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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Chick Lit Goes Hollywood!,
By crazyforgems (Wellesley, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Second Assistant: A Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder (Hardcover)
"The Second Assistant" is a very fun, very fast read.Our heroine, Lizzie, is a former congressional aide turned second assistant to a Hollywood agent. She realizes that her training in politics can do little to help her survive the very political world of Hollywood. One minute she's ordering srippers (with small nipples please) for her boss's boss; the next minute she's running across the street to get coffee. However, this book is more than just an entertaining read and a glimpse into the world of "Cameron D." and Jen (who is married to Brad). Lizzie struggles to hold on to her integrity and to her sense of self throughout her attempt to climb Hollywood. To her surprise, she finds out she actually enjoys a lot of the work and decides that she too wants to produce. In addition, she feels tremendous sympathy for many of the character, and while she skewers them at times, she also notes their positive attributes. I would recommend this book to fans of chick lit everywhere and to those who want an inside look at Hollywood...from the bottom of the ladder!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not just for girls!,
By Craven Morehead (london United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Second Assistant: A Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder (Hardcover)
I was given this book. One look at the cover, and I wasn't hopeful. I read the first few pages one morning when I woke early. I didn't get up until 3.30pm, the book finished, my day shot to pieces. I thought this was going to be strictly for girls . But no. KELLS loved it.I was particularly taken by the main character, Elizabeth (or at least I wish I was). Apart from falling hopelessly in love with her, I really felt as if i was being let into the secret world of how a modern, cool girl, lives, thinks, and sees. What a treat! I would love to meet her. There's no political correctness coming from Naylor and Hare, which not only is a relief, but one of the main reasons the book is laugh out loud. Crazy Hollywood parties, people etc. are dealt with brilliantly, and all through the eyes of our wonderfully straight, easy going heroine. The authors also sail wonderfully close to the wind as to portraying real Hollywood stars.
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Fun book with seriously accurate "advice" for hollywood-be's,
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This review is from: The Second Assistant: A Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder (Hardcover)
OK, it's another girl-in-awful-job book, like the exquisitely written Nanny Diaries and appalling piece of hackwork, Devil Wears Prada.On the writing score, this is good to excellent-- the prose is not sharp and incisive but neither is it leaden and pointless. It's serviceable, and the dialogue is often very good indeed. Also it gets better as it goes along, so by the middle of the book you might find yourself not wanting to put it down. Lizzie is a likeable character-- not a whiner like the heroine of Prada nor an altruist like Nanny in Nanny Diaries; she's a young woman making a career shift from politics to entertainment almost on a whim. What saves her from being insufferable is that she really is open-minded and trying to make the best of it, and although she has some understandable second thoughts, she ends up realizing that this is a good world for her abilities and interests after all. But don't just read this for the "chick-flick" appeal-- this is a MUST READ for anyone who wants to make it in Hollywood. I worked recently on a high-powered TV show-- not an "Agency"-- but I can say with certainty that the authors are 100% accurate in their depiction of the commercial entertainment world. It's treacherous but also naive; deceptive and gullible-- all at the same time. And there ARE opportunities to be had. Loved the description of "falling upward," the tendency, unique to Hollywood, to reward those who are fired with positions higher up. The description of the trip to Sundance was hilarious and fascinating. In the end, Hollywood seems like a sunny place-- you can get burned but you can also just get a nice glow; you have to be careful how you expose yourself. I found this inspiring and entertaining. And I'll be going through it with my highlighter for tips.
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