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molly_salman's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
0.5
jay_s06's review
4.0
I won this book in a giveaway from Liveright Publishing and Goodreads, and I’m so glad because I loved this book so much! I sorta hated Val Face in the beginning for his hypocrisy, he demonized social media and yet that was how he found his start, and he just seemed like you the stereotypical celebrity who was just faking for the fame. However the readers get to see who he really is towards the end of the book, and that he never really expected his life to spin out of his control, like it has. I could understand and sympathize with him, because we get to see a side of celebrities that we usually don’t get to see. However I don’t think this excuses any of their behavior or applies to he large majority of them, but Face is a man who truly wanted to have real human convections with real people, and although he enjoyed the fame it wasn’t what he truly was after when he started his journey. Seger Jovi was the normal person in the chaos that surround Face and allowed us to see how crazy of world he really lived in. I also believe he was what helped Face to come to terms with what he wanted and the drastic action he would have to take to escape the life he was in, although he may have been contemplating this for a long time. There were many memorable quotes from this book, and it was a compelling commentary for on celebrity culture. My only complaint with this book was the amount of times I had to check my dictionary, but this sort of language seems very fitting for the main character, and on the bright side my vocabulary definitely expanded. Overall I definitely loved this book though.
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