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The View Was Exhausting
by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta
At its heart this book is a love story, but beyond that it’s an exploration of race and gender, told through the world of celebrity. I read this book in one day, couldn’t put it down! It’s not plot-heavy, but I absolutely loved the characters. Win is a British Indian actress in a white man’s world, constantly under the public’s scrutiny. And Leo is the rich socialite who finds himself going through life aimlessly. He’s been Win’s on again off again “boyfriend” for the past several years, set up by her publicist whenever they need to sway the public’s opinion. I was very invested in their relationship, but also in the Win’s dedication to her career. There were public criticisms of Win dating too much and questions of why she didn’t represent the Indian community more; there were moments where Leo didn’t understand why Win just didn’t talk back when directors would make racist comments. I thought these were all very realistic issues to be explored. The book is extremely comparable to The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid so if you liked that book I would definitely recommend checking out this one