A review by shutupnread
Dirty Laundry by Daniel Ehrenhaft
3.0
Dirty Laundry reminded me of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist because of the writing style. Both styles were aimed towards the teens with all the slangs and whatnot and both were styles that I really disliked.
Both characters, Carli and Fun, did not have a lot of depth in their personalities and character-wise. They were both like 2D characters and I was not particularly fond of either one of them.
Sure, the plot itself was fairly interesting but because the writing style irked me, I wasn’t able to thoroughly enjoy the storyline. I liked the idea of an actress going undercover to research her role and having an “undercover” assistant to guide her along the way. I hated how Carli kept comparing herself to Sheila, the role she was to play, and it wasn’t until the second half of the book did she finally stop comparing every other page. I am also tired of the whole prep school theme that has been going on for who-knows-how-long and that’s also probably why I disliked Dirty Laundry. I don’t mind reading them but after a number of the same types of books…I mean, a girl’s gotta have some choices, right?
The ending also was shot. Dirty Laundry definitely didn’t have a very strong ending and it just basically made the whole book go down the toilet. So in case if you haven’t noticed, I did not have such a high opinion on this book.
Both characters, Carli and Fun, did not have a lot of depth in their personalities and character-wise. They were both like 2D characters and I was not particularly fond of either one of them.
Sure, the plot itself was fairly interesting but because the writing style irked me, I wasn’t able to thoroughly enjoy the storyline. I liked the idea of an actress going undercover to research her role and having an “undercover” assistant to guide her along the way. I hated how Carli kept comparing herself to Sheila, the role she was to play, and it wasn’t until the second half of the book did she finally stop comparing every other page. I am also tired of the whole prep school theme that has been going on for who-knows-how-long and that’s also probably why I disliked Dirty Laundry. I don’t mind reading them but after a number of the same types of books…I mean, a girl’s gotta have some choices, right?
The ending also was shot. Dirty Laundry definitely didn’t have a very strong ending and it just basically made the whole book go down the toilet. So in case if you haven’t noticed, I did not have such a high opinion on this book.