Trading Up

By: Candace Bushnell

Narrated by: Mira Sorvino

With a brilliant comic voice as well as Jane Austen's penchant for social satire, Candace Bushnell, who with Sex and the City changed forever how we view New York City, female friendships, and the love of a good pair of Manolos, now brings us a sharply observant, keenly funny, wildly entertaining latter day comedy of manners.

Modern-day heroine Janey Wilcox is a lingerie model whose reach often exceeds her grasp, and whose new-found success has gone to her head. As we follow Janey's adventures, Bushnell draws us into a seemingly glamorous world of $100,000 cars, hunky polo players and media moguls, Fifth Avenue apartments, and relationships whose hidden agendas are detectable only by the socially astute.

But just as Janey enters this world of too much money and too few morals, unseen forces conspire to bring her down, forcing her to reexamine her values about love and friendship--and how far she's really willing to go to realize her dreams.©2003 Candace Bushnell; (P)2003 Hyperion

Trading Up

Trading Up was a surprisingly funny read. Mira Sorvino did an excellent job of telling the story. I wasn't sure what to expect, but couldn't stop listening and wanted the story to continue. Nice job!

Didn't quite live up to SITC

I was hoping for the depth of Sex in the City to go with the glamour this book seemed to promise. But I didn't like the main character...I found myself rooting for bad things to happen to her.

A Fun Read!

Alas, I will never be a Victoria's Secret model living in New York City! This novel takes its readers (listeners) to another life. After all, isn't that transportation one of the joys of fiction reading? I recommend this novel to anyone whose mind needs to escape from their own reality.

Very Disappointing

I am a great fan of "Sex and the City," and was greatly looking forward to reading this book. What a disappointment! It was shallow, cliched, and rather boring. I gave it two stars because I did finish the book, but I would not recommend it.

Fun Chick Lit, Great Narrator

I was a little skeptical about listening to Mira Sorvino for a whole 5 hours, but she turned out to be a great narrator! Trading Up is a pretty standard chick lit book, with fun details about couture clothing and posh Hamptons parties (everything you'd expect from Candace Bushnell), but it also includes a hunky polo player and a great main character. Sorvino gives all of the characters great voices and she's a pleasure to listen to. Two thumbs up for an escapist listen!

Light and Fluffy

This was a very light book after reading the Da Vinci Code. So it was perfect for me.

Entertaining, Light, Well-Read

Preposterous at times, but lots of fun. No great message here, just a lot of intrigue and glamour. At times I felt sorry for the main character, at other times I found myself admiring her evil genius. Mira Sorvino does a great job reading, with credible impersonations of a variety of characters, both male and female. If you are looking for something light and entertaining, look no further.

Petty main character

The main character in this book is completely dislikable she does not have an ounce of good in her body. Think of the evil queen taking over the story of Cinderella and still getting her way and being adored by all her fans. The performance by Mira Sorvino is great that's why I gave it two stars .she really does get into making a character distinct through the voices and entonation.

Good Read

I was a little worried this was going to be full of Sex in the City. Nope just a good clean chick flick. Light and funny!

Not my thing

I had bought this book ages ago and never actually read it so i figured the audio version would be a good way of ticking it off my "to read list". I didn't realize it was abridged but after finishing it i don't think it would have mattered. I'm not a fan of so called "chick lit" and this type of book is why. I am all for light fluffy reading that you use to escape daily life but this character was just vapid and unlikeable to me. I was hoping very early on she'd fall off a yacht and drown in the Atlantic. Spoiler alert, that didn't happen. I can see it's appeal and i, in no way, begrudge someone liking this type of book. More power to you. Just not my thing.