Lipstick jungle

Just finished a chicklit called Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell. Should say am not a big fan of chicklits  They bore the hell out of me. Can't get past the 10th page in most cases. But this book was different. Unlike most chicklits that have a mediocre woman struggling with her daily existence until she meets a man way beyond her means who is  unbelievably rich, has the women of the of the world swooning over him, and to top it all is the most kindest understanding guy that you will ever meet and for some strange unfathomable reason has decided to fall for the female equivalent of the average joe who is our protagonist.

Anyhow, this is not that book. This is the story of three highly ambitious women who are at the top of their careers. A refreshingly honest, brilliant and unpretentious book about how women's attitudes have changed from the nineties onto the present day. The story is based in the city of New York (duh) which is the backdrop for ninety percent of all American stories. These are women who will question age old norms of womanly existence, why shouldn't a woman be a billionaire, why is the baby always the woman's responsibility.

Women who are not on the defensive but on the offensive for a change, the men around them better watch out. All the games they would play to get ahead without an ounce of guilt. How they dream about ruling the world. When it comes to ambition nothing is too much for them. 

It takes a long time for one to realize that humans are complicated beings. You would imagine that life would have been easy had people been nice and friendly and uncomplicated but at some point it becomes necessary to start playing games if not for achieving anything at least to survive and dodge various bullets coming our way. That is the law of the lipstick jungle. The book has reiterated what women have known for years but couldn't quite admit to themselves. That they are no different than men when it comes to ruthlessness and ambition.