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The Carrie Diaries (The Carrie Diaries, #1)
by Candace Bushnell
by Candace Bushnell
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
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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