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Rating: Summary: Doesn't deserve even one star Review: Davis is a very bitter woman whose prose is saturated with petty anger and frustration. It makes for a perfectly awful, unpleasant read. I got about half way through it before I tossed it into the trash can. Hopefully this will be her literary swan song.
Rating: Summary: Dated story will shock only the geriatric set Review: I have never read a book by Gwen Davis. This is my first. I was very dissapointed and so was my 76 year old mom (we read it on vacation in Burmuda). We think that the writer is trying to be shocking and hip, but it all feels very dated. It's a very fake portrait of Hollywood people, and sounds like it was written by an aging film star who hasn't had a job in 25 years. There are several stereotypes, leading me to believe that the writer isn't current on recent social trends. I was surprised that Army Archerd in Variety liked it so much -- he must be friends with the author. Also, considering he's about 85 years old, you can take his opinion with a grain of Geritol! If you like fun or sexy "insider" books about Hollywood, I would stick to older tried and true titles (like THE EXHIBITIONIST) or Jackie Collins -- she really has the dish and a great style. I think that the only Hollywood parties Gwen Davis attends are at the Actor's Home. She doesn't seem to be an insider anymore, if she was one once. PARADISE is not a vivid, "90's" Hollywood novel. I wish it had been -- don't wait for the paperback.
Rating: Summary: What a dog. Review: What a piece of thoughtless tripe. This is a book that seems to have been created for the sub Entertainment Tonight level of curiosity about Hollywood. The stereotypes in this novel are not worth recreating,(they've been done better elsewhere), the stage is ridiculous, and the writing is just plain awful. I myself am surprised that anyone would care to write such trash and more surprised that people would actually publish it. It is so obvious that this person has been ostracized from the group she purports to be a part of. It is an attempt to feed of a host, like a remora feeds off a great shark. This simply reads like a poison pen letter of a rejected woman. I was given this book as a gift and decided upon reading the first chapter to terminate my friendship with the giftgiver. Be safe avoid this empty story like it is the plague
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