The View Was Exhausting

I wanted to love this one but only wound up being medium on it! I had seen so much hype about it on Instagram, the premise was so good (a faux Hollywood romance turned real between an A-list hollywood actress and a hotel heir), it had been blurbed by Taylor Jenkins Reid (my favorite), and it was written by a lesbian couple (cool!). But the writing just didn’t grab me and I never felt very connected to the characters. Parts felt tedious to read and a lot of it just just felt… flat? I think it could be that it was a little bit awkward because (I think) the authors’ primary language is German. Regardless, it was a fun read and it had a good twist that I didn’t see coming. I love anything about the ins and outs / behind the scenes of Hollywood, and I read it within a few days. But was only medium on it if I’m being totally honest. I will tell you I am in the minority here. I have been seeing really great things about it all over Bookstagram. So I could be wrong. Order on Bookshop.org or Amazon.