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Likely Story (2008)

by David Van Etten(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

037584676X (ISBN13: 9780375846762)

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Knopf Books for Young Readers

series

Likely Story

review 1: Reviewed by Jaglvr for TeensReadToo.comMallory's life is like a soap opera. She literally knows the set of Good as Gold better than her own home. Her mom has been the reigning queen of soaps for as long as Mallory can remember. Her mom has been married numerous times, engaged just as many, and they've lived in over ten different places in Mallory's sixteen years. However, Mallory and her mother have a hard time relating. They barely talk in passing. Mallory has more of a relationship with her mom's make-up person, Gina. Mallory has always thought that the script for Good as Gold was a joke. The characters keep going through the same situations: being abducted, being killed off, falling in love with long-lost relatives, being locked in trunks, and other ridiculous themes. S... moreo one night, on her blog, she brashly notes that she could create a better soap opera. Little does she realize that even though only a handful of people read the blog, the right person does. The next morning, she receives a call from Donald, her mother's agent. He asks her the routine Hollywood questions, and Mallory lies, saying she's got everything written out. Of course she can send it over. She spends that night in a writing frenzy, creating a synopsis or "Bible" of her proposed idea. The hardest concept was coming up with a name for the show. After many ideas, Likely Story is what she comes up with. Her rationale is that the story would be about normal people and all the messes they get into. Not the far-fetched stuff that is on TV currently. Everything moves quickly after she hands over the bible she's written for Donald. Executives are calling her, meetings are arranged, and casting is in full swing. She wrote the part of Sarah with her best friend, Amelia, in mind. The casting people may want to go in a different direction, but they keep Amelia in the running through the different audition rounds. An unknown from Julliard, Dallas Grant, is the exact image of Ryan and is easily agreed upon by all. LIKELY STORY is the first novel in a new series by a trio of male authors making up the pen name David Van Etten. The three authors write a fun quirky novel of how one girl's big talk turns into a real TV show. This novel gives the background of the show's inception and brings everyone into play. Book two, ALL THAT GLITTERS, is due out in October 2008. I am already eager to see what will happen when the production gears up for the pilot episode.
review 2: This was written by 3 guys--1 YA writer, 1 film maker and 1 soap opera writer--and it shows. As in "hey, let's create a cool new teen series and make MONEY!"The irony of it all is that the heroine wants to create a new teen soap opera that's more realistic because she's grown up as the daughter of a soap opera diva and finds the plots ludicrous and the dialog turgid. And that's exactly what's wrong with this book.... less

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