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Valley of the Dolls

Jacqueline Susann

3.74 · Rating details · 45,530 ratings · 3,123 reviews

Dolls: red or black; capsules or tablets; washed down with vodka or swallowed straight-for Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, it doesn't matter, as long as the pill bottle is within easy reach. These three women become best friends when they are young and struggling in New York City and then climb to the top of the entertainment industry-only to find that there is no place left to ...more

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Published 1997 by Grove Press (first published February 1966)

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Sep 26, 2007 Jessica rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: lindsay lohan, britney spears, et al

Shelves: favorites, here-is-new-york, california-über-alles, substance-related-disorders, chicklits

If you haven't read this book, I suggest you quit dicking around on the internet and do absolutely whatever it takes to snag yourself a copy this instant. Granted it's probably not for everyone, but I gotta tell you, this is seriously among THE MOST VASTLY ENTERTAINING books I have ever read in my life.

Imagine you are lying in a silk-sheeted waterbed next to a vast swimming pool, smoking a ridiculously long cigarette, wearing an Italian bikini and extremely large, expensive hat, and you've just ...more

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Apr 02, 2008 Paul Bryant rated it did not like it

Shelves: novels

I bought a copy for 10p at the Oxfam shop. I returned to my space age bachelor pad, switched on my lava lamp, reclined on my La-Z-Boy (late 1970s Magic Fingers model), mixed a bright puce cocktail made out of three parts flamingos and ten parts vermouth with amusing parasols stuffed in the tall tall glass, then I threw on that cd where some genius put modern beats to Gregorian chants, and with my ultramarine-dyed and topiaried poodle named Gregoire gazing raptly up at me I read up to page 100 an ...more

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Nov 27, 2018 Navidad Thélamour rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 4-reread, chick-lit, classic-fiction, read-2018, women-s-fiction, mini-review

Wow, WHAT a read! I can definitely see why this novel has been hailed an all-time pop culture classic! I loved absolutely every minute of this book and I wish I could find more contemporary novels with the vim, wit, and insight that this book offered! This will always have a place on my shelf and will always be one of my all-time favorites! (Funny how my all-time favs this year have been classics rather than contemporaries, eh?) I highly recommend this book to all women, particularly those "comi ...more

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Apr 12, 2012 Kaion rated it it was ok

Shelves: modern, school

Or How To Write An American Classic

This is going to sound crazy, but hear me out: The Valley of the Dolls is totally like The Great Gatsby.

One is a culturally-important, best-selling, drug-fueled, homoerotic classic with several unfortunate movie adaptations; the other is well, a culturally-important, best-selling, drug-fueled, homoerotic classic with this gem in it:

"Give me back my hair, you little bitch," Helen yelled. "It cost me three hundred bucks!"... "Hey--what the hell are you doing?" H ...more

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Apr 19, 2014 Joe Valdez rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-general

Some novels have baggage. Valley of the Dolls, Jacqueline Susann's 1966 bestseller, arrived like a Lear jet rolling into Aspen and unloading a cargo hold full of contraband. This rags to riches tale chronicling the show business rise and fall of three women features nightlife, penthouses, virgins, abortion, drug overdoses, a fight in the ladies' room and the search for love, all doled out in the most mundane language possible. Contrary to my expectations, I ate it up.

Unfolding over twenty years ...more

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May 16, 2018 Brenda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Read this back in the 70's. My teenage self thought it was so scandalous!!

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Aug 13, 2013 Gregsamsa rated it it was amazing

The dude who checks books out to me at my library gave an arched eyebrow and a curled lip at me when I checked this masterpiece out. I promptly flipped the book over with a satisfying *whomp* and pointed out: "Uh, it's put out by Grove Press, ever heard of them?!"

Sheesh, the philistines I have to deal with daily! Just makes ya need somethin' to relax with: say, a handful of benzodiazepines, a mug of ice cream and The Captain, the latest issue of The Baffler, and some Esquivel on the Hi-Fi.

Ahh, t ...more

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Aug 31, 2017 Nenia ✨ Literary Garbage Can ✨ Campbell rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommended to Nenia ✨ Literary Garbage Can ✨ by: Rabbit {Paint me like one of your 19th century gothic heroines!}

Shelves: chick-lit, nenia-recommends, the-lost-girls, you-can-watch-it-on-the-telly, heroine-is-a-shit-magnet

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You might know me as Nenia Campbell, but my full title is Queen of Literary Trash, Protector of Out-of-Print Gems, Khaleesi of Bodice Rippers, Mother of Smut, the Unrepentant, Breaker of Convention, Lady of Take Your Misogyny and F*ck It. So obviously when the Goodreads blurb for this book advertises VALLEY OF THE DOLLS as an " addictively entertaining trash classic," you know I just have to read it.

For several days, the adventures of N ...more

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Jan 11, 2019 Vanessa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A compulsively addictive book! I can see how this book made a stir when it first hit the shelves back in 1966 and became an instant classic. The women, the men are all horrible humans but that’s what makes this book such a blast to read! It’s the old story of rags to riches and then it all goes pear shape. Fame and fortune does not equal happiness, the catty and the selfish nature of the industry is shown through the vile and hedonistic characters. The booze, the pills are not enough to give mea ...more

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May 07, 2012 Elle! rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Light readers not looking for any value.

Recommended to Elle! by: Friend

Shelves: mary-sues, melodrama, chick-lit

A trashy treasure of a chick lit novel.

I'm so guilty..... For three things.

1. I liked how melodramatic this horrible written novel was.
2. I could feel my brain cells dwindling as I read it.
3. I stayed up for nights reading this book.

Errrr.........I'm very embarrassed but I'll give this a five, for enjoying it 100% percent , all the way to the sleazy cliche oversexed men to the dull cliche girls. I like it! Not for the literary stand -point of the novel because we all know there isn't any in thi ...more

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Apr 26, 2018 Emer (A Little Haze) rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult-fiction, read2018, reviewed, light-fiction, 1star, challenge-atoz2018, library-loan

The more I think of this book the more it frustrates me.... Slashing that rating but still recommending it as a must read because that's the way my crazy brain works!

Buddy read with Anu

When reading this you have to bear in mind it's 50+ years since it was first published so my god this must have caused an absolute scandal. It's an utterly salacious exploration of fame, fortune and how to get to the top... But also how to come crashing down again. It's filled with casual drug use, casual sex, cas ...more

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Aug 25, 2008 Mitch rated it liked it

Recommends it for: People who like the bad movie adaptation

This book is BAD! Which is why I love it so much. Susann had no idea how to write a book.

Susann's shallowness and immaturity (you get the impression a 14-year-old wrote this) is rampant throughout the book. No one has real feelings. People get married as business contracts. All men cheat; women never do. Blonds are icy and cold. Brunettes are smart and nurturing, and only women with glossy blue-black hair are sexy and passionate (Susann's hair was black).

Her pacing in the book is just wacky. O ...more

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Jun 23, 2016 Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2016

Despite being a classic had I before I got asked if I wanted to participate in the blog tour never read nor seen the movie version of Valley of the Dolls. But, since I'm a daring person when it comes to books did I not hesitate to read it, despite not knowing much about the book. I do not know how big a hit the book was in Sweden when it was published, but I have never really heard that much about the book, could be because I was not born when it was published. So, it was interesting to read a b Despite being a classic had I before I got asked if I wanted to participate in the blog tour never read nor seen the movie version of Valley of the Dolls. But, since I'm a daring person when it comes to books did I not hesitate to read it, despite not knowing much about the book. I do not know how big a hit the book was in Sweden when it was published, but I have never really heard that much about the book, could be because I was not born when it was published. So, it was interesting to read a book that so many people seem to like and that seemed to have been an inspiration source for other female writers.

And, the book turned out to be quite good, in the kind of depressing way when you read something that you know will not end on a happy note. And, I was right. Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, they all reach success in their own way, but that doesn't mean that their life will be happy and unhappiness in love, addiction to pills and illness mark their lives. I would say that this book written 50 years ago and taking place over 20 years from the middle of the 40s could just as well has been written today. Not, much has changed in the world and the struggle to get to the top is still a dangerous climb. I mean how many celebrities have not died because of drugs in the last couple of years?

Of all the characters in the book was it Neely that I had the most problems with. Right from the start did I feel that she was annoying and towards the end of the book I really hated her. I really mean that I almost had a throw the book away moment because of her. I get angry just thinking about her while writing the review. Jennifer, I feel sorry for, she is so beautiful, but her mother controlled her life and not even her beauty could make her really happy, or rather her beauty would be the end for her since that was all people saw. And then we have Anne, who only wanted real love, and in the end, she got love, but at a cost.

It's a very tragic book and I do not know if it's a book I would like to read again, but and I'm glad I read the book. Valley of the Dolls is well-written and interesting and it feels timeless.

Thanks to Virago for providing me with a free copy for an honest review! ...more

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Jul 09, 2016 Rebecca McNutt rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: friendship, actors-actresses, fiction, classic, pop-culture, romance

This classic tells of the darker side of the entertainment lifestyle and still carries a positive note throughout. Definitely an amazing book. :)

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Apr 15, 2012 Jeanette "Astute Crabbist" rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: alcoholics-unanimous, garbage-disposal, all-fiction

Zzzzzzzzzz.....Valley of the Dulls is more like it.

One hundred pages was all I could stand of endless cheesy dialogue between a bunch of sleazy people with no personalities. Watch the movie instead. At least it's bad enough to be entertaining.

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Jul 24, 2011 Sally rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: beloved-books, contemporary, own, because-i-loved-the-cover

What an amazing book - I couldn't put it down. I had always envisaged this as old-school chick lit (and had avoided it until Virago released their delightful 30th Anniversary covers and I had to buy it for that) but it really isn't - it is a scathing attack on how women are used and abused by the entertainment media and spat right back out again while men are revered and protected. It is certainly bleak but the way the book is written with such clinical passion (yes I know - an oxymoron but apt) ...more

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Oct 05, 2015 ellemaddy rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Shelves: wishy-washy-characters, shady-characters, read-2015, why-are-u-so-obsessed-with-him, the-worst, literature-assholes

I declare this book extremely 1000% Ridiculous & problematic.

Is this book readable? Yes if you can ignore all the shitty characters, the shitty plot, and the shitty ending. All the characters act like they’re 12 year olds on crack, they all whined and complained about everything, throwing tantrums when they don’t get what they want, the women think they can only be happy when they’re married and have a man supporting them or when they’re thin, young, and famous. The men only care for the wom ...more

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Aug 28, 2016 Sonja Arlow rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 2016-read, classics

Starting this book was like going to the opening of a new nightclub.

Everything is glitzy and glamorous, everyone is happy and smiling, there is a VERY attractive barman helping you to the most delicious drinks all night. Your new red stilettos get loads of complements and you dance the night away with energy to spare.

Finishing this book was like seeing this same nightclub the next morning.

The air is stale and smells slightly of vomit, the tables are sticky with spilled drinks, the carpet is ful ...more

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Apr 24, 2018 Anuradha rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Recommends it for: anyone as petty as me.

Shelves: horrible-people, smells-like-teen-spirit, in-your-closet-in-your-head, the-movie-is-better-than-the-book, tries-too-hard, woefully-long, drama-drama-drama, el-clasico, heroes-who-make-me-throw-up, political

It's going to be really difficult for me to rate this, because I can't deny that I enjoyed it. It was, by definition, craptastic, or as my good friend Em likes to say, trashtastic. I mention Em because I did this buddy read with her, and that made it all the more an enjoyable experience. She's as much a masochist as I am, and we find the same things ironically funny, so all in all, it was fun. Read her review, because her analysis is better than mine, as is her sense of humour.

That said, in fair It's going to be really difficult for me to rate this, because I can't deny that I enjoyed it. It was, by definition, craptastic, or as my good friend Em likes to say, trashtastic. I mention Em because I did this buddy read with her, and that made it all the more an enjoyable experience. She's as much a masochist as I am, and we find the same things ironically funny, so all in all, it was fun. Read her review, because her analysis is better than mine, as is her sense of humour.

That said, in fairness, I cannot give this book more than 2 stars.

Where do I start with this book? It is supposed to be an honest commentary about the usage of "dolls" - stimulants like barbiturates and amphetamines by women in the show business. And in its strange manner, it is. Perhaps the only thing this book achieves is that it manages be what it set out to be. It fails in its other aspects quite spectacularly. It isn't well-written in the least, the prose is repetitive, clunky, and boring, and the book is a hundred pages longer than it should have been. The book tries, in its own ways, to be empowering and feminist, and in this regard, it fails. The book also tries to be an accurate commentary of life in show biz, but in this aspect also, it fails. It fails at making me sympathise with the characters; in fact, it does the opposite. It alienates me from the characters.

Anne was just a small town girl living in the lonely world who took the midnight train going to New York. Anne and her friends Neely and Jennifer are just three girls trying to make it in '40s New York. Anne, educated at Radcliffe, smart and the quintessential American girl, who starts off as a secretary, but becomes the face of a cosmetics line. Neely, fresh-faced and nervous, who by her talent rises to become one of Hollywood's greatest stars. Jennifer, gorgeous, defined by her beauty rather than by who she is as a person. Sounds interesting doesn't it? well, it was, until Susann decided to make caricatures of her characters. Neely is seventeen when she becomes a star, and of course, it gets to her head. She becomes tempestuous and moody. Signs of a genius, they call it, until it becomes too much for them. She becomes addicted to the dolls - to maintain her figure, to help her sleep, to help her stay sane. Her first marriage to the doting Mel fails because of her vanity and infidelity. Her second to Ted, because of his. Throughout the story, despite her childish behaviour, in spite of her tantrums, I never hated Neely. She came up through pure talent, and that was rare. She did stupid, ridiculous things. She had nervous breakdowns. I liked her through it all. Until. Until she performs her last act of ultimate betrayal. And thusly, she was made a caricature. A caricature of a talented Hollywood superstar whose personal life is in a complete shambles, who turns out to be a total stereotype. Susann doesn't know when to stop, and that seems to be this book's biggest problem. Susann takes perfectly good characters and makes you hate them with such seething passion, you begin to question your hatred of pretty much everything else. She had, in this book, an opportunity to step away from stereotypes and deliver something real, but she didn't, and somehow, I'm disappointed that she didn't. (view spoiler)

Anne, sweet Anne whom I liked despite her pathetic and dogged devotion to Lyon who really didn't deserve it. Until, of course, the last two pages, because somehow Susann doesn't want me to like her book at all. I felt sorry for Jennifer because she was a genuinely good person who made some terrible choices. And on whose body and face more value was placed than on her as a person. Except by Anne, and maybe Henry. Henry was truly the only character I genuinely liked in this book, and dammit, he should've had more screen space. Susann takes issues like feminism, and to an extent, even addiction, and makes a mockery of them. Not directly, but because of the way she talks about these things. She seems like she's giving her women the power to fly, but she instead clips their wings by making them deeply flawed and superficial. Not that there's a problem with either, but it's like she's not even trying. In a way, it seems like she is shaming women for rejecting stability and the ideals of life for a woman by showing its dire consequences.

The reason this book fails ultimately is because of its ending. Look, I'm not the kind of person who expects a sunshine and rainbows ending all the time. But after I invest hours reading some 400 pages of which half was unnecessary, the least you can do is give me a halfway decent ending. As Em said during our discussion, while this may have been revolutionary when it was released and sparked a lot of talk, this does not take away from its negatives.

In the recent past, I've read two great books about the show business. One, a novel, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and the other, Tina Fey's autobiography Bossypants. Both of them handle similar themes as this book, but do so with a much greater elegance. If you're looking for a good, enjoyable read on this subject, pick either of these two books. If you want have fun, however, pick up Valley of the Dolls ...more

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Jan 11, 2008 Megan rated it did not like it

I read this in high school... goodness knows why. I didn't particularly enjoy it, though it does keep moving along and kind of holds you in town hoping that eventually things will go right for the characters or that they will have some insight into their lives and take a little responsibility or face up and change eventually... but it never happens. This has got to be one of the most depressing books I've ever read. Unfortunately I can't even really say it presents women in a bad light or unfair ...more

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Mar 29, 2019 Emma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Fabulous! For some reason I thought this book was set in the 70s, rather than the 50s and 60s. Divas, drug abuse, affairs and bitch slapping, wigs flushed down loos. Neely, wow, what a piece of work! This book is set in the last glory days of the big Broadway and Hollywood stars and their demise with the advent of Hollywood. I felt really sorry for Jennifer and more so for Anne and sad that she got bitten by the bug in the end as well. What a story! My friend Jay tells me this is a lightly disgu ...more

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Jan 07, 2008 Robin rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: insomniacs, masochists, glamour pusses

Back cover proclaimed that it was brilliant. Was in fact rubbish. Lyon Burke is basically a cardboard cutout, yet apparently everyone's in love with him. What. The narrative is bad enough to be bad, but not bad enough to be funny. You spend pretty much the first half of the book wondering when something actually interesting is going to happen, and then when it does, you've lost any and all interest in the people that things are happening to. The only character I liked was Helen. On and on and on ...more

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Feb 07, 2018 Kristen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: adult

Oh, Geez. I don't even know what to say about this one. It was like watching an extra juicy episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians. It doesn't give you a lot of reasons to like it... and yet you can't look away. The melodrama was real.

Also, I wanna give a quick FU to all the Lyon Burkes out there in real life.

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Jul 06, 2015 Taylor rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: emotional-gut-punch, fiction, in-a-time-long-ago, wheres-the-bedroom, the-power-of-love, city-rat, women-writers, i-want-a-new-drug, wheres-the-bar, all-the-worlds-a-stage

Reading Valley of the Dolls is akin to eating a pint of your favorite ice cream, in that it's wonderful and delicious down to the last bit, but it can come with a bit of a hangover if you start to think about what you just did.

This is the story of Anne, Neely, and Jennifer, and their struggles to survive as women - women who want love, careers, a comfortable standard of living, etc., mostly in New York, but also in LA, and primarily in the stage and film businesses. It's gossipy, brutal, and fun ...more

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Sep 14, 2018 Michelle Curie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, romance

Hollywood is run by men. And men are cruel. It doesn't help when things like the wish to please and to be loved come into play for women like the three that this book is about. This was an unexpectedly burdensome read that I didn't expect to affect me as much as it did.

Valley of the Dolls centers around the friendship of three young women: The romantic Anne, the talented Neely and the beautiful Jennifer. All three of them come to New York in the 40s in order to make it and over the course of tw ...more

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Mar 19, 2016 Suvi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: novels, _north-america, _mad-men-reading-list, _favorites, cities_new-york, 1940-1969

Susann knows how to sink her claws into the reader. Just when things seem to get better for our women and the future shines bright in the distance, something happens and the tunnel closes. Then some turn of events gets you believing again, and the roller coaster starts again and again and again... The circle of life turns into a circle of dolls and resentment.

Valley of the Dolls isn't a mushy romance that sinks into an abyss of paper-tasting plastic characters, who seem to melt under a tighter s Susann knows how to sink her claws into the reader. Just when things seem to get better for our women and the future shines bright in the distance, something happens and the tunnel closes. Then some turn of events gets you believing again, and the roller coaster starts again and again and again... The circle of life turns into a circle of dolls and resentment.

Valley of the Dolls isn't a mushy romance that sinks into an abyss of paper-tasting plastic characters, who seem to melt under a tighter scrutiny, or a glossy, emotionally simplistic, and rose-tinted fairy tale world, where predictability is a given. Instead, it actually makes you invested in the characters, although they are practically one-dimensional vehicles of psychological exploration.

Both unrealistic with its cheesy plot twists which seem to occur only for shock value, and realistic with its oh-so-common story of downward spiralling lives in the show business, the story is structurally kind of a mess, but a glorious and trashy mess. The fact that I don't mind the heap of clichés dumped on me is a testament of Susann's genius.

Like with The Best of Everything (1958), I noticed that I can digest chick lit when it's set in another time period and has some kind of melancholy or tragic events involved. A retro Mad Men-ish backdrop has so much more value in terms of atmosphere (and basically the only reason why I decided to read this). Valley of the Dolls wouldn't be what it is if it wasn't set in 1940s-60s, or if it didn't have a hilarious cat fight in a ladies' room, self-destructive women popping pills in all the colors of the rainbow, dreams crashing and burning, struggles with fame and expectations concerning private and professional lives, loads of vodka and champagne, and men who are far from dreamy Fabios.

Girly pulp that doesn't make you want to vomit, but to have a cocktail or two and eat chocolate until your head explodes. Essentially, this is the glamorous and excessive cousin of Peyton Place (1956).

"Who wants respect? I want to get laid!"
- Helen Lawson ...more

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Jun 09, 2016 Roman Clodia rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This is a welcome Virago reissue of a 60s classic with a witty and irreverent introduction by Julie Burchill.

Starting in 1945 this follows the careers, love lives and addictions of three girls in New York: a genius singing/dancing star, a beauty with no talent other than her amazing face and body, and the cool ice-queen who becomes the 'face' of TV cosmetic advertising.

The characters are kind of cliched yet Susann makes them compelling, everyday and alien all at the same time; and the drama of t ...more

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Aug 16, 2007 Briynne rated it liked it · review of another edition

Well. I have conflicting opinions about this book. First, and most obviously, this was almost entirely meant to be a mental vacation after the insanity of planning and executing a wedding in 6 months. In that capacity, "The Valley of the Dolls" shone brilliantly. I was highly entertained by the book and the easy trashiness was somehow comforting, as it always is.

But I couldn't help actually reading the book whilst I was busy regaining balance in my chi or whatever. It's an irritating habit of m ...more

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Jun 11, 2019 Bridgett rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The soft numbness began to slither through her body. Oh, God! How had she ever lived without these gorgeous red dolls!

This is probably the 5th time I've read this novel, the first being sometime in the late 90s ...and I've enjoyed it every single time. Jacqueline Susann was so far ahead of her time, it's almost laughable. Written in the 60s, and published for the first time in 1966, so much of this book is still relevant, and holds true, today. I guess very little ever changes in the lives o ...more

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Oct 04, 2016 Colleen Fauchelle rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: colleen-s-2016-big-book-challenge, favorites-2016

I am the same age as this book. So I thought it was time to read it. My husband wasn't to sure about me reading it but I loved it. wish I had read it sooner.
The book starts in september 1945 with Anne moving from her home town to New York. She gets a job very quickly and because of her looks a man. However she is very independent and dosn't want to be married and tied down. Anne is lovely and gentle and kind and through out the whole book that dosn't change.
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Jacqueline Susann was one of the most successful writers in the history of American publishing. Her first novel, Valley of the Dolls, published in 1966, is one of the best-selling books of all time. When The Love Machine was published in 1969, it too became an immediate #1 bestseller and held that position for five months. When Once is Not Enough was published in 1973, it also moved to the top of ...more