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A review by booktalkwithrae
Off the Record by Camryn Garrett
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Thank you to penguin random house for a eARC of this book.
This is the first five star I’ve given this year! 😮
It was phenomenal, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It follows Josie, a teen in her senior year who wants to be a journalist. She wins a contest to do an exclusive on a character in a new movie and she goes on a PR tour with the other actors and actresses as they do a few PR events.
One of the young actresses in the movie let out a big secret. One woman’s accounts leads to another and leads to another. Will Josie expose the sercrets of Hollywood?
Content warning for rape and sexual abuse
I think the story handled this topic very well. It’s a sensitive topic and some thing that is still a serious problem in celebrity worlds today. Each chapter started off the story with a Twitter post from Josie that related to the chapter in someway and I absolutely love that addition. It was really enjoyable and made the story more real.
I also love the way the story handles anxiety as well as being plus size and what that means in society today. It’s probably the first book that discusses plus size in a way that I felt like I could relate.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that is looking for a more serious contemporary read. A must read!
This is the first five star I’ve given this year! 😮
It was phenomenal, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
It follows Josie, a teen in her senior year who wants to be a journalist. She wins a contest to do an exclusive on a character in a new movie and she goes on a PR tour with the other actors and actresses as they do a few PR events.
One of the young actresses in the movie let out a big secret. One woman’s accounts leads to another and leads to another. Will Josie expose the sercrets of Hollywood?
Content warning for rape and sexual abuse
I think the story handled this topic very well. It’s a sensitive topic and some thing that is still a serious problem in celebrity worlds today. Each chapter started off the story with a Twitter post from Josie that related to the chapter in someway and I absolutely love that addition. It was really enjoyable and made the story more real.
I also love the way the story handles anxiety as well as being plus size and what that means in society today. It’s probably the first book that discusses plus size in a way that I felt like I could relate.
I highly recommend this book to anyone that is looking for a more serious contemporary read. A must read!
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment