Hedge Fund Wives
by Tatiana Boncompagni
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Author: Tatiana BoncompagniEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05-05
ISBN: 0061765260
Number of pages: 284
Publisher: Avon A
Book Reviews of Hedge Fund Wives
Book Review: A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT
Summary: 2 Stars
The best thing about this book is the title and the cover. The rest is false advertising. This book is not, as it claims to be, the tale of what happens to well-heeled Hedge Fund Wives when their husbands' businesses go belly-up. While the sinking stock market and folding hedge funds are alluded to as background, there's not a single moment where any of our characters has to do without or live in an apartment worth less than five million dollars. In fact, I wonder if the allusions to the floundering economy were added as a quick afterthought to make the book more relevant to today's times. There's a character, Gigi, who writes a high end cookbook whose book tanks because it's not relevant to today's economic hardships so she adds a chapter or two about entertaining on a budget. I wonder if Boncampagni was asked to do the same thing in Hedge Fund Wives because, really, her book is about rich women whose husbands cheat on them or are too busy working to pay attention to them.
Another major weakness of Hedge Fund Wives is the writing style. Each character is introduced with a long, Architectural Digest-like description of her home's decor as if that defines them as a character. In fact, the main character's husband, even describes himself that way - saying Eco-Friendly decor is what differentiates him from his friends and colleagues. The worst aspect of the writing is that the last few chapters feel more like a rough treatment/overview where key plot points are either glossed over or reported on after the fact. [...] I wonder if the author was behind schedule and had to take shortcuts to make her deadline, or was she simply being lazy? Or maybe it was bad editing. There are a number of egregious spelling errors, i.e. "calibur" or "personal affects." Clearly, someone was asleep at the wheel here.
Overall, I found this book unsophisticated, with one dimensional characters (i.e. the villain of the piece, Ainsley, is bad simply because she's bad), every bad guy gets his comeuppance, and every good guy attains complete happiness. Even a troubled teen with a drug habit makes a 100% recovery. If you're looking for a delicious read about rich New York sophisticates with well-drawn fully-dimensional characters and a beautifully woven tapestry of interconnecting storylines, read "One Fifth Avenue" by Candace Bushnell. While I never considered Bushnell a literary master, her work reads like a modern-day Edith Wharton compared to the drivel that is "Hedge Fund Wives."
My final analysis of Hedge Fund Wives - life is too short to waste your time reading it.
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