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2.0 out of 5 stars
Cosmos are out ..., May 18, 2004
This review is from: Cosmopolitan Girls: A Novel (Paperback)
and this book should go with it. I was not impressed at all. Basic. Enough to keep you reading to see if it gets better, only to be disappointed afterwards. Get this from library.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Somebody Grab Me A Cosmo So I Can Forget Reading This!!, March 28, 2004
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This review is from: Cosmopolitan Girls: A Novel (Paperback)
I am not sure what book the other reviewers read but "Cosmopolitan Girls" was not as good as the cover or title lead you to believe. The way this book read, I am sure each of the writers handled a different character and then tried to meet somewhere in the middle when the main characters were in chapters together. It just seemed like you were reading separate books. The storyline drifted all over the place, there was too much designer name-dropping and not enough substance. Luckily, the chapters are pretty short which is the ONLY reason I was able to finish this book. The most positive aspects of this novel are that most of the intimate scenes included condom use, which is rare in any novel; also the tips for all women from the authors at the end of the book. I'm not saying that these ladies are not good writers. I could see where they were trying to bond sisters together in a positive light. I just thought the story itself was rather weak. I would read something else from these authors just to see if they improve but I would have to check it out of the library. Too much of a risk to buy based on this first effort.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Just borrow it from someone., April 12, 2005
This review is from: Cosmopolitan Girls: A Novel (Paperback)
Meet the Cosmopolitan Girls: Lindsay Bradley and Charlie Thorton. Lindsay is from St. Louis, Missouri, and Charlie is from Buffalo, New York. Both move to New York City, ready to find love and success and "take the city by storm." As young, beautiful black women, both are trying to balance professional ambitions with their romantic needs and desires. When they meet by chance in a bar in the city, they "click" instantly. Each woman is comforted and inspired by the other, and they make plans to meet and talk again. They don't know it at first, but they are destined to meet each other and change each other's lives.
If you are still reading this review, you are probably thinking, "Well, that sounds a little after-school special' to me . . ." And you are right. An after-school-special for God-fearing grown women who like to have sex - but only in a good-girl way - and who enjoy sista-girl bonding, mutual affirmation, and plotting revenge. Often over an alcoholic drink.
I can't knock a positive story when I see one. And this is a positive, inspiring tale. These woman have their stuff together. They are educated and ambitious. They support each other. They pursue their dreams. They -mostly - make the right decisions. But they make mistakes, too. My goodness, they are human! These women are role models . . . But still. The after-school special vibe was a little much.
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