Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde Author: Visit Amazon's Jennie Garth Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0451240278 | Format: EPUB
Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde Description
About the Author
Jennie Garth is an actress, writer, and director. She lives in Los Angeles with her daughters and their animals.
Emily Heckman is a writer based in California.
- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: NAL Hardcover (March 4, 2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0451240278
- ISBN-13: 978-0451240279
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Writing this review kills me in a way because I am a HUGE "90210" and Jennie Garth fan, but I was sadly unimpressed with this book and feel compelled to make potential readers aware. I understand the courage it takes to tell your story, and I commend Jennie for putting herself out there, but unfortunately this memoir was haphazardly put together, and as a result, the reader suffers. I actually found myself wondering why co-writer Emily Heckman failed to put this story into a cohesive narrative by the time I got to chapter four. As the assumed professional writer, she is the one I hold most responsible.
As previous reviewers have mentioned, there are basic and jarring fact checking errors regarding "90210" that I can't find any excuse for. When you know that your readers are largely huge fans of the show, getting the high school name wrong (repeatedly referring to it as "Beverly High School" instead of "West Beverly") and claiming that Kelly Taylor was in high school at the end of season 7 ("the gang" graduates college in this season's finale) makes the story surrounding her experiences sound ridiculous. She mentions that it was hard playing an "angsty teen" while she was pregnant, and I suppose this would be hard except that it didn't happen- the Kelly character was already 22 by this point. She also references Luke joining the show in the summer of 1991 when he actually began his run on "90210" in season 1, episode 2.
Putting hiccups on "90210" trivia aside, the overall content of this story leaves something to be desired. On the "90210," section, Jennie talks at length about the decor and color of her dressing room. Sadly, that's also the only new information she provides about the show.
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