Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
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Book Reviews of Sex and the City
Book Review: Pleasant but a bit dense
Summary: 3 Stars
The book is a collection of chronicles initially published in a magazine. Put together, they don't really make a book, they make... a collection of chronicles bound in a single volume. It is pleasant to read one or two at a time. Bushnell is a kean and witty observer. But one cannot read the whole book at once. The fantastic narcissistic quest for pleasure and consumer love, and parade of money and social status of these bachelor New Yorkers between 30 and 45 quickly gets tiring.Book Review: Very different from TV series
Summary: 3 Stars
Very different from TV series, so not exactly what I was expecting. A little on the angry, cynical side but still entertaining reading for the most part.Book Review: Sex and the City
Summary: 3 Stars
The novel was fun to read..I was hoping it would have been a more detailed story.Book Review: Lacks Zsa Zsa Zsou
Summary: 2 Stars
Okay, so I bought the book because I'm a fan of the show, and the movie was fun, if not as sexy and smart as the series. I just found this book really boring - it seemed as though Bushnell couldn't really be bothered writing it... maybe that was to convey the superficiality and heartlessness of the people, but how can you care about people like that?
Give me the show over this any day - in the end it was the friendships between Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha that gave it its zsa zsa zsou - and the superb acting.
Some chapters are insightful but overall, it's bland. I'm just glad that it spawned the series though!
Book Review: Very different from the beloved show
Summary: 2 Stars
While this book undoubtedly made a wonderful column, it transalted differently onto the big screen. It is very entertaining, although the cast of characters varies, and the ending differs from SITC's.
Bushnell is a great writer, but her fiction feels vastly removed from column work such as this collection.
If you can approach this book with an open mind, you may very well enjoy it. If Carrie-mania alone inspires you to read it--you may be starkly let-down.