letyyy's review
5.0
This is the Internet/pop culture wrote a book, this would be it. It was stomach churning & amazing. I was equally disgusted, yet curious. I couldn't stop reading it.This exactly what pop culture in 2012 is.
devonashby's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
gotterdammerung's review
4.0
A very addictive read. I bought it on Wednesday from the Last Bookstore in LA, and finished it on Friday night.
The satirical critique of celebrity culture is only skin-deep - where most obtuse critics get stuck on - because Wagner portrays his characters with enough humanity that makes them more sympathetic than mere caricatures. Sometimes I felt the writer was also criticizing himself or a work he could have written in the past particularly in the bitter gall of the Hollywood writer, Bud, perhaps a self-portrait of sorts. The early section on the Honeyshots! is a classic in its own right. Plus the fantastic Helmut Newton rant is the very epitome of modern art as pure unadulterated cynicism.
Easily Wagner's best work.
The satirical critique of celebrity culture is only skin-deep - where most obtuse critics get stuck on - because Wagner portrays his characters with enough humanity that makes them more sympathetic than mere caricatures. Sometimes I felt the writer was also criticizing himself or a work he could have written in the past particularly in the bitter gall of the Hollywood writer, Bud, perhaps a self-portrait of sorts. The early section on the Honeyshots! is a classic in its own right. Plus the fantastic Helmut Newton rant is the very epitome of modern art as pure unadulterated cynicism.
Easily Wagner's best work.
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