Sex and the City
by Candace Bushnell
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Read in May, 2008
Based on the other reviews that I checked out before I started to read, I was a bit skeptical on how much I was going to like this book. However, I guess that is in line with the series itself. My friend Heidi will laugh at this, but I was not a fan of the show from the very beginning... primarily due to Sara Jessica Parker being the lead. I am not a big fan, but as with most HBO, Showtime, etc. shows - I gave in and started renting the DVD's (I now own them all based on my good fortune of fi...more
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Read in July, 2008
I was really disappointed with this book. If there is a book and a movie of the same thing, I can read the book independent of the movie. But I think since a TV show goes on a lot longer, that it is hard to separate the two. That aside, I don’t think I would have loved the book anyways. It was awfully shallow, like the Gossip Girl books (Yes, I’ve read several of them, each time thinking that they really must be good and that I just hadn’t gotten to the good part yet otherwise how can ...more
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Read in February, 2008
Given that Sex and the City has been such a wildly popular show, I was curious to see what all the fuss was about. Since I wasn't exactly eager to watch six years of episodes, I thought I'd read the book by Candace Bushnell that started it all.
What I discovered is that Sex and the City makes a much better television show than book. The narrative is chopped into little interchangeable pieces, and there are a number of memorable characters, making it perfect for 22 minute episodes.
What did...more
What I discovered is that Sex and the City makes a much better television show than book. The narrative is chopped into little interchangeable pieces, and there are a number of memorable characters, making it perfect for 22 minute episodes.
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Read in May, 2008
Ouch, ouch, my soul.
Please don't misunderstand. I like vanilla cupcakes top heavy with fluffy pink frosting as much as the next guy. That's why the show is a longstanding guilty pleasure of mine. The difference between the show and the book is that while acquisitive, status-obsessed party monsters with less depth than a paper cut comprise the bulk of the characters on the show as in the book, the show manages to flesh them out into comically fallible, three-dimensional human beings who, even...more
Please don't misunderstand. I like vanilla cupcakes top heavy with fluffy pink frosting as much as the next guy. That's why the show is a longstanding guilty pleasure of mine. The difference between the show and the book is that while acquisitive, status-obsessed party monsters with less depth than a paper cut comprise the bulk of the characters on the show as in the book, the show manages to flesh them out into comically fallible, three-dimensional human beings who, even...more
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Read in June, 2008
I haven't seen the movie yet, but it's on my A list. I had the First Season on DVD in my hands at the store, but decided to put it back and be a smarter consumer and watch in on Netflix. I've seen many of the episodes, but not all.
The book that inspired it all is not fabulous the way the TV series is fabulously written, acted, and produced. I thought the TV series was way better than almost any other series out there, but the book, compared to other books, not so much. The book is good,...more
The book that inspired it all is not fabulous the way the TV series is fabulously written, acted, and produced. I thought the TV series was way better than almost any other series out there, but the book, compared to other books, not so much. The book is good,...more
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Read in February, 2008
This is a great book. It alot different than the television show, but also very much the same. Its not long and very easy to find. The three main reasons i read this book, it because it's mature, fashionable, and easier to find.
One reason reason i read this book is because it's very mature. I love to read mature books. they make me feel more like an adult. plus, i think i am a pretty mature person, so i can handle reading a mature book.
The second reason i read this book is because talk...more
One reason reason i read this book is because it's very mature. I love to read mature books. they make me feel more like an adult. plus, i think i am a pretty mature person, so i can handle reading a mature book.
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Read in March, 2005
Is it possible to find definition of the modern woman? Or just dick around trying to distinguish who fits to goose whore and intelligent woman. The book is very readable with its easy grammar and short sentences, which is blessing for everybody who has English as second language. I was surprised how different it is from TV series. Actually it is the same name and similar theme, the main character is anonymous journalist who picked up certain situations for her column and tried to survive in th...more
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Read in January, 2008
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I was really looking forward to read this book, since I'm a big fan of Sex and the City. At first I thought the book was a bit confusing. I had assumed that the characters; Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte as a group of friends would be in focus, like in the TV-series. In the beginning I was therefore a bit disappointed. As I continued to read, my view changed. I really started to enjoy reading this book.
What I really liked about the book was that even though the characters and th...more
What I really liked about the book was that even though the characters and th...more
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No one in their right mind.
This book was highly disappointing. I watch and love the show (and I'm looking forward to the movie) so I thought the book would be a sure bet. Turns out, the writers for the show are so much more smart, clever, and interesting that Bushnell could ever be. The Sex and the City book was just full of ridiculous characters in their thirties trying to be young again by going out every night to the "hottest" bar, doing ridiculous amounts of drugs like that's the only way to be cool, and it ...more
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Read in January, 1998
I think I read this right after the show first started on HBO. The book is nowhere near as entertaining as the show...it doesn't have the 4-girlfriends-on-the-town approach that the show takes; instead, it just focuses on some caricature of a stupid New York-type that I hate: the ones who live here like it's LA with bad weather and make it all about the clothes, the money, social positioning, the zip codes, etc. The show obviously touches on all those points, but in a "can you believe some ...more
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Read in June, 2008
Well, just had to do it. Having never seen the TV show and after reading weeks of hype in the paper about the movie which just came out on Friday (oh, and by the way, all the customers at the Pomeroy House on Friday night were decked out women drink Cosmos before going to the movie!) I put aside reading Lolita in Tehran and read the original book that the show was based on. It was easy to read and entertaining. If life for young singles in New York is remotely similar to the book there should be...more
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Read in May, 2008
I was glad to finally read the book after watching the show over the years. However, it was pretty dark and depressing. I really couldn't relate much to the characters' lives and priorities. The show's stories and writing in general goes much deeper and really develops the characters. There's really nothing about friendship in the book and it is much, much more surface. The show could be at times very superficial and Carrie could really drive me crazy with how neurotic she was, but it's not...more
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Read in March, 2008
Saucy, breezy and, sadly, very disappointing. The book was too scattered for my liking. Somewhere in the last 1/3 of the book the collection of random and sometimes utterly pointless vignettes transformed into the story of Carrie and Big, but it happened so suddenly that I had zero emotion invested in their relationship and, frankly, just didn't care about them. The book was littered with so many characters that really annoyed me that it felt like a chore to sort them out.
Bottom line: I appl...more
Bottom line: I appl...more
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I don't understand the point of this book. On one hand, I liked the ending more than I liked the series finale of the show; on the other, all of the characters in the book were caricatures of the worst qualities in people, unsympathetic and kinda psychotic. The first half of the book (a series of vignettes) was a bit more fun than the second (Carrie and her ensuing mental break-down with Big). Carrie, of the show and of the book, sucks.
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I'm surprised I liked reading this as much as I did. Guilty pleasure I suppose. It was interesting especially since I did follow the show for a long time. The ending was a big let down and don't read the notes from the author at the beginning of the novel because it will ruin the ending for you. It was a bit annoying for me though with he aspect that I did watch the show and some of the characters on the show were changed in the novel and some weren't even included. It's a bit choppy to re...more
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Read in August, 2007
BEST. TELEVISION SHOW. EVER. I have seen every episode literally half a dozen times at least.
I was really excited to read this book, due to my love of the show. But it was so completely different from the show, the characters were so flat, the writing so poor that I rue the fact that I paid even the Target low price of like 3 bucks for this piece of shit. It's amazing that such a shitty book inspired such a fabulous television series.
I was really excited to read this book, due to my love of the show. But it was so completely different from the show, the characters were so flat, the writing so poor that I rue the fact that I paid even the Target low price of like 3 bucks for this piece of shit. It's amazing that such a shitty book inspired such a fabulous television series.
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Read in July, 2008
Being an avid fan of the HBO series (and ofcourse the movie that was just releasd), I was dying to read the book that started it all. And found myself dissapointed. Although some of the characters were the same as in the HBO series (Carrie, Mr. Big, Samantha), I found the book's inclusion of so many chacaters confusing; and thought the story was choppy and difficult to follow. So... whether you are a first timer or a fan, I would recommend passing on the book and sticking with the HBO series....more
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Read in June, 2008
As a fan of the series and the movie, I figured I should do the right thing and read the book. Most of the time, books are always better than the movie, right? It did give me good insight to how the series evolved, but it was hard to follow. Aside from being constantly introduced to 35 new characters every "chapter", you had to be able to recall particular characters for a mili-second, then they disappeared for another 50 pages. Overall, not a bad book, but I won't re-read it.
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Read in January, 2008
This book was a light, fast read and the column-ish format makes it a great choice for the beach or air travel.
Well-written to be sure, but I couldn't get away from the constant awareness that I couldn't play these reindeer games even if I wanted to, and (sour grapes?) these people are so fu*ked up and their lives so ugly I no longer want to?
There was definitely a (successful) move to make the TV series more "accessible" to the everyday woman.
Well-written to be sure, but I couldn't get away from the constant awareness that I couldn't play these reindeer games even if I wanted to, and (sour grapes?) these people are so fu*ked up and their lives so ugly I no longer want to?
There was definitely a (successful) move to make the TV series more "accessible" to the everyday woman.
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Funny, I've seen every episode and saw the movie twice, but never read the book. Reads fast, I did it in about 3 days of reading for an hour or so? Apparently it's a collection of her columns that started the whole phenom. Not as good as her other books, very disjointed and I did not like Carrie's character nearly as much as SJP's portrayal of her. The once case I've found so far of the movie and/or tv show being (much) better than the book!
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