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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.73
EAN: 9780446617680
ISBN: 0446617687
Label: Grand Central Publishing
Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: August 01, 2006
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Sales Rank: 5656
Studio: Grand Central Publishing
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The 'Sex and the City' columnist for the New York Observer documents the social scene of modern-day Manhattan. The reader gets an introduction to 'Modelizers,' the men who only have eyes for models, as well as a more common species, the 'Toxic Bachelor.' Reading like a society novel gone downtown and askew, Sex and the City is a comically sordid look at status and ambition and the many characters consumed by the sexual politics of the '90s.
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The 'Sex and the City' columnist for the New York Observer documents the social scene of modern-day Manhattan. The reader gets an introduction to 'Modelizers,' the men who only have eyes for models, as well as a more common species, the 'Toxic Bachelor.' Reading like a society novel gone downtown and askew, Sex and the City is a comically sordid look at status and ambition and the many characters consumed by the sexual politics of the '90s.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Lacks Zsa Zsa Zsou
Okay, so I bought the book because I'm a fan of the show, and the movie was fun, if not as sexy and smart as the series. I just found this book really boring - it seemed as though Bushnell couldn't really be bothered writing it... maybe that was to convey the superficiality and heartlessness of the people, but how can you care about people like that?
Give me the show over this any day - in the end it was the friendships between Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha that gave it its zsa zsa zsou - and the superb acting.
Some chapters are insightful but overall, it's bland. I'm just glad that it spawned the series though!
Rating:  - Not the Series but still entertaining
I have to admit when I first got the book I expected something similar to the series. Even though this was not the case, I was not dissapointed. A lot of the stories made me laugh out loud to myself. I saw truths in the stories. This book and the series makes one enjoy being a girl!
Rating: - Pleasant but a bit dense
The book is a collection of chronicles initially published in a magazine. Put together, they don't really make a book, they make... a collection of chronicles bound in a single volume. It is pleasant to read one or two at a time. Bushnell is a kean and witty observer. But one cannot read the whole book at once. The fantastic narcissistic quest for pleasure and consumer love, and parade of money and social status of these bachelor New Yorkers between 30 and 45 quickly gets tiring.
Rating: - An entertaining read
Because I am a fan of the show, I sought out the book. I heard that the two were extremely different and often tv viewers were disappointed with Ms. Bushnell's articles. Knowing this, I gave her book a chance to be something other than the seeds by which Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha grew.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the articles. Funny, witty, and intensely perceptive with her sardonic tongue, Ms. Bushnell manages to make fun of the painful and bizarre situations that arrive in the elite New Yorker's love life. These articles make you the fly on the Ralph Lauren painted walls of the Hamptons and the Upper East Side. And I like being a fly there. Voyeuristic pursuits are met here in her words.
True though, you will not recognize Carrie who seems to be psychotic, nor will you even find Charlotte. You can, however, see the skeletal beginnings of Season 1's episodes. But these stories were all extremely entertaining on their own.
All that aside, I say find the articles on the internet or at the library. This is not life altering literature. For a frivolous read, it does its job, but I do not need to read it again.
Rating:  - This book has missed the boat
Candace Bushnell should be thanking the writers of the TV series because this book is horrible and a waste of time. I always saw it at the bookstore and thought I would read it.
I wish I would of just keep walking passed it. She was trying to hard to make it edgy and dark but it just came out as poorly executed.
Don't waste your time reading this just watch the TV series. This is like a bad accessory you can't wait to take off.
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