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allmyfriendsarereading's review
4.0
As I have recently gotten into these types of audio books, I am still blown away by this medium of story telling. I really enjoyed the use of phone calls, voice machines, and other characters to lead the story. I liked how we heard about how the perception of Miranda was going away around her as more people found out about her specifically through backdrop characters. Like how Bill kept popping up in other's stories. I think the Miranda voice actor was brilliant and I really fell in love with how she told a story. I'm not sure I am fully satisfied with her explanation at the end of "why" she was doing all of this, and why she continued. Nevertheless, I think this is worth the listen with Audible and since it's only like 3-4 hours of listening, a pretty short one!
jasonfurman's review
4.0
It's sort of cheating to record this as a book when it is really like watching two episodes of a television series (or listening to a podcast). But it was fascinating--an alluring woman calling a set of powerful men and having long insightful conversations with them. I rarely like multi-voice audiobooks but this worked as a sort of radio play and was very effective with the wonderful acting of Rachel Brosnahan in the role of Miranda Grosvenor. The music and other effects worked very well also. Sort of trashy and superficial but also sort of moving and suspenseful and fun. Plus it's short--and free if you have Amazon Prime.
angeliquek's review
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
heathers_reading_space's review
4.0
This was so much fun to listen to. I was captivated while listening, and wanted to be listening when I wasn't. Honestly though, the story was not the best. I'm not sure how to explain it...but I think it was the actors that made it so good for me.
If you are able to listen to this, I suggest it. Especially if you like fast talking conversations. If you want a deep plot or mystery, this isn't for you. I'm also not sure how this works be as a physical read since it was the actors that made it enjoyable.
If you are able to listen to this, I suggest it. Especially if you like fast talking conversations. If you want a deep plot or mystery, this isn't for you. I'm also not sure how this works be as a physical read since it was the actors that made it enjoyable.
chandaferguson's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
This was really entertaining, but I was disappointed by the static development of “Miranda” in this story. With this conclusion, it just felt like a waste of a story, even though the plot was interesting to begin with. In my opinion, a non-changing character like this one is quite the disappointment.
allidone's review
4.0
So, apparently this was an actual thing that happened in the 80s. We'd call it cat fishing now, and it's a super common thing, common enough to have a pithy little name and a show on MTV.
Honestly, I would feel bad for the men, but the only one I feel even a little sympathy for is Richard Perry, I'm not sure who he is (in real life, but he was played by Milo Ventimiglia in the audio) but I genuinely felt bad for him. Out of all the people she spoke to, she did him dirty. He was in love with her, but it's also on him that he was so disappointed that she was not this young, beautiful blonde. Was the idea of what she looked like so potent that he couldn't see past it? Or did the reality of all her lies and mis-truths and deceptions only really hit him when he realized that he didn't really know anything about her, including what she looked like? She could say that it was 'mostly all true' and in theory he could undestand that, but until he was faced with the physical proof of her out right lies he couldn't really comprehend it. I choose to believe that. I did read the Vanity Fair article this is based off of and it sounds like she and Perry suffered through another meeting the next day where he expressed how disappointed he was because he felt like he had been lied to and duped. I'm choosing not to read into that as "because I wanted a 22 year old blonde that could be a model" and more as "now that I see you , I see all the lies".
"She gave good phone" is such an old and dated concept. I remember saying it in the 90s when I was in high school "I give good phone" because, as a high school girl, you want to be great on the phone. Most of your after school life was spent on the phone and it was important.
The article in Vanity Fair came out in 1999 (and lists quite a few more names) and mentions the internet only briefly. Online dating hadn't become a thing but chatrooms most definitely were. I remember being in the old chatrooms. You'd log on and the first thing you were asked was A/S/L and... you'd lie. You were always older and somewhere else. It was funny and, at least for my friends and I, when it started getting heavy or heated or 'dirrty' in any way we'd log off and hope we never got stuck in another chat with them again. It was a group thing that we all stood around the computer and giggled and put in our own little additions into the 'storyline' of the chat. As far as I know, we never spoke with anyone famous. It was the wild west of the internet, when there were no rules and stuff like what happens in this book was easier to pull off. I wonder if, somewhere, chatrooms still exist. Like you can still log on with AOL or hotmail and enter a chat. Change your font to cyan or magenta comic sans and just go for it... put an APB out on ASL and see what happens....
Honestly, I would feel bad for the men, but the only one I feel even a little sympathy for is Richard Perry, I'm not sure who he is (in real life, but he was played by Milo Ventimiglia in the audio) but I genuinely felt bad for him. Out of all the people she spoke to, she did him dirty. He was in love with her, but it's also on him that he was so disappointed that she was not this young, beautiful blonde. Was the idea of what she looked like so potent that he couldn't see past it? Or did the reality of all her lies and mis-truths and deceptions only really hit him when he realized that he didn't really know anything about her, including what she looked like? She could say that it was 'mostly all true' and in theory he could undestand that, but until he was faced with the physical proof of her out right lies he couldn't really comprehend it. I choose to believe that. I did read the Vanity Fair article this is based off of and it sounds like she and Perry suffered through another meeting the next day where he expressed how disappointed he was because he felt like he had been lied to and duped. I'm choosing not to read into that as "because I wanted a 22 year old blonde that could be a model" and more as "now that I see you , I see all the lies".
"She gave good phone" is such an old and dated concept. I remember saying it in the 90s when I was in high school "I give good phone" because, as a high school girl, you want to be great on the phone. Most of your after school life was spent on the phone and it was important.
The article in Vanity Fair came out in 1999 (and lists quite a few more names) and mentions the internet only briefly. Online dating hadn't become a thing but chatrooms most definitely were. I remember being in the old chatrooms. You'd log on and the first thing you were asked was A/S/L and... you'd lie. You were always older and somewhere else. It was funny and, at least for my friends and I, when it started getting heavy or heated or 'dirrty' in any way we'd log off and hope we never got stuck in another chat with them again. It was a group thing that we all stood around the computer and giggled and put in our own little additions into the 'storyline' of the chat. As far as I know, we never spoke with anyone famous. It was the wild west of the internet, when there were no rules and stuff like what happens in this book was easier to pull off. I wonder if, somewhere, chatrooms still exist. Like you can still log on with AOL or hotmail and enter a chat. Change your font to cyan or magenta comic sans and just go for it... put an APB out on ASL and see what happens....
madelinedalton's review
Obviously the actors were phenomenal, but I just did not connect to the story and didn’t think it’d be worth it to slog through the whole thing.
disasterchick's review
3.0
I saw Rachel Brosnahan on The Tonight Show last night and she made this book sound interesting. It was available free though Audible. I would have liked to have known more about the woman along with the why and how she was able to get these phone numbers and call these famous men. However, this book took more of a voyeuristic journey as you listen in on how these phone calls may have gone. It was interesting, but I kept thinking why and how.
gdigiacomo's review
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5