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Pop Tart (2009)

by Kira Coplin(Favorite Author)

2.7 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0061756946 (ISBN13: 9780061756948)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

review 1: I wanted to like this book. It is a thinly-veiled story of Britney Spears and her rise to fame, relationship with Justin and rivalry Christina, then ultimately her downfall. The beginning of the story was difficult to get into, but since I brought this book to work to read during my lunch hours I had some days where I had nothing else to read, so I kept going. The middle of the book finally picked up and the story was in full swing. This made it more tolerable and I found myself wondering what aspect of Britney's life they were going to comment on next. Then out of nowhere the ending happened very abruptly and became preachy on the naive ways of Britney...errr..I mean Brook, the ways of Hollywood and how above it all Jackie is. The thing that kept annoying me the most was ... morehow in one sentence a character is in one place (like a lobby of a hotel) and all of a sudden the next sentence they are somewhere else (poof now I'm out by the pool!) What just happened?!?! How did you get by the pool so fast?!?! Do yourself a favor and skip this one.
review 2: The book is written from the point of view of Jackie O'Reilly, who has lived in Hollywood all her life. Through a twist of fate, she ends up make-up artist and friend to up-and-coming star Brooke Parker. Jackie quickly becomes eaten up in the drama of Hollywood and Brooke's life merges as her own.Jackie is developed wonderfully. She's a someone following her dreams, which is all anyone really wants to do. It begins with Jackie...she talks about all her hopes and dreams. As she lands the job with Brooke, we can see how her life merges with Brooke's, while she makes no time for herself, though we do get small glimpses of her character from time to time. Then at the end, Jackie's life becomes her own again. Best of all, she's not perfect and she comes across as perfectly human in the choices and mistakes she makes. Towards the end of the book, you really get to sympathise with the character...you're sad when she's sad...that sort of thing.Brooke...it's hard to see which parts of her are genuine and which are fake, even from Jackie's point of view, just as it is with real celebrities. Her love life is a mess and she ends up on a downward spiral. The sad story of countless teen sensations.The dialogue is excellent. The authors have fun writing different accents. All the characters are well rounded and fun to read about. The ending is bittersweet. I wanted a happy ending for Jackie and Brooke, but this book stays true to life and doesn't give us one. Overall, if you like reading all the gossip on celebrities, you will definitely enjoy this book. Not absolutely the best book I've ever read, but worth ploughing through. less

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