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Lucky Break (2011)

by Esther Freud(Favorite Author)

3 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1608196909 (ISBN13: 9781608196906)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Bloomsbury USA

review 1: A behind the scenes look at the acting profession. The blood, sweat and tears behind it. Lucky Break follows the lives of drama students at an acting school in England. What I found very real were the relationships: unequal, damaged and vulnerable yet still going strong even after drama school gets over and life starts. It's stark in parts but mostly optimistic since almost all the protagonists come out of their personal dark zones. The pace was fairly good and the characters well-etched. I read it because I loved Hideous Kinky and wanted to see what Freud had to offer apart from unconventional childhood stories. As it turns out, unconventional stories about teenagers who grow into adults.
review 2: How you feel about this book depends on how feel about the pli... moreght of out of work actors... For me, it was mildly entertaining, but never seemed to be reaching for any kind of message, or denouement. It was more a series of vignettes about three different characters who have varying degrees of success throughout their careers. Strangely for a novel about the acting profession, there was no drama - unless you count the entire chapter devoted to one of the characters getting three spots. It was an okay read - it got better after the drama school stuff, which was dull - but ultimately insubstantial. less

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