A review by kendranh
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Have you ever actually enjoyed a book where you hate all the characters? Yeah me neither. 

Liked
  • None of it. Maybe Henry wasn’t a total piece of crap, but in any other book I would think he was garbage too

Disliked 
  • Anne is a doormat
  • Jennifer is blah
  • Lyon is a sack of shit
  • All other men are equally shitty
  • And Neely can burn in hell. How she survived the damn book is a mystery to me. It would have been better if she had never existed

In all seriousness, I can look at this objectively and say that it takes a talented author to make me this angry about a work of fiction. Which is why it gets 2 stars. If it hadn’t been for my book club I may have DNFed it. Now I need a nice palate cleanser with a happy ending and characters I actually like.
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