Candace Bushnell

a Carrie diaries novel

Summer and the city

Jamieson

eh. I don't know how to feel? I definitely didn't enjoy it as much as The Carrie Diaries. I was pretty disappointed, to be honest. 

Carrie was really annoying in this one. In THE CARRIE DIARIES, I felt she was flawed but still entertaining. In SUMMER AND THE CITY, I couldn't stand her. I just found her to be really annoying, obnoxious and kind of ridiculous. I'm not sure if she was meant to be, but it ended up really annoying me. Her arrogance was totally unfounded, and I just was going shuut uppp for so much of it. 

And I found the romance really kind of creepy, I didn't like the relationship between Bernard and Carrie and even though things "resolved themselves" at the end it was still weird. I just didn't like so much of the relationships between the characters. 

Samantha and Miranda were okay, much better than Carrie was but still they couldn't save the story. They didn't capture my interest in the same way Maggie, Walt and Mouse did in the first book. 

 I ended up skim reading at least half of this, I was just ready to have it over and done with by the end. I don't know, I was quite charmed with the first book -- true, it wasn't remarkable but it was cute and fun and easy reading. I just found this one to be alot more tedious, and the "messages" were kind of force fed down my throat and I noticed. The subtlety of the first installment was lost here. 

Overall, disappointed in this one. It was a 1.5* for me.

Talia Dominguez 

hmm well I really liked this book(: even though carrie was being brave considering she didnt have family in NYC. The only thing i didnt like about her is that she too clingy.and she was trying lose her virginity to a divorced man. what is wrong with her??!! she should had done it with sebastian! anywayz everybody do stuff that we later regret so I liked Carrie and well her friends also.they were all sex addicts haha.

Summer and the city a Carrie diaries novel

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