We shouldn't be "othering" other girls to this extent, certainly not based on first glance and no other evidence. It happened so often-really, it happened without fail whenever any other girl showed up-and was not balanced by positive peer to peer interaction (other than with Dee), so it became extremely difficult to look past it. I'm not someone who's always especially sensitive to slut-shaming in the instances where it's called out in other books, but with this one I was pretty turned off by the behavior.
I'm surprised, however, that a story that is so clear-eyed about that the difficulties of a friend/celeb dynamic gave us a heroine with such an unfortunate lack of empathy for every single other teenage girl who is not her BFF.
The touring music star thing is really well done, and there's enough detail there that it feels grounded/real in a way that most books involving stars do not. Turns out, she's just done her homework, and is just very observant. Reagan and Dee's friendship feels incredibly close and mutually loving and supportive, and I loved how both of them were at their best with each other.īeyond that, this book also humanizes celebrities in a way that's very rare-to the point that, combined with the many spot-on details about day to day life and career/image decisions, it made me wonder if the author had actually had some first hand knowledge of this type of relationship. So how awesome it is to find a book that avoids the usual cliches and forges characters and relationships that feel like real ones-and it also takes the unusual position of the BFF to the famous person rather than the POV of the shiny star herself. I almost never read books involving Hollywood/star types, because I worked in entertainment for a long time and most stories include cringe-worthy misconceptions or shallow portrayals of both the industry and the people involved. I enjoyed listening because the narrator got the pitch and tone right.3.5 stars, which would have been 4 stars full of praise were it not for one crucial point. This was narrated PERFECTLY by Rebecca Gibbel! She had the right voices for Matt, Lilah, Reagan and others.
It is Matt Finch, who joins the tour to pose as Lilah's boyfriend, who figures out Reagan is like him in many ways. What I liked about Reagan is that she is hard core and has a brittle front that puts most people off. Reagan O'Neill is a bad girl who has just been cheated on by her loser boyfriend so she decides to follow her best friend and singer Lilah Montgomery across the country. What did you love best about Open Road Summer?
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