Danny Masters, an award-winning screen
writer, and Sunny Smith, a stockroom manager, both celebrate their
birthdays. He's 45; she's 40. Danny is in an unsatisfactory
relationship with an actress who intimidates him. Sunny has no love
life. She's divorced, lives alone, and socializes with her two
friends, a gay guy and a career girl.
Sunny wants to be a writer and idolizes
Danny's writing. For her birthday, her friends arrange for a makeover
and tickets to the premiere of Danny's latest movie, Exposed.
Surprisingly, Danny and Sunny meet outside the theater. He's
immediately interested, but Sunny disappears. The fledgling
relationship takes a turn for the worse when Sunny calls Danny a
jackass after the question and answer session at the premiere. The
rest of the book toggles back and forth between Danny and Sunny,
obsessed with each other but unable to get together because of their
insecurities.
The whole book reminded me of the first
scene where Danny is trying to write a pilot for a TV serial. This is
a new area for him. He agonises and worries. Finally, he writes some
dialog, realizes it's not very amusing and quits. This book had the
same problem. It's not very amusing. The author seems to be trying
too hard, and for too many pages, to portray a relationship between
two damaged people who are finding it hard, not only to commit, but
to get together.
I found the book rather dull. These are
two individuals in their 40's who have been married and divorced and
are more or less successful. The way they agonized through the middle
of the book reminded me more on people in their twenties.
I don't really recommend this book. I
thought it would be amusing, but the humor is not evident whereas the
angst is. I got tired of the self-absorption after the first five
chapters.
I reviewed this book for the Amazon
Vine Program.
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