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Dec 16, 2009

Diane rated it:

This book doesn't even deserve one star. This has to be one of the worst books that I've ever read in my life. I only kept reading it in the ridiculous (and futile) hope that it surely would have to get better at some point. Surely the women who came up with the idea for Sex in the City couldn't possibly suck THAT bad as an author.

Well as it turns out, she can. Don't waste your time or anyone else's with this book. It's about 4 stupid women who make ridiculous choices and live lives More...

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Aug 03, 2011

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Terrible. I finally followed the 50 page rule, where if it's not good by the first 50 pages, dump it. This was the worst book I have ever attempted. I picked it up at a garage sale for a quarter because I enjoy "chick-lit", and Sex and The City was a hit show, I thought the author would at least have something worthwhile. Big mistake! The storyline and characters were so unrealistic, fake, and BORING! Don't bother.

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Dec 16, 2009

Jess rated it:

page 166: He's sitting in the living room in a red-and-white-striped shirt, suspenders still looped over his shoulders, drinking a beer with his buddies from the network whose names I still can't be bothered to remember, when I come down the stairs, wearing a white brocade dress with grey mink trim and long grey gloves. My mother is married to a fishmonger. My father is gay and lives in Paris. I am going to the ballet.

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Feb 27, 2008

Emily rated it:

This book is not good. It is divided into four sections about four women with barely any brains and their stories never connect. At first I felt like I was missing some big secret underlying message about society while I was reading it, but then I thought that it was just about four stupid rich women.

The writing style of the second section almost made me quit reading. Sentence length averages 6 words and every other sentence is in parentheses which I think was meant for humor bu More...

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May 05, 2008

Kirsten rated it:

Okay this book is disgusting - but i was trying to get a feel for the popularity of Candace Bushnell (of sex in the city fame)without watching sex in the city! I notice most people rate this book pretty low, so i guess even fans don't like this one.

It was just creepy. High "Ick" factor. As in the normalization of deviant sex ick.

However, i happened to be reading Ibsen's A Doll's House at the same time and it made a fascinating comparative study re: women's roles More...

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Apr 09, 2008

Jeff added it

And now we have a real dilemma: how do you honestly review a book that's so bad that you didn't really finish it and you were never interested in reading it in the first place?

Candace Bushnell (of Sex and the City fame) has written a book that is either disgusting in its skewed portrayal of vapid, mindless, and spiritually bankrupt women or genius in its satirical and ironic take on selfsame.

I'm going with the former.

Perhaps it deserves some kind of recognitio More...

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Jun 14, 2010

Matimate rated it:

I was hard in to the TV series Sex and the City and when I hear d about Candace Bushnell, I decided to read more books from her. I bought the 4 Blondes and I was not disappointed the style was crisp and very observing. The four women had one thing in common they are relatively rich and very beautiful, however it is not much in the city jungle, where you can always find someone younger and more beautiful. Life suck and it is even worse when main heroines are selfish and self obsessed. It is fine More...

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May 01, 2008

Meghan added it

I purposefully didn't rate this book, because it's the worst book I have EVER read. I only finished it on principle. Awful, awful, awful. In fact, when I go to Barnes & Noble, I actually consider placing a note on the shelf that holds this book, warning people!

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May 17, 2011

Candy rated it:

Don't judge...its awesome. Very well written and easy to read :) Very different from the show.

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Jan 27, 2009

Hilari rated it:

Bushnell is one of the worse writers of all time. I hope she wakes up every morning and thanks whichever god she believes in because however she got Sex in the City published is supernatural. That someone saw past her schlocky prose to an award-winning television series is beyond me.

Four Blondes is a trite story about four women you couldn't care about if they were on fire on the midtown bus. Their stories, remarkably, are less interesting. Read this book only if you are being th More...

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Jul 31, 2008

Jaime rated it:

Honestly...this book is probably one of the worst books I have ever read...I did not enjoy it what-so-ever...I do not watch Sex and the City (i make fun more than anything) but my friend told me this is one of her favorite books and i had to read it. I hated the way it was written...The second story I could not stand all the parentheses and the third story the intitials bothered me also...I felt that the characters kind of sucked and you really could care less about them. I also did not like h More...

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Jul 27, 2007

Stephanie rated it:

I only gave this 1 star because it was an easy read and I will admit a line or two was funny, however, it was hard for me to give it 1. The main reason I bought it was because it was written by the author of Sex and the City and I thought it was going to be interesting or at least follow characters that were similar to the ones in the TV series but I was dead wrong. I kept reading only hoping (assuming) that at some point it may get interesting. The book should be called 4 dumb blondes. It’s NOT More...

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Jun 25, 2008

Khaybe rated it:

Before I launch into another diatribe about the enormous amount of crap that is this book, let me say that chick-lit CAN be smart, it can be fun and it can YES PLEASE have a protagonist that, while interested in dating and mating, isn't obsessed over it or derive ALL of her self-esteem from it.
...the problem is that's ALL this novel is about. I get the Sex and the City thing- I even loved the show for the first few seasons before they became walking cliches of superficiality and excess, b More...

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Feb 12, 2012

Jessuina rated it:

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Jan 26, 2012

Ivana rated it:

Somehow I cannot believe that Candace Bushnell is a grown up women. Maybe she has some kind of syndrome, you know she looks mature but she is actually a 13 year old. I'm joking- it's mean to say something like that about 13 years old. Most teenagers could probably write something better than this, probably a lot of them do.

The only thing positive that I have to say about this book is that is not as bad as The Sex and City. That anorexics blonde in this novel has some funny moments, we More...

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Dec 03, 2011

Kelly rated it:

So I read this book with no expectations, one way or another. And then I came on here and was shocked to see every review was so horrible. The problem with Candace Bushnell is that everyone expects her to be fluffy chick lit because Sex and the City is the epitome of chick TV (and don't get me wrong, I love the show). Even the cover design of this book just makes it look like a beach read. But when I read Sex and the City (the book) I realized that's not the kind of writer Candace Bushnell is. W More...

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Jul 13, 2011

Lily rated it:

It was the best of blondes -- it was the worst of blondes.

I was never a big SEX AND THE CITY fan. As a rule I prefer romance to chick lit. I like guaranteed happy endings, and I also prefer a more hopeful take on men than what you get from most literary or "feminist" fiction.

The point is, I approached 4 BLONDES with really low expectations. Yet it wasn't quite as bad as I expected. Some of the satire on career women and feminists is razor sharp. Bushnell really More...

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Feb 20, 2011

Kelly rated it:

Ok, this book is written by the same woman who wrote "Sex and the City". Naturally I assumed it would be a fun, energetic read that I would thoroughly enjoy. Especially since the back cover of the book said things like "Hysterical" and such. I was not impressed by this book at all. Ask anyone, I enjoy almost every book I read, but this one didn't do anything for me. It was four stories told separately about four different women. The language was choppy and hard to follow, the More...

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Dec 16, 2009

Laila rated it:

I like watching Sex and the City, a funny and interesting television show about four female friends and their love lives in the city. This book, however, is dreadful. I had a hard time getting through it. The characters and stories are not funny nor are they in any way interesting. You don't care about the characters, but almost sort of want them to wander into city traffic and get run over. Luckily I borrowed this from the library and didn't actually squander any of my hard-earned money on it.

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May 07, 2007

Shauna rated it:

Good? Eh. Entertaining? Mostly. This book was like reading an episode of Sex and the City, except that the characters are less fun, more emotionally messed up and often married. They do have similar taste in shoes, drink a lot of cocktails and talk about sex a lot. It was a quick read -- good for the beach, airplane or anywhere you won't be embarrassed to be seen reading it.

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Jul 24, 2011

Sana rated it:

First off, the cover promised a good dose of chick lit and the synopsis wasn't bad either. But then the trouble started; usually my choice in books isn't so bad and a book by the renowned author of 'Sex and the City' seemed too good to pass. Too bad it was a trashy book.

It will eventually find it way to trash 'cause it is too bad of a book to give it to someone even as a charity read. I wouldn't dare put anyone else through the same torture I went through. It is indeed a miracle that I More...

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Apr 25, 2009

Purplycookie rated it:

The author whose name is synonymous with her novel "Sex and the City" weighs in again with four loosely linked tales: in "Four Blondes" she returns with a quartet of novellas on her favorite subject -- the mating habits of wealthy sex-, status-, and media-obsessed New Yorkers. These are people for whom a million or two does not make one rich, and who consider Louis Vuitton and Prada bare necessities.

The novel is broken up into 4 sections, each one dedicated to a d More...

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Jun 23, 2009

Michaela rated it:

I was surprised I even finished this book, whenever I read something I hate I rarely ever even consider finishing it. However the "25 books per year" requirement made me. I'd like to start by saying I read this during a wiggity-wack barbeque during memorial day weekend, how I decided reading this would be better than ribs I do not know. The book is basically Sex and the City with no wit and more blondes. We follow the romantic endeavors of four middle aged New York City women who j More...

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Jun 28, 2009

Catherine rated it:

One of the tasks in my reading challenge was to read a book you started but never finished. I hardly ever do that, and the only two I could come up with were The Island of the Day Before by Umberto Eco and this. I wasn't really in the mood to tackle something heavy, so I figured I'd give Four Blondes, another shot. I still hated it. The first time, I made it through the first story, and quit on the second one. I was pretty close to the end, I just decided I didn't care about the characters More...

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Jun 15, 2010

Kim rated it:

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Sep 09, 2011

Kim rated it:

I saw the horrible reviews this book has gotten and while I only give it 2 stars, I still think that most people have this book a really hard time. I think people should lighten up! Sometimes books aren't meant to have these uber-deep commentaries about life or love, etc. Sometimes it's just a book made to be enjoyed for exactly what it is.

I didn't think this book was all that bad. I thought the 4 short stories were pretty interesting for the most part. I didn't think they were a wast More...

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Nov 09, 2010

Amy rated it:

This book wasn't all bad but started off pretty horrible. The book is divided into 4 sections about the 4 different blonde characters, and the first one is a self-centered spoiled brat. I seriously considered quitting after reading a few pages but assumed that it had to get better. Maybe this stupid character got what was coming to her or wised up. The character did go through some turmoil but eventually ended up making it big as a model and becoming really rich. I was relieved to get the second More...

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Jan 26, 2010

Kat rated it:

Even though I myself am a blond, I think I may be getting tired of seeing and reading about my own kind. This was a yard sale purchase for the purpose of vacation reading. Bushnell might be one of the writers for Sex in the City, but I wouldn't pay full price for this in a store.

It's just ok. There are plenty of chick-lit books out there that are better. Or maybe I'm just tired of reading stories about desperate women who wouldn't know what true romance looked like if it dropped to o More...

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Aug 09, 2009

Amanda J rated it:

This novel is actually a collection of 4 novellas that are completely unrelated, save for a few slight reaccurring appearances by supporting characters. The first story, "Nice N' Easy," details the life of Janey Wilcox, a character also featured in Buchnell's book Trading Up , as she sleeps her way to a better summer house in the Hamptons. The second tale is about a married couple, each unsatisfied with their marriage and their careers as writers. The third story, the most unbelievab More...

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Aug 15, 2011

Katherine rated it:

I wish there was a way to give a book less than one star. This was hands down the most painful reading experience I have ever had. It seems that Candace Bushnell's definition of a feminist is a woman who is constantly snorting coke, a borderline prostitute, perpetually melodramatic, and self-involved beyond belief. None of the characters in this book were pleasant to read or relatable. The books pushes the idea that a woman is never satisfied unless involved with a man, and only as important as More...

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