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Gilding Lily (2008)

by Tatiana Boncompagni(Favorite Author)

3.23 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0061451010 (ISBN13: 9780061451010)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

review 1: Ahh…Gilding Lily by Tatiana Boncompagni. Where do I begin with this novel? Well let’s start with a summary of the book shall we? This book is basically about a woman named Lily Bartholomew who is married to a wealthy man named Robert. She enjoys her life in the glamour having fun going to parties with him and getting her picture taken…until they have a baby that is. Once she has a child, that’s when everything starts crashing down around her. She feels embarrassed of her weight, she feels her husband as stopped loving her, she had to quit her job which she loved. The only good thing in her life at that moment is little Will. As the book goes on, you see how her life goes from good to bad to worse to pretty alright in a span of a year. The characters in the book we... morere relatable, meaning that in every character, you could see a bit of yourself in them. From the nicest person to the downright evilest witch. Even if you wouldn’t want to admit it, you can see yourself in them. Boncompagni wrote Lily so believably, I sometimes had to stop and think if this was a true story or not. If you were thrust into a world of fame, fortune, and anything you could possibly want after living in a middle-class family, you’d be able to relate to her and the struggles and mistakes she’s made. It was so realistic, that it could unfortunately happen to anyone. In the copy of the book I had, there were some grammar mistakes but it was mostly quotation marks that were missing here and there. It didn’t mess up the flow of the book at all. Now the descriptions were a little much. Now, I’m not saying description is a bad thing, but I am saying that every little piece of furniture didn’t need to be described in full detail. The clothes, yes. The jewelry yes. How people were feeling, yes. What brand couch and table, not so much. I felt like the author over described certain aspects of this book just to make it a tad bit longer. But overall, I could see the galas and clothes and people wonderfully. Felt like I was really there sometimes. Overall, I give this book a 4/5. I could relate with Lily and in the end I felt bad for her. I wanted her to get a total happy ending, without all the stress and pain that came along with it. Lily to me was a real life person who faced real struggles. Many people who read this book said they couldn’t relate to her at all. How they couldn’t, I have no actual idea. Maybe they haven’t lived a normal life. Maybe they’re rich and see this book as slander to socialites. Who knows. All I know is that you should give this book a read, even if it may not seem like your cup of tea.
review 2: This book was cute. Not a bad bargain purchase, but I was so pissed off when I closed it up. No matter the cutesy ending, I was too annoyed with Lily's husband Robert for how ignorant and stupid he was throughout the book. I felt it needed more of a general resolution, even though I was happy he got a happy ending. I generally enjoy taking the time read books like this - caricatures of society women and all - but the undertones of this one bothered me and I couldn't put much stock in the happy ending of the couple because of Robert's attitudes that were so ingrained in the text. less

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