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kirstenrose22's review against another edition
4.0
Just sucked me in (after a bit of a slow start). The main character is pretty dim, though, and that gets tough after a while. Didn't want to stop reading, though.
discorockopera91's review against another edition
1.0
I couldn't get through the first fifty pages. It was so predictable yet unrealistic and I thought of Tom Cruise the entire time....EWWWWW.
susan_ok's review against another edition
2.0
The writing in this book was not the greatest but the story was fun especially when you associated it with another famous Hollywood couple, ahem, Tom and Katie. The insider look at Hollywood was fun too.
machadofam8's review against another edition
2.0
I liked it - the whole Hollywood film scene is rather foreign to me, but I felt this gave me some insight to how things work. None of the characters were particularly likeable, but that in a way goes to how I view celebrities. They are fascinating to watch but I probably would not want to be friends with any of them.
sarareads4fun's review against another edition
2.0
I hoped this would be a scandalous foray into the bizarre cogs of the Hollywood machine. It was not. I found the writing style of the author to be choppy and did not at all like the muddy shifting of POV throughout the story. The characters were flat and I could not muster up the emotion to feel anything more than apathetic to their individual plights. How could an intelligent and educated woman live with and love a man who couldn't even hide his homosexuality from the press NOT know his true sexual preference? The book skimmed over years of relationship with no real description. I finished it, but don't have that good end of a book feeling- this book was vacuous and empty. Yuck.
cpalisa's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars for this one. I almost didn't make it past the first few chapters, reading about Hollywood stars is kind of boring to me, but it picked up. It is about a fairly unknown actress who catches the eye (kind of) of a mega-star. Supposed to be a Katie Holmes/Tom Cruise kind of thing where there are lots of rumors surrounding the superstar and the girl is possibly just a decoy. Fairly simple story and kept me engaged, after a slow start.
melissakuzma's review against another edition
4.0
I'm giving this four stars since my friend Martin told me I throw around the 5 star reviews too casually! I did really enjoy this, though, and found it riveting and entertaining from page one all the way to the end. If you love pop culture, this one's for you.
jajorgen's review against another edition
4.0
Maddy Freed is attending the Mile's End film festival to promote her first indie film. She hopes that her boyfriend, the director, can get a distribution deal for their film. What she doesn't expect is to come to the attention of talent manager Bridget Ostrow and her client, the mega-star Steven Weller. She's soon caught up in a whirlwind that doesn't show any signs of stopping. And can't imagine the impact the two Hollywood powerbrokers will have on the course of her life.
I loved this behind-the-scenes exploration of a Hollywood relationship and the burden of public expectations. Steven Weller (think of a George Clooney, Tom Cruise type) may have ulterior motives in pursuing Maddy, but she makes her own choices. As I read I thought about all 'are they or aren't they' discussions I've had about various movie stars. So who's to blame? The Actress certainly made me think.
I loved this behind-the-scenes exploration of a Hollywood relationship and the burden of public expectations. Steven Weller (think of a George Clooney, Tom Cruise type) may have ulterior motives in pursuing Maddy, but she makes her own choices. As I read I thought about all 'are they or aren't they' discussions I've had about various movie stars. So who's to blame? The Actress certainly made me think.
lola425's review against another edition
3.0
Good beach book. Sohn has the Hollywood lingo down and does a great job of capturing that self congratulatory, self-involved, self-immolating fragment of society. And I might have even rated it higher except that the story revolved around Maddy Freed who was just...ugh. Clueless, holier than thou in a society that is far from holy, self-delusional. She was just horrid. At first, I was willing to forgive her because she got caught up quickly in Steven Weller's world, but really for someone who was portrayed as so smart early on, she got stupid fast. And because I didn't find her believable in the middle of the book, her turnaround at the end left me cold. Good Hollywood book with a main character you wish would go away.