ruthlessly 's review for:

The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta

4.5

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absolutely adored this. it felt like reading a cracked open heart. the yearning was intense. the writing was beautiful. totally enamoured with this, which was such a funny, sharp take on a publicity relationship between an actor and a playboy. i thought it did some really interesting things with win, a british indian woman, who's had to fight with the very narrow lane that hollywood has allowed her. leo's brashness and openheartedness but inability to understand it and the questions that get asked about identity and control and love are so beautiful. i loved win a lot in this, even though it's frustrating sometimes. i really felt cracked open myself. this felt full and lovely and it made me feel sick at the depth of the pining. lovely!!!