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 Reviews a bit harsh... December 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book certainly wasn't literary excellence, however it was not as bad as some made it sound. I found the plots light and intriguing. The characters did annoy me at times, but all in all it was a fun, "in between something heavy" book. It is supposed to be light reading people, take it for what it is. I thought it was good chicklit.
 A fun book December 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've never written a review for a book before but I felt compelled to after reading some of the very harsh reviews on this book. Granted it is not a life changing book but I think the title, cover, and storyline adequately give that away. This was a very easy and entertaining read. Even though I don't have the same lifestyle as the main characters, I was able to relate to many of the issues that each one was dealing with. The story about Otis was a great addition! All in all I really enjoyed the book and read it in two days. A perfect book to curl up by the fire with.
 Lauren Weisberger needs to stop writing books... December 29, 2008
Lauren Wiesberger, go away. Stop writing books. Please. CHASING HARRY WINSTON is hands down one of the worst books I have ever had the misfortune of reading. The first 50 pages are decent. (Not great, but decent. Mindless. But entertaining.) But then page 51 rolled around and then it was like L.W. just squatted over the paper and took a big #2, smeared it around for, like, 200 more pages, then published it. I'm not kidding you, folks, this book is bad. So bad. Basically because nothing happens! NOTHING! These three annoying girls (who aren't very likable to begin with) just run around literally doing nothing (making them even less likable then they were to begin with, which wasn't very likable) for 200-some pages before nothing happens again and the book FINALLY ends. I just don't understand why Lauren Weisberger felt the need to write all this down. Or why her publisher felt the need to mass produce it. Or why I bought it. IN HARDCOVER! Everything about this situation is wrong. I want my money back! But, more importantly, I want the hours I wasted reading this book back! BARF! This book is like BARF! I'm not kidding you DON'T BOTHER! NOT EVEN IN PAPERBACK! DON'T DO IT!
 Fun book to read December 24, 2008
A fun book to read, although you can't relate to every character in everyway, but there's something in each of them you find in yourself or maybe your current situation. But overall, an entertaining book to read on a Monday night after work, curled up in your favorite PJs.
Shallow women score December 23, 2008
Good chick-lit. This is my second of hers, having read "everyone worth knowing." I guess that makes me a fan. Given the fall of the filthy rich recently, the timing of this book was a little squeamish for me. But, all three heroines were still likable: a Brazilian beauty socialite; a second-tier editor; and a restaurant manager-best of friends-who are all approaching the dreaded 4th decade of life with no "score" (a wealthy, handsome, prince charming.) I liked the metaphorical "cure" of a depressed parrot by the Brazilian socialite, and the stereotype of the male author, "... alternately confident to the point of arrogance or insecure to the point of debilitation." AND the author's acknowledgment that in the writing of the novel she was able to secure a marriage proposal from her real life boy friend, at age thirty no less.
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