Megan's review
Play It As It Lays: A Novel
by Joan Didion
Megan's review
Play It As It Lays: A Novel by Joan Didion
Megan's review
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Eff you, Jesse, for saying this reminded you of me. Anyways, our main character Mariah is an actress in LA who's glory days are over, hates her friends, daughter's crazy in that deliciously vague 70s way, and to top it all off has to get a bo-bo when she becomes pregnant after having an affair. Best descriptions of LA's burnt out sun-scorched emptiness I've ever read. Falls apart towards the end, as the repetitive nihilistic ennui of Mariah's days starts to wear thin, but this, too, is true to LA. HEY EAST COAST KIDS! Can't understand how constant sunlight can drive you crazy??? And no, I do not relate to Mariah. She at least had some success before they committed her to a 'rest home' in Malibu...oooh....malibu....


