Four Blondes - Candace Bushnell: Four averagely good stories (Four Blondes - Candace Bushnell)

Member Name: Clayeree

Product:	Four Blondes - Candace Bushnell
Date:	03/09/09 (28 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Interesting characters

Disadvantages: Lack of humour

As Candace Bushnell was responsible for writing the book upon which the TV series 'Sex and the City' is based, I thought this would be a good read. I expected a book that was funny and entertaining but I actually found it to be quite dull.

I had not realised before I started reading the book that it is actually made up of four different stories about four different women, hence the title 'Four Blondes'. Each of the stories ranges in tone from light-hearted to dark and thoughtful.

The first story, entitled 'Nice N Easy', focuses on a model named Janey Wilcox who seems to be on a perpetual search for a rich man who can provide her with a house in the Hamptons for the summer. Winnie Diekes, the second blonde who features in a story called 'Highlights (For Adults)', is a successful journalist whose marriage has serious problems and quickly begins to unravel. The third story, 'Platinum', revolves around Cecilia Luxenstein, a famous but completely paranoid heiress who is convinced the world is out to get her. Finally we have 'Single Process', in which a New York sex columnist travels to England in search of love.

The titles of the individual stories are probably the most clever and interesting bit of the book. I expected the stories to have something to link them together but apart from being blonde, the only thing connecting the four characters is that they all inhabit the upper part of New York society.

The stories were interesting but not hilariously funny and a couple of them were actually quite depressing. I couldn't help feeling slightly cheated by this book which promised so much but delivered so little.

Summary: To avoid disappointment don't expect Sex and the City