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The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell
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didn't like it it was ok liked it really liked it it was amazing
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Apr 30, 10

3 of 5 stars
bookshelves: chick-lit, own-it, ya-fiction
Read from April 28 to 30, 2010

I just finished and I'm grinning like crazy. The last line in the book is classic. It's the beginning of a beautiful friendship.


Yeahs ::

* Sex in the city fans will enjoy the story of Carrie high school newspaper writer destined New Yorker.
* The friends she left behind were fun to get to know. And resembled her New York friends.
* She juggles 2 men, Sebastian and George who remind me a awful lot like Aidan and Big.
* You get a real good understanding of how Carrie's idiosyncrasies came about.
* Lots of reference to drugs, sex, and of course ... cigarette smoking.


Nays ::

* Even though I adore Sex in The City (tv show/movie), I'm not a huge fan of Bushnell's writing. The story is entertaining, but the writing doesn't grab me. It's okay.
* I was a little annoyed at how Carrie handled the Sebastian and Lali incident. I thought she went a little crazy on Sebastian and not enough crazy on Lali.


Plot 3 stars
Cover 5 stars
Writing 3 stars
Originality 4 stars
Characters 4 stars
Romance/Chemistry 3 stars
Drama / Romance ratio 55:45
Ending 4 stars
Good enough to pick up again 3 stars

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