I am so glad I am finished with the book. NO ONE in this book is likeable. Lily is weak. Robert is an immature, self-absorbed ass. Josephine is wicked. The socialites are vile. There is no one to like. An author needs to give us someone to root for, but rooting for Lily was an exercise in frustration. Every time one of the vile socialiltes or her nasty MIL turned an innocent situation into a disaster, Lily shrank back and condemned herself for poor decision making. By the middle of the book I quit rooting for Lily to grow a backbone and simply awaited her next session of self guilt. Weak Lily and self-absorbed mama's boy Robert depressed me. This book will not claim space on my bookshelf. This book is headed for my Halfprice Books pile. Any bit of change I receive for it will be more than it's worth. Strangely enough, I was able to relate to this novel about an upper east side woman who marries into money, then struggles to adjust to married life, a first baby, stay-at-home-motherhood, and her husband's unexpected job loss. I'm not living in Manhattan or rubbing shoulders with socialites, but I wanted to see how the main character worked things out. No big lessons for me personally, but it was a nice, light read.
What do You think about Gilding Lily (2008)?
Great read! Dramatic and high tension throughout the entire book. I couldn't stop turning the pages!
—Katniss
A fun,fast read about the world of rich socialites in Manhatten. Glad I'm not one of them!
—marichuy94
I have no idea why I finished this book. There were no sympathetic characters.
—sarahkitty11
