kricketa's review against another edition
2.0
Absolutely nothing unique here. not that i was expecting it.
notlikethebeer's review against another edition
1.0
Wow, loved the casual & ongoing racism lol. This could have been so so good, and yet...
valerief's review against another edition
2.0
Fiction-imitating-life tale of the trials and travails of applying to exclusive pre-school.
lara_d's review against another edition
Writing this now in Feb 2019, I can't remember much about The Ivy Chronicals. I think I read it on the plane/on the beach one summer (?5ish years ago) - possibly around / shortly after reading the secret life of a slumy Mummy. I think I enjoyed it at the time, and liked the strong woma. But it hasn't stayed with me.
liralen's review against another edition
2.0
It was...okay.
I really wanted to like this book. I'm a sucker for books about private and/or boarding schools - actually, most schools - and, having done a fair amount of non-fiction reading on the subject, I wanted to see how a fiction author treated it.
Unfortunately, I had trouble sympathising with the main character. Yes, she has some tough breaks, but frankly, I've read enough books about wealthy characters falling on hard times that I was unimpressed. I'm glad I read this (though I doubt I'll be re-reading it), but between the flat characters and the predictable plot I was hardly wowed.
I really wanted to like this book. I'm a sucker for books about private and/or boarding schools - actually, most schools - and, having done a fair amount of non-fiction reading on the subject, I wanted to see how a fiction author treated it.
Unfortunately, I had trouble sympathising with the main character. Yes, she has some tough breaks, but frankly, I've read enough books about wealthy characters falling on hard times that I was unimpressed. I'm glad I read this (though I doubt I'll be re-reading it), but between the flat characters and the predictable plot I was hardly wowed.
5152020174's review against another edition
3.0
It's not going to win any awards, but it's a light easy read. Uf you liked Nanny Diaries, you'll like this. 2 Page chapters, just what you need for summer.
karils410's review against another edition
4.0
Typical chick lit: predictable. I enjoyed it though. Some parts made me laugh outloud.
kalkie's review against another edition
3.0
The book follows the ups and downs in the life of Ivy Ames following her sacking from her high-flying New York job and the discovery of her husband's unfaithfulness. Ames sets up a consultancy helping Manhattan's rich and powerful get their beloved children into one of the top private kindergarten schools while juggling the lives and needs of her own 2 children, recently out of private school themselves, and a downsizing move to a less salubrious area of town.
This book is in the chick lit vein and certainly won't win any literature prizes. However it is an entertaining read, with enough romance, skull-duggery and interesting characters to keep the pages turning.
This book is in the chick lit vein and certainly won't win any literature prizes. However it is an entertaining read, with enough romance, skull-duggery and interesting characters to keep the pages turning.
mcipher's review against another edition
2.0
I think I'm just not cut out for these "rich bitch tell-all" sort of books (Nanny Diaries, anything by Candace Bushnell, etc.), because I just couldn't really like this. It was often so OBNOXIOUS and definitely predictable, and the main character was so unlikeable and there was something about the super-ultra-rich best friend that just felt off and over-the-top and silly. I plowed through it quickly just to be done with it. I can see other people loving it, though, so this is definitely just my personal feeling on it!