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Make Me Famous
Make Me Famous: A Novel | Maud Ventura
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Daisy Jones and the Six meets Patricia Highsmith in this addictive, intense novel about the brutal and ferocious road to glory, from the award-winning author of My Husband. Ever since she was a child, Clo, the French-American daughter of two academics, has had only one obsession: becoming a famous singer. Over the years, to everyone's surprise but her own, she overcomes every obstacle and becomes a global superstar with millions of dollars, countless awards, and several Los Angeles villas to her name. But as any celebrity will tell you, getting to the top is one thing; staying there is another. Now thirty-three years old, Clo is taking her first real vacation in years, on a remote island with no one else in sight. With the never-ending spin cycle of her life finally on pause and no paparazzi peeking out from behind the coconut palms, she can work on her fourth album in peace. Except that with so much time to think, she can't help but ruminate on her past--including how, just six months earlier, things started to go very, very wrong . . . Taking place between New York, Paris, Los Angeles, and the South Pacific, Make Me Famous is a brilliant sophomore novel from Maud Ventura that dives intoxicatingly deep into the machinations of one woman's complicated mind, and her relentless pursuit of fame.
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Lesliereadsalot
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This was an interesting book, as was her first book, My Husband. Both are stories of obsessive women, this one being about Cloe who is determined to be a famous singer ala Taylor Swift. She sets about her course of action to achieve this and we follow her as she ascends the ladder to stardom. A few words to describe her: vicious, cold, manipulative, and she never changes. Not for a moment. Great ending that I didn‘t see coming.

BarbaraBB Can you believe that I don‘t remember the ending while I read this just a few weeks ago 🤦🏻‍♀️?! 3d
Lesliereadsalot This is for you! @BarbaraBB (edited) 2d
Lesliereadsalot When the seaplane doesn‘t pick her up on the island she grabs the red emergency phone and finds out it‘s a toy. When she smashes it she finds Peeps inside so her boyfriend has left her there. 2d
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Cathythoughts Oh great review. Must stack 👍🏻 2d
BarbaraBB Yes of course! How could I forget! Kind of a cool and fitting ending! Thanks! 2d
Lesliereadsalot Hope you like insane women! @Cathythoughts 2d
Cathythoughts I do ! 2d
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BarbaraBB
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Cléo is not a very likable woman but she‘s honest as a narrator and she only has one goal: becoming world famous. She succeeds (no spoiler) and for some inspiration and recharging she spends some time on an uninhabited island, reminiscing about her life.
It‘s an easy read and I enjoyed it but it‘s not as good as My Husband.

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? Lavrio, Greece

Amor4Libros Sounds good, stacked! 2w
ChaoticMissAdventures I need to get a copy from the library and try again! Glad you liked it. 2w
Velvetfur Great photo, love the palm trees 😁 2w
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sarahbarnes Good to know! Great pic! 🌴 2w
Lesliereadsalot Got this one on my shelf. If I can just get through Gabriele… 2w
BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot That‘s a tough one isn‘t it. It took me quite some time too. Looking forward to the revival of the Europa Collective! 2w
Lesliereadsalot Me too! Camp is so fun isn‘t it? 2w
BarbaraBB @Lesliereadsalot yes! I always feel happy with all these people adding to my reading experience 2w
julieclair Good, helpful review. Stacked! 1w
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BarbaraBB
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I love this dedication in Maud Ventura‘s new book. Such a witty one!

ChaoticMissAdventures 😍 I LOVED My Husband. I struggled to get into this one and never finished it. I think my hopes were too high, excited to see what you think! 3w
BarbaraBB @ChaoticMissAdventures you didn‘t finish it? I‘ll temper my expectations! 3w
sarahbarnes This is great! I loved My Husband and didn‘t know she had a new one out. 3w
youneverarrived Love that 😆 3w
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#weekendreads are all about women, music, partying

Neneh Cherry - A Thousand Threads #WPNF25
Aria Aber - Good Girl #WP25
Maud Ventura - Make Me Famous #ARC

BarbaraBB Lucky you, the new Maud Ventura! Interested in your thoughts. 4mo
ChaoticMissAdventures @BarbaraBB I am about 50 pages in, and I know I am going to be critical because My Husband is one of my favorites from the last few years. So it is hard not to compare, this one is a bit harder to get into initially. But I still have high hopes! 4mo
BarbaraBB Ooh, exciting! 4mo
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