Killing Monica

by Candace Bushnell

In Killing Monica Bushnell spoofs and skewers her way through pop culture, celebrity worship, fame and even the meaning of life itself, when a famous writer must resort to faking her own death in order to get her life back from her most infamous creation - Monica. With her trademark humour and style, Killing Monica is Bushnell's sharpest, funniest book to date.

This is Bushnell at her best - full of mordant wit, casual sex and highly conspicuous consumption.

• ISBN10: 0349119538
• ISBN13: 9780349119533
• Publish Date: 28 July 2016 (first published 19 May 2015)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
• Imprint: Abacus
• Format: Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Leah]

This one was a "meh" read for me. When I read it was all about a character killing herself off in a bid to rid herself from an actual, fictional character, I thought it sounded awesome, but it took FAR too long for the actual killing to take place, and instead it focused more on Pandy's defunct relationship that ended in divorce - and because it ended in divorce, and we already knew it, I had no interest in hearing about it, ya know?

I wanted to love this book, and I'm still not quite sure if it was meant as an actual book or as some sort of parody (perhaps based on Cadance herself and her very successful Sex & The City books that turned into the TV show and movies, etc?).

This just wasn't my cup of tea and the names - oh good Lord - Pandy? REALLY??? Sondra Beth Schnowzer???? That's what made me suspect parody, because the names were just so silly. I was just disappointed really. This wasn't the book for me, it had the right idea, but it just wasn't utilized correctly.