Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.

Start by marking “Chasing Harry Winston” as Want to Read:

Other editions

Enlarge cover

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Open Preview

Chasing Harry Winston

Lauren Weisberger

3.35 · Rating details · 78,007 ratings · 2,841 reviews

The bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing returns with the story of three best friends who vow to change their entire lives...and change them fast. Emmy is newly single, and not by choice. She was this close to the ring and the baby she's wanted her whole life when her boyfriend left her for his twenty-three-year-old personal trainer - whos The bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing returns with the story of three best friends who vow to change their entire lives...and change them fast. Emmy is newly single, and not by choice. She was this close to the ring and the baby she's wanted her whole life when her boyfriend left her for his twenty-three-year-old personal trainer - whose fees are paid by Emmy. With her plans for the perfect white wedding in the trash, Emmy is now ordering takeout for one. Her friends insist an around-the-world sex-fueled adventure will solve all her problems - could they be right?

Leigh, a young star in the publishing business, is within striking distance of landing her dream job as senior editor and marrying her dream guy. And to top it all off, she has just purchased her dream apartment. Only when Leigh begins to edit the enfant terrible of the literary world, the brilliant and brooding Jesse Chapman, does she start to notice some cracks in her perfect life...

Adriana is the drop-dead-gorgeous daughter of a famous supermodel. She possesses the kind of feminine wiles made only in Brazil, and she never hesitates to use them. But she's about to turn thirty and - as her mother keeps reminding her - she won't have her pick of the men forever. Everyone knows beauty is ephemeral and there's always someone younger and prettier right around the corner. Suddenly she's wondering...does Mother know best?

These three very different girls have been best friends for a decade in the greatest city on earth. As they near thirty, they're looking toward their future...but despite all they've earned - first-class travel, career promotions, invites to all the right parties, and luxuries small and large - they're not quite sure they like what they see...

One Saturday night at the Waverly Inn, Adriana and Emmy make a pact: within a single year, each will drastically change her life. Leigh watches from the sidelines, not making any promises, but she'll soon discover she has the most to lose. Their friendship is forever, but everything else is on the table. Three best friends. Two resolutions. One year to pull it off. ...more

Get A Copy

Hardcover, 288 pages

Published May 27th 2008 by Simon & Schuster

More Details... Edit Details

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Reader Q&A

To ask other readers questions about Chasing Harry Winston, please sign up.

Be the first to ask a question about Chasing Harry Winston

Lists with This Book

Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella

The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella

Favorite Chick-Lit

2,255 books — 4,755 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Best Books of 2008

1,685 books — 6,937 voters

More lists with this book...

Community Reviews

Showing 1-30

Average rating 3.35 ·

Rating details

· 78,007 ratings · 2,841 reviews

More filters

Sort order

Start your review of Chasing Harry Winston

Jan 07, 2008 Sarah rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: Idiots

Shelves: craptastic

So far this book is like a martini topped with mini marshmallows.

Update: I'm past the halfway point and the book is now a martini topped with marshmallows poured over a steaming pile of dog excrement.

Update the second: I retract my earlier statement, as it is demeaning to the martini. Martinis are fabulous and should never be associated with dreck like this. It is, however, like marshmallow-dotted dog poopie, as it is cloyingly sweet, fluffy, and a real stinkeroo.

Update the third: WARNING. I a ...more

flag 99 likes · Like · see review

Jul 14, 2008 Opal rated it did not like it

I absolutely LOVED "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Everyone Worth Knowing." I live in NYC and love reading about places I've been to, or places I've heard of. I understand what it's like to work in NYC. I could not wait for this book to come out, and even splurged and bought it before it was out in paperback. I am on page 115 and I'm completely regretting it. The most annoying parts are the following:

-Otis, Emmy's ex-boyfriend's African Grey parrot or bird that he left behind. I cringe every time I I absolutely LOVED "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Everyone Worth Knowing." I live in NYC and love reading about places I've been to, or places I've heard of. I understand what it's like to work in NYC. I could not wait for this book to come out, and even splurged and bought it before it was out in paperback. I am on page 115 and I'm completely regretting it. The most annoying parts are the following:

-Otis, Emmy's ex-boyfriend's African Grey parrot or bird that he left behind. I cringe every time I read about him. Hearing him constantly yelling out demands and criticisms is beyond boring, and I could care less what it eats. Who let's their boyfriend brutally dump them, and then say, "Sure, I'll take care of your pet that I hate." What kind of person leaves their pet behind? If she loved it, I'd understand, but she hates it so why doesn't she sell it or give it to a pet store so that someone can love it, give it attention and not constantly be covering it with a towel? There have been two long passages about Otis already in this book, and the worst part was when Emmy decides to travel and dumps the bird on her friend Adriana. The fact that the bird can shout out that Adriana is a "Fat Girl" and her actually contemplate losing weight makes me furious.

-Adriana's use of the word querida in EVERY sentence. You can open the book to any page and find it. Since she is Brazilian, I assume that this is Portuguese for something. Upon translating it, I found that it means "wanted" rather than what I thought, which was "Sweetie" or "honey." Can someone please enlighten me? Do Brazilians use the word querida to mean something else? Otherwise, her saying, "Yes, [wanted], I'd marry you in a second," just doesn't make sense. All I'm saying is that I don't know why she says it, why it's the only Portuguese word she ever says, and why she says it in EVERY sentence. I'd kill my friend if she did this.

This doesn't even start with the fact that I can't identify with any of the girls or why they are friends. Adriana, the only thing the novel has her ever thinking about is how beautiful she is, how people look at her, how everyone loves her, how 8 men wanted her, etc. It is sick. Leigh knows she's not in love and gets engaged anyway. This may be understandable at 22, but she's 29, get ahold of your emotions. And Emmy, allowed herself to be with a man for 5 years who wore her thongs and cheated on her so many times he gave her STD's - come on. It is just something disgusting I don't want to read about - again, she's 29 and I'd hope she'd be thinking of a future and realizing that this was NOT the man.

I try never to give up on books, but we'll see how much farther I can get it. ...more

flag 36 likes · Like · see review

Jun 22, 2008 Jaye rated it did not like it

Absoulutely one of the worst books I've ever read. I am completely done reading the vapid crap that this woman purports to "write". She's a no talent-hack, who I'm convinced just knew the right people and got a contract for telling-all about Anna Wintour. When people bought that admittedly interesting, albeit horribly written book, it perpetuated a book deal and now she won't stop writing. And she should. She's HORRIBLE. ...more

flag 33 likes · Like · see review

Nov 29, 2014 Jordana Horn Gordon rated it it was ok

Like eating a whole sleeve of not particularly great cookies and then feeling like, "Why did I do that??" ...more

flag 32 likes · Like · see review

Jan 04, 2009 Jen Covey rated it did not like it

I'm not sure why I am still reading this dreck. I didn't purchase it on my kindle because it had such horrible reviews, but when I saw it at the library I thought I would give it a chance. I think I am just avoiding housework but the pile of laundry is starting to look more appealing. ...more

flag 21 likes · Like · see review

Aug 12, 2008 Nic rated it did not like it

I'd never read anything by Laura Weisberger before. I'd seen the movie "The Devil Wears Prada", and to be honest, that was pretty rubbish storyline-wise, but I thought hey, I'll give her a chance. So I saw this book, thought it might be a laugh. Gave it a go.

One of the first things I noticed was that every time I picked it up, I wanted to put it back down again about a minute later. It was that unreadable, clearly. But I did get through it. Although I really wish I hadn't wasted my money on it.

I I'd never read anything by Laura Weisberger before. I'd seen the movie "The Devil Wears Prada", and to be honest, that was pretty rubbish storyline-wise, but I thought hey, I'll give her a chance. So I saw this book, thought it might be a laugh. Gave it a go.

One of the first things I noticed was that every time I picked it up, I wanted to put it back down again about a minute later. It was that unreadable, clearly. But I did get through it. Although I really wish I hadn't wasted my money on it.

It had the potential to be quite a good book. You read the blurb, and think ok, this could be good. If a really good author had written it, it could be really good. But nope, it was written by this one. Then again, I bet the blurb for the Devil Wears Prada looked good as well.

Adriana was quite honestly the most annoying person I've ever met. I was begging she would get pregnant or get an STD and maybe, just maybe, think "oh, maybe being a slut ISN'T the best way to spend your life as a 30+ year old". I thought that might've been what the author was going for, this woman you're meant to laugh at. But things continue to play out for her, and she soon becomes a columnist. Oh come on, a columnist! It's like the bloody Wag diaries all over again. And then a movie comes. Come on!

I wanted to slap Emmy for being such a pushover. Seriously, she was absolutely pathetic. And Leigh... Leigh could have been a likeable character. Kind of someone you could relate to. But then she gets proposed to and doesn't have enough backbone to say "err, no, actually, I'm not ready". And has an embarrassing sex scene with some bloke she hates. And then you just want to slap her as well.

Not only that, but the entire book promotes the idea that being a slut is the only way forward. It really isn't. It made Adriana look pathetic. Yes, querida, it did. I bet she'd be having sex with that bloody parrot given half a chance.

It also has such pointless moments. Like when they randomly went on holiday very briefly. Smack bang in the middle of their working lives, for some reason, they just go on holiday, and you learn about the plane trip. And that's it, really. It just ends and suddenly, everything's back to normal. I'm sorry, but what? Why would this still be in here?

The ending was appalling. It collapsed completely. Perhaps her editor saw it and thought "you better end this quickly... hurry up!"

Speaking of editors, it's dead ironic that one of the characters was one, and was complaining about a book that was poorly written. But the funny thing was that she didn't have the guts to really tell him it was bad, because he was such an acclaimed author. This, to me, sounds like exactly what must have happened when this book was being published. Weisberger's editor didn't have the guts to tell her "umm, your book stinks" because she was so well known and loved after The Devil Wears Prada. So the gutless editor just let it get published, and the book went down.

I guess my experience with Laura Weisberger hasn't had a good start. But if I see another book with a shoe on the front sitting on the bookshelf, I'm steering clear of that.

I guess my review turned into a bit of a rant. Apologies for that. ...more

flag 19 likes · Like · see review

May 26, 2008 Suzanne rated it liked it

Shelves: adult-fiction, chick-lit

Leigh, THE BOOK EDITOR, got engaged and went to visit her mom. Her mom says "I can't believe I had to wait TWELVE DAYS to see this sparkler." Then, two pages later, an incident that happened the day of the engagement is referenced as "it had been TEN DAYS since." About 200 pages later Leigh's name is spelled LEAH. This is the kind of crap that makes me want to burn books and then back over their ashes with my car. Or just complain incessantly to anyone that will listen.

Anywho, over the top chara ...more

flag 20 likes · Like · see review

Aug 06, 2012 Angie rated it did not like it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I got this book from the library. I quite enjoyed "The Devil Wears Prada" and wondered what the author was writing now. I wish I hadn't.

Now I suspected as much, but I still had to double check to find out that Harry Winston was an American jeweler, and the Harry Winston empire is known for diamonds. Uh Oh.

Quick plot synopsis (some minor spoilers): three women, each around 29. They are friends. Leigh is an overachieving and not overly successful editor at a publishing house who is dissatisfied w I got this book from the library. I quite enjoyed "The Devil Wears Prada" and wondered what the author was writing now. I wish I hadn't.

Now I suspected as much, but I still had to double check to find out that Harry Winston was an American jeweler, and the Harry Winston empire is known for diamonds. Uh Oh.

Quick plot synopsis (some minor spoilers): three women, each around 29. They are friends. Leigh is an overachieving and not overly successful editor at a publishing house who is dissatisfied with her romantic relationship, so she screws the author of the book she's editing. Adrianna is Brazilian American. She doesn't work, lives in her parents' apartment in Manhattan and literally screams and throws tantrums when they want to stay in their own apartment when they come to visit. Emmy has recently been broken up with after a 5 year relationship. The guy, Duncan, leaves her to be with a 22-year old virgin cheerleader (??) and Emmy is surprised and upset even though they guy cheated on her throughout their relationship. Her solution? To take a job traveling and have sex with as many men as she can.

Now, I appreciate all kinds of literature, and this includes what we call 'chick lit'. I loved Bridget Jones, The Shopaholic series, and many more. I even like teen chick lit, like Gossip Girl and the Au Pairs. It's all good, silly fun, and can even be clever in some cases.

Unfortunately, this is not the case in terms of "Chasing Harry Winston". Technically, the book didn't work. It jumped all over the place and ended abruptly. It seemed as though Weisberger was trying to write like Candace Bushnell, with less than desirable results. Even though it was a short read, I found myself finding it hard to get through it; The three main characters are superficial in terms of character development and still unlikeable. They are always talking about how 'old' they are and bitching about not having a 'rock' on their finger. Leigh has a boyfriend who seems like one of the only decent characters in the story, yet she cringes at the thought of being with him any longer. He proposes to her, and instead of telling him she doesn't want to marry him, she acts like a bitch for months, and then cheats on him. Lovely. Adrianna doesn't contribute to the story. We just hear about how hot she is and how she could get any man even though she is 'almost thirty'. The author has stereotyped her ethnicity to the point of ridiculousness. It drove me nuts. She said "querida" in almost every sentence she uttered. You know, because that's the way all Brazilians have to speak.

I found the book more than a little insulting as a woman. It's unsettling that Weisberger has fed the false notion that a woman is virtually useless once she turns thirty if she hasn't landed a man and a rock. Emmy's character is absolutely obsessed with getting married and having a baby. In one cringe-worthy scene, a waiter asks if she would like anything else, and Emmy replies, "A husband? A baby? Some sort of life? Any of THOSE on the menu?" How embarrassing. What decade are we in here? A woman's sexual liberation is great as well, but when Emmy decides to sleep with people to get over her boyfriend, all she does is refer to herself as a slut, calling her new way of being the 'Tour de Whore" (ew). Thank you, Ms. Weisberger, for giving us another nice big step back. If a man had written this book, people would have been outraged!

I guess I don't have to say that I don't recommend this book. ...more

flag 12 likes · Like · see review

May 21, 2008 Liisa rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: Girlfriends

Shelves: books-i-adored, fab-chick-lit

By page nine, I had already laughed out loud and at page 38, I already LOVED "Chasing Harry Winston" by Lauren Weisberger.

It's the story of three best friends: Emmy, Adriana and Leigh and a year in which they plan to change their lives. Set in New York, focussing on dating and sex, you can't help but compare it to "Sex and the City" but it isn't a carbon copy nor are the similarities a bad thing.

I found "Chasing Harry Winston" highly entertaining and incredibly easy to read. The characters are a ...more

flag 11 likes · Like · see review

Aug 01, 2008 Erin rated it did not like it

this book made my angry. i really had to put it down several times and walk away. aside from the fact that it reads as if it was written by a ninth grader, the overall tone and subject just supports the stereotype that all women (or at least those in a certain age bracket) are consumed with material things and status, and that true love is not quite as important as the size and make of your ring or the number of men with whom you have slept. i have known women like this (thankfully, not that man ...more

flag 7 likes · Like · see review

Nov 25, 2018 ✨ kathryn ✨ rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, romance-based, chick-lit

Uhm. I can't quite figure out how I feel about this book. It, in my opinion, lacked any real plot (bar a couple of moments), and there was no real character development, either. That being said, it was one of those reads where my brain didn't need to be entirely present or working to comprehend what was going on. And there were a few moments where I genuinely laughed out loud. It was a good, thought-less read, something that I didn't realise I needed after my last few books.
Basically, I didn't h ...more

flag 6 likes · Like · see review

Jun 01, 2008 Ummi Farhana rated it did not like it

Shelves: rubbish

Adriana, Emmy and Leigh are best friends living in Manhattan, New York.

Adriana - The Brazilian goddess, the ultimate ~~slut~~ socialite who will sleep with just about anything male.

Emmy - The flat-chested serial monogamist who had been dumped by her five-year boyfriend for a virgin cheerleader (like I would believe that for a minute!).

Leigh - The obsessive and compulsive one with lots of issues despite having perfect everything i.e boyfriend, job, place... or so her friends thought.

One day, the two ...more

flag 6 likes · Like · see review

Jul 02, 2008 Shrabonti rated it did not like it

It was one of those books I wanted to throw with great force (thanks Dorothy Parker) but still had to finish just so I could see how bad it could get.

The unforgettably bad bits:

1. Yes, I too was constantly checking the cover to see if I was mistaken in thinking those were rings coz nothing in the narrative justified that design. Except the art department wanted it to connect with 'The Devil Wears Prada', correctly guessing that was the only reason people would buy this book, and they also wante ...more

flag 6 likes · Like · see review

Jan 30, 2009 Ivonne Marie rated it it was amazing

I love this book. Totally girlie and predictable, but fantastic!!!! I really enjoyed the way the author presented three female personalities whom I could either relate to, or identify them among my female friends. All three girls are fantastic and easy to love.

Great writing too. I couldn't put it down. Not in the suspense thriller kind of way, but in the I really want to know what's going to happen with the characters and what turns are their lives taking. ...more

flag 6 likes · Like · see review

Feb 26, 2014 Love Fool rated it really liked it

I love books that show the friendships of ladies. Maybe because I can picture my friends and myself as the ladies. I found this book to be funny and an easy read. I recommend this book over Lauren Weisberger's other books. Honestly, until I read this book I had a hard time understanding why people loved Lauren Weisberger's books. ...more

flag 6 likes · Like · see review

Jan 06, 2016 Yamna rated it liked it

Shelves: not-the-worst-ive-read-so-far, it-was-al-right, nice-heroines-but-not-the-best, unclear-end, could-have-been-a-better-movie, kind-of-saw-it-coming, heroes-im-not-that-happy-with, why-you-gotta-ruin-it, not-bad, heroines-i-wanna-strangle

This book is basically about three best friends and their pacts. And it is one of my not-so-favorite books of 2016. Thus my long hiatus. I haven't been able to come back to goodreads to review this book for months because it took me weeks to finish this book. The main reason isn't that the book is boring, it's quite interesting actually. But I think what made the book unbearable to me at times was Adriana. Supposedly "gorgeous", beautiful, sexy Adriana with an accent. Ever seen those beach blond This book is basically about three best friends and their pacts. And it is one of my not-so-favorite books of 2016. Thus my long hiatus. I haven't been able to come back to goodreads to review this book for months because it took me weeks to finish this book. The main reason isn't that the book is boring, it's quite interesting actually. But I think what made the book unbearable to me at times was Adriana. Supposedly "gorgeous", beautiful, sexy Adriana with an accent. Ever seen those beach blonde barbies in movies who are the evil characters that try their best to sabotage the heroine's happy ending? Yep, that's Adriana for you. Even though she's Emily and Leigh's bestie in the novel, I constantly got the feeling that if there was ever a time when she had to ruin her two best friends' lives to get her happiness, she'd do it. Sadly, that's not even the main part about her that irked me. What bothered me was how the author spent countless paragraphs describing Adriana's so-called beauty. Let me tell you something. I hate girls who think they're the most perfect creatures on earth. And girls who consider themselves perfect after getting a breast surgery? Yea, I hate them the most. And, unfortunately, Adriana is one of those girls. So you can get why I wanted to strangle the author at times for including such a petty person as one of her MCs especially since she had next to nil redeem-able qualities. See, I'd love the book despite Adriana if it weren't for the fact that I wasn't much of a fan of Emily either. Let me describe her in a few words: Emily is that girl who has no self-respect up until 80% of the book and makes sure to show it to you by stalking, emailing, phoning, chasing her ex-bf (who left her after cheating on her) until he pleads her not to. And don't even get me started on her (view spoiler)
The only character I did like in this book was Leigh since she took a stand for herself in the book and made the right choices despite people telling her otherwise. Plus, she had those "no human contact mondays", an idea which I simply adore and plan to exercise in the near future.
Overall, the book was a nice read and perfect for someone looking for a book about girls in the big city. ...more

flag 5 likes · Like · see review

Jul 15, 2008 Jill rated it liked it

I'm not sure why this book has been getting such terrible reviews, because I didn't really see much wrong with it at all. No, it wasn't Everyone Worth Knowing - which, coincidentally, is a fabulous book and especially great for summer - but I don't think it necessarily deserved the bad rap it got.

Sure, the characters can, at times, be so frustratingly typical and absurdly blind to their own mistakes that you find yourself wanting to yell out loud, perhaps in an effort to channel them and someh ...more

flag 5 likes · Like · see review

Feb 13, 2009 Sam rated it it was ok

Cute. Not realistic and sometimes frustratingly so.
I mean isn't kind of ridiculous for a writer to write with three characters that are three different versions of most girls perfection? All went to Cornell one is a publishing titan in training, one travels the world searching for great recipes and gets paid for it, and one is a gorgeous Brazilian heiress.

It's a fun silly read but at points I was just angry at the fact that a writer would so casually write about three perfect girls with problem ...more

flag 5 likes · Like · see review

Dec 06, 2010 Dana Kenedy (Dana and the Books) rated it did not like it

Shelves: bad-books, contemporary

The characters are all self-centred and unrelatable, but Weisberger wants them to be regular girls who just so happen to sleep with A-list directors, actors, and authors. Yup, happens to me every day. Nothing really happens until halfway through the book. Even then, when something does happen, I find out about it when the characters talk about it over coffee rather than Weisberger narrate the situation herself.

Apart from creating one of the worst female characters I've ever read, the author als ...more

flag 6 likes · Like · see review

Aug 23, 2016 Kate rated it did not like it

Clearly one data point* does not make a trend.

1.5/5 Dire.

*because The Devil Wears Prada was good fun.

flag 5 likes · Like · see review

May 01, 2008 stephanie rated it it was ok

Recommends it for: someone with absolutely nothing else to read.

Shelves: 2008, chicklit

it was okay.

i don't know if it's necessarily weisberger's fault - it's that after The Devil Wears Prada, i expected so much from her. and she hasn't delivered that blend of sarcasm, satire and naivety that made me like the first book so much.

this is the story of three girls who make a decision to basically change their lives in one year - the chronic commitment-phobe will be engaged, the serial monogamist will go on a "fuck tour", and the one in the perfect relationship will do . . . somethin ...more

flag 4 likes · Like · see review

Apr 30, 2015 Elizabeth rated it really liked it

This is the first Lauren Weisberger book I've read, so I don't have the ability to compare it to The Devil Wears Prada or any of her other titles. I loved this book! It's a light and fluffy read. I liked that the characters all had such different personalities, you got to follow separate stories and become invested in each separately for different reasons.
Some parts were quite predictable, but I loved it regardless. ...more

flag 4 likes · Like · see review

Nov 19, 2012 Heather rated it it was ok

I read (and watched) "The Devil Wears Prada" several years ago and I liked it so when I came across this one, I decided to read it too.

I didn't expect this to be a literary gem by any means, and in that respect it did not disappoint. I would definitely classify this as a mindless, quick "beach" read. Around page 66 I started to feel like I was losing brain cells yet at the same time, I couldn't seem to put it down either. Part of that was because I didn't want to start a book in 2012 and have it I read (and watched) "The Devil Wears Prada" several years ago and I liked it so when I came across this one, I decided to read it too.

I didn't expect this to be a literary gem by any means, and in that respect it did not disappoint. I would definitely classify this as a mindless, quick "beach" read. Around page 66 I started to feel like I was losing brain cells yet at the same time, I couldn't seem to put it down either. Part of that was because I didn't want to start a book in 2012 and have it count towards my 2013 goals so I was trying to end the year with a clean slate. And part of it was because there were some ways in which I could actually relate to two of the three main characters.

"Chasing Harry Winston" is about three best friends living in NYC who are about to turn 30. Emmy has always dreamed of the perfect wedding, the perfect husband, the perfect children, the perfect life. Adriana, a trust fund baby and the daughter of a former Brazilian model, has never needed anything other than her looks to get through life. And Leigh has it all: the awesome apartment she saved up to buy herself, promising career with a prestigious publishing firm where she's on pace to become one of the youngest senior editors, and a boyfriend who worships her-who just happens to be the city's most popular sportscaster.

The book starts with Emmy's boyfriend of 5 years leaving her for his 23-year-old personal trainer-whose services she paid for. Newly single, she decides to take the promotion her boss has been offering her which will allow her to travel around the world to scope out new menu ideas and locations so he can expand his restaurant business. During a conversation with Leigh and Adriana over drinks, it is decided that since she's only been with 3 men in her life, she needs to use her travels as the opportunity to stop seeing every man as husband material and just have a series of "affairs": one from each continent, except she gets a pass for Antarctica. This becomes a bet with Adriana, who vows to stop sleeping around and find a husband. They have a year to complete this challenge. Leigh wants to participate but her life is perfect so there's nothing she can think of to change in herself.

Leigh's story was the one I was most fascinated with. I was curious to see if she would realize that her "perfect" life was really not so great after all-mainly, her relationship with Russell, whom she was dating because everyone else thought was wonderful and whom she did love but was clearly not in love with. She was also the one I could actually relate to-mostly because she's pretty neurotic about some things and because she worked hard to get where she was in life. Adriana made me glad I'm not a bored socialite but she was the one who seemed to grow up the most in the year of their challenge. I found Emmy's struggles of trying to be happy for those around her (Leigh getting engaged, her sister and brother-in-law having a baby) even though she was jealous they were getting the life she always dreamed of to be realistic. The book did have a cute, but tidy ending. The three girls didn't exactly end up with their idea of "happy ever after" but all three were clearly heading in that direction.

The one thing I hate more than anything when I'm reading a book is obvious typos. I have to say they are much more glaring when one of the characters is supposed to be an editor! I also felt the pop culture references were way overdone. There was a lot of "name dropping," but in the form of companies vs people-to the extent I found myself wondering if "Us Weekly" was a paid sponsor. Overall, this was a quick, fluffy read and I'm glad I didn't devote more than a couple of days to it.

...more

flag 3 likes · Like · see review

Sep 25, 2008 Kristan rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: NO ONE

OMG! This book was terrible; boring, shallow, bereft of heart, or story for that matter. Lauren Weisberger wrote one of the greatest chic lit stories of all time; The Devil Wears Prada, then begins her downhill slope with Everyone Worth Knowing to end up and the very bottom of the mountain with this piece of trash. I'm going to rename Lauren Weisberger, Picabo Street, for her ability to maneuver the Downhill, only with not as much grace - and certainly No gold medal waiting to be awarded.

Ms. We OMG! This book was terrible; boring, shallow, bereft of heart, or story for that matter. Lauren Weisberger wrote one of the greatest chic lit stories of all time; The Devil Wears Prada, then begins her downhill slope with Everyone Worth Knowing to end up and the very bottom of the mountain with this piece of trash. I'm going to rename Lauren Weisberger, Picabo Street, for her ability to maneuver the Downhill, only with not as much grace - and certainly No gold medal waiting to be awarded.

Ms. Weisberger obviously just wants to ride the Sex and the City lift, why else would she write her own version of 3 women navigating life in NYC - one, Adriana, just so happens to get a column for Marie Clare, while another, Leigh, is a book editor.

Emmy would be Carrie Bradshaw, Leigh would be Charlotte and Adriana is, of course, Samantha. Lauren Weisberger, the author, even mentions Candace Bushnell in her book when describing the Samantha/Adriana character's future job.

I don't know why I completed this book; why does anyone watch with shocked amazement as an Olympic athlete fails to live up to the hype they were imparted with before leaving for the Olympics. Why do we gape at car accidents? Why do we follow fire trucks? Why do we watch the news? The same logic can be applied to this complete disaster of a book.

Everytime I feel like writing a book of my very own, I think of the hard work involved, the years that countless authors before me spent at college being groomed for writing. The years spent at their college newspaper writing about the football team's latest defeat or the controversy over a Sorority's latest antics and I think how I could never compete with that kind of discipline -having never actually obtained a scholastic degree of my own. Then I read a book like this which makes writing even a mildly interesting novel seem effortless.

I'm sorely disappointed with "Chasing Harry Winston". Usually I can tell how good or bad a book or movie will be simply from its title; I should have known. Any title touting the name of "Harry Winston" was going to be a pathetic waste of my middle class time. ...more

flag 3 likes · Like · see review

Aug 02, 2011 L.E. Fidler rated it it was ok

Shelves: abusive-relationships, books-i-can-read-in-under-3-hours, change-of-life-fiction, convoluted-love-triangle, convoluted-plot, guilty-pleasure, love-like-a-bad-mixtape, sex-and-drugs-and-rock-and-roll, poorly-named-characters, show-me-on-the-poppett

oh, lauren weisberger. why must you write such ugly people. not physically ugly, naturally. since all three of these BFF 4 evas are gorgeous in their own ways. there's leigh, who we start off with, who is like a totally neurotic version of andy from the devil wears prada. and emmy who reminds me of bess from nancy drew, even though she's supposed to be flat chested and skinny. and adriana the brazilian goddess who puts both the other girls to shame.

i don't know. the premise here is a bit iffy. l ...more

flag 3 likes · Like · see review

Apr 23, 2012 LaFleurBleue rated it did not like it

Shelves: worst-than-worst, chick-lit, paperback

Bad, very bad, awfully bad.
There's just nothing to redeem this book. It's one of the very very few books I feel should be all burnt, to avoid anyone else the displeasure to read something this bad. Even years after, I still remember the horror I felt all through this.
I'm not a huge fan of chick lit, but some of it can be enjoyable, relaxing and fun. It is none of the three.
The three, supposedly heroine, girls are tarts and there is no nicer way to describe them; none has anything that might be l ...more

flag 3 likes · Like · see review

Jun 08, 2008 Hope rated it liked it

All the "nice guys" got to me! That nearly every man (even one night stands?) seemed to be overly considerate and romantic and unbeliveable in the least kinda wanted to make me gag a little. I suppose that is the kind of men to expect in chick lit, though?

Altogether it was a very easy and quick read. Not the best or worst. A mostly predictable plotline, and characters that are one-dimensional take away from the enjoyment. Having said that, it was a fun story about fabulous neurotic characters ( ...more

flag 3 likes · Like · see review

Dec 10, 2008 Lonica rated it did not like it

Shelves: modern-setting, vacation-reads, female-protaganist, adult, fluff

I can handle a great deal of questionable material in my reading, if I feel like it has some merit. Within the first fifty pages, this book has superfluous language and sexual content that really had no redeeming quality. I set it aside without finishing.

flag 3 likes · Like · see review

Jan 06, 2016 Justine rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-books

Good book that makes you laugh a lot sometimes, but at some point in my reading process, I got bored... Just because there are too many long paragraphs to say nothing wich was kind of disappointing...
I remember reading it when I was 15 and loving it !

This is how you know you grow up :)

flag 6 likes · Like · see review

Jul 02, 2016 Kath rated it did not like it

What God awful predictable tripe. Flat characters you don't actually care about and an obvious story line. Worlds away from the wonderful The Devil Wears Prada. How the mighty have fallen. ...more

flag 3 likes · Like · see review

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

topics	posts	views	last activity
Goodreads Librari...: Change description	2	11	Dec 13, 2015 10:51AM
100+ Books in 2021: Jeanine's 100 books in 2012	5	12	Feb 13, 2012 11:26AM
Chick Lit Book Club: 8/2009: Chasing Harry Winston: Note From Lauren Weisberger	1	21	Apr 11, 2010 10:55AM
Chick Lit Book Club: 8/2009: Chasing Harry Winston: Spoiler Thread	11	30	Jan 19, 2010 06:54PM
Chick Lit Book Club: 8/2009: Chasing Harry Winston: The breakdown for discussion of book	5	26	Aug 24, 2009 02:20PM
Chick Lit Book Club: 8/2009: Chasing Harry Winston: Adriana Part 3	1	11	Aug 21, 2009 06:15PM
Chick Lit Book Club: 8/2009: Chasing Harry Winston: Adriana Part 2	1	13	Aug 21, 2009 03:07PM

Readers also enjoyed

See similar books…

Videos About This Book

Lauren Weisberger: Chasing Harry Winston

Add a comment

Genres

Womens Fiction > Chick Lit

1,052 users

Fiction

360 users

Romance

219 users

Contemporary

73 users

Adult Fiction

43 users

Adult

40 users

Romance > Contemporary Romance

25 users

Audiobook

22 users

Novels

20 users

Humor

18 users

See top shelves…

About Lauren Weisberger

Lauren Weisberger

4,202 followers

Lauren Weisberger is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of When Life Gives You Lululemons, The Singles Game, Revenge Wears Prada, Last Night at Chateau Marmont, Chasing Harry Winston, Everyone Worth Knowing, and The Devil Wears Prada--most of which were top five bestsellers. The Devil Wears Prada was published in forty languages and made into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and ...more