Lipstick Jungle : A Novel

Lipstick Jungle is written by the same woman who wrote Sex and the City so it has extremely similar themes. If you liked the show Sex and the City or the book, then you are guarenteed to like this one. This book focuses on women who are at the top of their careers but are having romantic troubles. It's funny, racy, and perfect for a rainy day or a day on the beach. It is not an intellectual book by any means and you can finish it in one day. It's not a bad book, just does not have anything of real weight or consequence to it.

It's an entertaining read but you are probably better off just grabbing a copy from your library instead of buying it. I bought my copy but I got it used so it was only a couple dollars.

I'm not sure what message Candace Bushnell was intending to convey, but the one I came away with was that women can't have it all, but it's maybe OK if you make an obscene amount of money and have great girlfriends.

The author does a great job of portraying good female friendships. Wendy, Nico and Victory are slightly older than the Sex and the City women but significantly wealthier and more powerful. But they have two things in common with their SATC predecessors: a long-lasting deep friendship and lousy love lives. The latter is more sad in this book because two of the three women are married and have children!

I thought the book was an interesting look into the ficticious lives of highly successful women in the fields of magazines, movies and fashion. It kept me interested even though it made me a little sad that the characters were too often anxious or unhappy. And like SATC before it, I'm guessing there is a lot of truth written into the fiction.

Just don't read the book expecting the characters to have perfect careers and perfect families!

Completely unrealistic. How can anyone identify with these super-powerful and rich women? Buying your ex-husband a flat right next to yours so you can both be next to the kids? And so unimaginative. The producer woman's movies are called "Ragged Pilgrims" and "The Spotted Pig" (which is a romance). Was Bushnell trying to be humorous? So horrible. Read it if you have nothing else to do.

I purchased this book for i believe under $8.00 from AMZ. $8.00 or $7.00 (Hardcover Edition Brand New) free shipping and no tax. I love a good bargain. But i kind of regret it. Those few dollars gave me nothing but a world of pain. Candance writes decent. I give her 1 star for being able to write over 200 pages, but that's it. That's the only accomplishment here. The book is just very JUMPY it keeps going from scenario to scenario in an odd pacing. Because of this it came out to be a difficult READ! Also i know she tries to show the fabulous life of girls in Manhattan and if anyone lives in NYC you will know life is glamorous only to a certain extent. Anyways, the way she writes about these characters you end up just not feeling a thing for them. They are not very likeable people or people anyone would root for. I believe in Chick Lit it's all about rooting for the underdog and not characters that come off as shallow and vapid. I thought I would enjoy this because of the price and regret every minute of it. Getting through the 1st chapter was just slow torture. I also had another Candace book called 4 Blondes which was a mess of a READ as well. In all honesty I purchased her books because she was the creator of SATC and in the end she really has nothing interesting to offer literature fans of the world.

Lipstick Jungle reads exactly like what it was meant for: a script for Bushnell's next television show. I deliberately plucked it out of sales bin as I was looking for my next no-brainer-entertainment-purposes-only-summertime-reading novel. I was not disappointed. Ms. Bushnell's writing certainly isn't the most eloquent I've ever encountered, and she does overuse the thesaurus a bit, plugging in seldom-used "big" words that seemed a clumsy attempt at sophisticated writing. While the characters have completely no relevance to my life, it stayed with me enough so that I could finish it... and frankly, I was entertained. My only criticism with her novel is the contemptuous attitude towards men. These high-powered women who are in constant competition with men is really a testament to what little self-esteem these "modern" women possess. I, for one, miss those days when being referred to as a "[...]" was an insult, now women wear it as a badge of honor--pathetic! And for being "smart" women, they make idiotic, desperate choices in men. The two married characters in her book allow themselves to be treated badly by their husbands -- for years -- and they put up with it? A true woman in control and empowered has the courage to speak her mind, expect respect, gives respect, and yet fearless of being vulnerable to the right man, and because of that she is treated well and adored and respected. Those lipstick jungle broads can have that high-flying lifestyle, because when you're at the top, the only place to go is down. The whole time I'm reading this novel all I can think of is how emotionally, physically, and mentally exhausting it must be to maintain it.