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Summary: I hated this more than anything
Review: I picked up this book because I was looking for something light and fun. I love the show Sex and the City, and as a single girl living in Manhattan, I thought this would fit the bill.I hated this book. The characters were mostly shallow drug addicts and alcoholics who all thought they were too good to be with anyone who was "just a regular guy". I actually felt bad for men in NYC after I read this because these characters made all women look like they are trying to be manipulative to get what they want, but ultimately not that smart and not in touch with reality at all. Please do not even waste your money
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Summary: disappointing
Review: Maybe I'm from the wrong part of the world, or something, but I finished this book feeling absolutely speechless... are there really people in the world like this? I'd much rather read something more real life!
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Summary: blah and depressing
Review: Don't waste your money. It's depressing and badly written. I hope this isn't how NY really is.
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Summary: Not too good
Review: I was pretty dissappointed with this book. I adore "Sex and the City". I was hoping that 4 Blondes would be a cross between "Sex and the City" & "Valley of the Dolls" as it suggested on the back cover--a little tawdry, and lots of fun. But this book was not fun--it lagged in parts and lacked any sparks overall.
I realize that the lead characters were supposed to be shallow and manipulative.Anti-heroes, as opposed to the likeable crop of female protagonists in many books that are currently popular. I know that you weren't supposed to really like these girls. (I applaud Candace Bushnell's efforts to create characters that were so totally the opposite of the Bridget Jones' and even her own character Carrie Bradshaw, for the sake of trying something different.) But the characters were so soul-less that I felt nothing for them, no empathy, no admiration, no dislike, nothing at all.
It just felt so empty. The book was conceptually a cool idea, it just didn't pan out.
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Summary: Four Bores
Review: Four bores. Four vapid, self-centred, flakey, New York bores. To paraphrase a great line from AbFab "Who cares if they are fat or thin? Who cares if they live or die?" Reading this book was slightly less interesting than watching paint dry. I normally keep to a 50 page rule. If the book is no good after 50 pages then I bin it. Why, oh why, didn't I stick to that rule? Because this was a gift from a friend who knew I loved Sex And The City. My enjoyment of that book is a measure of my disappointment in this. It has been a long time since I actually wanted to rip a book to pieces but Four Blondes did the trick. I don't care how well observed the characters are. They are bores. Utter, utter bores. Don't buy. You have been warned.
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Summary: You can judge this book by its cover...
Review: Let's see... Spoiled, disturbed, ungrateful and Cinderella. These could be the summary characterizations of the four women in this book. I'm surprised by how much I disliked it. For what this book is trying to say, Steve Martin's book, "Shopgirl," is far better, more entertaining and very much more insightful. I also suspect some of Candace Bushnell's concepts were lifted directly from Natalia Ilyin's "Blonde Like Me," another book more readable than this.
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Summary: It Says A Lot About Our Times
Review: I just finished reading "Four Blondes". It's a fun book to read, but I think it also says a lot about our times. Some may think the book is shallow, but I don't think so at all. Whether or not it was intended to be, it's a social commentary on the times we live in. I think it's definitely more geared toward a female audience, but men might find it interesting if they are curious about the way women think. Even in this post-feminist era, women still seem to be looking for happiness in a man. Candace Bushnell's book shows us the folly in that path. The women are happier when they are independent and take care of themselves. The book is also very funny.
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Summary: Sad, sad women
Review: For those of you expecting comedy like Sex and the City, look elsewhere. Don't trust the reviews on the back of the book that say, "hilarious" and "a riot" and what-not. These women (with the exception of the last one) are not funny - they are extremely messed-up and sad; which might have been Bushnell's point. The first blonde is looking for "the perfect summer" or the perfect life, basically. She's shallow, manipulative, and petty, but throughout her adventures, she sort of learns her lesson - although she gets what she wants. The second blonde is married, unhappily. VERY unhappily. She begrudges, belittles, and despises her husband, and their relationship becomes less and less healthy. The third blonde is a prescription drug addicted, mentally ill woman who. . .I'm not sure, exactly. These women are perhaps meant to be empathized, but they garnered no empathy from me. I found them shrill, annoying, scary, and pathetic. Only the last story, a Sex and the City adventure in London curbed my appetite for the trials and tribulations of dating. Unfortunately, this story is only about 12 pages long.
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Summary: shallow entertainment
Review: Read this book if you are looking for shallow entertainment, because that is all you will get! It's short and easy reading (I finished the book in two evenings). If you're thinking of buying it, however, don't! Check it out at your local library.
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Summary: This is supposed to be comedy writing?
Review: As a huge fan of HBO's "Sex In The City" I thought Bushnell's book would be at least nearly as entertaining. I was sorely disappointed, however, and have no desire to read any of her other works. The book is set up as four separate stories, and I strained throughout my reading to see how they related to each other - they don't. Well, unless you count that the women apparently all live in New York...
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