Chasing Harry Winston

A Novel

By: Lauren Weisberger

Narrated by: Lily Rabe

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!©2008 Lauren Weisberger; (P)2008 Simon and Schuster, Inc.

fun and flirty

This was a good listen. The characters were relate-able and reminded you of your best friends. The narrator was great as well.

kind of boring

The narrator makes a dry, predictable story worse. She actually sounds BORED while she's reading it. The writing is unimaginative as if it was pulled from other beach reads, so if you like that sort of thing, this is a great book. The author couldn't come up with anything more original than "he put his hand on the small of her back and guided her through the restaurant"?

Is this really by Lauren Weisberger?!?

I was so disappointed in this. I was a huge fan of Saphires and Garlic and of course The Devil Wears Prada, but this was a huge let down!
Who were these characters? I couldn't related to any of them and they were not very likeable. I did a double take to make sure that there wasn't a unabridged version of this before I purchased it.
The narrator's voice was a bit too gruff for me, I would of loved to have had Eliza Dusku do this one too....

Truly forgettable

I did not enjoy this book. The characters are too stereotypical for my taste; withouth depth, at least not enough for me to begin to really care about them. The plot is silly, and for the most part portrays women as loose (or willing to become loose), shallow and calculating. The whole book seems to hinge on the desires of women with apparently low self-esteem to catch and keep a man for mostly all the wrong reasons.
This was my second foray into chick-lit, and apparently it's just not for me.

Who are these characters?

The characters are anything but sympathetic and it is impossible to relate to them. We only get a superficial look at the personality of each character leaving a void so that the reader feels lost as to the what makes each tick. This reader is unable to make the transition from outsider to being drawn into the story. The story lacked punch and is uninteresting.