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jennthumphries's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
aprillem's review against another edition
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
huntea's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
relaxing
fast-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? Yes
4.0
marblesonglass's review
4.0
I've always been a fan of celebrity gossip. So when I heard about Movie Star, I knew it was a book I wanted to read. Let me just say I wasn't disappointed. It's not too hard to figure out what famous couple this is supposed to be alluding to, and the author does a great job of fleshing out the story with just enough information to make it a plausible explanation for how things went down. I also found the book to be an excellent illustration of just how isolating fame can be. It's one of those 'be careful what you wish for' things.
If you like celebrity gossip or tell-alls, you should like this book.
If you like celebrity gossip or tell-alls, you should like this book.
dja777's review
3.0
Quick read, obviously meant to be the story of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. It absorbed me, and I wanted to find out how it ended, but overall kind of forgettable. Agree with the reviewers that the Tom Cruise character never makes it out of two dimensions.
mnav1's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
erinbro1's review against another edition
4.0
As far as summer beach reads go, Movie Star was pretty exceptional. It was both fascinating and breezy, and Hilary Liftin did her best to add substance to such a frothy concept.
Throughout the book, I couldn't help but feel that the story could have been even better if the author dug a little deeper with her characters. The book jumps right into Lizzie and Rob's courtship, and I think Lizzie's motivations would have made a whole lot more sense to the reader if her backstory had been explored in more detail at the start of the novel.
That aside, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun, yet satisfying, end-of-summer read.
Throughout the book, I couldn't help but feel that the story could have been even better if the author dug a little deeper with her characters. The book jumps right into Lizzie and Rob's courtship, and I think Lizzie's motivations would have made a whole lot more sense to the reader if her backstory had been explored in more detail at the start of the novel.
That aside, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a fun, yet satisfying, end-of-summer read.
aovenus's review against another edition
2.0
This book has a really easy to predict plot and an unsurprising ending, largely because the narrator gave away the ending in the first couple chapters, and it was pretty easy to guess how the story would unfold after that. There were a lot of hallow ranting by the narrator, Lizzie Pepper, and am constantly baffled by her unawareness of the situation. The author probably counted heavily on reader’s interest of the close resemblance of the story to Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ marriage. It’s an easy and light read. You can literally skip pages here and there and still won’t miss very much of anything.