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    My Hollywood Is A Tender, Witty, and Resonant Novel That Provides The Profound Pleasures Readers

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    The document summarizes reviews of two novels - "My Hollywood" by Mona Simpson and "The X Game". For "My Hollywood", the review praises Simpson's insightful observations about consumer culture's impact on women's ideals and how the book will resonate with many women. For "The X Game", a mystery thriller, the review notes the book has classic horror elements that will please fans of the genre, though some felt the timing was slightly off. Both reviews found the books well-written and thought-provoking.

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    My Hollywood Is A Tender, Witty, and Resonant Novel That Provides The Profound Pleasures Readers

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    The document summarizes reviews of two novels - "My Hollywood" by Mona Simpson and "The X Game". For "My Hollywood", the review praises Simpson's insightful observations about consumer culture's impact on women's ideals and how the book will resonate with many women. For "The X Game", a mystery thriller, the review notes the book has classic horror elements that will please fans of the genre, though some felt the timing was slightly off. Both reviews found the books well-written and thought-provoking.

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    The document summarizes reviews of two novels - "My Hollywood" by Mona Simpson and "The X Game". For "My Hollywood", the review praises Simpson's insightful observations about consumer culture's impact on women's ideals and how the book will resonate with many women. For "The X Game", a mystery thriller, the review notes the book has classic horror elements that will please fans of the genre, though some felt the timing was slightly off. Both reviews found the books well-written and thought-provoking.

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    My Hollywood Is A Tender, Witty, and Resonant Novel That Provides The Profound Pleasures Readers

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    The document summarizes reviews of two novels - "My Hollywood" by Mona Simpson and "The X Game". For "My Hollywood", the review praises Simpson's insightful observations about consumer culture's impact on women's ideals and how the book will resonate with many women. For "The X Game", a mystery thriller, the review notes the book has classic horror elements that will please fans of the genre, though some felt the timing was slightly off. Both reviews found the books well-written and thought-provoking.

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    We look into two contemporary marriages—one in America and one in the Philippines—and witness

    their endangerment, despite the best of intentions.

    My Hollywood is a tender, witty, and resonant novel that provides the profound pleasures readers
    have come to expect from Mona Simpson, here writing at the height of her powers.

    “It was a pleasure to work on your book, My Hollywood. As a reader I


    learned a great deal about the impact of consumer culture on women and the
    empty feminine ideals it promotes. And I learned much about you, a writer,
    thinker, and woman who has been brave enough to pull all the stops and reflect
    on your upbringing and analyze the forces that have influenced your life. The
    voice you write with is smart, wisecracking, and honest; a voice that young
    women today can relate with. I think your book will speak to many women
    who struggle with the same issues you once faced [...] in the process of
    becoming a Hollywood desirable.” (“Sample Critique.” The Artful Editor.
    Accessed December 13, 2020. https://www.artfuleditor.com/sample-critique).

    ASSESSMENT

    The book “My Hollywood” is a pleasure to read that is filled with sharp
    observations about life with the character’s soulful and insightful journey. It
    opens our eyes to a lot of situations and promotes this somehow void of
    feminine ideals. Not only they’re somewhat relatable especially this book
    speaks to many women but it has this message that inspires us to be braver in
    all kinds of issues we face and somehow make us reflect on our own actions
    that influences our lives in the past as well as the actions we might do in the
    future. The author has had wonderfully create this message for us to process
    and keep in mind.

    3. From the title itself “The X Game”, you already get this mystery vibe and the
    curiosity to the sense of play. Books like these are something to die for,
    something to anticipate and a must-read for readers especially who loves
    thrillers and mysteries. The plot is a classic and has an effective setting that
    makes it an ordinary horror story that you’re craving for. It may have lacked a
    bit of timing or the rhythm but the feelings and tone are somewhat expressed
    clearly. So overall, it is a great book.

    “This has all the elements of a classic horror story. From the beginning, the main
    character, a leader of a mysterious order, turns off the security system inside the manor,
    immediately cueing the reader that the protagonist is about to do something clandestine.
    There is an underground tunnel and secret doors, and rumors of frightful things inside the
    forest. By the end of the prologue, it’s clear from the tropes you use that this is a horror
    story with Gothic elements, and that from this point on, things are only going to get worse
    —in a delicious, thrilling way.” (“Sample Critique.” The Artful Editor. Accessed December 13,
    2020. https://www.artfuleditor.com/sample-critique).

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