| 词条 | Killing Monica |
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| name = Killing Monica | title_orig = | translator = | image = Killing Monica - book cover.jpg | border = yes | caption = Hardcover edition | author = Candace Bushnell | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = | subject = | genre = Chick-lit | publisher = Hachette Book Group | release_date = June 23rd 2015 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (hardcover) | pages = 310 pp (first edition) | isbn = 978-0-446-55790-0 | oclc = | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = }}Killing Monica is a novel written by Candace Bushnell. It was first released as a hardcover on June 23, 2015. Bushnell's publisher, the Hachette Book Group describes its central character, Pandy "PJ" Wallis, as "a renowned writer whose novels about a young woman making her way in Manhattan have spawned a series of blockbuster films."[1] SynopsisA champagne-drinking New York novelist named Pandy Wallis has found success through writing a series of books about her alter ego, Monica. The books have been adapted into films starring an actress named Sondra-Beth Schnowzer. Now, newly divorced, Pandy wants to write serious fiction about one of her ancestors instead. The plot combines flashbacks of her friendship with Sondra-Beth and failed marriage, with her quest to kill off her character Monica. Characters
ReceptionThe book was "critically reviled," according to New York Magazine.[2] "The prose is both hyperbolic and repetitive," wrote Eliza Kennedy in The New York Times Book Review. "Characters never speak when they can screech, shriek or scream." Kennedy concluded, "The entire thing is capped by a cheap revelation that’s supposed to make readers think, but only made this reader cringe."[3] Writing in The Washington Post, Bethanne Patrick called it "a sloppy story that doesn't hold together." [4] In the Independent, Arifa Akbar said "None of it, including the final, unconvincing plot twist, is particularly well-written."[5] In the New York Daily News, Sherryl Connelly called Killing Monica "an unfunny farce" and "a book of bad taste." [6] It also received negative reviews from Kirkus Reviews,[7] Kirsty McLuckie in The Scotsman.,[8] Georgie Binks in the Toronto Star.[9] and Publishers Weekly.[10] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/candace-bushnell/killing-monica/9781607889137/#sthash.oUB6cNb0.dpuf|title=Killing Monica|work=hachettebookgroup.com}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/06/qa-candace-bushnell-thinks-youre-cray-cray.html|title=Everybody Is Wrong About Candace Bushnell|publisher=}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/books/review/summer-fiction.html|title=Summer Fiction|date=July 26, 2015|work=The New York Times}} 4. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-big-wink-wink-at-the-center-of-candace-bushnells-new-novel/2015/06/16/f4dcb980-0e18-11e5-9726-49d6fa26a8c6_story.html|title=The big wink-wink at the center of Candace Bushnell’s new novel|author=Bethanne Patrick|date=June 16, 2015|work=Washington Post}} 5. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/killing-monica-sex-and-the-city-author-candace-bushnells-dark-new-novel-has-a-familiar-feel-10301458.html|title=Killing Monica: Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell's dark new novel has a familiar feel|author=Arifa Akbar|date=June 21, 2015|work=The Independent}} 6. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/theater-arts/killing-monica-review-candace-bushnell-unfunny-farce-article-1.2254006|title='Killing Monica' review: Candace Bushnell's unfunny farce|work=NY Daily News}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/candace-bushnell/killing-monica/|title=KILLING MONICA|author=Candace Bushnell|work=Kirkus Reviews}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/book-review-killing-monica-by-candace-bushnell-1-3815080|title=Book review: Killing Monica by Candace Bushnell|work=scotsman.com}} 9. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2015/06/27/killing-monica-by-candace-bushnell-review.html|title=Killing Monica by Candace Bushnell: Review|date=June 27, 2015|work=thestar.com}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-446-55790-0|title=Fiction Book Review: Killing Monica by Candace Bushnell|work=PublishersWeekly.com}} External links{{DEFAULTSORT:Killing Monica}} 5 : 2015 American novels|Chick lit novels|Novels about writers|Novels set in New York City|Novels by Candace Bushnell |
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