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Each summer, I try to read at least one book of pure candy fluff.
Although there are sobering incidents, and perhaps more autumnal sadness than you'd want from your lipstick smeared and sun lotion stained beach read, Bushnell's scoping of her sixth decade fit the bill.
I only think things could have gone much better for her and her friends if they'd skipped the art show openings and cocktail lounges and Tinder and signed up at FarmersOnly dot com.
Is There Still Sex in the City was such a fun read, As a Sex in the City superfan, I enjoyed reading this newest book by Candace Bushnell, This wellwritten book reads like a collection of short stories/journal entries and focuses on how six friends discover all the things that life has to offer women who are midlife dating, the concept of “cubbing”, vaginal restoration and so much more.
It was fun and light and mirthful, A few times I actually laughed out loud,

I received a review copy of this book from the publisher through NetGalley for my honest review.
Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own, Twenty years after her sharp, seminal first book Sex and the City reshaped the landscape of pop culture and dating with its fly on the wall look at the mating rituals of the Manhattan elite, the trailblazing Candace Bushnell delivers a new book on the wilds and lows of sex and dating after fifty.


Set between the Upper East Side of Manhattan and a country enclave known as The Village, Is There Still Sex in the City follows a cohort of female friendsSassy, Kitty, Queenie, Tilda Tia, Marilyn, and Candaceas they navigate the evermodernizing phenomena of midlife dating and relationships.
Theres “Cubbing,” in which a sensible older woman suddenly becomes the love interest of a much younger man, the “Mona Lisa” Treatmenta vaginal restorative surgery often recommended to middle aged women, and what its really like to go on Tinder dates as a fiftysomething divorcee.
From the high highs My New Boyfriend or MNBs to the low lows Middle Age Madness, or MAM cycles, Bushnell illustrates with humor and acuity todays relationship landscape and the types that roam it.


Drawing from her own experience, in Is There Still Sex in the City Bushnell spins a smart, lively satirical story of love and life from all anglesmarriage and children, divorce and bereavement, as well as the very real pressures on women to maintain their youth and have it all.
This is an indispensable companion to one of the most revolutionary dating books of the twentieth century from one of our most important social commentators.
An impulse read in that it presented as something from a perspective and experiential context that's the diametric opposite of mine.
This much proved correct.

There's the experience of women and then there's the experience of privileged often white women, and I can't tell if she doesn't get anything and the editor did and so left it in or if she does but is being deliberately passive in her narration in some pseudoclever way.


Things that were rage inducing:

The general griping one particular illustration centered on her poor friend who "did everything right" a constant and then luckily landed on her feet thanks to a childless aunt who saved all her money and gave it to her and her brother.
Yep, may we all have aunts like that, I think, however, it tends to happen to a specific demographic, Poor friend, so lonely but manages to not need to work after all! And who can afford to buy a house and paint all day.
This is par for course for literally everyone the author knows, Hit rock bottom Exercise and take better care of yourself! Drink less! This doesn't seem like a viable alternative to a large swathe of the socioeconomic spectrum, but.
. . cool

The exboyfriend who dumps himself and his unrelated child on her though she's privileged to own a house and a property that can simulate camping With an entire barn.
. . Who knows. Who parks himself down on couches because women not only naturally know how to shop for children, they naturally bear the responsibility of taking care of kids, even when they're the progeny of strangers.
The total lack of push back on this flabbergasted me, I'm not sure it provokes sympathy for the narrator and her supposed feelings of guilt, because, again, her tone is incredibly passive and flat.
Maybe that's her being truthful to the situation as it unfolded but it's barely understandable,

And this: "as Ron reminded me, I must feel so honored that a man 'as powerful as Arnold' wanted to spend time with me.
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I have no words to add, especially as she goes along with it without much indication of ever thinking about anything or owning any decision beyond describing other opinions in the ether.


And little gems like: "That's the thing about rich people, They can have anything they want but like everyone else, they all just want ice cream, "
What How are you writing a book as though you're so jaded that you're aware of how little you know, and still end up sounding even more ignorant and shallow despite the caveat

And that's the biggest problem she throws out little anecdotes that are kind of pointless and purport to illustrate some phenomenon, or makes a show of frustration or exasperation, or even quips about some lesson she's learned in middle age like it'd be a revelation to the average human spoiler: it's not, by any stretch.
She offers description but no opinions or signs of conscious decisionmaking in her own life, I might as well have spent an hour on Buzzfeed quizzes that describe what kind of gummy bear I was or something.
I actually had to check the publication year, I get it that people build their life experiences from different starting points, I also think people very quickly reveal how aware they are about the shifting contexts around them, Sometimes, it's not flattering. Abandoned after. Im writing this review as I read as there is quite a lot to comment on!
Well, Imin, and its so depressing! Her dog just died, shes telling the tale of her mum dying, and her husband asks for a divorce! All of this is described factually and with no emotion! Im just sat here, with my mouth wide open, thinking what on earth am I reading! This is all just a segue into why the book has been written I cant call it an introduction because so much unbelievable stuff happens within this firstand so quickly you

could blink and miss it!
She sounds so bored as if she doesnt want to be writing this Shes been convinced to put pen to paper, so shes doing it.
. . reluctantly! Shes always saying she cant afford things in the book, so its obvious from the vibe emanating from the pages that she has got to do this or face destitution.
This kind of makes me feel bad that its not that good and already getting bad reviews as she evidently needs it to be a success!
She sounds like a washedup version of Carrie if Mr Big had divorced her and she ended up right back at the beginning! Ive not read the Sex and the City books, but Ive watched the programme many times! I can hear Carries voice through some of the comments.
I do wonder if this is the same tone as those books, or does this have its own unique dispiriting tone
Ah, the abbreviations are driving me mad irl, MAM! You get to the end of a chapter and completely forget what they stand for!
The shoe buying incident is bizarre she is waxing lyrical that she cant afford things but then buys a pair of shoes two sizes too big for her just because she thinks she should because theyre fashionable!
Some of the stories werent too bad, still cringeworthy but you get caught up in them! So the middle section when she is describing boob jobs, facials and kids by proxy were quite entertaining.
However, then the book starts to draw to an end and we are dealt more deaths and philosophical musings that just make you want to curl up and die!
This book made me want to hold onto Morgan really tight and be very grateful that Im not single.
This book is depressing, desperate and sad, and it made me sad reading it! It made me uncomfortable the majority of the time, and like I say its such a shame, it could have been good, but she needed to believe more in what she was writing and telling us.


After some personal criticism from the author via Twitter, and subsequently blocking me before I had a chance to respond, I have decided to update my review.
This is the response to the author I would have put on Twitter and a little more of an explanation as to why this book wasnt for me: "Thank you for responding to my review.
Sex and the City, Lipstick Jungle and The Carrie Diaries have brought so much joy to my life, and Im grateful to you for creating those worlds.

Im really gutted that I didnt enjoy this book, I was so happy to receive an ARC, but maybe I went in with too high expectations.
I cant lie in a review, and Im sorry this book wasnt for me! I have read other autobiographies of women just not via NetGalley that may have suffered worse and they have receivedstar reviews.
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