I wanted to like this book, which represents somewhat of a journey through middle age and female friendships (and dating, and shoes ... ). Some of the chapters were more entertaining than others, some were lighter and more fun than others, some were downright depressing -- life, in general, perhaps a bit more sensational than the average middle aged woman (like me). It seemed to lack the zip and connection with the characters of the author's earlier work. However, fans of Bushnell may enjoy its more colorful moments.
Note: I received an advanced reading copy from NetGalley; this is my honest review.

I have read a couple of books by this author. Sex and the City had been unexciting, but when I saw this book my interest was stirred. The book gods must have been feeling generous because my request for this book was accepted.

Immediately, I started on it and was done two days later. My memory of Sex and the City is a little fuzzy, but I remember enough to say that this is a better, more serious and realistic book. It is definitely more relatable and even funny! Is There Still Sex In The City is a commentary by the author on what it is like to be an older woman in 2019. She spells out boldly what I have always suspected, that life doesn’t “start” at 50. It just continues, although in some ways it is better.

Apart from all the stuff that comes with being a 50+ year old woman, this book also explores just how much a woman’s sexuality is affected. One still has to put up with age reversing creams, Tinder, Mona Lisa treatments and young guys (cubs) who have watched too many MILF videos. All hope is not lost because at this time one can still rely on their friends to help them navigate the madness.
The whole sisterhood vibe I got while reading this was my favorite thing about this book. I only wish that this book was warmer. It felt too detached to me which made it less appealing. With that said, if you were among those who enjoyed Sex and the City, this should be in your reading list.

you need to be a Candace Bushnell fan to appreciate this book. I didn't read the blurb before reading the ARC that I got from Net Galley. There are many characters to keep up with. It lacked drive to me. However, once I got into it I enjoyed the read.

I was super excited to get this advance copy of Candace Bushnell's book. I have always been a great fan of hers, I loved reading all her previous novels. Sorry to say this book was a bit disappointing. I did like her characters, but the whole genre just left me wanting. It just made me feel sorry for these 50ish woman. They all seemed desperate . Reading about all the different online dating . Wow ! Is it really that bad? Thank you for my advanced copy of this book, although I would not recommend this particular book to friends and family, I certainly would continue to follow Candace Bushell. She has proven her self in the past.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I loved this book. I had read the original Sex and the City book after the tv series came out and was disappointed that it was nothing like the show but I looked at this novel as a completely separate thing. Candace Bushnell is in her late 50's and talks about her experiences as a single woman in New York at this age. I found it a really interesting and sometimes shocking insight, told in a warm and funny manner- as if by an old friend. I will definitely be recommending this book!

I wanted to love this book. I was beyond excited to receive an ARC from Netgalley. But it left me disappointed and wanting.

Is There Still Sex in the City reads like the narration to a TV show, but lacks the imagery and heart that should be playing while the narrator adds their clippy, smart commentary.

The chapters hopped from mini essays on social and dating definitions (Tinder at 50, kids, suicide, types of boys, mid-life crisis, etc.) and character stories without much emotion - lots of telling, little showing. Considering the topics covered, I was expecting to feel something, or at the very least, connection to the characters, but there wasn’t enough to build that connection on.

The writing was choppy and felt like a list of things that happened or of explanations of what was happening. Cliches, acronyms and text speak overflowed throughout. I felt as though it wanted to be smart and edgy, but fell short.

It’s not Sex & the City. I know it’s hard for fans to try to turn to the next chapter on life and love and dating beyond the Sex & the City phenomenon, but I think Candace made a valiant effort to excite her readers again with this book. It just wasn’t for me in the end.

I received this ARC in exchange for an honest review and I am happy to say that I enjoyed this book. Very honest and open. It flowed well from beginning to end. Because one of the the author’s previous books, Sex and the City, has been made into a series- one that I loved, Imy mind kept imagining this as a new series and I think it worked well. Candace does such a good job of describing life and scenarios that I could picture it well. This was a great follow up and some fun getting a new peak inside another side of life!

Okay I'm a little depressed at what I have to look forward to, but I really enjoyed this. I'm going to start saving for Mona Lisa before retirement... just in case.
The writing is gorgeous, and I was equal parts entertained and terrified at my diminished prospects.

I was so excited to receive this advance copy as I was such a fan of SATC back in its day.
The writing was good as always, but the content was just depressing to me, as a middle-aged woman.
I try to find hope in books I read about being a 40/50-something woman, and this one, at just 25% through, smashed any. Instead of offering positivity, it mirrored what society superficially judges older women to be. This book deepened the depressing cliche. I cannot finish it and I need to find something to comfort myself with for a while after reading what I did.
Edit to add that as a child-free woman, I did find identification with the part about Max and “the boy.” How a non-mother feels when she needs to, sort of, mother: “Having happy family experiences by osmosis.”

I think Bushell is obviously a very skilled and talented writer but I was a little disappointed with the title of this book because it was somewhat misleading. I think she has a great message but it seems a little disjointed while reading. I think speaking to a "middle age" audience of women about aging, feminism, female friendship, dating, and life in the digital age is a great idea and I don't know of a lot of books that have targeted that specific audience in this fun and relatable manner. She has a fun way of writing that is easy to connect with but unfortunately, it needed to be more cohesive because it just felt all over the place.

Thank you to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic for a copy of this book. All opinions are my own.

This was more like 3.5 stars, but I’m rounding up because I appreciated what Bushnell was trying to do here. I’ve read all her books, and I generally prefer her fiction, because her essays have a tone that is sort of oddly... detached? Or somehow just doesn’t quite gel for me. And this had that, but to a lesser degree. Overall I really enjoyed her musings on aging and feminism. I felt like she seems like she’s accepted where she is in life and is more open and feeling about it, like there was less posturing than in some of her previous writing. And I appreciated her incisive observations about the roles and relationships of men and women in middle age and beyond. I also really liked her focus on female friendship. Some of the chapters were a little weird while others were much more engaging and enjoyable. Overall, it was a quick and interesting read.

I had to read Is There Still Sex in the City because I loved the show. This is the middle age after divorce story. Of course, it's also about female friendships and ridiculous shoes. The story felt like a cliche, and it was depressing. Where are the good men? Men are pigs, etc. I've heard this before. I was really hoping for something more original. Not what I expected unfortunately. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.

This is perhaps the new over 50 single woman's manual. It gives fresh insight to the "oh shit how did I get here" dilema faced when you certainly don't feel old but then there is that awful mirror. I loved the interaction with her and Max, the blue man group wanderer. As well as the part about the hawkers at the face cream spot - I feel for it too, and it did work just hated paying so much for it. So that there won't be any spoilers, the best part was that she did indeed find what she was seeking. Thank you NetGalley for the advance review copy. Great read, comes out on August 6, 2019, buy it and pick up a few copies for your friends!!

I was so excited to get this book, as I have long been a fan of Candace Bushnell, and I have read most of her previous books. I spent a snowy day reading this book. I almost gave it up after the first half of the book, but it was a bit more cohesive in the second half. It was a good premise, but I am sad to say that the book fell flat. 2.5 rounded up to 3.

My problem with this book was the title. This book is mis-titled and misleadingly introduced in the first chapter as a book about whether, quite literally, there is "still sex in the city". Being divorced and in my late 30s myself, I chuckled at the author's first chapter. She loses a dog (although I agree with other reviewers that this was too heartlessly described and borderline sociopathic), a husband, and her home in short order. She flees to her second home, presumably in the country, to chill out, raise poodles, and write terrible novels that her publisher won't publish. She hasn't had sex in ages, doesn't think about it, doesn't worry about it. At the end of the Chapter, she decides to move back to the city because of the lack of men, excitement, sex. In Chapter 3, she's approached to write about Tinder. The depressing truth about Tinder. She creates an account, and I braced myself for what's to come (pun intended).

The problem is that this book isn't about whether sex still exists in the city. That question is answered right away, when the author sits down with a group of women to discuss the merits of Tinder. It's all laid out for her then: guys swipe yes to every woman, of all ages, on Tinder, they meet them in person, and they all want sex. It's a numbers game. This is no secret or surprise at this point. So, yup, there is sex in the city, even for women in their 50s with men in their 20s and 30s. What the author really wants to know, from her discussions with her Tinderella roundtable, is whether there is still DATING in the city. The Tinderellas have practically never been on proper dates, and their eyes glaze over when the author recounts her prior dates. THERE'S THE RIGHT TITLE! Is there still dating in the city?

It seems that the book is titled to bank off the prior success of Sex and the City, reminding readers that Candace Bushnell is, well, Candace Bushnell. It's condescending, especially when the book changes tone and premise about 40 percent in and becomes a discussion of shopping in the city, skin care in the city, shoes in the city, etc. What happened to the hysterical Tinder dates I was waiting for? Where's the dating? I will readily admit that I wanted to read this book because of the dating and sex "research". I have no interest in reading about women in Manahattan in general. I don't care about their expensive shoes or purses. That's not how the book is introduced, so that's not what I expected.

Also, I found it distracting that the author had to use fake names, when Queenie was clearly the Countess and Joanne was clearly Carole from the Real Housewives of New York. She uses a very prominent storyline from the Bravo series to describe the ladies. She even mentions the Bravo series multiple times throughout the book. Yes, their names are fake.

What worked for me was Candace Bushnell's writing. I do love her style. Her stories are filled with her signature wit, sarcasm, flare, and a certain Pollyanna-hopefulness. Her stuff is never a chore to read. In fact, I'd love to get my hands on the manuscripts rejected by her publishers that she references in Chapter One.

My criticism of this book is based on the title, the overall format and structure, and the theme. It's like that scene in the Sex and the City when Carrie was confused when she was asked to draft a theme to set the tone for her articles. Same thing here.

Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy of the book, Is There Still Sex in the City?
Wow, Not a very good read. I felt very sad and uncomfortable about this whole thing. It seemed the writer was trying far too hard to make everything funny....everything. It became desperate and a rolling mess.I am in the 50s and please know, I have never seen anyone so out on a limb like this. I could not recommend this at all. Not fun, not comedy.
The Description of the book was not even close to making this a "fun read".

Entertaining and engrossing read from Candace Bushnell, as usual. In this memoir, she discusses her post-divorce life and her close friendships with her female friends. There are many enlightening and humorous vignettes, as well as being thought-provoking and insightful..

Yikes. This was not funny, entertaining or anything that I'd come to expect. It started off depressing and continued to get worse.

Thank you to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic for a copy of Is There Still Sex in the City? by Candace Bushnell.
4* She’s back! Candace Bushnell shares the wild ride of life after divorce. This reality check has it all, the good, the bad and the horrible tales of midlife dating. This read felt like a hen party, all your girlfriends coming together and digging into some favourite topics; men and sex! A hilarious dissection of Tinder and the new dating rules. We follow Candace and her friends on their dating escapades which are either fall down funny or horrific, depending on your point of view. Who is actually out there for the middle aged woman restarting her life? And where have all the nice men gone? Of course there is fashion talk and expensive uncomfortable shoes and the crazy lengths woman go to, for whom is actually still undecided.
“ a relationship should be the icing on the cake of your life, not your life.”