“Chasing Harry Winston” by Lauren Weisberger

score: 3/10

This chick-lit author is losing her touch.

“Chasing Harry Winston” is the latest of Lauren Weisberger’s collection of lady novels. The book follows three women, all trying desperately to find their paths to Mr. Right.

Leigh is a young, up-and-coming book editor who is asked to work with one of her firm’s most difficult, best-selling authors. Emmy is freshly broken-up-with and struggling to pick up the pieces. Adriana is about to turn 30, and is wondering if her time as a promiscuous, jet-setting 20-something is numbered.

While the book shows female bonding among the three ladies to perfection, all chick-lit lovers have read this book before. They are the young, insecure, yet fabulously-employed female heroines, in which every woman sees a bit of herself. The girls make a pact to explore the undiscovered sides of themselves, hoping happiness will meet them at the finish line.

The end is so predictable, however, it fails to uplift like other books of the romantic comedy genre. Weisberger makes it difficult to invest in the girls, and the book winds up saccharine.

At the very least, this book is quick and easy for the female reader who reserves no place for a leading man in her books. Many books have incorrigible men in them. The difference here is there’s no explanation for their behavior; they’re just terrible, wimpy slobs.

Chick-lit novels aren’t aimed to make men feel better about themselves, nor are they supposed to grasp deeper life concepts. They’re supposed to be light-hearted and make women feel fuzzy all over.

This book just didn’t quite do it, though. Its intentions were clear, it meant well, but it’d be best if it went its own way.