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A review by debs_shelves
Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
4.0
This was a book within a book within a movie, which the story within a story seems to be popular right now. I sometimes find this style to be a bit confusing, and this was no exception. Until I finally got in the groove, I had a bit of trouble figuring out what was present time in the movie, what was in the book, and what was the book within the book.
Adele Rafferty was a popular soap star who, after 14 years, decides to pursue other acting paths. After some strange incidents on the set of her first post soap movie, she has struggled to find work.
She moves to the US and settles in LA where she works at a motel while continuing to audition for roles. She is contacted about being a last-minute replacement star in a low budget movie, she quickly agrees, hoping this will get her back in the groove and on th path to acting frequently again.
This is not what she got!
Strange things begin to happen. Adele is uneasy and tries to reason them away. She needs this job to pan out.
Here's where things for me got a bit confusing - things happen in the book in the storyline then happen to a person person reading the book and then Adele experiences things on the set that parallel these prior two.
It was interesting and intense. Adele seemed an unreliable narrator and as things come out about her last job, you begin to doubt if things a really happening the way she tells it, or if she's imagining things.
Adele Rafferty was a popular soap star who, after 14 years, decides to pursue other acting paths. After some strange incidents on the set of her first post soap movie, she has struggled to find work.
She moves to the US and settles in LA where she works at a motel while continuing to audition for roles. She is contacted about being a last-minute replacement star in a low budget movie, she quickly agrees, hoping this will get her back in the groove and on th path to acting frequently again.
This is not what she got!
Strange things begin to happen. Adele is uneasy and tries to reason them away. She needs this job to pan out.
Here's where things for me got a bit confusing - things happen in the book in the storyline then happen to a person person reading the book and then Adele experiences things on the set that parallel these prior two.
It was interesting and intense. Adele seemed an unreliable narrator and as things come out about her last job, you begin to doubt if things a really happening the way she tells it, or if she's imagining things.