So, this novel is by Candace Bushnell of Sex and the City fame. I have never read any of her novels and thought I would give it a try, since I liked the TV show (at least early on). Killing Monica is the story of Pandy Wallis, the author of a hit series of books about Monica and her escapades in New York City (made into a series of successful movies). After a bitter divorce and the rejection of her new non-Monica book by her publisher, Pandy winds up faking her own death, and adventure ensues.
I have to say I found this book REALLY hard to get into. It started kind of all over the place, and the characters of Pandy, her friends, and her husband Jonny, seemed superficial and not very likeable. But then when she fake died - which I thought was going to come much earlier in the novel - I really got into the story, and wanted to see how it played out. And the little surprise at the end with her sister Hellenor totally caught me off guard.
I'm going to say this is a beach read, and the kind of book I read in my twenties but am over now that I'm ... not in my twenties. And I definitely wouldn't see the movie.
Killing Monica
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