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3.52 AVERAGE
3.52 AVERAGE
the author kept alluding to a murder that didn’t really interest me and i thought i would find something that peaked my interest more at the time
I read this book that was recommended by my mom. I love romance but lately I’m getting bored with a lot of the modern romances today. I honestly did not think I would like this 80’s novel because I thought it would be cheesy. I was pleasantly surprised! This book was fun, trashy, had great characters that I felt connected to and it was surprisingly well written! I will definitely be exploring more of Jackie Collins’ work.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Been more than a decade since I took up a Jackie Collins book but it was as good as I remembered.
I wouldn’t recommend to my friends. Colleen Hoover wrote an intro for the book, which confused me. I should have returned it as soon as I figured it out. Way too many characters and I just didn’t think the characters were realistic
This book is complete and utter trash. Also, I could not put it down and finished it rather quickly. So perhaps that tells you everything you need to know about me and my taste! Seriously, though, this was my first time reading a Jackie Collins book but it will not be my last. This is all about the scandalous lives of the wealthy and privileged. Lots of sex; drugs; alcohol; and lots more. This was basically Gossip Girl for adults. As a long time watcher of Gossip Girl, well, how could I help but love this book?! If you're looking for a completely frivolous, trashy summer read, may I recommend you check this one out? It's soapy, ridiculous, dumb and complete froth! The perfect book for this time of year!
challenging
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
For some reason, this book was not really on my radar until it got chosen by my trashy book club. Which is appropriate, because this is the trashiest trash that ever trashed. It's so trashy that, while I wonder how much of it is based in reality, I sort of don't even want to know.
The three stars are almost entirely for the crazy audacity it took just to put the thing together. But it's tough to get into the characters because most of them can't go more than 4-6 hours without sex, which just gets repetitive after a few hundred pages. But most of all, the weird homicidal maniac storyline that supposedly ties everything together is just plain whackadoo. I mean, the characters are already trying to produce a movie together - it's a plot that works. I think Aaron Spelling might have even left CrayCray McGee out of the miniseries, and we all know AS did not mess around. (Pours a Fuzzy Navel on the ground.)
The three stars are almost entirely for the crazy audacity it took just to put the thing together. But it's tough to get into the characters because most of them can't go more than 4-6 hours without sex, which just gets repetitive after a few hundred pages. But most of all, the weird homicidal maniac storyline that supposedly ties everything together is just plain whackadoo. I mean, the characters are already trying to produce a movie together - it's a plot that works. I think Aaron Spelling might have even left CrayCray McGee out of the miniseries, and we all know AS did not mess around. (Pours a Fuzzy Navel on the ground.)
Hollywood Wives is a trashy gossip rag about fictional people with zero redeeming qualities and also a murder mystery is dragged in and laced between the straight up porn scenes and day-to-day atrocious lives of the world of Hollywood Collins has created.
In short: Don't read this, please find better erotica (if that's what you're looking for) or mystery novels (if that's what you're looking for... wait, why would you pick this book up looking for a mystery???).
In short: Don't read this, please find better erotica (if that's what you're looking for) or mystery novels (if that's what you're looking for... wait, why would you pick this book up looking for a mystery???).
Gossip, fabulous clothes, Hollywood hijinks, bold women, everyone sleeping with everyone... so enjoyable and delicious. Jackie Collins knew exactly who she was and exactly what type of stories she wanted to tell, and she completely succeeded at it-- a feat most writers never really accomplish. Cheers to her and her scrumptious writing!