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Starlette
On the night of one of Hollywood?s biggest award shows, a mysterious villain and his minions carry out a series of attacks which completely annihilate the entertainment industry.
Around the world, industry professionals are slaughtered, leaving our society without one of its greatest influences. From the ashes of these attacks, a rebellion takes shape. The few remaining Hollywood professionals band together, forming The Studio, vowing to take down the evil madman and reclaim their rightful place as the leaders of modern culture.
Amongst these brave and talented few is Starlette. Leading the highest rated cast in The Studio, she will stand above all others as the breakout star who will pull Hollywood from the rubble and exact vengeance on the man who destroyed their world.
Around the world, industry professionals are slaughtered, leaving our society without one of its greatest influences. From the ashes of these attacks, a rebellion takes shape. The few remaining Hollywood professionals band together, forming The Studio, vowing to take down the evil madman and reclaim their rightful place as the leaders of modern culture.
Amongst these brave and talented few is Starlette. Leading the highest rated cast in The Studio, she will stand above all others as the breakout star who will pull Hollywood from the rubble and exact vengeance on the man who destroyed their world.
600 pages, Paperback
First published July 10, 2011
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Kyle Andrews
12 books10 followersKyle Andrews grew up with a love of writing and a fascination with film and television. He eventually began working in the entertainment industry, both on screen and behind the scenes. Taking what he learned from those experiences, he created the action/satire novel "Starlette" and devoted himself to being a full-time writer.
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August 16, 2012
I must say, I've never come across a book like "Starlette" before. A war of cultural (and literal) survival is being waged between the mainstream entertainment industry and the classical literary world. The evil Bookworm has just completed a violent coup of the world intellectual scene, his minions having killed almost every actor and entertainment industry employee in one bloody, violent night. The few survivors of this holocaust have regrouped in an underground bunker known as The Studio, the base from which they fight back the only way they know. Starlette, a survivor from a demolished location shoot, leads her cast and crew on tactical assaults of Bookworm assets which have been reconnoitered by Location Scouts. Writers then plan the operations while Wardrobe outfits the cast and Prop Master arms them. The result is a bizarre, "location shoot" combat mode that nonetheless brings results as the Studio comes ever closer to their goal of destroying Bookworm and restoring the glamour and cultural dominance of the entertainment industry.
Whether or not you agree with this goal (and I'm not sure even the author does), you will find yourself rooting for Starlette and her cast, including Girl Next Door, Wacky Best Friend, and Heartthrob among other clichéd Hollywood characters. How best to categorize this humorous yet action-packed tale? I would call it part thriller, part comic book, part satire, and part melodrama, but that still doesn't cover it. This book was first released in installments, so each chapter reads like a novella. A good, long book for your money, totally unique, compelling yet entertaining. I laughed out loud between the brutal (but fun!) hand-to-hand combat scenes. I emphatically recommend "Starlette" if you're in the mood for something different, satirical, action-packed, and uniquely entertaining.
Whether or not you agree with this goal (and I'm not sure even the author does), you will find yourself rooting for Starlette and her cast, including Girl Next Door, Wacky Best Friend, and Heartthrob among other clichéd Hollywood characters. How best to categorize this humorous yet action-packed tale? I would call it part thriller, part comic book, part satire, and part melodrama, but that still doesn't cover it. This book was first released in installments, so each chapter reads like a novella. A good, long book for your money, totally unique, compelling yet entertaining. I laughed out loud between the brutal (but fun!) hand-to-hand combat scenes. I emphatically recommend "Starlette" if you're in the mood for something different, satirical, action-packed, and uniquely entertaining.
July 6, 2015
What if almost everyone in the entertainment industry was killed in a single night by a psychotic villain by the dubious name of Bookworm? You'd have the opening events for a fascinating novel called Starlette -- one of the most unique books I've read in a long time.
On the night of a huge awards show, mass murder occurs, wiping out a whole host of likeable characters introduced in the book's opening chapter.
Holy Unorthodox Plot Twist, Batman!
Author Kyle Andrews makes up for it, however, by delivering an imaginative second twist: a few of the characters that escaped begin fighting back, led by the unlikely heroine Starlette. She, along with an able supporting cast of characters, code-named with such monikers as Girl Next Door, Wacky Best Friend and Heartthrob.
I know, it sounds bizarre. But if you're able to just go along with the premise that this is what might conceivably happen if the ultra-influential entertainment industry as we know it today ceased to exist literally overnight, you'll be rewarded with a compelling and often humorous read.
The counterattackers begin organizing and, slowly but surely, they try to regain the upper hand, with the goal of re-establishing a world with film stars, extras and all the other necessary components that made movies that we all knew and loved.
There are some memorable turns of phrase alongside the fast-paced dialogue:
In a memorable scene after one of the killers returns, looking for survivors, the gun-wielding thug utters a great line: "You can trust me. I drive a tiny electric car."
As the revolt gets underway, Wacky Best Friend is caught with incriminating evidence. His startled response, facing imminent death: "I want to speak to my agent and union rep."
Starlette tries to find the head of the lurid tabloid newspaper that has been writing nasty things about the emerging cast and crew. She is surprised to find that he isn't "in the basement of some old lady's house," as she thought, but in a 1920s-era building that has a captivating look and feel.
"(It was a building) not merely from the old Hollywood from which Starlette came, but from the old, old Hollywood, where every star was a vision of glamor and class, and the mysteries of their personal lives was more like urban legends than everyday gossip."
I won't give away the final scenes, but you just have to trust that in every good Hollywood film worth its salt, there is a happy ending that brings out the handkerchiefs and makes you leave the theatre humming the title tune.
Light! Camera! Action! Starlette is a bona fide blockbuster, and worthy of a red carpet premiere. I give it five stars.
On the night of a huge awards show, mass murder occurs, wiping out a whole host of likeable characters introduced in the book's opening chapter.
Holy Unorthodox Plot Twist, Batman!
Author Kyle Andrews makes up for it, however, by delivering an imaginative second twist: a few of the characters that escaped begin fighting back, led by the unlikely heroine Starlette. She, along with an able supporting cast of characters, code-named with such monikers as Girl Next Door, Wacky Best Friend and Heartthrob.
I know, it sounds bizarre. But if you're able to just go along with the premise that this is what might conceivably happen if the ultra-influential entertainment industry as we know it today ceased to exist literally overnight, you'll be rewarded with a compelling and often humorous read.
The counterattackers begin organizing and, slowly but surely, they try to regain the upper hand, with the goal of re-establishing a world with film stars, extras and all the other necessary components that made movies that we all knew and loved.
There are some memorable turns of phrase alongside the fast-paced dialogue:
In a memorable scene after one of the killers returns, looking for survivors, the gun-wielding thug utters a great line: "You can trust me. I drive a tiny electric car."
As the revolt gets underway, Wacky Best Friend is caught with incriminating evidence. His startled response, facing imminent death: "I want to speak to my agent and union rep."
Starlette tries to find the head of the lurid tabloid newspaper that has been writing nasty things about the emerging cast and crew. She is surprised to find that he isn't "in the basement of some old lady's house," as she thought, but in a 1920s-era building that has a captivating look and feel.
"(It was a building) not merely from the old Hollywood from which Starlette came, but from the old, old Hollywood, where every star was a vision of glamor and class, and the mysteries of their personal lives was more like urban legends than everyday gossip."
I won't give away the final scenes, but you just have to trust that in every good Hollywood film worth its salt, there is a happy ending that brings out the handkerchiefs and makes you leave the theatre humming the title tune.
Light! Camera! Action! Starlette is a bona fide blockbuster, and worthy of a red carpet premiere. I give it five stars.
September 6, 2012
Loved, loved, loved this book. It was dark, silly, predictible(in a good way) and funny. It was one of those books that I didn't want to end. I chuckled to myself, laughed out loud and even shed a tear.
October 7, 2012
If this book was supposed to be humorous in any way, it misses the mark. If it wasn't supposed to be, it was unintentionally funny. I gave up in chapter two.
March 27, 2013
I will admit to being quite excited to read this book and it did not disappoint. It made me laugh and kept me entertained throughout the whole book. The "violent" moments were tastefully done and I felt the author wasn't adding this violence for a shock factor, but to add to the story. It was mocking and yet "honoring" the film industry, while "encouraging" reading (and by encouraging I mean if you were caught at the movies you'd die) Every chapter was well written to keep the suspense going and I was a bit sad when I got to the end. This book has been added to my shelves and I can't wait to read it again and again and again. READ IT.
*I won this book in a GoodReads First Reads giveaway*
*I won this book in a GoodReads First Reads giveaway*
November 7, 2012
Thids was a cross between Ramble and The Truman Show. It was confusing at times because the author did not know whether he wanted satire or to make a statement.
The Bookworm minions and The Studio PTB seemed to have more in common with each other. However; if this is a failure it is an interesting failure.
The Bookworm minions and The Studio PTB seemed to have more in common with each other. However; if this is a failure it is an interesting failure.
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