A review by sarahkorn
Advika and the Hollywood Wives by Kirthana Ramisetti

Did not finish book. Stopped at 52%.

I was so excited for this book and tried to push through but I was so bored and uninterested I DNF-ed around 200 pages in. I really couldn't connect or sympathize with Advika at all. She went along with this marriage to an older guy she didn't really even seem to be into (the book jacket made it seem like a whirlwind romance...where was it?!), presumably for a career bump, but then when she got it she squandered it. The only time she wasn't fully apathetic was when she was berating her parents and friend (but not also enemy?) Olive for not being entirely focused on her and her issues. I think she was supposed to be read as dynamic and human, while flawed, but if she gets a redemption arc it comes too late because I felt like she was both bitter and robotic so I checked out. I was hoping for a glitzy, whirlwind story a la Evelyn Hugo, but it sadly missed the mark for me.