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The View Was Exhausting
The View Was Exhausting | Mikaella Clements, Onjuli Datta
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A pure delight! Effortlessly cool, razor sharp, and crazy funI couldnt put it down.Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling authors of Daisy Jones & the Six "The complex, Hollywood love story we've all been waiting forI couldn't get enough."Emily Henry, New York Times bestselling author of Beach Read Faking a love story is a whole lot easier than being in love . . . The world can see that international A-list actress Whitman ("Win") Tagore and jet-setting playboy Leo Milanowski are made for each other. Their kisses start Twitter trends and their fights break the internet. From red carpet appearances to Met Gala mishaps, their on-again, off-again romance has titillated the public and the press for almost a decade. But it's all a lie. As a woman of color, Win knows the Hollywood deck is stacked against her, so she's perfected the art of controlling her public persona. Whenever she nears scandal, she calls in Leo, with his endearingly reckless attitude, for a staged date. Each public display of affection shifts the headlines back in Win's favor, and Leo uses the good press to draw attention away from his dysfunctional family. Pretending to be in a passionate romance is one thing, but Win knows that a real relationship would lead to nothing but trouble. So instead they settle for friendship, with a side of sky-rocketing chemistry. Except this time, on the French Riviera, something is off. A shocking secret in Leo's past sets Win's personal and professional lives on a catastrophic collision course. Behind the scenes of their yacht-trips and PDA, the world's favorite couple is at each other's throats. Now they must finally confront the many truths and lies of their relationship, and Win is forced to consider what is more important: a rising career, or a risky shot at real love? The View Was Exhausting is a funny, wickedly observant modern love story set against the backdrop of exotic locales and the realities of being a woman of color in a world run by men.
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Win is a British-Indian actress trying to make it & starts an on-again-off-again fake relationship with socialite Leo, leading to a seven-year-long public relations scam that reactivates whenever one of them needs a career boost, though the lines between strategy & obsession are continually blurred. this book blurs the line between general fiction & romance while doing a thought-provoking deep dive into celebrity culture & race and relationships.

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It‘s probably fair to describe ‘The View Was Exhausting‘ as romance adjacent. It‘s got all the hallmarks of a classic romance novel- love and lust tempered by barriers and occasional complete disaster. This novel offers a little more than this, in its razor sharp critique of the inauthenticity and associated vulnerabilities of celebrity culture. In this novel we are all complicit in the curation of lives played out in the public eye.

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CarolynM I've been reading this off and on for months. I quite like it, but it's not exactly compelling. 3y
ClairesReads @swishandflick thank you! She‘s good looking hey? 3y
ClairesReads @Simona 🙏🏻 3y
ClairesReads @RaeLovesToRead thank you! We are very lucky! 3y
ClairesReads @CarolynM yes- I liked it too, but I‘d agree with your assessment that it‘s not super compelling necessarily 3y
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