One Fifth Avenue CD

Author - Candace Bushnell ... [Goo?] [Posters]
Donna Murphy ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Audio CD Book item from Hyperion was reviewed on 16-Oct-2008.

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1) Audio CD Book One Fifth Avenue CD by Hyperion. Starts out kind of all over the place...too much plot, too many characters. A few chapters in, it gets really good and you´re hooked. But when I read the last page of "One Fifth Avenue," I said to myself, "That´s it?!?" I will admit that Bushnell does a good job with some twists and surprises and her characters are well thought out(Annalisa Rice is my favorite character), but I felt that in the end, more could have been done for each of the characters.¤

2) Audio CD Book One Fifth Avenue CD by Hyperion. I will admit that I am a big fan of Sex and the City, but not such a big fan of all Bushnell´s books since. As a matter of fact, I didn´t like them very much. This one changed my point-of-view of Bushnell. I loved it! The twists and turns I did not see coming. The characters were so much fun. You really never knew what they would do next. Every character had an agenda, and their priorities in life. I like that the building was very much a character, as well, and how ruthless all the characters were to get into the building and stay in the building. I listened to this one on CD and would highly recommend. This one is perfect for someone who wants an enjoyable read that actually has a bit more depth than one would expect and lots and lots of fun!!! I would personally love to see this one made into a movie.¤

3) Audio CD Book One Fifth Avenue CD by Hyperion. Actually, it´s the one I was able to read all the way through. CB owes her career as a book author to television and the producers and screenwriters that can make her look better than she is. SATC the book was dreadful, yet it was spun into gold by people who took her stories and characters and turned them into something. I made it to Chapter 3 of Lipstick Jungle before I asked myself why I was torturing myself, yet the show is a hit. In One Fifth, the characters are pretty good and their stories are fun to read, if not cliched. The writing is pedantic, but I envision the TV show that´s sure to follow, a star studded success due to the aforementioned producers and screenwriters who will turn it into the next Hotel/Love Boat.¤

4) Audio CD Book One Fifth Avenue CD by Hyperion. An exciting look into the lives of the residents in a Manhattan building with a storied past. Read as the lives of the "haves" and the "want to haves" clash in unexpected twists and turns.¤

5) Audio CD Book One Fifth Avenue CD by Hyperion. Candace Bushnell´s "One Fifth Avenue" revolved around a historic Manhattan building where residents were artsy and somewhat rich. Things became complicated when one of its resident died and there was a vacancy in the building. Soon, Annalisa and her hedge-funder husband, Paul Rice moved in and began to change the way things were done in the building, especially since they were a lot richer than the rest of the residents. The other residents included Philip Oakland, a famous writer with his young girlfriend, his aunt, a columnist who also owned a unit there, and Mindy Gooch, the annoying and also the head of the resident board.

This was an extremely fun read for me, as Bushnell wrote about the gossips and the social happenings involving the residents. I was surprised that the book was quite engaging as I was lost at the beginning with the introduction of so many characters. All the characters in the book were not necessary unique but were definitely captivating and I can see the book being made into a movie or a TV series. Highly recommended!¤

6) Audio CD Book One Fifth Avenue CD by Hyperion. "ONE FIFTH AVENUE is a modern comedy of manners -- a landmark novel, if you like. Its observations about money, the Internet, the function of art in society as wellas sex romps, social climbing and snobbery enhance Bushnell´s reputation as an astute observer of modern life....Carrie Bradshaw wannabes as well as women (and men) near Bushnell´s age -- she turns 50 this year -- will be pulled into this refreshing and highly entertaining novel about the power of money, sex and celebrity."
--USA TODAY

"Bushnell...broadens her scope in her latest ode to New York strivers and sophisticates...The fun lies in the author´s acute observations about everything from real estate envy to midlife crises."
--More

"Where [Bushnell] goes, her army of stilletoed fans follow. You gotta love it: the conflict, the secrets-telling, the peek into the world of the rich and valueless. It all adds up to a juicy summer read."
--New York Post

"One Fifth Avenue is all things an escapist read she be: quick and wicked and wry. There´s a blown-out bitch to root against, a star-crossed couple to root for, and a Tim Gunn-style best friend who deserves his own book. Great, guiltless fun."
--Entertainment Weekly

From one of the most consistently astute and engaging social commentators of our day comes another look at the tough and tender women of New York City--this time, through the lens of where they live.

One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over one of Manhattan´s oldest and most historically hip neighborhoods, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into--one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell´s new novel, One Fifth Avenue, this edifice is essential to the lives they´ve carefully established--or hope to establish. From the hedge fund king´s wife to the aging gossip columnist to the free-spirited actress (a recent refugee from L.A.), each person´s game plan for a rich life comes together under the soaring roof of this landmark building.

Acutely observed and mercilessly witty, One Fifth Avenue is a modern-day story of old and new money, that same combustible mix that Edith Wharton mastered in her novels about New York´s Gilded Age and F. Scott Fitzgerald illuminated in his Jazz Age tales. Many decades later, Bushnell´s New Yorkers suffer the same passions as those fictional Manhattanites from eras past: They thirst for power, for social prominence, and for marriages that are successful--at least to the public eye. But Bushnell is an original, and One Fifth Avenue is so fresh that it reads as if sexual politics, real estate theft, and fortunes lost in a day have never happened before.

From Sex and the City through four successive novels, Bushnell has revealed a gift for tapping into the zeitgeist of any New York minute and, as one critic put it, staying uncannily "just the slightest bit ahead of the curve." And with each book, she has deepened her range, but with a light touch that makes her complex literary accomplishments look easy. Her stories progress so nimbly and ring so true that it can seem as if anyone might write them--when, in fact, no one writes novels quite like Candace Bushnell. Fortunately for us, with One Fifth Avenue, she has done it again.

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