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A review by guardianofthebookshelf
My Unscripted Life by Lauren Morrill
3.0
Grade: C
An e-galley was provided by the publisher in exchange for review consideration.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Dee Wilkie is one of the luckiest characters in the world. She stumbles into a job on a movie set, and then a pop star falls in love with her. The unlikelihood of that happening to any real girl is enormous. However, as someone who's never seen a movie set, I felt like Lauren described that extremely well. I could picture where the characters were and it seemed realistic.
However, there was so much unnecessary drama with Milo's ex, and the book was a big cliche about small town life being boring. (If anyone's seen Gilmore Girls, you know that's not always the case.) I never fully connected with Dee, and she and Milo seemed to be the only characters important to the narrative.
Language was pretty mild; I caught half a dozen s-words at most.
The Verdict: I think this is going to be my last Lauren Morrill book. There's nothing special about them anymore, and nothing can surpass Being Sloane Jacobs.
An e-galley was provided by the publisher in exchange for review consideration.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Dee Wilkie is one of the luckiest characters in the world. She stumbles into a job on a movie set, and then a pop star falls in love with her. The unlikelihood of that happening to any real girl is enormous. However, as someone who's never seen a movie set, I felt like Lauren described that extremely well. I could picture where the characters were and it seemed realistic.
However, there was so much unnecessary drama with Milo's ex, and the book was a big cliche about small town life being boring. (If anyone's seen Gilmore Girls, you know that's not always the case.) I never fully connected with Dee, and she and Milo seemed to be the only characters important to the narrative.
Language was pretty mild; I caught half a dozen s-words at most.
The Verdict: I think this is going to be my last Lauren Morrill book. There's nothing special about them anymore, and nothing can surpass Being Sloane Jacobs.