The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty

Posted on 07 December 2017 by Amanda Filipacchi

A sure comic touch smart and sweet a tribute to the pleasures of friendship The New YorkerIn the heart of New York City, a group of artistic friends struggles with society s standards of beauty At the center are Barb and Lily, two women at opposite ends of the beauty spectrum, but with the same problem each fears she will never find a love that can overcome her looks Barb, a stunningly beautiful costume designer, makes herself ugly in hopes of finding true love Meanwhile, her friend Lily, a brilliantly talented but plain looking musician, goes to fantastic lengths to attract the man who has rejected her with results that are as touching as they are transformative.To complicate matters, Barb and Lily discover that they may have a murderer in their midst, that Barb s calm disposition is dangerously provocative than her beauty ever was, and that Lily s musical talents are powerful than anyone could have imagined Part literary whodunit, part surrealist farce, The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty is a smart, modern day fairy tale With biting wit and offbeat charm, Amanda Filipacchi illuminates the labyrinthine relationship between beauty, desire, and identity, asking at every turn what does it truly mean to allow oneself to be seen Download The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty – kino-fada.fr DNF 53%I first read about this book via The NY Times, they gave this book a glittering review, so I just had to bump it up my TBR list The review promised a fresh take on the complexities of beauty and friendship, with a touch of magic realism insta boner , so now I am here researching if I read the same book as the reviewer, because I do not see anything glittering about this novel at all.I really wanted to like this because beauty has always been a subject of interest to me, and the concept DNF 53%I first read about this book via The NY Times, they gave this book a glittering review, so I just had to bump it up my TBR list The review promised a fresh take on the complexities of beauty and friendship, with a touch of magic realism insta boner , so now I am here researching if I read the same book as the reviewer, because I do not see anything glittering about this novel at all.I really wanted to like this because beauty has always been a subject of interest to me, and the concept is fresh and intriguing, but Filipacchi just does not have the writing chops to deliver Worse than telling and not showing, her writing feels disjointed, as if she s listing off events, then she drops philosophical shit out of the blue likemy fat ...I don t even know what the hell I just read This book had such interesting themes and ideas but it took a strange turn for the supernatural, weird, and downright ridiculous The ending felt a bit rushed too after dragging out the story as long as it did I can handle a lot of random things but the t...Unique is an adjective flogged to death by dishonest copywriters, yet it accurately describes Amanda Filipacchi s fascinating and hilarious new novel The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty made me laugh out loud many times, yet it s also poignant, exploring painful truths about living in a superficial society, where looks often trump good character, accomplishme...Did I read a completely different book than every single person saying that this was hilarious Because not once did I find anything funny..annoying, yes Funny, no.I don t recall how this book landed on my To Read shelf but I am so glad it did Bravo Amanda Filipacchi I loved it.You know the clich s Beauty is only skin deep Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Close your eyes and see the beauty All very true but so blah blah blah clich , until the author works her magic.This masterfully poignant yet whimsical, satirical, laugh out loud tale explores every clich about beauty through the lives I don t recall how this book landed on my To Read shelf but I am so glad it did Bravo Amanda Filipacchi I loved it.You know the clich s Beauty is only skin deep Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Close your eyes and see the beauty All very true but so blah blah blah clich , until the author works her magic.This masterfully poignant yet whimsical, satirical, laugh out loud tale explores every clich about beauty through the lives of Barb, Lily, Georgia, Penelope and Jack, all very creative and successful twenty something artists residing in New York City They get together for Nights of Creation, their own small, private artistic group, to inspire each other, share artistic comp...Such a terrific premise, and what a huge disappointment I have taught writing to middle school students and found better prose written by 6th graders Filipacchi s premise is intriguing and there is a fair amount of imagination here that could have been quite enchanting, but al...The truly unfortunate thing is thatin spite of what this book aimed to teach about true beauty, truly seeing someone, and truly seeing yourself, I found myself holding that point against it I am aware likely due to my own life I have a colostomy bagsomething brought up I ve had it since I was 1320 years now I m married Toincidentallya man with no health issues I was bald when he met me It didn t matter to him So...The magical hex of beauty is revealed or unveiled in this satirical maze of an amazing novel Only Filipacchi can entertain and analyze us simultaneously while holding us delightfully spellbound A must readI think this book should be called The Unfortunate Importance of Underpants Beauty so that people know that they are about to read a fucking hilarious book But maybe not, because it was a surprise for me and I enjoyed the jokes evenSo weird and smart at the same time I just finished it yesterday and don t even feel ready to talk ab...Started out interesting, on a psychological level, turned into bad fantasy and got worse.

07 December 2017

Amanda Filipacchi