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Summary: If you love Sex and the City DO NOT read this
Review: I was very disappointed with this book...I was so excited to read it, but as I turned the pages it got worse....The stories had no ending to the sad tales of these women....There was absolutely no humor in the lines and above all it was a far cry from the television show....
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Summary: A terrible start but great BUSHNELLESQUE finish
Review: After reading the utterly insipid FIRST of the FOUR BLONDES - the one who wants a summer rental in the Hamptons - I was ready to proclaim Bushnell a one-hit wonder. (which I hated to think was the case!) The FIRST BLONDE was so UNINTERESTING and UNINSPIRED what with CLICHE'D and DATED characterizations and dialogue that I wondered if someone else helped her with Sex in the City... a la Milli Vanilli. After reading the entire book I think Bushnell simply erred on the side of "over-spoofing" the first blonde - which made it appear there was no satire at all, just genuine vapidness (as if the author could do no better than rework a Jackie Collins character from 1985.) FORTUNATELY, HOWEVER, the "blondes" get savvier and wittier (employing increasingly shrewd conflict resoluton) as their CV's improve. Bushnell is at HER VERY BEST with the FOURTH BLONDE which just happens to be the BUSHNELL HERSELF. It was superb writing, superb POV, superb dialogue. Unfortunately it was the shortest. I hope she makes the 4th blonde the focus of her next book.
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Summary: Am I the only one who hated this?
Review: This is the one of the WORST books I've read in a long time! The writing was disjointed and repetitious and the characters were boring and self involved. This book should have been called "When Good Things Happen to Shallow, Underserving People". As a major fan of Sex and the City, I was SERIOUSLY disappointed with this effort. Hated it!!
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Summary: Like a cosmo - sweet, fashionable & strictly for fun
Review: You love HBO's Sex & the City, and maybe you've read the book or even Bushnell's Observer columns. With Bushnell's Blondes you get what you paid for: A light interesting read with quirky characters set against a glamorous but sharp edged backdrop. The first and second stories have some substance and keep your attention - then just when you think Bushnell might actually have a message, bam, an easy ending. The third and fourth stories seem like she just tossed something off to meet her 100,000 word contract.In the end, though, the stories are light and fun - perfect for reading at Sag Main Beach and sparking conversation with the crew from your summer share.
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Summary: Page 6, the novel
Review: More tripe from Bushnell, who makes Tama Janowitz (the woman with big hair who wrote Slaves of NY) seem like Tolstoy. Reading about the shallow inner lives of people who dwell on the fringes of the rich and famous makes us feel good about ourselves-- we may not have the house in the Hamptons or know Brad Pitt, but at least we're happy. It's a style, and Bushnell has got it down pat. Three of the stories are readable in a "thank God that's not me" kind of way. The fourth, about a married writer, is sort of sad-- it almost seems as if Bushnell is jabbing back at all the "serious journalists" who think she's some fluffy little slut. In the autobiographical final story, I couldn't help but wonder (as I often did with her NY Observer columns): "If you know better-- and you obviously do-- why do you keep hanging out with all these pathetic status-obsessed losers?" While it's sometimes a fun read, this book does not give us the answers.
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Summary: Shallow People At Their Best
Review: The new tales from author Candace Bushnell, pick up right where she left-off. While this isn't a sequel to "Sex and the City" (which, I might add is WONDERFUL) it has the same tone and demeanor. These tales of New York City women and their lives are filled with sex, money, and well.....being shallow. Yes, these are the shallowest bunch of people I have ever read about. And, I loved it. It's the perfect way to escape into a world that very few of us will ever realize or experience. This hip and wealthy world of New York celebrity is full of ego's and the people who "rule the world." While this isn't the BEST book I've ever read, (it's divided into sections with different characters) I found it exciting and a delightful and naughty treat. Recommend for the less adventures readers. It's not difficult but, fun all the same.
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Summary: superb
Review: due to her vast popularity and a certain amount of unavoidable jealousy, I think Bushnell is underrated as a novelist. I find her writing to be consistently compelling, witty, and energetic. Four Blondes was impressive because it sustains a tone of world-weariness without becoming dull - just the opposite...I have a two-year old and found myself cadging time away from my real life to join Bushnell in her New York. "Winnie" is someone I will strive to never become, yet I felt I knew her...the voices of Busnell's characters crackle with life. her skill at dialogue seems effortless; yet as a writer I know it is not. she will doubtless suceed at anything she puts her hand to -- brava to a great blonde....
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Summary: Entertaining and Intriguing . . .
Review: When I saw that this book was out - I immediately purchased it! While not as entertaining as the HBO series - "4 Blondes" was a great escape in the evenings. While I found the entire book interesting and leading . . .I found "Platinum" very interesting - could "Ceceilia" be that of the late Carolyn Bessett Kennedy? Who knows, but the story was similar to the way her life was portrayed in the media. I recommend reading this one - it is at least "Fun"!
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Summary: What a fun book!
Review: This book was such a "fun" read. You're not going to have any earth-shattering revealations after reading this book, and it will never make the Oprah Book Club list, but it is a great read. I only wish it had come out earlier in the summer....I would have called this the ultimate beach book. You will love to hate these characters. Blonde, beautiful, talented, rich and living nutty lives! The 4 short stories are just long enough. They leave you wanting to know "just a little more". If you like Douglas Copeland, Bret Easton Ellis, or just like watching Sex in the City, then you will enjoy this book.
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Summary: One Trick Pony
Review: I am a huge fan of HBO's SEX AND THE CITY so I was excited to see what Ms. Bushnell would have to offer in this her latest book. All I can say is the FOUR BLONDES is desperately in need of a brunette, a redhead, or SOME form of diversity. The characters in the book (four shades of blonde) are completely flat and uninteresting. From the ditzy model to the career girl writer to the hopeless social climber, Bushnell's attepts at satire and humor are weak and dated. Don't get me wrong, I love clothes and shoes and vacations as much as the next girl but somehow the pursuits of these women come across as so superficial or mind-numbingly uninteresting that I didn't care one way or the other about the outcome. I'm an African American woman so I don't need to identify with these women but I would like to be ENTERTAINED! This just didn't do it for me.
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