One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
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Book Reviews of One Fifth Avenue
Book Review: A Thoroughly Enjoyable Read
Summary: 4 Stars
I loved Candace Bushnell's talk show on Sirius Radio so I decided to pick this up, even though I did not care for Four Blondes, which is the only other book of hers that I have read.
I really enjoyed this book. I think it is best described as a voyeuristic account of New York society as contained in an upper class building. I thought that the characters were all interesting as were their connections to each other. This is actually a very character driven book, with a nice little plot thrown in. I looked forward to reading it before bed every day and even found myself toting it around with me to see if I could sneak in a couple of pages here and there.
Not too heavy, not too light. This was just the right read. Enjoy!
Book Review: It's the One.
Summary: 4 Stars
Actually, it's the one I was able to read all the way through. CB owes her career as a book author to television and the producers and screenwriters that can make her look better than she is. SATC the book was dreadful, yet it was spun into gold by people who took her stories and characters and turned them into something. I made it to Chapter 3 of Lipstick Jungle before I asked myself why I was torturing myself, yet the show is a hit. In One Fifth, the characters are pretty good and their stories are fun to read, if not cliched. The writing is pedantic, but I envision the TV show that's sure to follow, a star studded success due to the aforementioned producers and screenwriters who will turn it into the next Hotel/Love Boat.Book Review: Page turner
Summary: 4 Stars
I've never read a book by this author nor have I seen Sex and the City. I enjoyed this tale of a high-end apartment building and the people who lived there. I was surprised by how much I got into the story and didn't want it to end.
I have one complaint, though, about the character of Lola, who is a self-entitled 22-year old who sleeps with several male characters in the book to wangle her way into what she thinks is the life she deserves, after her moderately affluent parents go bankrupt. This character is written more like 15 or 16 than 22, and I found her less than believable; she was more a sterotype of the self-entitled 'snowflake' generation.
Book Review: bushnell - wharton
Summary: 4 Stars
i won't say bushnell's writing is as witty or stylish as wharton but this story really, really felt like a modern day version of wharton's world.
yes, almost all the characters are in some way selfish, greedy, shallow, stupid, but people are! i found myself understanding and sympathizing at some point with most of them. maybe that's because i too am middle aged, in a life that didn't turn out quite as i hoped. i read the whole thing in 2 days. it could be a good movie.
the reviewers who are complaining about too many characters? you sound just like lola fabrikant in the book!
Book Review: Lives of the glamorous?
Summary: 4 Stars
Bushnell is a sharp observer of the NY elite, as witnessed through her previous books and this one is no different. Focusing on the residents of one of the most glamorous buildings in the city, it reads more like a character study of the various socialites and social climbers than a unified story. However, if you are someone who is fascinated with the moneyed (and those who make a living being fascinated with the moneyed), this is the book for you. A little boring at times, but overall a very good peek into a rarified world.