Both your time and money would be much better spent with the other two books. Bergdorf Blondes is proof that good fashion journalists--which Sykes is--do not necessarily translate into good fiction writers.
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Summary: A Thoroughly Entertaining Read
Review: This book was incredibly amusing, fun, and engrossing. The Devil Wears Prada meets The Nanny Diaries with a little Bridget Jones thrown in. I loved every aspect of this book- the glamorous descriptions, the quick moving plot, the endless perfectly creative analogies...I can't understand why anyone would NOT enjoy this book as it was nothing less than completely entertaining. Buy it!!
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Summary: Decline and Fall of British Higher Education -- Exhibit A
Review: This chick went to Oxford? As in England? Do THEY think this twaddle is clever? (Well, it is the land of Mr. Bean...)
Save your money. Don't buy into the hype. If you're looking for a genuinely hilarious autopsy of our celebrity-addled culture, check out "So 5 Minutes Ago" by Hilary DeVries (Villard). It's "about" Hollywood publicists, which makes it fun, but it's deeper than that. A great beach read, and food for thought, to boot. DeVries the real deal -- think Nora Ephron before she became a hack. Or Plum Sykes with genuine talent, wit, intelligence...oh, never mind.
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