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Twenty-four-year old Taylor Henning has just landed her dream job as an assistant at a major movie studio. But when her catty coworkers trick her i...
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Oct 09, 2010
Jessica
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I was so excited to read this book because I really enjoyed Zoey Dean’s How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls (adapted into TV show Privileged) and her A-List series. After seeing the adorable cover of this novel, I knew it would be right up my alley. I definitely wasn’t wrong.
Hollywood Is Like High School With Money tells the story of Taylor Henning, a film school graduate from the East who moves to LA to hopefully make it big. She lands her dream job working as an assistant at a major Holly More...
Hollywood Is Like High School With Money tells the story of Taylor Henning, a film school graduate from the East who moves to LA to hopefully make it big. She lands her dream job working as an assistant at a major Holly More...
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Sep 27, 2009
Beth
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Zoey Dean writes primarily for a teen audience, so it's no surprise that this is an adult book with a lot of teen appeal. Although the protagonist Taylor (a second assistant at a successful movie production company) is 24, she is a young 24, and is more the yearbook editor type than cheerleader. An agent pegs her for a Midwestern newbie on her first day on the job, and explains to her one night in a bar, it's the popular, confident folks who get ahead in Tinsel Town, not the ones with actual ta
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Sep 22, 2009
Katherine
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Taylor Henning is a mid-twenties girl who comes from Nowhere Town to find herself pursuing an inspiring job as an assistant to one of the most high-powered women in the movie making industry- in Hollywood. Everyone appears to be very nice to her, and somewhat TOO helpful- which she quickly finds out is the truth. She nearly gets fired a few times, after following "really nice tips" from fellow workers. Intent on keeping her dream job (she actually READS the scripts that are pushed thro
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Jul 28, 2009
Gaby
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Taylor Henning started her dream job at a major Hollywood studio. For as long as she can remember, Taylor has loved movies. The reclusive director Michael Deming and his seminal work Journal Girl have been a particular inspiration for Taylor. Although she's never received a response, Taylor sends Deming updates on her Hollywood experience.
Taylor soon finds that life as a second assistant involves small tasks and not the selection and producing of "great film More...
Taylor Henning started her dream job at a major Hollywood studio. For as long as she can remember, Taylor has loved movies. The reclusive director Michael Deming and his seminal work Journal Girl have been a particular inspiration for Taylor. Although she's never received a response, Taylor sends Deming updates on her Hollywood experience.
Taylor soon finds that life as a second assistant involves small tasks and not the selection and producing of "great film More...
Jul 23, 2009
Bridget
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Taylor has a passionate love affair for movies. Finally, her dream has become a reality. She has moved from Connecticut to California and is ready to take on the world. Or so she thought. Taylor is a nice person and Hollywood chews up nice people and spits them out. It's not long before Taylor makes the mistake of listening to devil spawn Kylie and almost gets herself fired. This is when Taylor decides to take the reigns and ride off with dignity. She isn't going to let snotty Kylie break
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Mar 08, 2010
Alice
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What did I learn from this book?
1) If you want to be a success in Hollywood, it's essential to have a random deux ex machina shower you with huge garbage bags full of designer clothes that fit perfectly.
2) However, if you work too hard and get too good at what you do, you'll become a conniving weasel who deserves to lose everything omg!!!1
3) So the BEST thing is to sort of learn to dress a little bit better and still work hard but be really super NICE and then More...
1) If you want to be a success in Hollywood, it's essential to have a random deux ex machina shower you with huge garbage bags full of designer clothes that fit perfectly.
2) However, if you work too hard and get too good at what you do, you'll become a conniving weasel who deserves to lose everything omg!!!1
3) So the BEST thing is to sort of learn to dress a little bit better and still work hard but be really super NICE and then More...
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Oct 06, 2009
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Aug 24, 2009
Obviously the premise of this book first struck me as a knockoff of The Devil Wears Prada. I was pleasantly surprised, however, to discover that this was not another tale of assistants putting up with impossibly awful bosses; rather, Taylor's boss was not the problem - she's the kind of classy lady you would want to work for - instead it was Taylor's fellow assistant who turned out to be the complete psycho.
Taylor's character wasn't wildly appealing, but the story was funny, fast-pa More...
Taylor's character wasn't wildly appealing, but the story was funny, fast-pa More...
Jul 23, 2009
Diana
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Taylor Henning's dream is finally coming true! A film enthusiast who recently graduated, she is eager to start her new job as a second assistant at a popular movie studio. But when she realizes that her catty co-worker, Kylie, is sabotaging her, she must bring her down. So she begs her boss's better-than-thou daughter, Quinn, to help her win against Kylie so she can get the creative executor promotion instead.
Things are turning out brilliantly in Taylor's favour as she follows the on More...
Things are turning out brilliantly in Taylor's favour as she follows the on More...
Jun 29, 2009
Colleen
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I have to say that I originally thought this book would be another knock-off of The Devil Wears Prada- I was delighted to find that in fact Taylor's boss was a wonderful employer, not a psycho. Of course, her assistant is a psycho, but I can much more readily understand accepting that dynamic of hostility than I can working for someone insane.
The book was funny and the scenarios rang true for assistants. Taylor was not the most sympathetic of characters, but I was invested in her More...
The book was funny and the scenarios rang true for assistants. Taylor was not the most sympathetic of characters, but I was invested in her More...
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Mar 28, 2010
Erica
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You know the story. It's been done. A wildly predictable plot with two-dimensional characters. Think of it as 'The Devil Wears Prada' x 'Mean Girls' - high school + Hollywood movie scene.
Girl gets job. Girl resorts to lying to get promotion/get back at "mean girl" in office (with the help of a high school girl. Really?). Girl gets everything she wants: boy, job, clothes, friends. Girl gets everything taken away from her (boy, job, friends) after she is "found out" More...
Girl gets job. Girl resorts to lying to get promotion/get back at "mean girl" in office (with the help of a high school girl. Really?). Girl gets everything she wants: boy, job, clothes, friends. Girl gets everything taken away from her (boy, job, friends) after she is "found out" More...
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Jul 14, 2009
Monie
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Fresh from Connecticut, Taylor Henning lands a dream job at a major movie studio. Okay, so she’s not a Creative Executive whose job it is to read and recommend screenplays for the studios to produce. No… she’s just an assistant to the assistant of the powerful Iris Whitaker, President of Production.
When first assistant Kylie Arthur sabotages Taylor at the first opportunity she almost gets fired. That’s when Taylor realizes that Hollywood is just like high school. If you’re not in, n More...
When first assistant Kylie Arthur sabotages Taylor at the first opportunity she almost gets fired. That’s when Taylor realizes that Hollywood is just like high school. If you’re not in, n More...
Dec 13, 2010
Jaime
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I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, it wasn’t badly written. The pace is good, the characters are colorful (though a little stereotypical), and it’s a window into a world most people don’t know anything about. On the other hand, the "mean girl" stuff doesn’t sit well with me. The fact that Taylor resorts to those sorts of tactics was enough to sour any good feelings I formed about her at the beginning. Frankly, I thought her ending was a little more happy than she deserv
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Jan 04, 2010
Brie
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A fun in the sun book, yes. Anything else...? No. This book was predictable, and I love predictability. This book... was not one like that. It was sickeningly predictable. The relationships that were "built" seemed fake. Why should I have cared about the main character and Luke. Sure he was hot and perfect, but I didn't feel like Taylor had any real interest in him or... well anyone. I felt like this was a giant book of show, not tell. I was told everything. and it didn't work.
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Jul 25, 2009
Alea
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Hollywood Is Like High School With Money was a whole lot of fun for me. Young twenty-something moving to LA to work in the movie business. I mean how could that not be fun! From the beginning I found Taylorrelatable , she doesn't show up at her job in designer duds and with the attitude, she actually has to be told how to play the part by a teenage girl so she doesn't accidentally lose her job due to her rival co-worker.
I loved how this book goes behind the scenes of an Creative Exec More...
I loved how this book goes behind the scenes of an Creative Exec More...
Oct 31, 2009
Kourtney
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I could not stop making comparisons of this book to The Devil Wears Prada and The Second Assistant A Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder. Complete sense of deja vu the whole way through. This story has been told before, and was VERY predictable the whole way through. If you disregard the other 2 books this was ripped off from then it is a decent story. But I would stick with the two listed above first before trying out this one...
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Nov 08, 2009
Princess Bookie
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My Thoughts: I read the book description of this book and thought I would like it. I like to read about the Hollywood scene and it seemed like a fun book I'd enjoy. And boy was I right! We meet Taylor who comes from a small town to Hollywood. She just wants to make movies and succeed. She wants to enjoy what she is doing. She has had a penpal for years now, but he has never written her back! She keeps sending him postcards along the journey to Hollywood. She than realizes that Hollywood is just
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Sep 16, 2009
Steph Su
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Coming from an author known for her scandalous and dramatic descriptions of Hollywood life, HOLLYWOOD IS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL WITH MONEY is surprisingly fun and not over-the-top. It is the ideal book for beach or weekend reading, great because the book does all the thinking for you so that you only have to sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.
Taylor is a great protagonist to follow around, and yet her gradual transition from nice girl to mean girl is so well done that you’re gasping in sh More...
Taylor is a great protagonist to follow around, and yet her gradual transition from nice girl to mean girl is so well done that you’re gasping in sh More...
Jul 30, 2009
Crystal
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I really enjoyed reading this book. It was my first book by Zoey Dean and I will look to her backlist to read some more. She really seems to have her pulse on the younger female trying to make her way in the world (and this is not truly exclusive to the 20-something female - it's true for all females).
From the beginning I liked Taylor - I could identify with her. Wanting to succeed at what she was doing, yet she's not truly a backstabber or an extreme go-getter. However in Hollywood, More...
From the beginning I liked Taylor - I could identify with her. Wanting to succeed at what she was doing, yet she's not truly a backstabber or an extreme go-getter. However in Hollywood, More...
Jul 14, 2011
Lauren
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To be honest I have a soft spot for Zoey Dean's books. I mean the A List series? Not at all complex and intricate reads, but lots of fun! And Privileged, her first adult debut? The same way! So, why I haven't read Hollywood is Like High School with Money sooner? I have no clue, but regardless I recently did and really enjoyed it- I actually think it may be her best book yet!
Hollywood is Like High School with Money begins the story of story of Taylor Henning, a young woman trying to n More...
Hollywood is Like High School with Money begins the story of story of Taylor Henning, a young woman trying to n More...
Aug 21, 2011
C. Teresina
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Very similar on the surface to "Devil Wears Prada" except the boss isn't as evil--it's the co-workers that are cut-throat. Set in Hollywood's flimmaking industry, "Hollywood..." is the story of a college grad who dreams of working with her idol--a dream that seems impossible. She grows and changes over time, drifting away from her original purpose as she tries to fit the mold.
Then it all falls apart and it's up to her to either pick up the pieces or let her dreams go.
A quick More...
Then it all falls apart and it's up to her to either pick up the pieces or let her dreams go.
A quick More...
Aug 09, 2009
Andrea
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This was another midwest-girl-moves-to-the-big-city-to-try-to-make-it-big story. But I really liked it! I couldn't get enough! There was a unique side to this story, with Taylor asking the teenage Quinn for help.
I liked the characters- I thought for the most part, Taylor kept true to herself --until the promotion was up for grabs. But even then I could still see signs of her true self. And there was a time that I felt sorry for Kylie--like she used to be a nice girl but only b More...
I liked the characters- I thought for the most part, Taylor kept true to herself --until the promotion was up for grabs. But even then I could still see signs of her true self. And there was a time that I felt sorry for Kylie--like she used to be a nice girl but only b More...
Jun 04, 2009
Shauna
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Normal girl main character comes to Hollywood, becomes competitive, turns into a major bitch, and loses everything. And then miraculously gets it all back, better and shinier than ever.
Right.
It's taken me long enough, but I think this is the book that will finally get me to stop reading formulaic chick lit. Well, this one on top of Ms Taken Identity, I'm So Happy For You, and that other one I can't remember the title of. What shall I OD on next?
Right.
It's taken me long enough, but I think this is the book that will finally get me to stop reading formulaic chick lit. Well, this one on top of Ms Taken Identity, I'm So Happy For You, and that other one I can't remember the title of. What shall I OD on next?
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Jan 22, 2010
Kristin
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It was an okay read. It was a quick read ... started it on Thursday night and finished it on Friday. In a way it was like Mean Girls crossed with Devil Wears Prada, although it is the co-worker, not the boss that is the "evil" character.
There wasn't much character development to the main character or any of the supporting ones. It wrapped up too nicely for my taste with a bow at the end of the book.
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There wasn't much character development to the main character or any of the supporting ones. It wrapped up too nicely for my taste with a bow at the end of the book.
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Apr 10, 2010
♥Knightly♥
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Eh.
Just like zoey dean's other book, How to teach filthy rich girls.
Taylor is an average girl who soon gets everything she's dreamed of then it all disapeers, and then she changes and it comes back.
It was too predictable.
After the 1st 30 pages, i got bored and skimmed through briefly.
Hated all the characters.
I liked Zoey Dean's The A-list series, and the spinoff as well, but not these books
Just like zoey dean's other book, How to teach filthy rich girls.
Taylor is an average girl who soon gets everything she's dreamed of then it all disapeers, and then she changes and it comes back.
It was too predictable.
After the 1st 30 pages, i got bored and skimmed through briefly.
Hated all the characters.
I liked Zoey Dean's The A-list series, and the spinoff as well, but not these books
Aug 24, 2009
Kristen
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Totally predictable--film-loving girl from a smallish-town, nothing too exciting, comes to the city to make it big in the film industry--problems ensue.
Even though it does what it's supposed to--be a fast read about how the other half lives, I can't see giving it more than 3 stars because it doesn't expand, it doesn't attempt to be anything better.
And suddenly, I feel bad giving a 5 star rating to one of 'the It girl' books..
Even though it does what it's supposed to--be a fast read about how the other half lives, I can't see giving it more than 3 stars because it doesn't expand, it doesn't attempt to be anything better.
And suddenly, I feel bad giving a 5 star rating to one of 'the It girl' books..
Jan 18, 2011
Linda
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Taylor is a young 20something that has finally started to make her dream of making movies come true by being a second assistant to a creative executive at a movie studio. But sometimes in Hollywood like High School nice girls finish last but with her boss's daughter's help Taylor learns some mean girl lessons. Zoey Dean gives us a funny peek behind the scenes of Hollywood studio life.
Jan 07, 2011
David
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Why I read It
I liked the title. Yes, sometimes that is all it takes.
The Good
Fun, well written, excellent flow, and even a little insightful.
The Bad
Think of any major romantic comedy that you have seen and you have got the plot. Good girl is being treated badly by the bullies, so she decides to become one of them and beat them at their own game. Just as she succeeds the truth comes out and her world crashes down around her. As she stews in the shambles that is l More...
I liked the title. Yes, sometimes that is all it takes.
The Good
Fun, well written, excellent flow, and even a little insightful.
The Bad
Think of any major romantic comedy that you have seen and you have got the plot. Good girl is being treated badly by the bullies, so she decides to become one of them and beat them at their own game. Just as she succeeds the truth comes out and her world crashes down around her. As she stews in the shambles that is l More...
Mar 20, 2011
Nicole
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It is clear that Dean is used to writing YA novels. Taylor felt more like a high schooler than a 20-something. She was also an incredibly obnoxious protagonist. I found myself actively rooting against her happiness. When it all does inevitably work out for her, Dean handles it hastily. I know this is chick lit, not Pulitzer material. But even for what it was, it was awful.
Jun 09, 2010
Melaniaghazarian
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When I first started to read this book it wasnt the most interesting type of books. When it was closer to the end it started to get a little more interesting. Personally this isnt my favorite book. Its mostly about a girl ajusting to her new life in California. I wouldnt recommend this book to people who are impatient and want to get to the good part.
