Eve in Hollywood

Rules of Civility #1.5

by Amor Towles

The further adventures of Eve Ross, best friend of Katey Kontent in Rules of Civility, the New York Times bestselling novel by Amor Towles

Near the end of Amor Towles’s bestselling novel Rules of Civility, the fiercely independent Evelyn Ross boards a train from New York to Chicago to visit her parents, but never disembarks. Six months later, she appears in a photograph in a gossip magazine exiting the Tropicana Club on Sunset Boulevard on the arm of Olivia de Havilland.

In this novella made up of six richly detailed and atmospheric stories, each told from a different perspective, Towles unfolds the events that take Eve to the heart of Old Hollywood. Beginning in the dining car of the Golden State Limited in September 1938, we follow Eve to the elegant rooms of the Beverly Hills Hotel, the fabled tables of Antonio’s, the amusement parks on the Santa Monica piers, the afro-Cuban dance clubs off Central Avenue, and ultimately the set of Gone with the Wind.

With the glamour and grit of the studio system’s golden age as a backdrop, Towles introduces in each story a memorable new character whose fate may well be altered by their encounter with Eve. In following the thread of these varied encounters, we watch as Eve forges a new and unexpected life for herself in late 1930s Los Angeles.

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Stories, Historical, Novella, Ebooks, Literary Fiction

91 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 25, 2013

About the author

Born and raised in the Boston area, Amor Towles graduated from Yale College and received an MA in English from Stanford University. Having worked as an investment professional in Manhattan for over twenty years, he now devotes himself fulltime to writing. His first novel, Rules of Civility, published in 2011, was a New York Times bestseller in both hardcover and paperback and was ranked by the Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of 2011. The book was optioned by Lionsgate to be made into a feature film and its French translation received the 2012 Prix Fitzgerald. His second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow, published in 2016, was also a New York Times bestseller and was ranked as one of the best books of 2016 by the Chicago Tribune, the Miami Herald, the Philadelphia Inquirer, the St. Louis Dispatch, and NPR. Both novels have been translated into over fifteen languages.

Mr. Towles, who lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children, is an ardent fan of early 20th century painting, 1950’s jazz, 1970’s cop shows, rock & roll on vinyl, obsolete accessories, manifestoes, breakfast pastries, pasta, liquor, snow-days, Tuscany, Provence, Disneyland, Hollywood, the cast of Casablanca, 007, Captain Kirk, Bob Dylan (early, mid, and late phases), the wee hours, card games, cafés, and the cookies made by both of his grandmothers.

Reviews

[Mellena · Rating 5 out of 5]

For me, it isn't about what Towles writes as much as HOW he writes. Elegant, thoughtful. I fall into his stories and just go wherever they take me. This time it was to Hollywood and Los Angeles in the ‘30s, with some interesting characters and stories.

I appreciate the author's sense of restraint. There seems to be as much in what he doesn't say, as what he does. I love the way he develops his characters. He doesn't overplay them, but lets me find each character in my own way. I like how he respects each character, thereby respecting the efforts of the reader as well.

I especially enjoyed his brilliant, quiet skewering of Hollywood's faults (as well as those of Hollywood-watcher's) while showing an often compassionate understanding of "Human nature; which is just a fancy term for the God-given flaws we have no intention of giving back."

Two things which did give me pause:

1) The Eve in this story feels different in character from the woman in "Rules of Civility". I can't determine exactly how; I'll have to go back and compare the two more closely. It may be that this book shows more insight into her personality through revelations of her past, and a closer look at how she thinks. She's not exactly who I thought she was, but much more likeable.

2) The ending doesn't feel as much like an ending as a segue into the next chapter, which, sadly is not there. I would like to journey on with Eve to the rest of the places on her "list".

After recommending "Rules of Civility" to friends, I found they either loved it or very much disliked it, with the complaints being it was "too depressing" or "didn't like some of the characters". It seemed people either got it or didn't. But for me, with this book of stories, as well as "Rules", I loved it. No one else, today, writes like he does. The man knows how to construct and express a thought in lovely language, and isn't afraid to do so. For an avid reader in an arid desert of literacy these days, this is a treat, so I do hope he will be publishing more.

[Celeste Corrêa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here I come across Evelyn Ross once again, boarding a train in New York with a ticket to Chicago, which she continues on to Los Angeles. A change of itinerary can serve many purposes. Evelyn, known as Eve, arrives in Hollywood just as Gone with the Wind was going into production.
Hollywood of the glamorous and the fallen. Hollywood of the studios, the actors, the actresses, and the producers. Hollywood of ambition and blackmail, where power and image are carefully managed behind the scenes. Eve remained in Hollywood, even though she had arrived with the urge to leave as quickly as possible and travel freely across the world.
Independent, charismatic, intelligent, and compassionate, Eve helps those around her and inspires trust. She begins conversations as naturally as ordering a drink at a bar, or like someone offering a cigarette, striking up a conversation with genuine warmth, and laughing as girls everywhere do. I realized that life is not about imagining the future, but about living the present and proving to the world what we are capable of — and showing it to ourselves. What humiliates our vanity prepares us to face what insults our honor. We lose our illusions when the virtues that once served us fail us.

Eve surpassed all expectations in discretion, poise, and talent.

In the film industry — in cinema itself — a door slamming shut and another swinging wide open mean very different things. Towles reminds us that Hollywood is not only a place of dreams, but also of secrets brought to light. As for Eve — what can I say? I only wish she and I were friends.

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I looked for this story after reading Rules of Civility but couldn’t find it anywhere. I am delighted that it was included in the collection, Table for Two. I like Eve–I love Charlie, a retired policeman, whom she meets on the train. Prentice’s story seems very sad to me, because so many of us are just discarded when we are no longer useful, and having Olivia de Havilland as part of the story got a grin. It is a bit of a noir detective tale, harking back to early Hollywood, with a few unexpected twists and turns.

Eve is the woman we ordinary girls think we would like to be. She bears the scar of her life (and car accident) in New York, but she never lets that stop her from being sexy, confident and smart. She has personality, but she only spends time on people who merit it–no wasted fawning for her. She doesn’t seem afraid of anything and she recognizes qualities in people that make them special, regardless of their position in society…which means her friends run the gamut from movie stars to has beens.

This story is just a heap of fun! The only writer I could think to compare it to is Anthony Horowitz, though Towles has the flavor but not the complications of a Horowitz tale.

[Diane S ☔ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Loved Rules of Civility and this novella follows Eve after she boards her train. In a series of short takes, Eve is seen influencing the lives of the people she comes in contact with. I really enjoyed the tour of Old Hollywood and its many players, old has bens, current stars, and photographers trying to grab the next big catch. The set of Gone with Wind and a brief appearance by Selznick. Towles is wonderful at setting the mood, at coming up with brilliant lines and situations. Look forward to his next full length book.

[Wal.li · Rating 4 out of 5]

Olivia

In den 1930ern macht sich Evelyn Ross auf den Weg nach Los Angeles. Sie hat ihrem Freund den Laufpass gegeben und verlässt New York. In Los Angeles trifft sie aktuelle und gewesene Hollywoodgrößen. Olivia de Haviland ist gerade besonders gefragt. Sie soll in der Verfilmung von „Vom Winde verweht“ eine Rolle übernehmen. Wenn die beiden Damen unterwegs sind, ist es für Olivia zum Glück etwas entspannter als unter den Filmleuten. Doch überhaupt fällt Evelyn auf. Sie weckt Neugier, weil sie sich eher zurückhaltend gibt. Evelyn lässt sich allerdings nicht in die Karten schauen.

Die Welt der großen Hollywood Studios in den 1930ern wird vielleicht aus heutiger Zeit etwas verklärt gesehen. Und so wirft der Autor einen ein wenig anderen Blick auf die Begebenheiten. Die Studios rangeln sich um die Stars und diese müssen sich loyal zu ihren Arbeitgebern zeigen. Eine Ausleihe ist schon besonders. Da kann eine Abend in einem Lokal quasi unter Mädels sehr entspannend sein. Doch auch schon damals konnte es geschehen, dass um eine Ecke ein Journalist oder ein Fotograf lauerte. Es muss nicht sein, aber es war nicht so viel anders als heute. Man musste vorsichtig sein und durfte keine Schwächen zeigen.

Mit seinem neuen Roman zaubert der Autor wieder eine Geschichte, die mit ihrer Vielschichtigkeit überzeugt. Auch wenn die Handlung zu Beginn etwas dahin mäandert, werden die Ereignisse doch immer spannender, sobald sich langsam herauskristallisiert, wie die Ansätze zueinander passen. Es eigenständige Frau, die vielleicht ihrer Zeit voraus war. Eine Schauspielerin, die im Zentrum des Interesses steht. Und einige andere, deren Anwesenheit sich durch die Handlung erklärt. Es macht Spaß zu lesen, wie Leute meinen, dass sie Oberhand haben, nur um kurz darauf zu merken, dass andere doch schlauer sind. Und auch die Schilderung des Geschäfts des Filmemachers, die Intrigen, die durchzustehen sind, der Respekt, der sich verdient wird. Ein Roman, der sich nach und nach erschließt, dann aber richtig.

Das Evelyn Ross eine geheimnisvolle Persönlichkeit ist, kann auch schon am Cover erkannt werden. Die vorgestreckte Schulter und der gesenkte Blick wirken so als ob sie ihre Gedanken für sich behält.

Der Roman ist im Original bereits im Jahr 2013 als Nachfolger zu „Eine Frage der Höflichkeit“ erschienen.

[Cynthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Almost
Towles characters are so alive they almost lift off the pages. “Eve” picks up where “Rules” finished just as Eve is fleeing New York in 1938. She’s on her way home to Chicago but at the last minute decides to stay on the train and continue on to Hollywood and another adventure begins. She meets an aging actor at a famous hotel and this gives her the entre she needs to meet other celebrities namely Olivia DeHaviland right as Olivia is about to begin shooting “Gone with the Wind”. Eve is out of her element but true to character soon settles in and makes Hollywood her own.

The story is told alternately from Eve’s perspective as well as other character’s viewpoints. I loved the inside old Hollywood feel of the book but it lacks focus and the ending peters out. While the plot is going it easily held my interest and it’s every bit as exciting as “Rules of Civility” but the ending stumbles as the story stops abruptly. Was Amor writing a sequel to “Rules” and his publishers stepped in and hurried him to get something to press? If so they did him a disservice. Since I read an advanced e-galley from the publisher I’m hoping this will be altered prior to publication. Concerning characterization however there’s no better writer today than Towles.

This review is based on an advanced readers copy supplied by the publisher.
(Disclaimer given per FTC requirement.)

[Maria C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Português/English

Eis que encontro novamente Evelyn Ross com uma única valise, embarcando sozinha num comboio em Nova Iorque e, de repente, prolonga o bilhete de Chicago até Los Angeles. Terá sido para saborear mais uma chávena de café? As mudanças de itinerário podem ter vários propósitos. Evelyn, ou Eva, chega a Hollywood no tempo em que começava a ser filmado E Tudo o Vento Levou.
Hollywood dos fabulosos e dos caídos, Hollywood dos estúdios e dos actores, Hollywood das chantagens e Hollywood de Eve e dos velhos detectives e polícias. Eve ficou em Hollywood apesar de ter chegado com vontade de zarpar o mais rápido possível para viajar à vontade pelo mundo.

Independente, carismática, inteligente e empática, Eva ajuda os que estão em perigo e derrota os corruptos, iniciando diálogos como quem pede tequila com lima, como se tivesse sido criada em Tijuana. Confirmei que a vida não é imaginar o futuro, mas viver o presente e provar ao mundo aquilo de que somos capazes — e de o mostrarmos a nós próprios — pois o que humilha a nossa vaidade prepara-nos para enfrentar aquilo que insulta a nossa honra, e perdemos as ilusões quando as virtudes que nos foram úteis deixam de o ser.

Há cumplicidade, satisfação de um silêncio partilhado; os velhos encantam, e a eles são devidos agradecimentos. Eva superou todas as expectativas em termos de astúcia, discrição, desembaraço e talento. Não se pode contar com as areias do deserto para desfazer os palácios dos orgulhosos — é necessário mais.
Na indústria do cinema, nos filmes, uma porta fechada com força e outra escancarada têm significados diferentes.
Towles lembra-nos que Hollywood não é apenas um lugar de sonhos, mas também de verdades reveladas.

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English

Here I encounter Evelyn Ross once again, with a single suitcase, boarding a train alone in New York and suddenly extending her ticket from Chicago all the way to Los Angeles. Perhaps it was just to savor another cup of coffee. Changes of itinerary can serve many purposes. Evelyn—also known as Eva—arrives in Hollywood at the time when Gone with the Wind was just beginning to be filmed.

Hollywood of the glamorous and the fallen. Hollywood of the studios and the actors. Hollywood of blackmail, and Hollywood of Eve alongside the old detectives and policemen. Eve remained in Hollywood, even though she had arrived with the urge to set sail as quickly as possible and travel freely across the world.

Independent, charismatic, intelligent, and empathetic, Eva helps those in danger and defeats the corrupt. She opens conversations as naturally as if ordering tequila with lime, as though she had been raised in Tijuana. I realized that life is not about imagining the future, but about living the present and proving to the world what we are capable of — and to show it to ourselves. What humiliates our vanity prepares us to face what insults our honor. We lose our illusions when the virtues that once served us cease to do so.

There is complicity, the satisfaction of a shared silence. The elders captivate, and gratitude is owed to them. Eva exceeded all expectations in terms of cunning, discretion, poise, and talent. One cannot rely on the sands of the desert to dismantle the palaces of the proud — something more is required.

In the film industry — in cinema itself — a door slammed shut and another thrown wide open hold very different meanings. Towles reminds us that Hollywood is not only a place of dreams, but also of truths revealed.

[Daniel Myatt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now I love Amor Towles's writing but this set of short stories was just lacking something for me.

Here in this book, we discover Eve's adventures after she doesn't catch that train home in The Rules of Civility.

I found the characters hard to associate with and there was just not enough to get my teeth into, or maybe I waited too long to revisit the world I fell in love with in The Rules of Civility.

[LeserinLu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Der Roman „Eve“ hat mich positiv überrascht. Auf dem Cover und im Klappentext wird recht wenig über den Roman verraten, sodass ich mich ohne jegliche Erwartungen auf das Buch eingelassen habe. Ich wurde mit einer unterhaltsamen Mischung aus Gesellschaftsroman, Detektivgeschichte und Heist-Story belohnt!

Im Mittelpunkt der Handlung steht Eve, die im Hollywood der späten 1930er Jahre ankommt. Schnell durchschaut sie die frauenfeindlichen Strukturen der Filmindustrie und wird aktiv, als ihre Freundin und Schauspielerin Olivia wegen Nacktfotos erpresst wird. Die Story wird vor allem aus Sicht ihrer Freund:innen und Gegenspieler erzählt, sodass Eve selbst geheimnisvoll und unnahbar bleibt. In ihren eigenen wenigen Kapiteln wird Eves Hintergrund nur angedeutet, sodass ihr Charakter einerseits etwas blass wirkt, andererseits aber auch faszinierend.

Mir haben besonders die Schilderungen des alten Hollywoods am Ende der 1930er Jahre und die dazugehörigen Hintergrundgeschichten der anderen Figuren gut gefallen. Man taucht dabei ein in eine Welt voller Glamour, Intrigen, dunkler Machenschaften und Sexismus. Außerdem halten zahlreiche Twists and Turns die Spannung konstant hoch und zeigen immer wieder Eves Überlegenheit und Cleverness.

Insgesamt ist „Eve“ ein unterhaltsamer Roman, der geschickt verschiedene Genres miteinander verknüpft. Die Mischung aus historischem Flair und Spannung hat mir gut gefallen.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really loved the debut novel Rules of Civility, so I was delighted to find this book of six linked stories, which looks at what happened to character Evelyn Ross after she left New York. "Rules of Civility" was based around three friends - working girls Katey Kontent and Evelyn Ross, plus the wealthy and handsome Tinker Grey. Set in Jazz Age New York, the novel centres on Katey but, at the end of the novel, Eve leaves for home and somehow ends up in LA. These stories tell you how she made her way to Hollywood and what happens to her while she is there. However, it is not necessary to have read "Rules of Civility" to read these stories, which do stand alone.

The stories begin with Eve on a train, where she extends her trip from Chicago to Los Angeles. Along the way she meets a widow, a faded celebrity, makes the acquaintance of star Olivia de Havilland, a journalist and a lawyer. The last story is told from Eve's own viewpoint. In LA, the big story is the current casting of "Gone With the Wind" and it is a time of real Hollywood glamour. These are a good read and there is a sample of "Rules of Civility" at the end of the book. I really hope the author will write more about these characters and I look forward to reading his next novel.

[Rachel Bayles · Rating 4 out of 5]

In a decade, people are going to be teaching courses centered around his work. As creative as Dinesen, but with a thoroughly American voice. Maybe the next Twain?

"On top of the stack that Miss Ross was straightening at that very moment was a motion to dismiss—which had presumably begun its journey as a tree. Solitary and majestic, that tree had provided shade to some little patch of America: in a churchyard, perhaps, or a pasture, or along a bend in the river where Whistling Billy McGuire had cast his line. And then, after half a century of providing relief from the sun so reliably, this tree had been unceremoniously felled—so that a middle-aged man without a wife or children sitting in an office a thousand miles away could string his carefully qualified arguments together end-to-end."

[N D · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this novella because its story follows on from Amor Towles' first novel, Rules of Civility. I love this author's writing. It may not be grand literature, but he has a fine, easy style and he manages to combine great story-telling with exceptional and often colourful characters plus he can create a cracking metaphor. His stories are always warm and rich and this is no exception, despite its brevity.
Eve Ross washes up in Los Angeles in dying year of the 1930s bringing with her little other than her own unique brand of worldly, seductive cynicism and wit. In her company we meet, among others, an ageing actor, a retired detective with good LA stories, a top producer and studio boss and a sharp seen-it-all-before bartender. I was enchanted from page 1 and my only disappointment was that, as a novella, it all ended too soon.

[Caitlin · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an enjoyable, if slightly unsatisfying, follow up to Rules of Civility. The book is set up as a series of short stories about what happened to Evelyn Ross when she moved to Hollywood, each told from the perspective of a different character. It has Amor Towles' beautiful writing and rich character development, but it's brief and like I said, a tad unsatisfying. But if you loved Rules of Civility, I'd still definitely recommend it.

[Blair · Rating 3 out of 5]

A follow-up to Amor Towles' debut novel Rules of Civility, Eve in Hollywood contains six short stories focusing on the character of Eve, the secondary protagonist from the first book. Starting in the midst of Eve's journey from New York to Hollywood, it offers some explanation of where the character went and what she got up to during her absence from the 'stage' in Rules. Each story is told from the point of view of a new character who meets or in some way encounters Eve, with the final chapter taking up Eve's own viewpoint. With the same calm, assured narration of the original, this collection is a good, if very slight, read. I enjoyed these stories, but with an extract from Rules of Civility taking up more than a quarter of the book, it doesn't really feel substantial enough to be a standalone volume. Given that Towles' debut has been out for a while, I expected more from this - it feels more like the sort of thing that would come out before the publication of a full novel, as a sampler of the author's style. At the very least, I think it should be priced lower than it is (it's only £1.99, which is obviously cheap anyway, but I don't think it's worth any more than 99p). Worth a look if you enjoyed Rules, but don't get your hopes up too high for a proper sequel.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little novella picks up where Rules of Civility (a book I loved) leaves off for Evelyn Ross. What happens when she boards a train but doesn't get off in Chicago as planned? She stays on and takes Hollywood by storm. Towles has a wonderful way with setting - just as I loved Old New York in Rules, I loved Hollywood of the 1930's in this story. The format was interesting - 6 different chapters told from different perspectives. Five of them are people Eve meets on this journey and the last one is Eve herself. Some of these voices and story lines work better than others but all of them are fun and well written. I enjoyed being back in Towles world for a couple hours.

[Deb · Rating 3 out of 5]

3+ stars. Towles' writing is excellent, as usual, and I very much liked the creativity of telling the story in almost-unrelated chapters, each told from a different perspective.

[Deity World · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good novella on her life in Hollywood

[Agnes · Rating 3 out of 5]

È carino e divertente, ma, nessun altro romanzo di Towles ha ancora raggiunto il mio apprezzamento e gradimento della lettura di Un gentiluomo a Mosca , che fu il mio primo incontro con questo autore.
Speriamo nel prossimo.

[Erika Pensaert · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5 ✨
Characters, plot, style... everything works.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's quite a while since I read Rules of Civility and I would perhaps have enjoyed these stories about how Eve got on in Hollywood after she had left New York at the end of that book, if I'd read them earlier.
I liked these well written little stories, but found that they ended too abruptly, and seemed rather disjointed.....enjoyable, but just a little disappointing having enjoyed the original book so much.

[Dylan Loughheed · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a disgrace to have this published.

You can tell that Towles wrote it, his voice shines through, but it’s pretentious, incredibly unorganized, and just a pain to read. I thought that maybe this was scrapped material from Rules, but all of the prose is B-grade when placed against the other novel.

What a terrible book. It was obnoxious to read this. It made me feel sick.

[Holly · Rating 3 out of 5]

Worth reading because Towles is excellent—he knows how to transport you into a time and place. Amazing writer. Beyond that, there’s not much worth saying about the story, characters, structure, etc.

[kvazimodla · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little scared by the opening quote from The Day of the Locust... but then, I didn't like Eve anyway :)
*
Well, whaddayaknow, Eve is human after all; and old Hollywood is Golden (Age).
A widowed ex policeman; a faded actor; a much loved actress; a paparazzo in the making; a film studio lawyer.
All of them brush with Eve and, in an O'Henry-esque development, find or lose something. Eve herself, of course, finds a use for all that the day throws her.
Other than by Eve painting the town red, the stories are more or less loosely connected by plot points (a Mickey Finn discussed in the first materialises in the fourth 😁)
Short and light.

[Barry · Rating 3 out of 5]

This novella is basically a spinoff from Rules of Civility. It took me longer to find the ebook on the internet than it did to read it. I’m not sure why it’s so hard to find (it’s not on Amazon, Apple, B&N, Boku). Maybe he decided to pull it since it wasn’t a fully fleshed-out story. Beats me. I enjoyed it anyway. His writing is still so entertaining even if he doesn’t have much of a story to tell.

For those who are interested, I finally found a pdf of the book here:
https://booksvooks.com/eve-in-hollywo...

[Jgrace · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eve in Hollywood – Amor Towles

4 stars

Rules of Civility was one of those books. I didn’t want it to end. I wanted to go back and start over as soon as it was done. Mostly, I wanted to know what happened to Eve. My curiosity was not completely satisfied with this short story collection, but it does provide six fascinating glimpses into the life of a remarkable character. The first five stories look at Eve through other eyes. The last story is specifically Eve’s.

Just as the original book made me want to time travel back to an earlier New York City, these stories make me wish for a trip to the hay days of Hollywood. I want to walk through the revolving doors of the Beverly Hills Hotel and have a drink in the bar with Eve and Olivia de Haviland.

First, you should read Rules of Civility. When the first book leaves you wanting a bit more, follow Eve to Hollywood.

[Lavinia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Why is Amor Towles working in finance when he writes such beautiful prose? Sure, Eve in Hollywood is no Rules of Civility but it's a very lovely novella. I never thought guys today can write so refined. 3,5*

[Rebecca · Rating 2 out of 5]

Towles set the bar high with Rules of Civility and this fell short. Drastically short. I still enjoyed his prose but the plot was lacking.

[MTK · Rating 2 out of 5]

Επειδή μου άρεσε πολύ το "Rules of civility" του ίδιου συγγραφέα, αγόρασα αυτή τη νουβέλα που ακολουθεί την παράλληλη πορεία ενός από τους χαρακτήρες του προηγούμενου βιβλίου αφού αποχώρησε από την πλοκή. Ομολογώ ότι απογοητεύτηκα, πρώτον, γιατί δεν πρόκειται καν για ιστορία, έστω και σύντομη, αλλά απλή παράθεση μερικών σκόπριων περιστατικών, και, δεύτερον, γιατί δεν αφορούν στην πραγματικότητα την Eve, η οποία είναι απλώς η αφορμή για να φτιάξει ο συγγραφέας μερικά λεκτικά σκίτσα του προπολεμικού Χόλιγουντ. Είναι καλογραμμένα και ενδιαφέροντα, αλλά αυτό το υλικό συνήθως το βρίσκει κανείς ως μπόνους σε κάποια επετειακή έκδοση του κυρίως βιβλίου ή στην ιστοσελίδα του συγγραφέα και το διαβάζει δωρεάν. Δε θα συνιστούσα σε κάποιον να πληρώσει για αυτό.

[Sivasothi N. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Independent Eve was intriguing in Rules of Civility and when she headed on a whim to Los Angeles, it was her that Towles wanted Moto write about. So it was good to lestn where her restless spirit had taken her. Towles’ elegant writing is a celebration as usual.

Six storylines converge and Eve keeps us guessing, I only wished it was longer.

Could not find it in the library, nor on sale, so I read it online at Booksvooks: https://booksvooks.com/scrolablehtml/...

[Ashlynn Peachey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not really worth finishing. All the luster of Towles Rules of Civility is lost.