Two Stars - It was Okay.Two Words: Beach. Read.
This is by the author of "The Devil Wears Prada" so I assumed it would be pretty entertaining and good for a laugh or two. I was sort of right.
This story introduces us to three best friends living in NYC, all with great jobs (well, minus the one who lives off her trust fund), and pretty good lives. Adriana is rich and gorgeous and can get any man she wants. Leigh is fast-tracking to her dream job and has the dream boyfriend. And Emmy, a serial monogamist, has a boyfriend, even if he does cheat on her - a lot. And they're all just about to turn 30.
Long story short, Emmy gets dumped so they all decide to make a pact to change their lives, well except for Leigh who doesn't agree to do anything. Adriana is going to stop sleeping with every guys she meets and get engaged by the end of the year and Leigh is going to take a new job that involves a lot of traveling and sleep with one guy from every continent which they dub "Tour de Whore".
So okay, kind of interesting set up, might lead to some funny situations and character growth. But that's where the real set plot line ends. From here it starts to wander and the pact kind of gets pushed aside. It's also a little hard to follow time-wise because it jumps huge blocks of time making it a bit tricky to keep up with what's going on. There is also quite a large amount of time devoted to a pet parrot. Actually, there is a lot of time devoted to several plot lines that don't really go anywhere, and every time an interesting plot development is suggested, it gets dumped.
At the end I walked away hating one of the girls, thinking another one was just kind of pathetic, but thinking the last one was pretty cool and I'd actually like to see what happens to her, but I'm not going to tell you which is which. So while it isn't a particularly great read it was okay. It would definitely keep you entertained in an airport or at the doctor's office if you just needed something to pass the time.
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