Emma Lewis

This guide may be unofficial Sex and the City merch, but it’s so darned cute it totally gets away with it! Rather than using stills from the show (which would presumably be copyrighted), the book uses pop art inspired versions of the characters in familiar poses to pair with its text. Dynamically styled with simple graphic layouts, bright colours, and plenty of speech bubbles containing equally familiar quotes, the book is a cute mini-guide to the series. Lewis takes us through the major themes of the show, its characters, and the fashion in just enough depth to stoke our nostalgia, with a short note at the finale that admits that not everything about the series has aged well. As with all of my favourite obsessions, no book on Sex and the City will likely ever be enough to sate my appetite, but this little pink book was a sweet treat.… (mer)