This book was fluff – it was fun and entertaining. There was a lot of drama throughout, and the pacing was quick, which kept it engaging. It was fun look into the lives of the super-rich, and made me think a bit about the types of problems that transcend class.
I watched this movie when it came out, and I really liked it. The book isn’t exactly the same as the movie, of course, but I liked the ways it was different – in the book, Kevin Kwan’s prose showed the perspective of each of the main characters more than was possible in the movie. There are also some sub-plots that were left out of the movie, which gave some more depth to secondary characters in the book.
Was this world-changing, life-altering literature? No. Was this something fun to read to distract myself from the fact that the world feels like it’s kind of ending right now? Yes.