Bright Shiny Morning

Bright Shiny Morning by James Frey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book. My favourite stories were that of Esperanza and Doug, Maddie and Dylan, and Old Man Joe. The main point that comes across from the book is that everyone flocks to Los Angeles, the city of angels, for their dreams to come true. Sadly the city is overpopulated with undiscovered talent and 'could be's. This brings the harsh reality that LA is the city where dreams are squashed without a second thought and people have to struggle and do whatever they can to meet the bare necessities. I would have given this book 5 stars but the short chapters that were of information that didn't need to be known and useless facts were a waste and kind of detracted from the story. Some of the characters you were meant to not like and I absolutely hated Amberton. His story line was crap and he was an overbearing asshole. Then there was the chapter of mini stories. I could definitely tell the gossip blogger may have been referring to Perez Hilton, the family of 3 that has the famous sibling might have a small semblance to Lindsay Lohan. The other mini stories in that chapter I couldn't quite figure out who they might have been. Another good book by Frey and I will definitely continue to follow him!

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