About this title: A collection from Candace Bushnell's regular "New York Observer" column, "Sex and the City". In her witty and sometimes brutally candid style, Bushnell introduces us to the young and beautiful who travel in packs from parties to bars to clubs. There is "Carrie," the quintessential troubled young writer looking for love in all the wrong places, "Mr ...
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"I picked this up at a rummage sale for some light pool-side reading while on vacation. Having watched and enjoyed the TV series, I was curious to see what the book was like. Bushnell's writing style took a little getting used to, but while I can't say it was a _great_ book, it was far better written and I enjoyed it more than I'd expected. Fans of the series should be forewarned that, other than the primary story topics(modelizers, toxic bachelors, etc.), the book is very, very different from the show. Far from romantic and barely sexy, the book is a series of cynical observations chronicling the empty sexual relationships of the mid-90s Manhattan power party crowd. I read a version that included two extra chapters added by Bushnell after the start of the series. I thought the original ending, sans extra chapters, was a better place to leave the story. My complaints about the book have nothing to do with the fact that it is so different from the TV show. I just found that I couldn't really relate to the characters and I didn't find any of them particularly likable. Nonetheless, Bushnell did a good job setting a tone and realizing her world. I would give this book something between 2 and 3 stars."
"Category: Books Genre: Literature & Fiction Author: Candace Bushnell
Welcome to the age of un-innocence... Enter a world where the sometimes shocking and often hilarious mating habits of the privileged are exposed by a true insider. In essays drawn from her witty and sometimes brutally candid column in the New York Observer, Candace Bushnell introduces us to the young and beautiful who travel in packs from parties to bars to clubs. Meet "Carrie," the quintessential troubled young writer looking for love in all the wrong places..."Mr. Big," the business tycoon who drifts from one meaningless relationship to another..."Samantha Jones," the fortyish movie producer who epitomizes a whole generation of women who know only too well the fleeting nature of youth and beauty...not to mention the "Modelizers" who date and bed only the photogenic, the neurotic "Psycho Moms" who spoil and suffocate their only children, and the aging "Bicycle Boys" who cling to their transitory mode of transport and their knapsacks for dear life. You've read about them countless times; now go beyond the glossy magazine pages and get the truth.
I find that this book a bit bitter. Banyolannya slapstick dan cenderung kasar. Saya jauh lebih suka serial TVnya. Jauh lebih bisa dinikmati ... I didn't finished read this book. Lama2 membosankan juga membaca buku yang isinya dengan sex murahan, mariyuana dan mabuk2an. Baca buku ini ibarat ada di dunia lain karena kita melihat sesuatu yg namanya cinta kayanya ibarat mengharapkan emas jatoh dr surga.
"After reading this book I've come to the following conclusion: When people say that they only have time for movies, not books, they need to read a different type of book.
Sex in the City (the book) took me about 2.5 hours to read, the same time as a longish movie and I learned about as much as I do from a chick flick. It's rather obvious when you think about it. A cheesy chick movie like How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days is neither deep nor revelatory, complicated or precise. Bushnell's work reminds me of a watered-down Edith Warton novel filled with caricatures of people that seem like they were modeled after a real-world version. But then again, what author doesn't fashion their characters after real people?
Bushnell's journalistic talent is obvious. She throws out turns of phrase that any newspaper editor would salivate for and the story whips and turns at the pace of a race horse. However, I would argue that the book lacks some focus and seems to sprawl from one character to the next (but then again, that may be because I started to skim at some point.)
I respect her work as a writer and pioneer of chick-lit, but at the same time I'm always left a little bit disatistifed. Good thing I didn't see the movie--yet."
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