OK, here's the thing; I want to love her books. I want to be sophisticated and love the New York lingo and her choppy writing style but I don't. I have read all of her books and while they were mildly entertaining I just could not walk away and recommend it to someone else. I like the idea of her books. You know life in New York, people with important jobs, living on cool streets like Fifth Avenue, going to benefit dinners; all the things that are so not me. I want to lose myself in this world and I cannot. Her sex is too graphic (and I am not as prudish as you might think), the twists seem a little far fetched and the stereotypes of people are too elementary. I don't want to say "don't read it" but read it when you have nothing else available. The only thing that I was able to really glean from the book is that people in New York will do just about anything for the right address? Is this true?
Monday, March 2, 2009
One Fifth Avenue by Candace Bushnell
My husband is out of town until tomorrow and I have trouble sleeping when he is not home (cheesy yes I know). Look I am from a big family and never had my own room let alone my own house. I don't know what to do with myself. Anyway, this extends my reading time at night and I was able to finally finish Candace Bushnell's (of Sex and the City fame) most recent book One Fifth Avenue.
OK, here's the thing; I want to love her books. I want to be sophisticated and love the New York lingo and her choppy writing style but I don't. I have read all of her books and while they were mildly entertaining I just could not walk away and recommend it to someone else. I like the idea of her books. You know life in New York, people with important jobs, living on cool streets like Fifth Avenue, going to benefit dinners; all the things that are so not me. I want to lose myself in this world and I cannot. Her sex is too graphic (and I am not as prudish as you might think), the twists seem a little far fetched and the stereotypes of people are too elementary. I don't want to say "don't read it" but read it when you have nothing else available. The only thing that I was able to really glean from the book is that people in New York will do just about anything for the right address? Is this true?
OK, here's the thing; I want to love her books. I want to be sophisticated and love the New York lingo and her choppy writing style but I don't. I have read all of her books and while they were mildly entertaining I just could not walk away and recommend it to someone else. I like the idea of her books. You know life in New York, people with important jobs, living on cool streets like Fifth Avenue, going to benefit dinners; all the things that are so not me. I want to lose myself in this world and I cannot. Her sex is too graphic (and I am not as prudish as you might think), the twists seem a little far fetched and the stereotypes of people are too elementary. I don't want to say "don't read it" but read it when you have nothing else available. The only thing that I was able to really glean from the book is that people in New York will do just about anything for the right address? Is this true?
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