It also has such pointless moments. Like when they randomly went on holiday very briefly. Smack bang in the middle of their working lives, for some reason, they just go on holiday, and you learn about the plane trip. And that's it, really. It just ends and suddenly, everything's back to normal. I'm sorry, but what? Why would this still be in here?
The ending was appalling. It collapsed completely. Perhaps her editor saw it and thought "you better end this quickly But the funny thing was that she didn't have the guts to really tell him it was bad, because he was such an acclaimed author.
This, to me, sounds like exactly what must have happened when this book was being published. Weisberger's editor didn't have the guts to tell her "umm, your book stinks" because she was so well known and loved after The Devil Wears Prada.
So the gutless editor just let it get published, and the book went down. I guess my experience with Laura Weisberger hasn't had a good start. But if I see another book with a shoe on the front sitting on the bookshelf, I'm steering clear of that. I guess my review turned into a bit of a rant. Apologies for that.
May 26, Suzanne rated it liked it Shelves: adult-fiction , chick-lit. This is the kind of crap that makes me want to burn books and then back over their ashes with my car.
Or just complain incessantly to anyone that will listen. Anywho, over the top characters, far fetched ending--standard chick lit. Although I doubt Anne Hathaway will be starring in this one, it's a beach read worth reading at the beach. View 2 comments. Chasing Harry Winston is about three almost 30s in various stages of relationships. Emmy has recently been dumped by her longtime boyfriend who she had every intention of marrying and birthing many of the babies with. Adrianna is a playa playa!
And Leigh has been dating the same fella for a year. The plot here revolves around Emmy and Adrianna daring each other to switch up their respective lifestyles for a year. Emmy will become seasoned at one-night stands and Adi will have a rock on her finger. Leigh will — well I guess she was just supposed to be along for the ride.
I have loved and I mean looooooooved nearly everything by Lauren Weisberger. Her newest release missed the mark a bit, but I still enjoyed it. This, however? It was pretty awful. The characters were not likeable much at all, it was dated, and the plot was thin at best. I think it was an attempt at going for some Sex and the City vibes and sex positivity, but it sadly missed the mark.
That being said, I was not in the mood to read much of anything and have been struggling with daily pounding headaches that could be a result of eye strain, the need for new glasses, ponytail holders that pull too tight in all the wrong places or maybe a combo of the three.
View all 8 comments. Mar 17, Prabhjot Kaur rated it did not like it Shelves: chick-lit , fiction , contemporary , adult , adult-romance. After reading The Devil Wears Prada and not being overly impressed, I read the blurb for this and it actually sounded rather fun.
Very Sex and the City show style and I thought why not read this? Well, turns out it was a mistake to read this because even though the plot sounded great at first and I started with great gusto, all my gusto started to simmer down soon after.
Yes, I expected the characters to be totally immature and shal Three best friends. Yes, I expected the characters to be totally immature and shallow but this was another level of being stupid and shallow. Three best friends it says and even after by the end of the book, I wasn't convinced of their friendship. It was supposed to be witty and clever but I just got bored and rolled my eyes a lot and groaned in frustration.
I really wanted to love this but I couldn't. I can't even recommend this to anyone. Aug 06, Angie rated it did not like it. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I got this book from the library. I quite enjoyed "The Devil Wears Prada" and wondered what the author was writing now.
I wish I hadn't. Now I suspected as much, but I still had to double check to find out that Harry Winston was an American jeweler, and the Harry Winston empire is known for diamonds. Uh Oh. Quick plot synopsis some minor spoilers : three women, each around They are friends. Leigh is an overachieving and not overly successful editor at a publishing house who is dissatisfied w I got this book from the library. Leigh is an overachieving and not overly successful editor at a publishing house who is dissatisfied with her romantic relationship, so she screws the author of the book she's editing.
Adrianna is Brazilian American. She doesn't work, lives in her parents' apartment in Manhattan and literally screams and throws tantrums when they want to stay in their own apartment when they come to visit. Emmy has recently been broken up with after a 5 year relationship. The guy, Duncan, leaves her to be with a year old virgin cheerleader?? Her solution? To take a job traveling and have sex with as many men as she can.
Now, I appreciate all kinds of literature, and this includes what we call 'chick lit'. I loved Bridget Jones, The Shopaholic series, and many more. I even like teen chick lit, like Gossip Girl and the Au Pairs. It's all good, silly fun, and can even be clever in some cases. Unfortunately, this is not the case in terms of "Chasing Harry Winston". Technically, the book didn't work. It jumped all over the place and ended abruptly.
It seemed as though Weisberger was trying to write like Candace Bushnell, with less than desirable results. Even though it was a short read, I found myself finding it hard to get through it; The three main characters are superficial in terms of character development and still unlikeable. They are always talking about how 'old' they are and bitching about not having a 'rock' on their finger. Leigh has a boyfriend who seems like one of the only decent characters in the story, yet she cringes at the thought of being with him any longer.
He proposes to her, and instead of telling him she doesn't want to marry him, she acts like a bitch for months, and then cheats on him. Adrianna doesn't contribute to the story.
We just hear about how hot she is and how she could get any man even though she is 'almost thirty'. The author has stereotyped her ethnicity to the point of ridiculousness.
It drove me nuts. She said "querida" in almost every sentence she uttered. You know, because that's the way all Brazilians have to speak. I found the book more than a little insulting as a woman. It's unsettling that Weisberger has fed the false notion that a woman is virtually useless once she turns thirty if she hasn't landed a man and a rock. Emmy's character is absolutely obsessed with getting married and having a baby. In one cringe-worthy scene, a waiter asks if she would like anything else, and Emmy replies, "A husband?
A baby? Some sort of life? What decade are we in here? A woman's sexual liberation is great as well, but when Emmy decides to sleep with people to get over her boyfriend, all she does is refer to herself as a slut, calling her new way of being the 'Tour de Whore" ew.
Thank you, Ms. Weisberger, for giving us another nice big step back. If a man had written this book, people would have been outraged! I guess I don't have to say that I don't recommend this book. May 21, Liisa rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Girlfriends. Shelves: books-i-adored , fab-chick-lit. It's the story of three best friends: Emmy, Adriana and Leigh and a year in which they plan to change their lives. Set in New York, focussing on dating and sex, you can't help but compare it to "Sex and the City" but it isn't a carbon copy nor are the similarities a bad thing.
I found "Chasing Harry Winston" highly entertaining and incredibly easy to read. The characters are all likeable and the plot unfolds pleasantly. View all 3 comments.
Aug 01, Erin rated it did not like it. Jun 01, Ummi Farhana rated it did not like it Shelves: rubbish. Adriana - The Brazilian goddess, the ultimate slut socialite who will sleep with just about anything male. Emmy - The flat-chested serial monogamist who had been dumped by her five-year boyfriend for a virgin cheerleader like I would believe that for a minute!
Leigh - The obsessive and compulsive one with lots of issues despite having perfect everything i. One day, the two of them made a pact of changing their lives in a year. Adriana is to settle with ONE guy while Emmy will sleep around as she trot around the globe within a year. Well, she has it all, no?
The perfect boyfriend every women drool upon, the job with one of the top publishers, a place of her own with lots of space, unlike Emmy's. And she has this No-Human-Contact every Monday night.
It is the story of 3 not-so-young women in the big city. Each with their own issue and conflicts. It's like reading a novel wrote by a lazy and amateurish author! There's nothing interesting or anything remotely new in this novel. It's bland. It's meaningless. It's just downright stupid. Even the title doesn't fit the story. At all. I can't quite figure out how I feel about this book. It, in my opinion, lacked any real plot bar a couple of moments , and there was no real character development, either.
That being said, it was one of those reads where my brain didn't need to be entirely present or working to comprehend what was going on. And there were a few moments where I genuinely laughed out loud.
It was a good, thought-less read, something that I didn't realise I needed after my last few books. Basically, I didn't h Uhm. Basically, I didn't hate it, but I definitely didn't love it Jul 02, Shrabonti rated it did not like it. It was one of those books I wanted to throw with great force thanks Dorothy Parker but still had to finish just so I could see how bad it could get. The unforgettably bad bits: 1.
Yes, I too was constantly checking the cover to see if I was mistaken in thinking those were rings coz nothing in the narrative justified that design. Except the art department wanted it to connect with 'The Devil Wears Prada', correctly guessing that was the only reason people would buy this book, and they also wante It was one of those books I wanted to throw with great force thanks Dorothy Parker but still had to finish just so I could see how bad it could get.
Except the art department wanted it to connect with 'The Devil Wears Prada', correctly guessing that was the only reason people would buy this book, and they also wanted to throw in some bling. That sex scene between Leigh and Jesse? Totally Mills and Boon type thing with the woman suddenly filled with self-loathing, in fact so much self-loathing that even you start wondering what on earth the guy sees in her. Lots of terrible things besides, including some unnecessary side-plots such as that pet bird, and the fact that it's way, way too long.
Really bad job by the editors, really ironic considering one of the protagonists is one! Jan 30, Ivonne Marie rated it it was amazing. I love this book. Totally girlie and predictable, but fantastic!!!! I really enjoyed the way the author presented three female personalities whom I could either relate to, or identify them among my female friends.
All three girls are fantastic and easy to love. Great writing too. I couldn't put it down. Not in the suspense thriller kind of way, but in the I really want to know what's going to happen with the characters and what turns are their lives taking. Feb 26, Love Fool rated it really liked it. I love books that show the friendships of ladies. Maybe because I can picture my friends and myself as the ladies.
I found this book to be funny and an easy read. I recommend this book over Lauren Weisberger's other books. Honestly, until I read this book I had a hard time understanding why people loved Lauren Weisberger's books. Jan 06, Yamna rated it liked it Shelves: it-was-al-right , not-the-worst-ive-read-so-far , nice-heroines-but-not-the-best , unclear-end , why-you-gotta-ruin-it , could-have-been-a-better-movie , kind-of-saw-it-coming , not-bad , heroines-i-wanna-strangle , heroes-im-not-that-happy-with.
This book is basically about three best friends and their pacts. And it is one of my not-so-favorite books of Thus my long hiatus. Adriana is the drop-dead-gorgeous daughter of a famous supermodel. She possesses the kind of feminine wiles made only in Brazil, and she never hesitates to use them. But she's about to turn thirty and - as her mother keeps reminding her - she won't have her pick of the men forever.
Everyone knows beauty is ephemeral and there's always someone younger and prettier right around the corner. Suddenly she's wondering These three very different girls have been best friends for a decade in the greatest city on earth. As they near thirty, they're looking toward their future Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to womens fiction, chick lit lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Read Online Download.
Great book, Chasing Harry Winston pdf is enough to raise the goose bumps alone.
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