Celebutantes

Celebutantes
by Amanda Goldberg, Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper

Celebutantes
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Author: Amanda Goldberg, Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-02-05
ISBN: 0312362293
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Book Reviews of Celebutantes

Book Review: doesn't work
Summary: 3 Stars

even as a throwaway type of beach read, this book doesn't quite work. it has aspirations that are way too high for the talent of the writers and rather than playing off of their strengths (their intimate knowledge of the high society entertainment world and the type of people who inhabit it), they try to make too many social critiques of their peers. the result is a book that is uneven and unsure, with characters who are not quite relatable on any level (either as a guilty pleasure train wreck or a person with whom you can actually imagine inhabiting your world).

there are parts of it that offer some voyeuristic fun but on the whole this novel does not deliver. i put it as much on the editor as the writers though. that person should have worked this into a more clear sighted story.

Summary of Celebutantes

Lola Santisi is a twenty-six-year-old member of Hollywood Royalty (Papa's vying for Best Director Oscar #2 and Mom's a fixture at The Ivy). Without a kingdom--or even a condo--to call her own, she suffers from twin afflictions: Actorholism (a fatal addiction to dating hunky actors) and CDD (Career Deficit Disorder, an epidemic among children of Hollywood Royalty). Her latest gig as a Hollywood Ambassador means she's been engaging in LA's cruelest blood sport: convincing celebrities to wear her designer's gowns to the Oscars. Lola's first best friend is Kate, a Hollywood talent agent desperate to go from unter to ?ber, whether we're talking sex, work, or both. Lola's other BFF is Cricket, a struggling model/actress looking to surpass her role as a coma victim on "Grey's Anatomy." Together they dodge fashion roadkill while navigating the GM Fashion Show, the Gagosian dinner at Mr. Chow, Barry Diller's and Diane von Furstenberg's pre-Oscar picnic, Ed Limato's chic soiree, and more--until ultimately they end their week at the ?ber-exclusive Vanity Fair Oscar party. But who will be left standing in her stilettos as the sun rises at Patrick Whitesell's even more exclusive after after Oscar party?

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