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The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look At A Shallow Year (2014)

by Andy Cohen(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1627792287 (ISBN13: 9781627792288)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Henry Holt and Co.

review 1: Think of combining Howard Stern with Page Six, and an ever-present undercurrent of Village People. Oh, and it's all about parties and "important people with initials and first names", and the dog -- who kind of saves the book. In this book's format, diary entries cover a-year-in-the-life. The book in print lands with a thud. It is so hard to read and just scattered and too serious for itself. The audio book, however, is really fun. Andy Cohen voices his daily archives so the writing comes alive and is catchy and gives a lighter feeling to things. Well, that is until his year is almost up, and when he states (more than once) that he hates doing audio books. At this point, Cohen seems to get bored with his entries, and the book slides to an end. There are some great pop cult... moreure details revealed and some great moments. The book is shallow (as advertised) and judgmental and prides itself on these types of musings.
review 2: I must admit, that this "book" is aptly titled, but I would probably remove the word "Deep". Nothing about this collection of journal entries is deep, but that is to be expected considering its writer lives a life that doesn't scratch below the surface. While I found it entertaining because I find the lives of those with money and the privilege it buys luring, Andy Cohen should re-read his own diary if he truly seeks a life that goes beyond the first layer. He talks about finding love, but repeatedly goes on dates he sets up through a service with men barely out of college and then admits that they are age inappropriate. Newsflash: just by admitting that they too young for you doesn't cancel out the act of setting up subsequent dates with more men that are young enough to be your own kids. I have to give him props for creating the life he desired since childhood, a life spent living in an expensive Manhattan apartment with another home in the Hamptons, parties thrown by celebrities and attended by and with celebrities and best friends that fly him via helicopter to get to said parties. But while he is flitting from one home to the next, eating brunch with the Fallons followed by lunch with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos, maybe he needs to stop a moment, let a little moss gather and find the "Deep" end of the heated pools in which he swims. less

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