A review by autsiereadsalotsie
Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann

4.0

For fans of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid and The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath!

3.75-4 stars. I'm not too sure on my exact star rating, but I did enjoy this! It's super easy to read and sucked into. This book mainly follows three women and their rise to the top and how it can lead to demise and destruction.

I really enjoyed the book and couldn't put it down when I was reading it. I was never bored. Initially in the beginning I was kind of underwhelmed, but I had to remind myself when this was written. It was considered super scandalous for the time. Unfortunately, the characters were very one-dimensional and I'm not sure if that was intentional to try to hyperbolize the Hollywood scene, but it bothered me in the beginning. However, as time went on I became more used to it and I liked how it made the story feel even more dramatic. By the end, I was sad and empty so I knew that the story and characters had struck a chord.

Overall, I enjoyed the story and even though the characters weren't very complex and the story was a little all over the place, I liked it a lot.