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Feb 19, 2011

Ellie rated it:

Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes is far from my usual mystic, somewhat morbid, politic-philosophical-woman ideas self. Into those long, deep Russian novels or post-modern obscure or self-mocking tracts of novels.

I laughed out loud through Bergdorf Blondes & lost 3 layers of pretentious skin (maybe in the tanning salon the girls religiously go to or during one of the religiously followed exfoliations).

It hardly seems worth recounting the plot of BB: 2 young wealthy debutante/so More...

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Aug 24, 2011

P e t t y rated it:

I always got a thing for chick-lit and I never forget to check out chick-lit shelf every time I visit bookstore. So, when I saw this new-translated plum Sykes novel (well, It's been a long due, though) I have to buy it, since I really love her previous book Bergdorf Blondes.

But, OH-GOD, this book is so awful..haha.. it feels like Ms. Sykes losing her witty sides. I enjoyed her heroine as rich and spoiled princess, the wealthy society and all of those socialites life. but on Bergdorf Blondes More...

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Dec 17, 2009

Sarah rated it:

This was a fun read, trite and predictible but fun. It was really nice to read some fluff for a change, after recently reading several heavier books. It started out kind of stupid but once I realized it was a satire and not meant to be taken seriously, and that it was actually making fun of every single character in it, I enjoyed it a whole lot more.

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Feb 01, 2011

Angela rated it:

If you like modern chick-lit fashion reads, you'll like this. It was a cute book, and there were a couple mysterious elements that kept you guessing throughout the novel.

Don't expect ANY character development though. You only get to know each character on a very superficial, surface level. For this books purposes, I think that worked out fine. Also, the CONSTANT mentions of the characters wearing fur coats--mink, chinchilla, etc, kept making me want to dry heave. I really didn More...

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Dec 20, 2011

Merredith rated it:

This book was just ok. It was about a newlywed who moves to NYC with her husband, who is super rich. She meets new super rich friends, one super duper rich one in particular, and watches them waste their money. The other women are divorced, and make it seem glamorous. The main character's husband is away for work a lot, and although she does work as well (for a fashion designer), she still has time to think he may be cheating, and envy the divorced lifestyle. I know it's making fun of the upper More...

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Jun 30, 2011

Anita rated it:

awal baca rada ga tertarik, soalnya kebiasaan baca harlequin jadi rada ga match sama bahasanya yang sooo chicklit
tapi mulai masuk tengah2 mulai rame, yg bikin rame justru kehadiran tokoh sophie, rekan kerja Hunter yang licik banget dan berpredikat suka merebut suami orang
sylvie yang mengetahui kebohongan hunter bingung apakah harus marah2 ke suaminya atau dia tetap percaya ke suaminya,meski jelas2 suaminya melakukan beberapa kebohongan...

pada akhirnya ketahuan bahwa Hunt More...

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Oct 11, 2009

Ratrichibi rated it:

After reading Plum Sykes' "Bergdorf Blondes", i was craving for her next book "The Debutante Divorcee". Lucky I finally got it from my favorite bookshop ^^
Like the previous book, this book also sketched the life of New York socialites - the PAPs (Park Avenue Princesses). The main character, Sylvie Mortimer was a newlywed and met Lauren Blount, a newly divorced during her supposed-to-be-honeymoon (because Mr. Mortimer suddenly gone for work), and they suddenly BFF.
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Jan 25, 2012

Beth rated it:

I got this from the pound shop so I wasn't expecting much but it was actually not hard to read at all. I didn't think oh God not ANOTHER page. True the writing was light and there wasn't real depth in the plot however every reader needs to have a bit of a break.

The characters made me laugh and the clothes description is the best I've read in a long time with the gorgeous dresses and numerous swimming costumes. The love stories were light and carefully crafted, I didn't enjoy t More...

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Sep 02, 2011

Cheryl rated it:

If it was possible to give this book negative stars I would have. I loathed this book. It was shallow, vacuous and about as interesting to read as toilet paper. Now I have nothing against a nice piece of fluff, but at least make it fun, and have at least one character that isn't completely a completely disgusting vapid twit. A cover blurb compares this piece of rubbish to Jane Austen, an insult of epic proportions. The Jane Austen society should take them to court over that one. As well as it be More...

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Jun 30, 2011

Gabrielle rated it:

While I enjoyed Bergdorf Blondes immensely this book was a little more difficult for me to get into. It was funny and well written I found but I think the whole concept of marriage and divorce is not that relatable for me yet. The characters were also a little unbelievable. I have no doubt that there are some people in the world like that but that they would all be found in the same place is far-fetched to me. This book caught my eye simply because of the author and I used it to take a break fro More...

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Apr 03, 2010

Charley-Shieedah rated it:

This book was a fun, quick read, but completely neurotic. The main character—and narrator—Sylvie Mortimer was the only one that had any good sense, though, she kept getting tripped up by her group of cynical divorced NY girlfriends leading her astray at every turn. The rest of the characters were self centered and like Sex in the City on crack with a trite predictable ending that was just too “neat and tidy.” There were a couple of plot turns that kept me reading and not flipping to the last two More...

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Jun 19, 2011

Rebecca rated it:

I love quality crap. This book was so it. Recently married becomes friends with a women who is recently divorced and loving it! The divorced friend pretty much puts it into Girls head that her new husband is cheating on her with a women who hangs around him a lot. Conclusions are jumped to for no reason, as usual, which is the most annoying part of the book to me. Everything works out in the end, but then, I guess there would be no story if drama wasn’t brought up for no reason. Same shit as alw More...

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Jan 08, 2009

Katy rated it:

I have no explanation for why I enjoyed this book so much, but I sure did. It was a nice diversion from holiday stress and craziness (and scrimping and saving) to immerse myself in the book's descriptions of limitless money and socializing and traveling and man hunting. I listened to the audiobook, which I recommend, as the reader (not sure of who it was) did great accents, swapping between American and British like it was nothing.
The plot centers on Sylvie, a British woman newly marrie More...

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Jul 16, 2009

Tiny Pants rated it:

This had been sitting on my shelf about a year -- technically, I'd only bought it because I was in a super-cute but obviously super-desperate independent used booksellers' and felt like I had to buy something -- and of course, since I'm a finisher, I read it. It gave me two days' pool material, though in the end, what I wouldn'tve given for something else to read by the pool (and yes, I am reading something else, but my hardcover 800+ page Edith Wharton bio is too big and bulky for the pool!).
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Aug 07, 2011

Laura rated it:

This book was just okay.....although I got through it quickly so I suppose it wasn't bad enough that I didn't want to pick it up and read it. I just found all the name dropping of clothing designers, artists, etc a little boresom. The storyline was okay but I thought that the way that the main character had her head in the sand a bit and didn't question some of the things that people said and did in the novel was a little unrealistic. I got it 75% off at the store which is why I bought it in More...

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May 27, 2011

Veronique rated it:

I bought this book for 50 cents at my library sale and decided to give it a go. I can't believe that I actually read it in full because it was cringing, although quite witty and well-written in parts. Possibly that's what kept me going , thinking that the protagonists would eventually wake up to the real world, or realise that not everyone cares about Pucci or Versace. It is possible that it was meant to be a satire of the vapid NY socialite scene, but sadly it doesn't come across as such, and n More...

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Aug 08, 2009

Beverly rated it:

Utter, complete and total fluff, but an entertaining summer read. Set among super-rich and connected young New Yorkers it entails newly wed Sylvie landing in a pool of divorcees frantically celebrating their freedom. They vacation in places I've never even heard of and buy $20,000 bracelets on a whim. Satirizes the rich mommy set, predatory Euro-trash, sexy seniors after young women, and young women after teens. Like Sex in the City on steroids, quite over the top.

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Sep 05, 2008

Jennifer rated it:

Eh. I liked Bergdorf Blondes well enough, but this book was not much fun. It opens with the narrator's assertion that "Married girls in New York these days put almost as much effort into losing husbands as they once did into finding them," and it just gets more depressing from there. It follows the marriages, divorces, and other social activities of a group of obscenely wealthy women living in Manhattan. Unfortunately, they're all vapid, self-absorbed, whiny, juvenile, and generall More...

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Feb 24, 2009

Michele rated it:

I know why this was on sale for $5.99. I like a cheesy book now and then, but this was awful. Sometimes I want to know what its like to be a NY woman all into labels and money, but it made me want to puke. A lot of the dialogue (darling this and that) was over the top. Is this how socialites talk or was this the British version of rich American women? I'll never know! I'm waiting for Sarah Stroymeyer to come out with another book! That's the kind of fluff I like!

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Aug 14, 2011

Gen rated it:

A major let down... I have to admit I wanted more of 'Bergdorf Blondes', Julie and moi. Reading this was horrible, torturous, not fun and good. I give it 'two stars' because I read it alright and didn't outright hate the book, only, compared with the first book Plum Sykes wrote, I didn't like it. Bring back those two crazy and occasionally stylish friends Julie and moi!

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Aug 12, 2009

Dawn rated it:

While there are some clever plots to keep you reading, overall I found myself wanting to read the last chapter before I finished. I didn't though good thing it's short. Enless your are a rich fashion designer who married a tv shoW producer it is so hard to relate to anything this character does( jet setting every 2 weeks to other countries). I am giving this book away to my rich and socially elite friend who used to be a model- maybe shell love it!

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May 25, 2009

Tess rated it:

Everything that could have gone wrong with the Bergdorf Blondes (but didn't!) DEFINITELY goes wrong here. Annoying, crass, racist, and weirdly focused on fur. I tried soooooooo hard to like it, but just couldn't. I'm hoping that this is simply an instance of the Second Book Curse, and that Ms. Plum's third book will be awesome. And ridiculous, of course.

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Dec 12, 2010

Julie rated it:

I used to read her articles in Vogue back in the 1990's. She has so many fun things to say about fashion and pop culture and NYC life, so I just ate this book up. Read it on the plan to Puerto Rico and didn't have a boring moment. If you're not obsessed with fashion, then you'd probably think this book was pointless and superficial.

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Dec 29, 2010

Karen rated it:

For chick-lit, this book kept me very entertained. Mostly because it comes from,and is about, a world I only ever read about in magazines.
It was a nice respite from a lot of the heavier books I seem to be reading of late. Plum is the perfect author to take on a cruise, to the beach or to a cabin. I'll read her again.

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Aug 05, 2011

Brianna rated it:

Such an indulegence, a riot, and absolutely riveting. You can dive right into Plum Sykes not-so-fictional world of elite Manhattanites and splurge with the loveable and envy-worthy characters. It was such a treat and I was in love from the second I started reading. I love Bergdorf Blondes just as much. Now I only wish she'd write more books!

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Jan 17, 2010

Cathy rated it:

(Listened to the audio version). Slow to get into but excellent. I couldn't stop listening halfway through. I had Bergdorf Blondes years ago when it first came out, so I hoped that this book would be good as well. Not disapointed and thinking about rereading BBs soon.

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Sep 16, 2011

Lauren rated it:

Kind of embarrassed to admit that I read this book, but it was quick and frothy. I suppose it would be more interesting if I were a NYC socialite so could better guess the people the characters are based upon. Lots of recession-proof designer name-dropping.

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Jun 19, 2011

Brooke rated it:

Similar writing style to the Bergdorf Blondes book, this story is just as ridiculous and hard to believe, which also just makes it another funny book that's easy to read on the beach. Don't expect anything too serious, you can finish this in a day or two.

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May 23, 2011

Slim rated it:

This book was ok, although the whole first CD was PAINFUL to get through. After that I got pulled into the plot a bit more. The twist at the end was unexpected, but I have to say this book was just so-so for me. It was decent enough to pass the time in the car, but not something I would have sought out.

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Jun 10, 2011

Marilyn rated it:

Perils of being a newlywe for Sylvia Mortimer as her marriage starts out on a honeymoon without her husband. Sylvia meets several debutante divorcees, they gave her wrong advice and Sylvia starts to doubt her husband.

Light chick lit book for relaxation.

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