3.94 AVERAGE

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Synopsis:The story of three women, Vera a movie star in the 1950’s, her character Salome and Nancy, the woman who wanted to play Salome. Each of which is looking for love and fame.

Thoughts: After reading a few historical fiction books about 1950’s stars, I was excited to start this. The book bounces between different points of views between many characters. The sections about Salome were challenging to read because of the Roman names and plot line was confusing. The pace was slow for me and was a struggle to finish. The ending felt rushed and incomplete.

Thank you to Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Random House Publishing and NetGalley for the advanced copy!
emotional reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
emotional medium-paced
emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The writing style is so compulsively readable but I think this story was a little too lovey for me
dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No