It seems like the author thought she really did something by showong Golden Age Hollywood as a dark and twisted place, when that is literally the main spin that most books and movies about Golden Age Hollywood use. Pervy producers, fake relationships, secretly miserable stars, racism, crime - that is nothing new but the main character is always so shocked when learning new details that it kind of offended me as a reader. Like, I really think that I wouldn't mind many of the cliches as much if the main character journalist/blogger girl wasn't realizing them so late in the story taking me out of it each time.
Plus, the LGBT+ representation didn't sit right with me, especially when it comes to that spoilery final realization.
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Reply to The Seven Husbands of Eveling Hugo: I don’t get the hype by Hi-isLiv
It seems like the author thought she really did something by showong Golden Age Hollywood as a dark and twisted place, when that is literally the main spin that most books and movies about Golden Age Hollywood use. Pervy producers, fake relationships, secretly miserable stars, racism, crime - that is nothing new but the main character is always so shocked when learning new details that it kind of offended me as a reader. Like, I really think that I wouldn't mind many of the cliches as much if the main character journalist/blogger girl wasn't realizing them so late in the story taking me out of it each time.
Plus, the LGBT+ representation didn't sit right with me, especially when it comes to that spoilery final realization.