Alex Kuczynski Sinks To Amazon Sockpuppetry?
A tipster informs us that our favorite recovering Beauty Junkie might be harboring another dangerous addiction — an addiction to fluffing up her own Amazon reader reviews. The clue? An Amazon review of Michael Gross's 740 Park — which is, of course, a tell-all about the building where Alex lives, including some unsavory deets about her now-husband, Charles Stevenson — written by a reviewer using the same nom de Amazon. The alias in question is "Walter Winchell 'Ax' (New York)," which is kinda funny in and of itself. After the jump, "Walter's" reviews are on display for your perusal.
Update: Uhhh, we guess it's not sockpuppetry if you admit that it's you in your profile. Then it's just stupidity.
"Walter" on Beauty Junkies
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Completely fascinating, gripping book, October 22, 2006
A really interesting study of the strange mania for physical perfection that has gripped our country. Kuczynski writes intelligently about the ethics of cosmetic surgery, the self-promoting doctors along with the good guys, the delusional patients, the bizarre procedures, and the business itself. Who knew that the way healthcare was restructured in the early 1990s would lead in part to the boom in cosmetic surgery? I stayed up all night to finish it."Walter" on 740 Park
6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
You will save yourself some time by reading the New York Times:, November 3, 2005
"In light of the social moat over which it clambers, the book attaches a disproportionate sense of victory to merely naming names (at least three per person) and serving up thumbnail family histories (one involves a Missy, a Muffy, a Mugsy and a Manu). But such a relentless litany of details can have the monotony of a laundry list. . . Although ''740 Park'' means to entertain the reader with a steady stream of gossip, some of its stories have been exhaustively covered elsewhere. . . Part of ''740 Park'' is just a shelter magazine virtually devoid of pictures."
Right on, Walter. We know that whenever we're casting about for the right thing to say, we just quote the Times. After all, it's the paper of record, probably cause all of its employees are so ethical and scrupulous and stuff.
