Chasing Harry Winston

De: Lauren Weisberger

Narrado por: Charlotte Parry

The bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and When Life Gives You Lululemons is back with a delicious novel about a trio of best friends in Manhattan who agree to change their lives in the most personal and dramatic way possible—and to do it within one calendar year.

Meet Emmy, Leigh, and Adriana. Best friends since college, each has seen her share of career foils and romantic foibles over the past decade. Now, as they approach thirty, they’re looking toward their future...and they’re not quite sure they like what they see.

When they are each alone on Valentine’s Day, the trio makes a pact. Within one year, each woman will change the thing that most challenges her. For Emmy, it will be to find romance—or a fling—in every foreign country she visits. For Leigh, a book editor with a dream boyfriend and dream apartment, no change seems necessary—until she starts to notice a brilliant and brooding man named Jesse. And for commitment-phobic, drop-dead-gorgeous Adriana, her goal is to have an engagement ring and a house in Scarsdale. Each woman starts the year with the best of intentions—which is exactly why the pact goes immediately, and exceptionally, awry.

Filled with delicious insider details, Chasing Harry Winston whisks readers into the heart of an elite world and unforgettable characters. Let the games begin!

Cute, but little substance

I enjoyed this book, but at times found the 3 main characters incredibly immature for 29 year olds. There were plenty of sweet, recognisable and cute moments though, and I especially liked the last 2 or 3 chapters, which made up for all the annoying bits (mainly the self doubting inner monologues).
Also, is it me, or is it weird to still refer to yourself as a girl at 29? I get saying “girls night” or “come on girls ...”, etc, but it seemed like these 3 actually considered themselves girls still, and not grown up women... which come to think of it befits their immature behaviours. I get feeling not quite grown up, I felt that way for a long time, but I definitely moved from girlhood into womanhood somewhere between the age of 18 and 23.

The narration was decent, except for the accents. Everything sounded like different versions of bad french accents. Especially when Adriana says hello. I am no expert, but it sounded super fake to me.

All in all, not a bad book, but in my opinion not her best.

Fantasy Chick Lit- Entertaining Enough (SPOILERS)

This book should actually be found under "fantasy" on audible. Three women fall completely backwards into fame, fortune, and amazing jobs. One woman actually breaks up with her celebrity fiance because another celebrity is pursuing her. Another woman has a famous movie director falling all over himself to date her. The story is basically three women who do absolutely nothing and find unbelievable success. It is disappointing because it really was well written and kept my interest so it had great potential. I will probably read other books from this author. But the story was just BAD.

Anyway perhaps one of the reasons it was so pleasant to listen to is that the narrator was AMAZING. She did a great Brazilian accent and hit the emotions of the women perfectly. I will probably look for other books with this narrator.

Learning how to get a man

Very enjoyable - perfect weekend read - this is exactly what you need to hen you have a long weekend and are tired of binge watching TV

Eh

Kind of a trite and silly story. Not that original, and the gals were ridiculously exaggerated. But I listened to the whole thing, so it wasn't that bad.

Revision?

The book description and the book do not match. Did anyone else have this issue?