Lipstick Jungle
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Thoroughly Disappointing! - I took this book on a flight, hoping for some light in-flight entertainment. Instead what I got was a complete disappointment. Chick-flicks are a powerful genre, quite capable of reducing me to laughter. This barely required a smile or indeed any emotion except that of patience. I started it so I wanted to finish it, and so I plodded through. Characters are well crafted (I prefer Nico), and there is even a plot. But the story just doesn t have enough magic to make it something special. While there are all these billions of books waiting to be discovered, Lipstick Jungle, in my personal opinion doesn t deserve that precious reading time.
Brilliant book - As a fan of SATC, I thought I d read another Candace Bushnell book and was not disappointed. I really enjoyed this book, and finished it in a few days (it normally takes me a few weeks to read a book). Buy it!
Don t bother - The best thing about this book is that it s not the classic chick lit. It s women with brains and their own independance. But it s not particully well written, at times I even disliked the characters (which I m sure was not intended) and the storyline wasn t particully interesting, exciting or engaging, by the end I was left dissatisfied by the lack of storyline. Even the diversion from the usual chick lit plot wasn t completely satisfied, so even the best thing about this book wasn t done particully well
Pile of c+*p - Do not waste your time or money. This book is badly written, the characters are contrived and unbelievable. The plot is abysmal. Bushnell actually does not know how to write very well so misses out a significant portion of the plot so one minute the characters are in trouble, then on the next page it is a few months later and they have sucessfully sorted out all their problems.SATC TV series - the episodes were not written by her. The idea and characters were taken from her book but the vast majority of seasons 1 through 6 have NOTHING to do with her, other than the original idea, the pilot and the first few episodes. This is not the sharp-witted TV series, it s unintelligent, unimaginative and dull. I give it one star because I have to but it is not even worth that.
Great fun - More Jackie Collins that SATC, this book transports you to a world of power, sex, designer clothes and hot hot men, with the three ladies concerned (Wendy, Nico and Victory) living top notch lives in NY. Im not ashamed to say, I really enjoyed this. Its pacy, sexy and racy, everything you would expect from the co-writer of the award winning SATC. But dont expect to see any Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte or Miranda characters. These ladies are feistier, louder, and power hungry and whilst I didnt sympathise or connect with any of them, I could help but admire them. Sip a Cosmo, slip of your Blahnik rip offs from Primark, and fantasise that you too could be a hot fashion designer, president of a movie house or editor of a monthly glossy mag... I did!