Helpful Score: 2
Continuing on with reviews of books that have been made into movies, but don't let that stop you from reading the book.
This book is an enjoyable read about the NYC magazine scene in the now halcyon days when people read magazines. Young is truly funny and yet you are amazed he could hold down a job with the significant amount of partying he described. I caught the movie the other night on cable and was truly mortified by what it was turned into because I remembered this book as being so quick and enjoyable.
I didn't recognize that they based the movie from this book. So yet again I say read the book.
This book is an enjoyable read about the NYC magazine scene in the now halcyon days when people read magazines. Young is truly funny and yet you are amazed he could hold down a job with the significant amount of partying he described. I caught the movie the other night on cable and was truly mortified by what it was turned into because I remembered this book as being so quick and enjoyable.
I didn't recognize that they based the movie from this book. So yet again I say read the book.
Helpful Score: 1
I expected this book to be funnier than it actually was. The premise is incredible, but the delivery disappointed me in several places.
Helpful Score: 1
When I first started reading this book, I really thought it was going to be one of those books that I would just give up on before I even reached the middle. The subject matter was so shallow and so out of my realm of reality.
But there are some truly hilarious scenarios. And the author really owns up to his shallowness and transcends it. He was like a George Costanza in the elite publishing world. So many bad choices and self sabotage. But he was and is also very intelligent and comes up with some fascinating insights about the Manhattan elite. I'll never look at Vanity Fair magazine the same again.
Fun read. Glad I didn't give up on it.
But there are some truly hilarious scenarios. And the author really owns up to his shallowness and transcends it. He was like a George Costanza in the elite publishing world. So many bad choices and self sabotage. But he was and is also very intelligent and comes up with some fascinating insights about the Manhattan elite. I'll never look at Vanity Fair magazine the same again.
Fun read. Glad I didn't give up on it.