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emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I really liked this book! I have a pretty extensive knowledge of Golden Era Hollywood history and I don’t think that the book would be as enjoyable without it. It was fun identifying which stars, studios, and executives the author was talking about with (sometimes very thinly-veiled) pseudonyms, and I found Laura/Elsa to be a really interesting and sympathetic character on the whole. There were points in Act 2/beginning of Act 3 where I did feel the prose get repetitive. But I read this is basically 24 hours, which speaks to how overall compelling the story was.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse
Minor: Antisemitism
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