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Hollywood and Wine Roberta M Pala 9781463650193 Books

Okay don't hate me here because of the two star rating. I will say that the story and plot line were good and worthy of 4 stars, however the writing just wasn't up to par.

The Story
Linda's parents died when she was around 4 and she's been living in an abusive home in England, her aunt in Hollywood sends for her when she is 17 and Linda is now living a grand life. She meets tons of interesting and historical movie figures from the 1930s (the time frame the book takes place). She has a love interest and also she is having horrible nightmares that are starting to take a toll on her daily life. There are issues in the book surrounding rape, racism and small but important part about a crime family. The story was good and I definitely enjoyed that part.

The Writing....dun dun dun
Okay, I had major issues with the writing. It was clinical sounding at times and not engaging. I never felt for the characters because the writing style didn't pull me in. It was like being in a criminology class and discussing a case where the facts are laid out in a clinical and professional manner, it just so happens to also have a few sex scenes (but those also felt clinical or weird)

Parts that I found odd or ridiculous or unnecessary
Okay so the story goes like this....this happened and so and so did that and then we went here and that happened. Well okay, I am happy for ya. No connection!!

Linda is always talking about conflicting emotions....wtf are your emotions conflicting about. Am I supposed to guess or assume? I understand that there are some clues but books are tricky, man, I don't like to suppose something because then the author will tell me later and the whole time I was on the wrong track. Then I have to backtrack and read the whole scene over again with the correct emotions. This might also be a problem with the writing style, maybe I just missed it. An example tho is "she struggled with conflicting emotions and rubbed her forehead." I couldn't figure out what those emotions were until 2 sentences later, but the place where it told us what these emotions were are 2 or 3 paragraphs before this conflicting emotions line.

Unnecessary sentences:
"The sea voyage was uneventful. They landed at Baltimore Harbor and took the train to Union Station in Washington. A taxi drove them to the Willard Hotel." These three sentences are completely unneccesary. They arrived at the hotel in NY would have sufficed. There are a bunch of these and I believe that they are just filler sentences to fill the book, when these spaces could have been used for character depth or emotion or something.

Sex Scenes -- too hard to explain without a spoiler and adult wording, lets just say they sounded like they were written by someone with no experience.

Funny lines
There were two times when I actually laughed out loud though because I could see it actually happening. (view spoiler)

Conclusion (if you made it this far)
The story is good and interesting and dark, what with the abuse, but the writing just didn't pull me in and I really wish that it had. I was not okay with most of the writing, which is why I had to give it the two star rating. However, I would say that if you can get past the writing then read the book, it's good.

**free author copy provided by the author via goodreads.


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Hollywood and Wine Roberta M Pala 9781463650193 Books Reviews

To be honest, I am not really a fan of this genre of literature in general. I liked this book, though. It is hard to describe, but the approach of this book was rather sophisticated. A level of writing that is a bit above par and oftentimes breaks the mold of what one would expect when it comes to 'romance novels'. I wish that more authors would consider this kind of approach to their writing.
A very enjoyable book, starting fast and never really slowing down. It is set in the early years of the Great Depression, a story of a young girl who escapes from a terrible family life in England and goes to work for a movie star in period Hollywood. The resolution is unexpected and shocking. I would recommend this book for adults only.
Okay don't hate me here because of the two star rating. I will say that the story and plot line were good and worthy of 4 stars, however the writing just wasn't up to par.

The Story
Linda's parents died when she was around 4 and she's been living in an abusive home in England, her aunt in Hollywood sends for her when she is 17 and Linda is now living a grand life. She meets tons of interesting and historical movie figures from the 1930s (the time frame the book takes place). She has a love interest and also she is having horrible nightmares that are starting to take a toll on her daily life. There are issues in the book surrounding rape, racism and small but important part about a crime family. The story was good and I definitely enjoyed that part.

The Writing....dun dun dun
Okay, I had major issues with the writing. It was clinical sounding at times and not engaging. I never felt for the characters because the writing style didn't pull me in. It was like being in a criminology class and discussing a case where the facts are laid out in a clinical and professional manner, it just so happens to also have a few sex scenes (but those also felt clinical or weird)

Parts that I found odd or ridiculous or unnecessary
Okay so the story goes like this....this happened and so and so did that and then we went here and that happened. Well okay, I am happy for ya. No connection!!

Linda is always talking about conflicting emotions....wtf are your emotions conflicting about. Am I supposed to guess or assume? I understand that there are some clues but books are tricky, man, I don't like to suppose something because then the author will tell me later and the whole time I was on the wrong track. Then I have to backtrack and read the whole scene over again with the correct emotions. This might also be a problem with the writing style, maybe I just missed it. An example tho is "she struggled with conflicting emotions and rubbed her forehead." I couldn't figure out what those emotions were until 2 sentences later, but the place where it told us what these emotions were are 2 or 3 paragraphs before this conflicting emotions line.

Unnecessary sentences
"The sea voyage was uneventful. They landed at Baltimore Harbor and took the train to Union Station in Washington. A taxi drove them to the Willard Hotel." These three sentences are completely unneccesary. They arrived at the hotel in NY would have sufficed. There are a bunch of these and I believe that they are just filler sentences to fill the book, when these spaces could have been used for character depth or emotion or something.

Sex Scenes -- too hard to explain without a spoiler and adult wording, lets just say they sounded like they were written by someone with no experience.

Funny lines
There were two times when I actually laughed out loud though because I could see it actually happening. (view spoiler)

Conclusion (if you made it this far)
The story is good and interesting and dark, what with the abuse, but the writing just didn't pull me in and I really wish that it had. I was not okay with most of the writing, which is why I had to give it the two star rating. However, I would say that if you can get past the writing then read the book, it's good.

**free author copy provided by the author via goodreads.