Dream Machine

by Will Davis

'"And the name of the girl through to next week is…" says Stina, and I want to kill her for pausing once again. I want to see her bludgeoned to death with her own stupid mic, her even stupider skin tight dress all stained with oozing gore...'

Thousands of wannabes are auditioning to be part of mega-girlband Purrfect in a new reality TV series. Among them are ice-queen Louise, who thinks she's got god on her side, foulmouthed Joni, desperate to hide the fact that she's got a baby, mousy teen Ella, obsessed with her stepmother's boyfriend, and cocky Riana, a stripper with a naughty penchant for coke. Each one is determined to be the new Purrfect girl. But as the show progresses it seems someone has a very different sort of agenda in mind - someone who's not afraid for things to get deadly...

Will Davis, author of the award-winning My Side of the Story, creates an explosive cocktail of comedy and pathos, in which four lives collide in the wretched pursuit of fame and fortune, spiralling towards a devastating conclusion that confronts the very nature of dreams, and ultimately questions the point of having them.

352 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Katrina Reed · Rating 1 out of 5]

Sorry, but that was a painful experience!!

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely loved this book, so glad I ignored all the bad reviews. Think you just need to take this book with a pinch a salt, the characters and story line are completely unrepeatable but I couldn't put the book down as I was desperate to follow the girls different story lines about their desperate search for fame. Found it a great holiday read, finished it in 2 days.

[Annalyse]

eugh... seriously, I'm so glad this book is over!!
It sucked completely. The writing was wrong, I couldn't concentrate. It was so slow and the writer off course gives us 4 characters to hate, because there wasn't one single person I was rooting to win this stupid thing.
Anyways, I wouldn't recommend this book at all. Definitely 0 stars!!

[Rebecca tedder · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, there are a lot of bad reviews on here. But I thought I would read through it all the same.

I don't necessarily think it's a bad book, just mis-marketed. With a bit of tweaking, I think this would be far more suitable for the Young Adult section of the library rather than with general fiction.

Not a book for me but I know a couple of girls into the Reality Tv shows that would enjoy it.