Four Blondes
by Candace Bushnell
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Read in April, 2005
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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 consumed...more
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 consumed...more
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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 and what women ...more
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 and what women ...more
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Read in March, 2004
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 recognition at the very least for ...more
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 recognition at the very least for ...more
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Read in July, 2008
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a friendrecommends it for: absolutely no one
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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Read in July, 2007
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NO ONE
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 N...more
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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 but ended ...more
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 but ended ...more
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Read in June, 2008
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Sex and the City fans, people on summer vacation
I would give this 3.5 stars, but am surprised by all the 1 star reviews. I think you have to pick up this book with certain expectations...it's true that some of the characters aren't even likable, but at the same time, they are somewhat compelling and interesting. I just finished this one off today...the whole time I was reading it, I kept wondering if I had read it a few summers ago, or maybe that was a different Candace Bushnell book...it's definitely sort of a forgettable read, but a fun one...more
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Read in May, 2005
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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The majority of the book contained really graphic sex and drug scenes...definitely for a mature audience. Also, although the stories were seemingly unrelated, the R rated scenes were basically the same throughout each one...This book had some funny lines, but the only story I thought was good was the last one - but it wasn't great...this is the author that wrote "Sex and the City," but, in comparison, this book was less about the intricate chemistry of people, and more about scenes tha...more
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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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Read in January, 2002
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people who are Bushnell completionists
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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Read in September, 2007
I guess I see what she's trying to do here ... but the stories seemed to be told very much on the surface, seemed to be thin veneers of stereotype, had one-dimensional characters, and just didn't really hold my attention. I did kind of enjoy the one about Princess Cecelia because it sort of explains weird celebrity behavior that doesn't make sense (like going shopping in a nightgown), but it wasn't really worth slogging through the rest of the book. Somehow I also missed the fact that it was 4...more
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Read in July, 2000
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A**holes -- just kidding!
I like this book okay if I'm in the mood for it. I mean, all of the characters are a**holes, but for some reason I sometimes like to read a book about a**holes in the same way that I sometimes like to watch Lifetime movies so that I can sit around and say "can you believe these people behave this way?" This is a drinking cocktails all day at the pool with my girlfriends book. Or a sick of winter, laying on the couch, fantasizing about warm days without staticky hair and cold engines...more
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Read in March, 2007
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flakes, superficial people
wow. i hated these women. all trapped by either what other people think of them or material possessions, but with absolutely no desire to make their own decisions. (except the narrator in Single Process. liked her.) i can't tell if the author's intention is to make fun of women like this or if we should be proud that Jamie has "succeded" by saying something cute to a camera. felt like Cecelia was nearly there, but failed at the end to break free of others' views of her, and very...more
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Read in August, 2007
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This is easily the worst book I have ever picked up. Like a lot of people, I thought surely the creator of Sex and the City can't have a bad book. Boy I have never been more incorrect. I was sitting in the waiting room of a hospital and was so bored by the book that I was more interested in the kids napping than reading further in this book. I even left it on the table because it wasn't worth carrying out to the car. The graphic sex and vapid characters didn't bother me. I couldn't get pas...more
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Read in January, 2003
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, but t...more
...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, but t...more
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nobody!!!
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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Read in June, 2008
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OMG this book was a waste of time and money! Like everyone else who's reviewed this book, they expected more from the SATC writer. Big let down. The first story was ok, sleezy, had a couple of chuckles here & there but that was it. By the second section I only kept reading thinking somehow they're gonna have something to do with each other. Nope. And as the book progressed the characters, stories & writing got worse & worse. I'm dumping that book in the trash, not even worth d...more
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This was an interesting read. There were 4 stories, I liked the first one best. The writing style changed with each story, and so the style of the first one was easitest to read. The other 4 were more difficult, it was hard to relate to any of the characters, but I liked the way the lives intersected and even though the main charachters did not know each other, the supporting characters were woven into multiple plot lines, Not great but not a total waste of time. I wish I could give 1/2 sta...more
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This book hasn't been at all what I expected. I guess being a fan of Sex and the City the show, I was expecting to love this author. I am not loving this book at all. As a matter of fact, I am only finishing it cause I have that odd need to finish every book I start. This book isn't giving me that total desire to find out how it ends. I'm not even sure I'm gonna read her book that sparked the show now?
UPDATE
I finished it. Stink. Stank. Stunk. I didn't like it. I loaned it to Meliss...more
UPDATE
I finished it. Stink. Stank. Stunk. I didn't like it. I loaned it to Meliss...more
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