honestlyholly 's review for:

The View Was Exhausting by Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta

4.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I didn't read the full blurb and I thought this was going to be about people fake dating when they were actually just each others' beards. It was not that story! But I still enjoyed it a lot once I got over that disappointment. If I'm to enjoy a romance, it has to have something else going for it, and this did - it was about fame and the publicity that comes with it, as well as the struggles of being a WoC  in Hollywood.