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Summary: I've Encountered Puddles With More Depth!
Review: A huge fan of Bushnell's 1997 novel "Sex and the City" (and its accompanying HBO series), I was really looking forward to reading "Four Blondes". When I picked the book up, its cover was smattered with reviews like, "HYSTERICAL!" and "BREEZY AND FUN!" I don't recall who wrote these reviews or what sort of mind-altering substances had affected them, but this book is none of those things. I can't remember a time when I have stumbled onto a collection of characters that was so vapid, shallow, unsympathetic, and just plain SAD. "Janey Wilcox", the "heroine" in the first novella, has never had to work a day in her life and has life all but handed to her on a silver platter simply because she's beautiful. When things start to go bad for her (e.g. she might not get to spend the summer in the Hamptons free of charge), she moans and groans about the possibility of having to get (GASP!) a job (horror of horrors)! The character of "Winnie" in novella #2 is even less sympathetic. She's power-mad and no longer wants to be married to her husband because he's not important enough in the world of journalism. So, she goes off and has a tryst with his best friend. Charming. In the interviews I've seen with her, Ms. Bushnell seems to think that this is all great satire and that her characters empower women, but she needs to seriously reevaluate her thinking. Save yourself a few bucks and get a different "BREEZY AND FUN" read!!
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Summary: I was expecting so much more
Review: I grabbed this book thinking it would be one of those fun and easy to read books about a single girl (or in this case girls) in the city. While it is about four single girls in the city, it wasn't nearly the fun book I thought it would be. Each of the four stories came across as very shallow, without a message, and overall dissapointing. The characters rairly had any positive traits, and were in general disgusting people one would not want to meet. The plots were pathetic, and the writing was not great either. Anyone would be better with Bridget Jone's, Nanny Diaries, Fashionista, or any of the other hot and GOOD books about a single girl in the city.
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Summary: 3 out of 4 not bad
Review: The first story was funny and held my interest, the second one I found to be hysterically funny (in a dark way), the last one was funny, but it was too short. The third story (Princess Cecilia) was way too long, lacked humor and had no plot. Get the book from the library, read the three good stories and you will have some fun, light reading.
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Summary: Recommended light reading
Review: I'm in the middle of writing my master's thesis, looking for a job, relocating to another state, working two part-time jobs as well as being a mom and a wife. I needed a light, easy read this summer, and I found it. No, this isn't a thought-provoking, insightful look into human character. If Bushnell's characters lack depth, it's because the characters themselves won't allow themselves depth. They live in superficiality, and I find them to be believable characters. I enjoyed this book. When life settles down and I'm ready for something heavier, I'll turn to Irving, Anne Tyler and those ilk. Four Blondes is fun.
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Summary: -Okay Start, Finishes Below Par
Review: Candace Bushnell's book 4 Blondes, is a compilation of 4 stories all about characters who are really not very appealing, and therefore difficult to relate to. While the first story is okay, the second story is readable, the third is blah, and the final is an absolute waste of time. I did finish the book, so I guess there was something there that held my attention, but overall it just wasn't up to par.
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Summary: 4 Blondes
Review: I am sure the only reason this book was even published was Candance Bushnell's Sex in the City success. This book isn't worth the paper it is written on. After the first story I skimmed the second and couldn't even finish the third or begin the fourth. This book isn't even worth 1 star. Stick with Sex in the City!
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Summary: Too easy for even an "easy" read...
Review: I needed something fluffy to read for the summer and couldn't believe how fluffy my pick turned out to be! The first few pages of the book you're thinking... this is gonna get better- until the first story ends and you realize- it's NOT getting better. She does a good job of describing things, I think that there is simply not enough to describe. No plot- a book to borrow if you absolutely must read Bushnell, not a buy.
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Summary: shallow
Review: As much as I love Bushnell's Sex and the City, I found Four Blondes to be extremely superficial and shallow. I don't want to read about people that I cannot ever relate to. I want to encounter experiences by people who show morale fiber. The seperate stories of four woman and their plights, do however, prove that money doesn't necessarily make you happy, but it sure can buy you a lot of sex, drugs, and alcohol. Pass on this one unless you are filthy rich, happy with your life and would like a good laugh at those who can't handle their social status.
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Summary: Great for a mindless beach book
Review: In light of Summer coming up I would give this book four stars, though as literature three is probably a generous rating. Still if you enjoy "Sex and the City" you will probably get some serious guilty pleasure out of this one as "light reading."
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Summary: Stick to selling your ideas for the screen
Review: I was highly disappointed by this. The Sex and the City series was so good I thought this would be too. I was looking for a fun read, alas. I did not find one.
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