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Summary: 4 Bores
Review: A tedious book about unlikeable people.If this is life in the city, I'm glad I'm a hick from the sticks.
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Summary: Entertaining, but Superficial
Review: I love HBO's Sex and the City, so I picked up this book for pure entertainment. Although it kept my attention, and had some funny lines, I didn't think it could be based on any reality. Are girls in New York really that stupid? I think not. It was unusual for me to pick up such a book, I like meatier material. But it was a fun read.
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Summary: Big Bore
Review: I admit, I bought the book because I love watching the HBO series. I wish I hadn't been so fooled. After wasting my time reading about a model whose biggest problem was getting to the Hamptons every summer, and a snobby journalist, I tried reading about the third character. I decided I would stop torturing myself and threw the book away. The characters were pathetic bores, I only wish that my problems were so trivial. There was no drama, no humor and no point. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: cheesy title, smart book
Review: The cheesy cover and silly title belie what a good book this is. IMHO, this is Bret Easton Ellis but better. Bushnell has said in an interview that she likes Henry James and Edith Wharton, and 4 Bs could be seen as a modern version of their books. Don't look for the meaning of life from this book, just enjoy reading about some glamourous people by a very skilled author who writes from experience.
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Summary: Brit Backlash
Review: After reading 'Sex and the City' I was compelled to read 4 Blondes. It started with Bushnell's rapier wit and clever innuendo and I prepared for what I thought would be an enjoyable and informed read for the modern woman. However, I was disapointed and angry regarding the constant reference to the Brits....
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Summary: Don't Fall for this one...
Review: I LOVE the TV series, "Sex and the City." Sharp wit, tight editing, a bit of profundity. How did this smash hit come from Candace Bushnell??? There must be some highly-paid scriptwriters working overtime.Four Blondes is a bomb. It is not easy to express how BAD it really is. The writing is below par, the first character so sad and pitiful that the reader fears it may be autobiographical. Unless you're compiling a "Worst Books I've Read," list, leave it on the sale table. Guess why its there! Confession time: I couldn't even finish it.
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Summary: Shallow, Rambling, and in need of some real people
Review: HBO's Sex in the City is a great series, so I thought I would pick up this book because the reviews on the back were pretty good. Unfortunately this book is a real failure. I'm a big fan of Barbara Kingsolver who wrote the Bean Trees, Pigs In Heaven, and many other brilliant works. I guess you could call Bushnell a one hit wonder. This book gives you some in depth character depictions of people who aren't really that deep. It rambles, really doesn't have a good writing structure. Every other sentence is in parenthesis. The characters are so shallow and unreal that it's nearly impossible to get through. If you really want to attempt to read it, go to the library. A decent beach read, if you want more sex than cosmo magazine. But hardly worth [price].
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Summary: should have read the reviews first
Review: a complete waste of time and hard-earned money. 'nuff said.
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Summary: Better Title: "Four Bores"
Review: It must have been a fit of madness that led me to check "Four Blondes" out of my local library (& thank goodness I didn't BUY it!). Actually, I was under the spell of one of the only shows I watch on TV, "Sex & the City". I truly should have known better. "Four Blondes" (or, as I prefer to call it, "Four Bores") is four novellas about four self-absorbed New York women & their various "dilemmas" regarding love & career. Now, the average reader out there would probably think that rich, beautiful New York women who are variously: 1) a model 2) a famous op/ed writer married to a famous journalist 3) an American-born beauty married to a Prince 4) a thinly disguised Candace Bushnell herself would have few dilemmas, much less reason to whine. After reading the novellas, the reader doesn't see any reason to change their mind. The so-called heroines are so unlikeable that the reader really doesn't care whether or not the "problems" get resolved. The second story (about the famous op/ed writer) was so pointless that I didn't bother reading more than 10 pages or so, & the third story (the Paranoid Princess) just made me want to slug the protaganist. Hard. In addition to writing about people who have no reason to take up space on this planet, Bushnell airs a few of her own hang-ups. Every story somehow works in references to the derriere & it's possible uses.... Politically correct it's not. Nice it's not. Interesting it's not. A waste of paper & time it is. Don't bother!
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Summary: Easy read of glamrous, spoiled socialites
Review: Bushnells "Four Blondes" is an easy read, while providing some humor. While "Sex and the City" jumped from character to character, this book provides four Chapters each centering around a different character, painfully similiar to "Valley of the Dolls". Each chapter is fun to read, but I was somewhat dissapointed with the last one. It didn't quite seem to "fit" with the rest of the book. It was very vague and much shorter then the previous 3. I liked this book for its sharp wit and typical New York sarcasm. In short, if you enjoyed "sex and the city", I reccomend this book for a fun summer read, but don't expect anything too different.
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