Book Review: Bergdorf Blondes

Book: Bergdorf Blondes by Plum Sykes

Description:

Plum Sykes beguiling debut welcomes readers to the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses, the girls who careen through Manhattan in search of the perfect Fake Bake (tan acquired from Portofino Tanning Salon), a ride on a PJ (private jet) with the ATM (rich boyfriend), and the ever-elusive fiance.

With invitations to high-profile baby showers and benefits, more Marc Jacobs clothes than is decent, and a department store heiress for a best friend, our heroine known only as Moi is living at the peak of New York society. But what is Moi to do when her engagement falls apart? Can she ever find happiness in a city filled with the distractions of Front Row Girls, dermatologists, premieres, and eyebrow waxes? Is it possible to find love in a town where her friends think that the secret to happiness is getting invited to the Van Cleef and Arpels private sample sale? And how is she going to deal with the endless phone calls from her mother in England demanding that she get married to the Earl next door?

With enormous wit and an insider's eye, Sykes captures the nuances of the rich and spoiled in a heartwarming social satire, featuring a loveable "champagne bubble of a girl" who's just looking for love (and maybe the perfect pair of Chloe jeans).



Rating: 1 star

Review:

One word: Shallow. That's how I would sum up this book. The story centered around the "It Girls" in New York City, one in particular called Moi. I found the characters to be really shallow and the plot to be very lacking. There really wasn't much to this book. I had read this several years ago and I still can't find anything fun or entertaining about it.

I remember all the hype for Bergdorf Blondes when it was first released and it was getting such amazing reviews. After I read this, I was very disappointed because: one) I wasted my money on this book and two) there was nothing amazing about this and it was far from being remotely witty or funny.

I enjoy reading chick-lit especially really good, smart, funny and awesome ones like Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella. Bergdorf Blondes has to be one of the most insipid books that I have every read. This is almost as bad as Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell, which was really, really awful.