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Summary: oh wow --- this book rocks!!!
Review: What a find to open a book written by the divine Ms. Bushnell!!!! The woman not only can write, but she can construct four interesting, scintillating stories, with original characters and storylines (one is a writer, one is a socialite married to a prince, etc etc). One woman is in competition with her husband (both are writers in NYC) with whom they have a child they both love -- but they don't like each other and their whole life is a facade to impress others. One is a social-climbing model, jealous of her younger sister, and dates a new man every summer to ensure she has a place in the Hamptons, because she lacks the confidence and direction to secure her own house. The stories are even written in different styles, so they don't blend annoyingly into each other, and make you unable to tell them apart. I even am inspired to read her first novel "Sex and the City" from which the hit show sprang. I am looking forward to it!
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Summary: A Twist to Sex and The City
Review: I attempted to read Bushnell's Sex and The City since I love the show so much, but found it soo confusing to follow the stories. Despite this, I decided to give 4 Blondes a try and wound up loving it. Like Sex and The City it's filled with hot stories, only this time their longer and we learn more about the chracters. From movie stars, the Hamptons, broken marriages to royal princesss, these were four very different women, yet they all had a common link- sex. And for once we hear from a man's point of view. It left me hanging and wishing for more info on the personal lives of these sexy 4 Blondes.
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Summary: Mediocre At Best
Review: In one phrase I can sum up this book - mediocre at best. Candace Bushnell's book is a collection of four short stories. The common thread tying the narratives together is that every protagonist is a blonde from New York City.
The author employs completely different writing styles in each of the stories. Her characterization and plot development are solid in the first story about Janey Wilcox, a struggling model. But none of the other stories were near impressive. The most unenjoyable of the four was the story told second about the married journalists Winnie and James. The writing in this story was not only hard to follow, it was strange, including parenthesized side notes every third sentence. The third and fourth stories were unmemorable; and the fourth story, about a New York reporter working on a piece in England, seemed hugely out of place in the collection.
Bushnell follows the traditional short story structure, ending each narrative soon after its climax. But unlike well-written short stories, these do not have succinct endings that provide insight and finalization. The reader has no idea what has changed about the characters or how their actions will affect them.
There is not a single admirable character in the book's 371 pages. All of the characters are shallow and snobby sex fiends, and many of them are drug users. This book does "reveal the tarnish beyond the glitz," as one People critic stated. It shows what might really be going on in the life of the "it" couple or the city socialite. More than anything, the stories proved to me how much I do not desire to be a part of the social groups in a bustling city. I was really disgusted by how petty and superficial most of these scandalous characters were.
I picked this book up for a pleasurable Labor Day weekend read and was vastly disappointed. If your time and money are valuable to you, I do not suggest wasting either on 4 Blondes.
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Summary: only published because author is already famous
Review: Don't waste your money. This book is sold at airports
where a person like yourself may be desperate to buy something
to read on a plane. Hmm, same author as"Sex and the City", which is a very popular and frequently hilarious TV show. Does that mean that Candace Bushnell can write a novel? As I soon learned, emphatically, no. Does that mean that this book has any relationship to a TV show that is written by whole team of other people who may actually be decent writers? Well, your honor, no, not really. Good scam for Ms. Bushnell and her agents. I wonder if she spent more than a week on this. I cannot even imagine how much she got paid. This book is just terrible.
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Summary: When you're stuck in the middle seat...
Review: The four blondes of the title are each stupid, self-centered, vain and completely unlikable. Needless to say, the men fare even worse. Even more disappointing, there really isn't a plot -- each storyline ends abruptly, with no real sense that anything has changed for the characters. ...
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Summary: 4 Blondes
Review: I am a huge fan of Sex and the City on HBO. So, I purchased this book hoping for some feminine insight. Not only was I disappointed in this book, but wasted a good seven bucks I could have spent on an iced mocha latte. The characters are well developed, but the stories themselves lack any content but trash. Drug use, and sex are both represented, but it was of the raunchy type with no real substance. The most disappointing aspect of these stories are the endings, which are abrupt and not well developed. It seems like not much thought went into the endings...they just end.
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Summary: WASTE OF TIME
Review: I am an avid viewer of Sex and The City and I truly enjoy the storylines. I was hoping to enjoy this book as much as I enjoy the show. Unfortunately, this was the most unsatisfying book I have ever read. The characters were completely unlikable and the book left you wondering if there was any purpose of their stories being told. The author stopped writing about each of them in the middle of their story and never went back to explain a thing. This was an absolute waste of time and money.
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Summary: enjoyable
Review: An easy, entertaining book. If you're looking for something that's fun and not serious, then this is a good choice.
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Summary: YAWN - An utter bore
Review: If I could give this book negative stars I would. I kept forging ahead thinking there must be some redeeming episode, but there was nothing the slightest bit amusing in any of the 256 pages. If I'd read the Amazon reviews I would have known to steer clear of this ...
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Summary: Pass on this one...
Review: It is not horrid it is just not good. Borrow it from a friend or something as it is not one of those books that you'd be happy spending cash on. The writing seems primary and there is no real satisfaction in the characters. It was fluff ...but not even good fluff. It was like fake whipped cream over real whiped cream. If you want to indulge in a easy read book like this pick something else.
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