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I read this when I was twelve and at that point I was wholeheartedly obsessed with this book. the glittery depiction of New York and the lifestyle it entails really got the twelve-year-old version of myself excited. going through the book again after having grown up (i wish I hadn't) and having read more literary classics and examples of well-written books, I realised how this book was in all honestly, crap. but then I reminded myself, hey, it's a chick-lit, so it would be my fault if i'd compared it to the works of Murakami or whoever else. as a chick-lit, it delivers the expectations of a chick-lit: fun, light, shallow, filled with depictions of glamorous girly life etc.
This is one of those books to read when you're feeling sick and want some brainless entertainment. It was stupid, full of clichés and completely unlikely unrealistic events. And yet I couldn't stop reading.It made me want to go back to NY and experience that feeling of "anything is possible". It made me think about life and relationships and how there really is no certainty in anything. Unless I get sick again I don't think I will be picking up any of her other books but just because it did make me think about stuff I think it deserves 3 stars.
I'm booking a ticket to NY. Loved it.
7,8