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A review by mbenzz
The Song Is You by Megan Abbott
4.0
This was a really good book, I was very pleased with Ms. Abbott's second novel, which was again centered around the seedier side of Hollywood. I will admit that I did like her first book 'Die A Little' a bit better, but this story was still very entertaining.
The book centers around Gil Hopkins (Hop), a studio 'fix-it' guy, who gets guilted into looking into a two-year-old missing persons case from 1949. Hop knows a little of what went down that night, but the deeper he digs, the more twisted and disturbing the story gets. As it turns out, he has NO idea just how shady Hollywood can be...he thought he'd seen it all. But a beautiful starlet, (Jean Spangler), looking to make her big break gets caught up with some pretty sick Hollywood big-time actors who, in their movies, come across as America's wartime movie hero's, but in real life are into some sick and dangerous stuff, and after one particularly gruesome night, Jean is never seen or heard from again.
A very good book that starts out just a little slow, but quickly picks up speed. By the middle of it, you won't be able to put it down until you've found out what became of the beautiful Ms. Jean Spangler. I definitely look forward to Ms. Abbott's future books...I hope she continues to stick with this era since she covers the shady side of Hollywood in the '40s and '50's so darn well!
The book centers around Gil Hopkins (Hop), a studio 'fix-it' guy, who gets guilted into looking into a two-year-old missing persons case from 1949. Hop knows a little of what went down that night, but the deeper he digs, the more twisted and disturbing the story gets. As it turns out, he has NO idea just how shady Hollywood can be...he thought he'd seen it all. But a beautiful starlet, (Jean Spangler), looking to make her big break gets caught up with some pretty sick Hollywood big-time actors who, in their movies, come across as America's wartime movie hero's, but in real life are into some sick and dangerous stuff, and after one particularly gruesome night, Jean is never seen or heard from again.
A very good book that starts out just a little slow, but quickly picks up speed. By the middle of it, you won't be able to put it down until you've found out what became of the beautiful Ms. Jean Spangler. I definitely look forward to Ms. Abbott's future books...I hope she continues to stick with this era since she covers the shady side of Hollywood in the '40s and '50's so darn well!