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for L.A. Women
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Roberta W. (Los Ranchos, NM)
A Struggle to Finish
I honestly did not enjoy this book. I found the characters vapid, self-absorbed, superficial and uninteresting. Maybe that was the author's point, but I'm not sure. I'm not a prude at all, but I got tired of the author's constant use of the "f" word. Maybe that is an "LA thing", but for me, it's a sign of lazy writing.
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Sandi W. (East Moline, IL)
never really hit the mark
2 stars Thanks to BookBrowse and Berkley for providing this ARC. Publishes August 5, 2025
I liked the premise of this book when I first read it. However I felt that it never really lived up to the hype.
Two very different female authors become friends - or do they? One is quiet and self loathing while the other is loud boisterous and unapologetic. Over time they have a falling out and the loud author goes missing.
This is a long book that, for me, never really hit the mark. There was enough to the story that you kept turning pages, hoping for a twist or a turn somewhere along the line, but that never really came. I believe that I would have been happier had the book only been around 250 pages. Waiting 400 pages for something to happen, that never does, takes a lot away from a book.
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Laura P. (Atlanta, GA)
Not my cup of tea
I did not enjoy this book. It's the story of two L.A. women, both writers and friendly with one another,, who find themselves engaged in a jealousy-fueled competition on the career front. All of the major characters - the women, their partners, their business associates -- seem broken, self-destructive, and totally unsympathetic. The book, set in 1963 and 1975 (dual timeline) is filled with drug-use, back-stabbing, and foul language-- f-bombs all over the place. The writing contains a number of grammatical errors. (With luck they'll be caught before the book is published.)
The book begins with the disappearance of one of the two writers, possibly in response to the actions of the other, and then switches between the two timelines to build their backstories. The only redeeming part of the book is the last 20, where some degree of normalcy appears and saves this book from a totally tanked rating.
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