Glad to have borrowed this from the library instead of spending money on it. Writing was okay, but hated the shallow characters.

je trouve les commentaires durs, le livre est pas si terrible mais la « blague » qui compare une vente privée Chanel au genocide à Gaza m’oblige à ne pas mettre plus de 1 étoile : c’est pas drôle du tout

I came across a very angry review of this book by a young woman who was sick of reading about stereotypical women.
I know Its not PC to accept stereotypical sttitudes now, but despite my sensitivity to sexist stuff, I liked this 'shopping with wimmin' oriented story. You've got to remember that books are an escape!
A lot of the movies and literature from the most recent decade are loaded with sexist profiling...
Steven King's books are frequently violence vs. basically helpless women, but " he's a genius!.."
Remember the times and market wimmin writers are writing in. Give women a chance. They have only recently been considered at all serious as frequently as male writers.
A fictional book is meant to entertain, not become a social commentary.
I'll never be able to afford designer dresses so it's kinda fun to armchair-trip around with someone who can, why not escape into a book?

Containing no substance whatsoever and more brand names than any other book

God help me; a little bit of this goes a LONG way. I quit halfway through this book. What is kinda cute at first in terms of character quirks quickly becomes obnoxious and over the top. Are there really people out there who are this shallow and pointless? These women's lives are not to be envied at all. How little and empty your life must be to only live on the surface.

I don't mind girly books about fashion, dating, etc. But part of the fun of that is getting to live through the characters, but these characters, I couldn't wait to get away from. Nothing appealing about their thoughts, lives or personalities.

Mon avis en Français

My English review

I had the novel in English and the cover made me think of a historical romance. In fact, the beginning made me think of it for a long time… Well, until the heroine started talking about cell phones. Yes, well, I realized that it was not what I thought! Not at all!

The main character has no name, she is referred to as “Moi”, but we will follow her throughout the novel in her life full of glitters. But Moi has no luck with men and if Julie, her rich best friend, is always there for her, she does as she pleases.

I thought that Moi would realize her actions and stop behaving like a child, but no, it will take a long time before she understands even a little bit that she is doing wrong.

It was an okay novel, but there are better ones so I don’t necessarily recommend it.

dnf, sarjassamme "ostin kirpparilta neljä vuotta sitten yhdellä eurolla, annoin pölyttyä hyllyssäni sen neljä vuotta vain sen takia, että voisin pakottaa itseni lukemaan tämän kirjan huomatakseni ensimmäisten 20 sivun kohdalla, että olisin voinut säästää sen yhden euron ja kirjan painon, kun tämähän on muuttanut uuteen osoitteeseen kanssani jo kahdesti."

I felt my IQ dropping a few points with every few pages.

This book was worse than "Bridget Jones' Diary" and on the same order as "The Devil Wears Prada". Unfortunately, the characters are much less likeable than the characters in those other books because they are shallow, shallow, shallow.

The only redeeming aspect of the book was that it gave some insight on life as a "Park Ave. Princess", of which Plum Sykes, the author, has perhaps some knowledge. She is a contributing editor at Vogue magazine, and a famous Manhattan "It" girl. Also, this book is interesting as it belongs to an oeuvre of books written by former (or current) minions of Vogue Editor-In-Chief Anna Wintour. The other famous book is, of course, "The Devil Wears Prada". Both books talk about the famous editor, but the treatment in each book is completely different.

There was a hilarious scene in "Bergdorf Blondes" involving a doomed book club meeting. The book chosen was serious literature about cannibalism at sea. The book club guests were rich Manhattan socialites dripping in diamonds. All the guests care about is the eligibility of the cute, but shy book lecturer.

This had literally no plot until the last 30 pages and was pretty much the literary equivalent of cotton candy: completely substanceless and fun to consume for the first half, but turns nauseating in large quantities. I love meaningless fashion drivel as much as anyone but 300 pages was way, way too much paper to use on brand-dropping.

I love this book! I love how the author depicted a "Park Avenue Princess's Life" in the book. I also love how the author blended humor in the story. It was pretty hilarious. It is one of the books to read that I do recommend to girls who love fashion, glamour, and New York.

Socialistas. Glitteratis. Park Avenue Princesses. Very Upper East Side.

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While I liked the style of writing and I think Plum does have skill when it comes to keeping things light and easy flowing, I didn't like this book. To be fair, I felt a need to finish and I was compelled to keep reading but I'm not sure how much is that my neurotic need to simply finish a book when I read. Or, I may have just been bored. It was a slow day at work. It took me a few hours to read it, so at least I can say it was a quick read.

The characters were unappealing. While I understand there would be a certain amount of superficiality, I found the main character the dumbest of them all. She doesn't grow, learn, or act like an adult at all. She was completely childish and idiotic. Reading about her character was like an insult to my gender. And I will say, I do like reading chick-lit when it's fun, moving, or humorous. I kept waiting but there was none of that in the book.

And Zach's character... I know he was supposed to be vile but the main character should have gone marching back to him and demand an apology or something after the way he treated her. He was so disrespectful and she just lets him act like that. I detest books when the female character just lets that type of thing happen. I was convinced at the end of the book she might confront him but nope, she just goes off in her little dream world...

It was a big disappointment. I can't believe people kept recommending this book on this site.

Probably one of the worst books I've ever read