Saturday, February 27, 2010
Four Blondes - Candace Bushnell
I bought this book thinking it was a long novel about the stories of four blond women who knew each other and whose lives would be somehow connected. It was, instead, a sequence of four stories, with faint connections to each other (some minor characters).
I liked the book. I wasn't able to identify with any of the women Candace Bushnell tells about, because none of them is a real positive hero - but that's why this book is so good. We can participate in the pain, feelings, joys, of each of them, but never totally approve their behavior. The same way as, in real life, nobody is perfect, and it's something we just have to accept!
And the author looks at her "creatures" with love but with a subtle sarcasm, always avoiding to judge too harshly, though.
The stories are well told, the glamourous Manhattan is ever present (even in the last story, which takes place for the most part in London, but where you can breath Manhattan in every step the main character takes).
I like Candace Bushnell, and althoug this is not my favourite novel of hers, I had fun reading it.
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