Title: Gorgeous
Author: Paul Rudnick
Pub Date: April 30th, 2013
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Page Count: 336
Sorry man, it was too weird for me. - Nova @ Out of Time
This book was weird. When I first read the synopsis, I found it interesting. It sounded pretty realistic and contemporary about finding yourself, but then it started getting weird. The "weird" things usually we explanations to situations that didn't add up. Like Rudnick didn't have an explanation for an event, so he just had some kind of random thing thrown in the blender. For example ---> one of the people were "dead" but still living, like he was brought back to life. I don't even know the full thing.
One thing I heavily enjoyed though, was the dialogue. All of it was just so fun to read! I loved Rocher and her crazy swearing and how Tom Kelly said so much without really saying that much at all. It was crazy how many times I laughed and had to put the book down to give myself a minute! Rudnick definitely hit the bullseye with the dialogue.
So the main problem is how weird it is and how last ditch I felt it was. The writing itself is actually pretty good. Kept me captivated the entire time while giving me a laugh here and there.
The main reason the rating is so low is because I didn't "get" how Becky could just change. Apparently, she was written to be so ugly yet with all the makeup and dress, she transformed. I don't know, it just seems a little farfetched to me. Plus, how everything changed for her once she was perfect. I really don't want to read a reminder of how messed up the world is, where something like that can happen.
I was just wondering, "is this the kind of message I should be reading? Get pretty and you'll have all that you want." Even though she pretty much had it in her that she wanted to be Ghandi, it didn't really help because I felt she was such a golddigger for a while.
Wow, there's just a lot to say but I can't say it without giving the whole plot away. Just that the ending was so strange and I would've never expected it. Sorry, this just wasn't for me. Maybe next time, Rudnick, because I would totally be open to reading your next work.
Author: Paul Rudnick
Pub Date: April 30th, 2013
Publisher: Scholastic Press
Page Count: 336
Inner beauty wants out.
When eighteen-year-old Becky Randle’s mother dies, she’s summoned from her Missouri trailer park to meet Tom Kelly, the world’s top designer. He makes her an impossible offer: He’ll create three dresses to transform Becky from a nothing special girl into the most beautiful woman who ever lived.
Becky thinks Tom is a lunatic, or that he’s producing a hidden camera show called World’s Most Gullible Poor People. But she accepts, and she’s remade as Rebecca. When Becky looks in the mirror, she sees herself – an awkward mess of split ends and cankles. But when anyone else looks at Becky, they see pure five-alarm hotness.
Soon Rebecca is on the cover of Vogue, the new Hollywood darling, and dating celebrities. Then Becky meets Prince Gregory, heir to the British throne, and everything starts to crumble. Because Rebecca aside, Becky loves him. But to love her back, Gregory would have to look past the blinding Rebecca to see the real girl inside. And Becky knows there’s not enough magic in the world.
A screamingly defiant, hugely naughty, and impossibly fun free fall past the cat walks, the red carpets, and even the halls of Buckingham Palace, Gorgeous does the impossible: It makes you see yourself clearly for the first time.
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Sorry man, it was too weird for me. - Nova @ Out of Time
This book was weird. When I first read the synopsis, I found it interesting. It sounded pretty realistic and contemporary about finding yourself, but then it started getting weird. The "weird" things usually we explanations to situations that didn't add up. Like Rudnick didn't have an explanation for an event, so he just had some kind of random thing thrown in the blender. For example ---> one of the people were "dead" but still living, like he was brought back to life. I don't even know the full thing.
One thing I heavily enjoyed though, was the dialogue. All of it was just so fun to read! I loved Rocher and her crazy swearing and how Tom Kelly said so much without really saying that much at all. It was crazy how many times I laughed and had to put the book down to give myself a minute! Rudnick definitely hit the bullseye with the dialogue.
So the main problem is how weird it is and how last ditch I felt it was. The writing itself is actually pretty good. Kept me captivated the entire time while giving me a laugh here and there.
The main reason the rating is so low is because I didn't "get" how Becky could just change. Apparently, she was written to be so ugly yet with all the makeup and dress, she transformed. I don't know, it just seems a little farfetched to me. Plus, how everything changed for her once she was perfect. I really don't want to read a reminder of how messed up the world is, where something like that can happen.
I was just wondering, "is this the kind of message I should be reading? Get pretty and you'll have all that you want." Even though she pretty much had it in her that she wanted to be Ghandi, it didn't really help because I felt she was such a golddigger for a while.
Wow, there's just a lot to say but I can't say it without giving the whole plot away. Just that the ending was so strange and I would've never expected it. Sorry, this just wasn't for me. Maybe next time, Rudnick, because I would totally be open to reading your next work.
Paul M. Rudnick is an American playwright, screenwriter and novelist. His plays include I Hate Hamlet, Jeffrey, The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told, Valhalla and The New Century. He also wrote for Premiere magazine under the pseudonym Libby Gelman-Waxner. He is openly gay.
Awwww but the synopsis sounded so good! It's too bad that you didn't enjoy it! Because if you had given it a positive review, I might have checked it out!
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