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A review by tobyyy
The Hollywood Daughter by Kate Alcott
3.0
This was an interesting little book. Very slow paced, and I’m not entirely sure how the MC healed from her emotional baggage/wounds from the past. The story was a bit dry, and although there were fairly emotional scenes, the retelling of them was removed and avoidant. This may have been purposeful, to create a sense of the dissociation that the MC may have been feeling, but I’m not entirely sold on that concept.
The story was told in dual timelines, one occurring while the MC grew up to age 18, and one occurring at age 27, 9 years after she graduated from high school. However, the 1959 timeline (present day as a 27 year old) felt like it should’ve been written as occurring 20 years in the future rather than just 9 based on her reflections of how long it’s been and how much has happened. Girl, 9 years is a chunk of time but it’s not as long as you’re making it sound. Goodness. Or maybe that’s just me being grumpy, a smidge.
The story was told in dual timelines, one occurring while the MC grew up to age 18, and one occurring at age 27, 9 years after she graduated from high school. However, the 1959 timeline (present day as a 27 year old) felt like it should’ve been written as occurring 20 years in the future rather than just 9 based on her reflections of how long it’s been and how much has happened. Girl, 9 years is a chunk of time but it’s not as long as you’re making it sound. Goodness. Or maybe that’s just me being grumpy, a smidge.