Valley Of The Dolls
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Dolls - red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight. For Anne, Neely and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three starlets become best friends when they are young and in New York, struggling to make their names in the entertainment industry. Only when they reach the peak of their careers do they find there's nowhere left to go but down - to the valley of the dolls. A record-breaking bestseller and an instant sensation, this is a salaciously subversive cult classic about the dark heart of fame.
'Like reading a very, very long, absolutely delicious gossip column. Magnetic' Nora Ephron
'Unputdownable' Candace Bushnell
'A cult classic' Elle
'A pop-culture touchstone: a gleefully salacious story of friendship, sex, backstabbing and pills' New York Times
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🎭 Glamour, Abgründe und der hohe Preis des Ruhms
💞 Liebe: 2 / 5 🌶️ Spice: 3 / 5 Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll - „Im Tal der Puppen“ versprüht diesen unverkennbaren „Sex and the City“-Vibe, nur deutlich dunkler und schonungsloser. Anne, Neely und Jennifer träumen davon, als Bühnen- und Filmstars ganz groß rauszukommen. Hindernisse schrecken sie kaum ab, und um Erfolg, Ruhm und Anerkennung näherzukommen, greifen sie zu gefährlichen Hilfsmitteln. Der Roman zeigt eindringlich, welchen Wahnsinn vor allem Frauen in Kauf nehmen, um beliebt, begehrt und erfolgreich zu sein. Hollywood wird hier nicht nur als schillernde Welt aus Glamour, Partys und Luxus dargestellt, sondern auch als harter, gnadenloser Ort, an dem der Weg nach oben seinen Preis fordert. Die Protagonistinnen wirkten authentisch und vielschichtig, ihre Entwicklungen waren spannend zu verfolgen. Trotz der ernsten Themen gab es auch humorvolle Momente, die das Ganze auflockerten. Jacqueline Susanns Schreibstil ist angenehm und flüssig, sodass man gut durch die Seiten kommt - auch wenn einige Passagen etwas gestrafft hätten sein können. Insgesamt ein zeitloser Klassiker, der unterhält, schockiert und gleichzeitig zum Nachdenken anregt.
Hat mir gut gefallen. Der Schreibstil ist angenehm flüssig, was das Lesen leicht und mitreißend macht. Besonders faszinierend fand ich, wie die Geschichte einen unmittelbar in die glamouröse, aber auch dunkle Welt der Showbranche im Amerika des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts entführt. Die Charaktere wirken lebendig, ihre Träume und Abgründe nah.
I was carrying Valley Of The Dolls with me for a few days and read it in every free minute I got. I understand the negative reviews, I truly get them. I wish I could be as elitist and sophisticated to actually dislike this book for what it is: a piece of barely average written literature of horrible women hating on themselves, each other and everyone else. Female monsters who are only valued for their looks, who think they have nothing to offer. Yes, this novel is misogyn, if you want it to be. But it's also empowering, if you want it to be. Don't let me be misunderstood. Our three protagonist are no role models. They are in fact, dislikable and highly self-destructible. Their flawed and doomed characters demonize the beauty of womanhood, but that's the crucial element. Valley of the Dolls is not about three starlets rising to fame and burning up at the firmament through time. It's about toxic femininity. Listen, some of you are not ready to experience the female abyss of modern society and that's perfectly understandable. It's a dark place (but oh, so entertaining). I guess Jacqueline Susann wrote for hot girls and for hot girls only. If you're neither hot nor slightly psychotic, go and just look for something else to read while I'm still here defending this book with my entire being because for me it was a page turner (also I'm a little bit in love with Jennifer North, Henry Bellamy and Lyon Burke)
Reading Valley of the Dolls felt like watching a soap opera with the fast-forward button stuck. The pacing is absolutely wacky, scenes drag on unnecessarily, only to suddenly leap forward without warning. Key characters vanish without explanation, storylines are picked up and dropped at random, and emotional beats are skipped altogether. The characters themselves are more trope than human. Blonde? You’re icy. Brunette? You’re a hypersexual mess. Men and women are boxed into the flattest stereotypes, and there’s no attempt to subvert or even question them. In the end, it’s a chaotic, cliché-ridden ride that never slows down enough to make you care, or speeds up enough to be fun.
Description
Dolls - red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight. For Anne, Neely and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three starlets become best friends when they are young and in New York, struggling to make their names in the entertainment industry. Only when they reach the peak of their careers do they find there's nowhere left to go but down - to the valley of the dolls. A record-breaking bestseller and an instant sensation, this is a salaciously subversive cult classic about the dark heart of fame.
'Like reading a very, very long, absolutely delicious gossip column. Magnetic' Nora Ephron
'Unputdownable' Candace Bushnell
'A cult classic' Elle
'A pop-culture touchstone: a gleefully salacious story of friendship, sex, backstabbing and pills' New York Times
Book Information
Posts
🎭 Glamour, Abgründe und der hohe Preis des Ruhms
💞 Liebe: 2 / 5 🌶️ Spice: 3 / 5 Sex, Drugs & Rock’n’Roll - „Im Tal der Puppen“ versprüht diesen unverkennbaren „Sex and the City“-Vibe, nur deutlich dunkler und schonungsloser. Anne, Neely und Jennifer träumen davon, als Bühnen- und Filmstars ganz groß rauszukommen. Hindernisse schrecken sie kaum ab, und um Erfolg, Ruhm und Anerkennung näherzukommen, greifen sie zu gefährlichen Hilfsmitteln. Der Roman zeigt eindringlich, welchen Wahnsinn vor allem Frauen in Kauf nehmen, um beliebt, begehrt und erfolgreich zu sein. Hollywood wird hier nicht nur als schillernde Welt aus Glamour, Partys und Luxus dargestellt, sondern auch als harter, gnadenloser Ort, an dem der Weg nach oben seinen Preis fordert. Die Protagonistinnen wirkten authentisch und vielschichtig, ihre Entwicklungen waren spannend zu verfolgen. Trotz der ernsten Themen gab es auch humorvolle Momente, die das Ganze auflockerten. Jacqueline Susanns Schreibstil ist angenehm und flüssig, sodass man gut durch die Seiten kommt - auch wenn einige Passagen etwas gestrafft hätten sein können. Insgesamt ein zeitloser Klassiker, der unterhält, schockiert und gleichzeitig zum Nachdenken anregt.
Hat mir gut gefallen. Der Schreibstil ist angenehm flüssig, was das Lesen leicht und mitreißend macht. Besonders faszinierend fand ich, wie die Geschichte einen unmittelbar in die glamouröse, aber auch dunkle Welt der Showbranche im Amerika des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts entführt. Die Charaktere wirken lebendig, ihre Träume und Abgründe nah.
I was carrying Valley Of The Dolls with me for a few days and read it in every free minute I got. I understand the negative reviews, I truly get them. I wish I could be as elitist and sophisticated to actually dislike this book for what it is: a piece of barely average written literature of horrible women hating on themselves, each other and everyone else. Female monsters who are only valued for their looks, who think they have nothing to offer. Yes, this novel is misogyn, if you want it to be. But it's also empowering, if you want it to be. Don't let me be misunderstood. Our three protagonist are no role models. They are in fact, dislikable and highly self-destructible. Their flawed and doomed characters demonize the beauty of womanhood, but that's the crucial element. Valley of the Dolls is not about three starlets rising to fame and burning up at the firmament through time. It's about toxic femininity. Listen, some of you are not ready to experience the female abyss of modern society and that's perfectly understandable. It's a dark place (but oh, so entertaining). I guess Jacqueline Susann wrote for hot girls and for hot girls only. If you're neither hot nor slightly psychotic, go and just look for something else to read while I'm still here defending this book with my entire being because for me it was a page turner (also I'm a little bit in love with Jennifer North, Henry Bellamy and Lyon Burke)
Reading Valley of the Dolls felt like watching a soap opera with the fast-forward button stuck. The pacing is absolutely wacky, scenes drag on unnecessarily, only to suddenly leap forward without warning. Key characters vanish without explanation, storylines are picked up and dropped at random, and emotional beats are skipped altogether. The characters themselves are more trope than human. Blonde? You’re icy. Brunette? You’re a hypersexual mess. Men and women are boxed into the flattest stereotypes, and there’s no attempt to subvert or even question them. In the end, it’s a chaotic, cliché-ridden ride that never slows down enough to make you care, or speeds up enough to be fun.