A Novel by Kelly Killoren Bensimon, Gallery Books, June 2016.
A Dangerous Age by Kelly Killoren Bensimon
My rating: 2 of 5 stars
* An e-ARC was provided by Gallery Books and Edelweiss for an honest review.
A DANGEROUS AGE by Kelly Killoren Bensimon is a boring book about four, once uber fashion-forward, New York City women (who became friends in their 20s) and what happens to them over a few months. Told in first person, past tense, the book is pretentious and silly, and it skips around between current day and memories of the past. The story has very little substance and even fewer interesting scenes.
The four main characters are now in their 40s and no longer the upper society leaders they once were. Each of the four have some crisis going on in their lives. Lucy's marriage is disintegrating, Sarah is on the verge of a social collapse, Billy has no focus other than thinking she's a creative culinary genius, and Lotta, a beautiful art dealer, is a total lush. Their very real, life-crushing issues seem secondary to the reality-show-like circus of their days.
A DANGEROUS AGE may appeal to people who like the Real Housewives and Kardashian reality shows, but readers who prefer a story with substance and likable characters should skip this book.
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A Dangerous Age by Kelly Killoren BensimonMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
* An e-ARC was provided by Gallery Books and Edelweiss for an honest review.
A DANGEROUS AGE by Kelly Killoren Bensimon is a boring book about four, once uber fashion-forward, New York City women (who became friends in their 20s) and what happens to them over a few months. Told in first person, past tense, the book is pretentious and silly, and it skips around between current day and memories of the past. The story has very little substance and even fewer interesting scenes.
The four main characters are now in their 40s and no longer the upper society leaders they once were. Each of the four have some crisis going on in their lives. Lucy's marriage is disintegrating, Sarah is on the verge of a social collapse, Billy has no focus other than thinking she's a creative culinary genius, and Lotta, a beautiful art dealer, is a total lush. Their very real, life-crushing issues seem secondary to the reality-show-like circus of their days.
A DANGEROUS AGE may appeal to people who like the Real Housewives and Kardashian reality shows, but readers who prefer a story with substance and likable characters should skip this book.
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