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Dollhouse
Nothing is more important to the Romeros than family. Just ask Kamille, Kassidy, and Kyle -- three beautiful, loving, and deeply loyal sisters who are the heart and soul of their family. Their mother has remarried and their new stepfather, a world-famous all-star baseball player, has come complete with two stepsiblings. Life in L.A. is pretty typical for this newly blended clan.
Until the day everything changes.
Overnight, one of the Romero sisters has become famous -- magazine-cover, fashion-icon, headline-making famous! Trailed by paparazzi, invited to every red carpet event, she has set a new standard for Hollywood royalty.
You'd think that all the glitz and glamour would make life a breeze. But as the sisters painfully discover, being a celebrity in L.A.'s gilded dollhouse isn't all it's cracked up to be. Suddenly their problems are much bigger than sharing clothes and discussing crushes. Who knew that having a famous sister would bring up so many issues: jealousy, backstabbing friends, fix-ups, plastic surgery, and paparazzi run-ins, to name just a few. As the sisters deal with their new lives, complete with a televised wedding, crazy nightclub parties, and forbidden stepsibling attraction, there's a huge secret that threatens to break even their tightest family bonds.
Until the day everything changes.
Overnight, one of the Romero sisters has become famous -- magazine-cover, fashion-icon, headline-making famous! Trailed by paparazzi, invited to every red carpet event, she has set a new standard for Hollywood royalty.
You'd think that all the glitz and glamour would make life a breeze. But as the sisters painfully discover, being a celebrity in L.A.'s gilded dollhouse isn't all it's cracked up to be. Suddenly their problems are much bigger than sharing clothes and discussing crushes. Who knew that having a famous sister would bring up so many issues: jealousy, backstabbing friends, fix-ups, plastic surgery, and paparazzi run-ins, to name just a few. As the sisters deal with their new lives, complete with a televised wedding, crazy nightclub parties, and forbidden stepsibling attraction, there's a huge secret that threatens to break even their tightest family bonds.
277 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2011
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Kourtney Kardashian
6 books67 followersKourtney Mary Kardashian was born in Los Angeles and is the oldest child of late attorney Robert Kardashian and Kris Jenner (née Houghton) and is the sister of Kim, Khloé and Rob Kardashian. She is of Armenian descent (father) and Dutch-Scottish American (mother) descent. Robert Kardashian, best known for being O. J. Simpson’s lawyer during his murder trial, died on September 30, 2003. Her mother divorced Robert Kardashian in 1989 and married former Olympian Bruce Jenner in 1991.
Kardashian attended the Roman Catholic all-girls school Marymount High School. Following graduation, she left California to move to Dallas where she attended Southern Methodist University for two years. She then moved to Tucson, Arizona, and attended the University of Arizona, graduating with a degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Spanish. Her classmates included Nicole Richie and Luke Walton.
Kardashian became the stepsister of three stepbrothers, (from oldest to youngest) Burt Jenner, Brandon Jenner and Brody Jenner, and stepsister Casey Jenner, after her mother Kris married Bruce Jenner. She also has two half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
Kardashian has a son, Mason Dash Disick, who was born December 14, 2009. with her boyfriend Scott Disick.
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Kardashian attended the Roman Catholic all-girls school Marymount High School. Following graduation, she left California to move to Dallas where she attended Southern Methodist University for two years. She then moved to Tucson, Arizona, and attended the University of Arizona, graduating with a degree in Theatre Arts and a minor in Spanish. Her classmates included Nicole Richie and Luke Walton.
Kardashian became the stepsister of three stepbrothers, (from oldest to youngest) Burt Jenner, Brandon Jenner and Brody Jenner, and stepsister Casey Jenner, after her mother Kris married Bruce Jenner. She also has two half-sisters, Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
Kardashian has a son, Mason Dash Disick, who was born December 14, 2009. with her boyfriend Scott Disick.
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February 21, 2012
I know. I know. But it was on the New Arrivals shelf at the library, and it was surprising because I didn't know that the Kardashian sisters had written a book. Come to think of it, I don't know that they've read a book. In any case, it looked like it might be unintentionally hilarious, particularly after I read the opening line: "Sitting in a cafe across the street from her family's restaurant, Kamille Romero sipped her acai berry smoothie and lifted her face to soak in the sun." It's no shot ringing out on a dark and stormy night, but still there's something delightfully fulsome about it.
Unfortunately, the biggest laughs are contained on the copyright page, notably the standard disclaimer about how this is a work of fiction and that all characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. The book concerns three sisters, Kamille, Kassidy, and Kyle Romero (which occasionally is spelled "Ramero," because spelling, like math or being a designated driver, is hard); their mother Kat; their stepfather Beau LeBlanc, a former professional athlete; and their step-siblings Benjy and Bree; and the plot involves what happens to this Los Angeles family after middle sister Kamille becomes a famous model and gets engaged to marry Chase Goodall, a professional athlete. Yes, that all sounds incredibly imaginative. I am shocked that anyone would dare to construe any of that as based on real people or events.
I've noticed that a lot of the more positive reviews begin with, "I'm not a fan of the Kardashians, but this book was not as bad as I thought it would be," and a lot of the negative reviews say, "I'm a big fan of the Kardashians, but I could not finish this book." There's a fairly obvious conclusion to be drawn there, but I don't want angry Kardashian fans to leave comments calling me a stupid "slore," the Romero girls' charming epithet combining the words "slut" and "whore" and used to describe pretty much every woman who isn't a Romero. Either way, I am not a fan of the Kardashians, and this book was not as bad as I thought it might be, but it was still pretty terrible and I'm still only going to give it one star because I don't like to encourage this kind of thing.
You can tell that the book was written by a working writer. The acknowledgments thank someone named Nancy Ohlin for being the sisters' "collaborator," and a Google search of Ohlin reveals that the same acknowledgement appears in Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy. Ohlin is competent enough, if hackneyed; in addition to Chapter One opening with Kamille sipping an acai berry smoothie, chapter twenty-five begins with her sipping a flute of Veuve Clicquot, and chapter twenty-seven commences with Kat cradling a glass of 1982 Chateau Margaux. Being famous for no discernable reason is thirsty work, I suppose. Ohlin also lets a plot thread about Kat's first husband's death just drop with no explanation, and the dialogue tends to be unnatural, but in general, she does a decent job.
The problem is that it's just all so gross. For example:
-- The sisters call each other "doll" unless they're angry, in which case they call each other "bitch." For the most part, the women characters outside of the family are referred to in degrading terms.
-- An instance of acquaintance rape is dismissed as if it was no big deal.
-- Kyle, the youngest sister at age 16, spends most of her days by herself, drinking tequila and watching porn. Oh, unless she's making out with her stepbrother, that is.
-- Way too many mentions of vaginaplasty. Way, way too many. One, I could allow, because I'm aware that there are women with too much money and not enough self-esteem who undergo this kind of thing for cosmetic purposes and so it's not unrealistic that it would show up in this novel, but by the fifth or sixth time it was mentioned -- along with graphic descriptions in the crudest possible way -- it passed into the land of SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP.
I would like it now if someone I follow would read The Situation's book and then tell me about it. I took this bullet; someone else should take that one. It's only fair.
Unfortunately, the biggest laughs are contained on the copyright page, notably the standard disclaimer about how this is a work of fiction and that all characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. The book concerns three sisters, Kamille, Kassidy, and Kyle Romero (which occasionally is spelled "Ramero," because spelling, like math or being a designated driver, is hard); their mother Kat; their stepfather Beau LeBlanc, a former professional athlete; and their step-siblings Benjy and Bree; and the plot involves what happens to this Los Angeles family after middle sister Kamille becomes a famous model and gets engaged to marry Chase Goodall, a professional athlete. Yes, that all sounds incredibly imaginative. I am shocked that anyone would dare to construe any of that as based on real people or events.
I've noticed that a lot of the more positive reviews begin with, "I'm not a fan of the Kardashians, but this book was not as bad as I thought it would be," and a lot of the negative reviews say, "I'm a big fan of the Kardashians, but I could not finish this book." There's a fairly obvious conclusion to be drawn there, but I don't want angry Kardashian fans to leave comments calling me a stupid "slore," the Romero girls' charming epithet combining the words "slut" and "whore" and used to describe pretty much every woman who isn't a Romero. Either way, I am not a fan of the Kardashians, and this book was not as bad as I thought it might be, but it was still pretty terrible and I'm still only going to give it one star because I don't like to encourage this kind of thing.
You can tell that the book was written by a working writer. The acknowledgments thank someone named Nancy Ohlin for being the sisters' "collaborator," and a Google search of Ohlin reveals that the same acknowledgement appears in Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy. Ohlin is competent enough, if hackneyed; in addition to Chapter One opening with Kamille sipping an acai berry smoothie, chapter twenty-five begins with her sipping a flute of Veuve Clicquot, and chapter twenty-seven commences with Kat cradling a glass of 1982 Chateau Margaux. Being famous for no discernable reason is thirsty work, I suppose. Ohlin also lets a plot thread about Kat's first husband's death just drop with no explanation, and the dialogue tends to be unnatural, but in general, she does a decent job.
The problem is that it's just all so gross. For example:
-- The sisters call each other "doll" unless they're angry, in which case they call each other "bitch." For the most part, the women characters outside of the family are referred to in degrading terms.
-- An instance of acquaintance rape is dismissed as if it was no big deal.
-- Kyle, the youngest sister at age 16, spends most of her days by herself, drinking tequila and watching porn. Oh, unless she's making out with her stepbrother, that is.
-- Way too many mentions of vaginaplasty. Way, way too many. One, I could allow, because I'm aware that there are women with too much money and not enough self-esteem who undergo this kind of thing for cosmetic purposes and so it's not unrealistic that it would show up in this novel, but by the fifth or sixth time it was mentioned -- along with graphic descriptions in the crudest possible way -- it passed into the land of SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP.
I would like it now if someone I follow would read The Situation's book and then tell me about it. I took this bullet; someone else should take that one. It's only fair.
February 8, 2020
I read this some years ago. I didn't really enjoy it, but it was OK. It might be more fun if you are a Kardashian fan. I'd actually forgotten all about it's existence until it popped up just now. I don't really have anything else to say about it.
April 8, 2018
This was a decent quick, interesting listen that wasn't bad at all. Part of this can be attributed to writing what you know. All it could have used is a better ending. 7 of 10 stars
April 7, 2012
Pages: 277
Genre: Chick-lit*
Publication Date: 2011
My Rating: 1.5 /5 stars**
*Not the good, Shopie Kinsella, kind of chick lit. More of the bad, horrible-written kind celebrity authors try to write. Think Lauren Conrad’s L.A. Candy series kind of chick lit.
** Only because some of the story lines were okay-ish, otherwise it would have gotten a 1.
Dollhouse is the Kardashians poor attempt at writing a book. Well this is the worst book I’ve read all year. Sure, the story lines were okay and kind of interesting, at times but the characters were completely, please excuse my language, ass holes! They’re selfish, evil, judge-mental, people. I wanted to punch them in the face. They completely insult their mother and any other woman from reasons such as being old. The only character I really liked was Kyle. She was great, although that girl has a serious porn addiction.
The dialogue and writing style was so bad. This was so poorly written. Too many clichés were used and the dialogue was completely unrealistic. And the vocabulary. I swear, it sounded like a thirteen-year-old preppy girl had written this. “Ohmigod”, “Oh my God”, “totally”, “definitely”, and “cool” were used a crazy amount of times. Here’s an actual sentence taken from the book: “Ohmigod, Kamille!” Kass tried to sit up, but she couldn’t. “You’re here! I’m so happy to see you! Ohmigod!” (Page 272) It’s so frustrating and irritating. I couldn’t take any of the dialogue seriously because of the overuse of those words. And why do they need to call each other “doll” so much! It’s annoying and stupid!
And the funniest thing about this book is in the copyright page where it says how the people in the book are made from the author’s imagination and how any similarity to people dead or alive is a coincidence. I guess that makes sense, since the authors are the Kardashians and they’re probably always thinking about themselves. What I’m trying to say is: this book is just Keeping Up With The Kardashians but written down on paper and with names changed. Like seriously, doesn’t the name Kam sound familiar? *ahem* Kim *ahem*. And there were just some many similarities to their lives. Why didn’t they just write an autobiographical book about themselves instead of this? Oh, wait, they did! Ugh, it was awful. Just so awful.
Another thing I hated was the end. There were so many unanswered questions (Oh, gosh, no sequel, please! Just no!) and it seemed like all the problems were fixed magically. It’s like “Oh, yeah, I hated you for months, but it’s the end of the book so I’m magically gonna like you again! Yay!” And the confession their mom made at the end. Oh, please, that was just stupid. A stupid, stupid ending. Also, it seemed that Kamilla’s fame came instantly and easily. It’s like she didn’t work for it! It was just easy-peasy! And she fell in love with a guy after knowing him for 5 minutes! WTF? That’s all I can say!
There were some Okay-ish story lines. Like the getting-pregnant-from-sister’s-boyfriend line. But beside that, the book was, excuse my language once again, shit. Or scheisse, like the German say it. The characters were horrible and I hated them all, except for Kyle. They all sounded like friggin` teenage girls, and I’m pretty sure teenage girls don’t even speak like that anymore! UGH, I HATED, HATED, HATED THIS BOOK SO MUCH! If only they would have written it differently, then maybe it would have been good, or good-ish, at least. So what did I get out of this book, you may ask? Well, I got a headache and the pleasure of knowing what big fame-whores the Kardashians are. Adios, muchachos and muchachas. Au revoir!
-MS
Genre: Chick-lit*
Publication Date: 2011
My Rating: 1.5 /5 stars**
*Not the good, Shopie Kinsella, kind of chick lit. More of the bad, horrible-written kind celebrity authors try to write. Think Lauren Conrad’s L.A. Candy series kind of chick lit.
** Only because some of the story lines were okay-ish, otherwise it would have gotten a 1.
Dollhouse is the Kardashians poor attempt at writing a book. Well this is the worst book I’ve read all year. Sure, the story lines were okay and kind of interesting, at times but the characters were completely, please excuse my language, ass holes! They’re selfish, evil, judge-mental, people. I wanted to punch them in the face. They completely insult their mother and any other woman from reasons such as being old. The only character I really liked was Kyle. She was great, although that girl has a serious porn addiction.
The dialogue and writing style was so bad. This was so poorly written. Too many clichés were used and the dialogue was completely unrealistic. And the vocabulary. I swear, it sounded like a thirteen-year-old preppy girl had written this. “Ohmigod”, “Oh my God”, “totally”, “definitely”, and “cool” were used a crazy amount of times. Here’s an actual sentence taken from the book: “Ohmigod, Kamille!” Kass tried to sit up, but she couldn’t. “You’re here! I’m so happy to see you! Ohmigod!” (Page 272) It’s so frustrating and irritating. I couldn’t take any of the dialogue seriously because of the overuse of those words. And why do they need to call each other “doll” so much! It’s annoying and stupid!
And the funniest thing about this book is in the copyright page where it says how the people in the book are made from the author’s imagination and how any similarity to people dead or alive is a coincidence. I guess that makes sense, since the authors are the Kardashians and they’re probably always thinking about themselves. What I’m trying to say is: this book is just Keeping Up With The Kardashians but written down on paper and with names changed. Like seriously, doesn’t the name Kam sound familiar? *ahem* Kim *ahem*. And there were just some many similarities to their lives. Why didn’t they just write an autobiographical book about themselves instead of this? Oh, wait, they did! Ugh, it was awful. Just so awful.
Another thing I hated was the end. There were so many unanswered questions (Oh, gosh, no sequel, please! Just no!) and it seemed like all the problems were fixed magically. It’s like “Oh, yeah, I hated you for months, but it’s the end of the book so I’m magically gonna like you again! Yay!” And the confession their mom made at the end. Oh, please, that was just stupid. A stupid, stupid ending. Also, it seemed that Kamilla’s fame came instantly and easily. It’s like she didn’t work for it! It was just easy-peasy! And she fell in love with a guy after knowing him for 5 minutes! WTF? That’s all I can say!
There were some Okay-ish story lines. Like the getting-pregnant-from-sister’s-boyfriend line. But beside that, the book was, excuse my language once again, shit. Or scheisse, like the German say it. The characters were horrible and I hated them all, except for Kyle. They all sounded like friggin` teenage girls, and I’m pretty sure teenage girls don’t even speak like that anymore! UGH, I HATED, HATED, HATED THIS BOOK SO MUCH! If only they would have written it differently, then maybe it would have been good, or good-ish, at least. So what did I get out of this book, you may ask? Well, I got a headache and the pleasure of knowing what big fame-whores the Kardashians are. Adios, muchachos and muchachas. Au revoir!
-MS
November 19, 2011
A terrible waste of trees. I found the Kardashians' book to be poorly written, and a vapid excuse for a novel. It lacked plot, originality, and, above all, substance. The Kardashians need to leave the written world alone and stick to what they do best...what is that again?
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September 19, 2017I read this book as a joke. Someone had left it out in the rain at work one day and I decided to read it in jest. To my surprise, I actually enjoyed this book. Now, don't get me wrong...this book is full of clichéd situations and emotions, however, if you like light soap opera drama from time to time, this book delivers.
I attribute the appeal of this book to the same dynamic that comes into play when you see someone with a fake, orange spray-on tan or rock hard fake tits: you find it repulsive and a bit ghastly but you still take a good long look...
I wouldn't urge you to buy this book...I don't think the Kardashians need any more money, but if you find it in the rain, do pick it up and read it.
I attribute the appeal of this book to the same dynamic that comes into play when you see someone with a fake, orange spray-on tan or rock hard fake tits: you find it repulsive and a bit ghastly but you still take a good long look...
I wouldn't urge you to buy this book...I don't think the Kardashians need any more money, but if you find it in the rain, do pick it up and read it.
November 28, 2011
Okay, I don't want to hear it. Please don't mistake my rating as me thinking this book was good. It wasn't. At all.
Nonetheless, it was like a terrible soap opera or grisly car crash. With every chapter of this ludicrous book I just laughed more and more. I don't think this book could have been more terrible if it tried. And that's what makes it so hilarious to me, since I think the Kardashian sisters were trying to make this a legitimate book.
I have to give it 3 stars just for the sheer enjoyment I got out of making fun of this. And yes, if there is another one I will read it. Don't start with me....
Nonetheless, it was like a terrible soap opera or grisly car crash. With every chapter of this ludicrous book I just laughed more and more. I don't think this book could have been more terrible if it tried. And that's what makes it so hilarious to me, since I think the Kardashian sisters were trying to make this a legitimate book.
I have to give it 3 stars just for the sheer enjoyment I got out of making fun of this. And yes, if there is another one I will read it. Don't start with me....
March 15, 2012
I think I have to start off by saying that I am a Kardashian fan. I watched their reality show and I thought they were funny and dressed like goddesses. With that said when I first saw this book on the shelf at my public library, I knew it was going to be crappy. I was so certain it was going to be lousy that I put it down but when I realized I had no other books to check out I decided why the hell not. I knew it was going to be terrible but maybe I could gain some insight on how celebrities really live, it would be like studying another culture.
They honestly lost their appeal for me after reading this. First of all, I feel like they've never read a book in their lives because their writing style was middle school level at best. The conversations were long, unnatural and unnecessary. They kept inserting a lot of inside jokes which I didn't care for. They were just trying too hard to be funny.It was like watching their reality show on paper, and although I do find their show entertaining, writing is an art that should be done right. I'm not even talking about the plot here, I am talking about the structure of the writing. It felt like it was all conversation. These are the words that are most used throughout the book: doll, bitch, vaginaplasty, slore.
The characters themselves confused me so much that I was distracted from the plot. Kass confused me the most. At first I was trying to figure out which sister she represented because I don't remember any of them being studious. Kass is supposed to be this goody two shoes who gets perfect scores, is always studying and doesn't have a love life. The part that annoyed/amused me was when she said she was dying to read an Abraham Lincoln biography instead of going to the club. Are you serious? I can just imagine them thinking, "Oh my gosh, put that! I bet that's what smart people do!". The part that I really didn't like was how inconsistent this character was. She was such a goody two shoes to the extreme and then she goes hooks up with her sister's boyfriend. I'm not even going to talk about Kamille because she is just a lousy predictable character.
The only character that I thought had something going on was Kyle. I'm not saying she was well written but she was a bit deeper than her sisters. Kyle is the youngest and shes extremely rebellious because of her father's death. She does pot, watches porn and drinks vodka OH and she makes out with her step brother. Just a normal day at the "Romeros", anyways I thought Kyle's story was the most interesting and had the most potential but they would only give her two pages every twenty pages while they focused on Kamille and Kass' boring predictable stories.
As I said before the Kardashians have lost their appeal to me, not fashion wise but I realize they are not as great as I thought. It's truly sad that just because celebrities have money and fame they can get away with writing books like this. I'm talking about Lauren Conrad, Snooki, Hilary Duff etc. Some people work for years to get their books published and these people get it handed to them, they even have help and their books still stink.I wouldn't mind if they wrote a book on their experiences or their secrets to beauty but NO MORE unimaginative novels. It's an insult to writers everywhere. I think I was being nice when I gave them two stars because I thought they only deserved one for actually writing a book. No ghost writer here, but the second star is because I don't hate them and I would still watch their show but like I said I'm no longer in love with them.
They honestly lost their appeal for me after reading this. First of all, I feel like they've never read a book in their lives because their writing style was middle school level at best. The conversations were long, unnatural and unnecessary. They kept inserting a lot of inside jokes which I didn't care for. They were just trying too hard to be funny.It was like watching their reality show on paper, and although I do find their show entertaining, writing is an art that should be done right. I'm not even talking about the plot here, I am talking about the structure of the writing. It felt like it was all conversation. These are the words that are most used throughout the book: doll, bitch, vaginaplasty, slore.
The characters themselves confused me so much that I was distracted from the plot. Kass confused me the most. At first I was trying to figure out which sister she represented because I don't remember any of them being studious. Kass is supposed to be this goody two shoes who gets perfect scores, is always studying and doesn't have a love life. The part that annoyed/amused me was when she said she was dying to read an Abraham Lincoln biography instead of going to the club. Are you serious? I can just imagine them thinking, "Oh my gosh, put that! I bet that's what smart people do!". The part that I really didn't like was how inconsistent this character was. She was such a goody two shoes to the extreme and then she goes hooks up with her sister's boyfriend. I'm not even going to talk about Kamille because she is just a lousy predictable character.
The only character that I thought had something going on was Kyle. I'm not saying she was well written but she was a bit deeper than her sisters. Kyle is the youngest and shes extremely rebellious because of her father's death. She does pot, watches porn and drinks vodka OH and she makes out with her step brother. Just a normal day at the "Romeros", anyways I thought Kyle's story was the most interesting and had the most potential but they would only give her two pages every twenty pages while they focused on Kamille and Kass' boring predictable stories.
As I said before the Kardashians have lost their appeal to me, not fashion wise but I realize they are not as great as I thought. It's truly sad that just because celebrities have money and fame they can get away with writing books like this. I'm talking about Lauren Conrad, Snooki, Hilary Duff etc. Some people work for years to get their books published and these people get it handed to them, they even have help and their books still stink.I wouldn't mind if they wrote a book on their experiences or their secrets to beauty but NO MORE unimaginative novels. It's an insult to writers everywhere. I think I was being nice when I gave them two stars because I thought they only deserved one for actually writing a book. No ghost writer here, but the second star is because I don't hate them and I would still watch their show but like I said I'm no longer in love with them.
December 4, 2011
There is a lot I could say about this book but I'll stick to one point. I hope the person who proofread this book was working pro bono. Or should I say...I hope the person, who proofread ths, book like, was working like, probono? *sigh*
August 7, 2017
It's a Kardashian book. Exactly as expected. Easy read.
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April 3, 2012Review of Dollhouse
The book Dollhouse was an interesting book because new events were always going on. For me it was a little hard not to picture each character as the Kardashian sisters because the book is based off them. I really did like that each chapter was a different character because it brought out each character’s personality. This book also showed that not every family is perfect and families come with the good times and bad times. In the book it explains that the family is a pretty tight knit family. But once Kamille lands a job in modeling, things start to come apart. Kamille starts spending less and less time with her family. Everything starts to unravel when Kass sleeps with Kamille’s boyfriend not thinking because she had been drinking; and later finds out she is pregnant with his baby. It is hard for Kass to keep a secret from her sister, whom she typically confides to for everything. At the end of the book Kamille is about to marry this man, but Kass holds the secret in until then to tell Kamille. When Kass finds Kamille’s soon to be husband cheating on her again with another woman, she hurries to tell Kamille and breaks down and says that she is also pregnant with his baby. The two sisters stop talking to each other for a very long time. Then in the end of the book Kass goes into delivery. Kamille is the very last one to show up in the family because she was still really heartbroken that her sister had completely betrayed her. This goes to show that family is forever and no matter what you do they will always be there for you, and there is always room for forgiveness. I really liked how this book shows that no family is perfect; every family comes with problems, it’s just a matter of how the problem is dealt with. I would defiantly recommend this book to most girls because it is a very interesting, heart-filled book. I wouldn’t recommend it to most guys because it deals with mainly girl characters and is seen from a girl’s point of view.
The book Dollhouse was an interesting book because new events were always going on. For me it was a little hard not to picture each character as the Kardashian sisters because the book is based off them. I really did like that each chapter was a different character because it brought out each character’s personality. This book also showed that not every family is perfect and families come with the good times and bad times. In the book it explains that the family is a pretty tight knit family. But once Kamille lands a job in modeling, things start to come apart. Kamille starts spending less and less time with her family. Everything starts to unravel when Kass sleeps with Kamille’s boyfriend not thinking because she had been drinking; and later finds out she is pregnant with his baby. It is hard for Kass to keep a secret from her sister, whom she typically confides to for everything. At the end of the book Kamille is about to marry this man, but Kass holds the secret in until then to tell Kamille. When Kass finds Kamille’s soon to be husband cheating on her again with another woman, she hurries to tell Kamille and breaks down and says that she is also pregnant with his baby. The two sisters stop talking to each other for a very long time. Then in the end of the book Kass goes into delivery. Kamille is the very last one to show up in the family because she was still really heartbroken that her sister had completely betrayed her. This goes to show that family is forever and no matter what you do they will always be there for you, and there is always room for forgiveness. I really liked how this book shows that no family is perfect; every family comes with problems, it’s just a matter of how the problem is dealt with. I would defiantly recommend this book to most girls because it is a very interesting, heart-filled book. I wouldn’t recommend it to most guys because it deals with mainly girl characters and is seen from a girl’s point of view.
January 12, 2012
I'll admit, I'm a fan of the Kardashians (though Kim I could probably do without). Still, I set my expectations really, really, really low with this book. So, I was pleasantly surprised by the pacing and overall direction the book took. Kourtney, Kim, and Khloe or their publishing company did a really good job in choosing their collaborator (Nancy Ohlin) and editor (Tessa Woodward).
I mean, don't get me wrong, this is hardly groundbreaking literature. The beginning of the book was a bit hard to get into because you're thinking of the Kardashian girls and Kris and Bruce Jenner when you read through the setup of the characters and their personalities. It doesn't help that the names are all so alliterative, and it does take a while to get over the dumbness of the name Kass, or Kassidy with a K (no offense to any real Kassidys reading this). But as you read on, you do start to separate the characters from the real life family, which is, you know, the point of fiction anyway so that was good.
It's a pretty easy read, and I thought the execution was better than Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy series (if we're going to compare reality show stars' chick-lit books). L.A. Candy was based too heavily off LC's experiences with reality TV whereas reality TV only has a tiny cameo in Dollhouse. The characters are also better balanced in Dollhouse. I'm not sure whether or not this will become a series but there were some random side plots that were left open-ended or unnecessary for a one book.
This is definitely a book to borrow instead of to buy. People will probably be turned off by the fact that this was written (or "written," whichever you prefer) by the Kardashians, but it's actually not that bad (and not that transparently predictable).
My favorite line from the book? "Straight A's were forever. Men most definitely were not." Oh Kassidy, you're a krazy khick.
I mean, don't get me wrong, this is hardly groundbreaking literature. The beginning of the book was a bit hard to get into because you're thinking of the Kardashian girls and Kris and Bruce Jenner when you read through the setup of the characters and their personalities. It doesn't help that the names are all so alliterative, and it does take a while to get over the dumbness of the name Kass, or Kassidy with a K (no offense to any real Kassidys reading this). But as you read on, you do start to separate the characters from the real life family, which is, you know, the point of fiction anyway so that was good.
It's a pretty easy read, and I thought the execution was better than Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy series (if we're going to compare reality show stars' chick-lit books). L.A. Candy was based too heavily off LC's experiences with reality TV whereas reality TV only has a tiny cameo in Dollhouse. The characters are also better balanced in Dollhouse. I'm not sure whether or not this will become a series but there were some random side plots that were left open-ended or unnecessary for a one book.
This is definitely a book to borrow instead of to buy. People will probably be turned off by the fact that this was written (or "written," whichever you prefer) by the Kardashians, but it's actually not that bad (and not that transparently predictable).
My favorite line from the book? "Straight A's were forever. Men most definitely were not." Oh Kassidy, you're a krazy khick.
January 28, 2012
I'll admit, I'm a fan of the Kardashians. Still, I set my expectations really, really, really low with this book. Okay, I don't want to hear it. Please don't mistake my rating as me thinking this book was good. It wasn't. At all. Nonetheless, it was like a terrible soap opera or grisly car crash. With every chapter of this ludicrous book I just laughed more and more. I don't think this book could have been more terrible if it tried. And that's what makes it so hilarious to me, since I think the Kardashian sisters were trying to make this a legitimate book. It's an easy, mindless read, and the central conflict is actually a bit intriguing. However, if you truly expect this book to do that conflict justice, then remind yourself who the Kardashians are. And yes, if there is another one I will read it. Don't start with me....
February 10, 2016
DNF only because I wasn't feeling it at all
December 17, 2024
Dålig men typ lite intressant i slutet, det gick tillslut att läsa ut hahaha
May 18, 2012
Meet the Romeros, Mom Kat, sisters, Kassidy, Kamille and Kyle. The Romero's life is turned upside down when husband/dad David Romero dies suddenly and they have to sell their house for something more modest. A life insurance policy allows Kat to buy a defunct restaurant in West Hollywood. Then she marries Beau, a retired Dodger pitcher, and he add his kids, Benjy and Bree, to the family.
Then one of the sisters is "discovered" and becomes a model which forces the entire family into the spotlight. It doesn't take them long to realize that being a celebrity in L.A.'s "gilded dollhouse" isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Dollycas's Thoughts
I know what you are thinking, this is just another spin-off from the Kardashian television series and you are right, but don't we always say authors write about what they know. This is what these girls know.
Seriously, I do enjoy their t.v. show, one of my little guilty pleasures, but I really hadn't planned on reading this book until my twenty year old daughter said "Mom, you have to read this book!" She loved it!!!! So I read it. It is a very fast read and at first I thought I was wasting my time until the dialogue started sounding just the way they talk to each other on the show and the way my daughter talks to her friends. Then I started to realize that if the authors were not the famous Kardashians with all the hype, the story wasn't bad. A Young Adult novel about a dysfunctional family trying to function in the Hollywood spotlight.
Yes, Kassidy is based on Kourtney, Kamille is based on Kim, Kyle is based on Khloe, Kat is based on Kris Jenner but this is a fiction story. Perfect and fun for those older teens and twenties girls to read and enjoy. Like my daughter they would love it. So my daughter would give it five stars, an old lady like me would give it a three so I'll average that out.
Then one of the sisters is "discovered" and becomes a model which forces the entire family into the spotlight. It doesn't take them long to realize that being a celebrity in L.A.'s "gilded dollhouse" isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Dollycas's Thoughts
I know what you are thinking, this is just another spin-off from the Kardashian television series and you are right, but don't we always say authors write about what they know. This is what these girls know.
Seriously, I do enjoy their t.v. show, one of my little guilty pleasures, but I really hadn't planned on reading this book until my twenty year old daughter said "Mom, you have to read this book!" She loved it!!!! So I read it. It is a very fast read and at first I thought I was wasting my time until the dialogue started sounding just the way they talk to each other on the show and the way my daughter talks to her friends. Then I started to realize that if the authors were not the famous Kardashians with all the hype, the story wasn't bad. A Young Adult novel about a dysfunctional family trying to function in the Hollywood spotlight.
Yes, Kassidy is based on Kourtney, Kamille is based on Kim, Kyle is based on Khloe, Kat is based on Kris Jenner but this is a fiction story. Perfect and fun for those older teens and twenties girls to read and enjoy. Like my daughter they would love it. So my daughter would give it five stars, an old lady like me would give it a three so I'll average that out.
February 20, 2012
The credits list both a collaborator and an editor, so I can only assume that these people are the writers rather than the delightful Kardashian sisters. I imagine a marketing scenario wherein a ghost-writer and an editor find themselves unwillingly participating in a series of uncomfortable sit-downs, endless drunken text messages, and random emails relating soap-opera-esque ideas mixed with thinly veiled personal anecdotes. (The most horrible of these being a scene in a club where a drinking buddy pees in a club booth with her skirt hiked up rather than waiting in line for the bathroom, and then veils the smell by pouring a bottle of gin on her crotch. Classy.) The forced theme throughout is supposed to be family/sisterly love, but what really comes across are the repeating themes of desire for fame and money, and the overriding narcissism that drives both.
July 30, 2016
Saying this book was an utter waste of time would be an understatement. First off, this is not a stand alone novel like I first thought, but there will NEVER be a sequel. I guess, it just wasn't as popular as the Kardashians' thought for some reason. So, the story ends with more questions than it answers. There really is no sustenance to the story. It was boring at best and something anyone could write. This story is more about character development and relationships than action, but it even fails at that when only one character truly changes. I wouldn't buy the sequel even if there was one. This book wasn't terrible though. It's not an adult book though. This reminds me of a badly written YA with no relate-able characters. Maybe, it is terrible actually.
July 22, 2022
It's an actual trainwreck. Like you just watched a physical train go off the tracks and you cannot look away, it's that bad. First off, the premise is so eerily similar to the Kardashians real life that you are left questioning how much of this actually happened to them (especially the whole step sibling relationship drama). Plus the plot holes! Every chapter was like a different story from the Episodes app, so many things just got left or were introduced entirely too late for anything to be done about it. I swear I lost brain cells. But hey, if you ever want to read an episode of the Kardashians here you go. It is so bad its good (but in a way that I would never actually call this book good).
June 2, 2012
I love Kim and I love KUWTK but I still had lower than low expectations for this book. I didn't like it that much. The names of the characters for a start were awful, the storyline was poor and the writing even moreso (which is an insult to whoever actually wrote the thing). I know it was based on the sisters and it was easy to picture them as the characters with awful names. A sequel? Probably not. If you must read trash like this then I suggest Lauren Conrad's LA Candy books or her new Fame Game books. Again nothing literary award winning but still a fraction better than Dollhouse.
June 9, 2015
I'm gonna go out on a limb here- I'm not a big fan of the Kardashians, and I am not a fan of this book. But why did I get it in the first place you ask? To be honest, I don't really know and I guess I wanted to give it a shot, and immediately regret it. This book is like looking at blank pages- it's worth nothing period.
I know that I'm being mean, and I don't like being mean, and just because I didn't like it doesn't mean that YOU shouldn't like it, but if you're in a reading slump and in the mood for ' a guilty pleasured' read, I would this a try.
I know that I'm being mean, and I don't like being mean, and just because I didn't like it doesn't mean that YOU shouldn't like it, but if you're in a reading slump and in the mood for ' a guilty pleasured' read, I would this a try.
November 19, 2011
This book is written worse then the Twlight Saga. It lacks any plot, imagination, and character development. Dollhouse is an obvious smoke screen for the authors' true lives. It would have been better if they wrote a tell all autobiography, then trying to pass this off as fiction. Anyone with half a brain can see that the three "heroines" of the novel are Kim, Kourtney, and Khole. Show me an original plot and I'll consider this a well-written book, so far I have found nothing.
Want to read
December 31, 2011I'm ashamed to even be listing this quite honestly. I won't give the Kardashian's a dime of my money but I do have to admit to being slightly interested in whether she/they/any of them are actually able to write.
If I find it someday for free I'll probably read it but I won't actively seek the book out or pay a penny for it.
If I find it someday for free I'll probably read it but I won't actively seek the book out or pay a penny for it.
May 12, 2016
I'm giving it 4 starts because, for the type of girly, easy read it is, it was great! Couldn't put it down. Obviously not the best thing written but I'm judging it as a 'celebrities wanting to write a chill fiction about girly drama and pretty much their life' and it didn't disappoint!
April 9, 2012
Eh, what to say...I probably shouldn't have given this book the time of day to begin with. But it wasn't a complete waste of paper.
January 4, 2016
Lol I can't believe this was actually a book.
March 25, 2018
This book was impossible for me to read in print, however it was the perfect audio book to be playing while quilting. Nothing to heavy where you have to focus, but still entertaining.
March 11, 2018
not at all what I was expecting. This story is about a possibly fake family with fake experiences. However it does sound trashy enough to be them. Maybe they just changed their names for grins.
January 9, 2017
I ran across this book as I was cleaning shelves in the library last week, and was curious enough to bring it home and give it a shot over the weekend. It is the fictionalized story of a family similar enough to the Kardashians' that even someone not very familiar with them could see bits of their public personas in it. Kamille, Kass, and Kyle are all sisters who are dealing with the death of their father 5 years ago in very different ways. Kass copes by burying herself in her university studies and being the perfect daughter. Kyle, 16, is your stereotypical rebellious teen into drinking vodka, watching porn and going to parties and doing drugs. Kass attaches herself to whatever man she dates - she doesn't listen when friends and family tell her that he is up to no good, instead it's all roses and champagne in her mind.
These three girls' lives change practically overnight when Kass, the pretty sister, is discovered at a coffee shop by a high power model agent. She is launched into the Hollywood celebrity scene and the book revolves around the way this fame impacts her whole family's lives.
The most unfortunate thing about this book is the fact that it isn't very long, only 288 pages, and it tries to have too much happening in it. There are a couple storylines that are simply dropped near the end of the book, leaving the reader just hanging there. Apparently, they were hoping for a sequel, but this hasn't come to fruition.
The best thing about this book is the enjoyment factor in that it is 110% fluff. It doesn't even try to pretend to be anything other an a retelling of the Kardashian's lives through an only slightly fictional lens. It let me turn off my brain for a couple hours and relax.
There is nothing earthshattering about this book. It is not the next best thing, or even all that well written. It does make a good beach or airport read, as long as you're not too embarrassed to be seen in public reading it.
These three girls' lives change practically overnight when Kass, the pretty sister, is discovered at a coffee shop by a high power model agent. She is launched into the Hollywood celebrity scene and the book revolves around the way this fame impacts her whole family's lives.
The most unfortunate thing about this book is the fact that it isn't very long, only 288 pages, and it tries to have too much happening in it. There are a couple storylines that are simply dropped near the end of the book, leaving the reader just hanging there. Apparently, they were hoping for a sequel, but this hasn't come to fruition.
The best thing about this book is the enjoyment factor in that it is 110% fluff. It doesn't even try to pretend to be anything other an a retelling of the Kardashian's lives through an only slightly fictional lens. It let me turn off my brain for a couple hours and relax.
There is nothing earthshattering about this book. It is not the next best thing, or even all that well written. It does make a good beach or airport read, as long as you're not too embarrassed to be seen in public reading it.
January 13, 2015
Phew! Thank God that’s over! It wasn't the worst book I’ve ever read, but it certainly was one of the most vapid, it was like watching the worst episode of KUWTK on an infinite loop.
I've wanted to hate read this one for years, but I promised myself I would not pay one thin dime for this tree murdering slorefest, so when I finally managed to get my hands on a free copy – well, I won’t say I jumped at it, it’s been sitting around waiting to be read for months and I've been studiously avoiding it, but I figured, hey, it’ll be the last book of 2014, which has been a really shit year anyway, so let’s get this bitch over with so it can’t ruin next year, right?
I feel ashamed of myself – Dollhouse is terrible but I kept reading it, even though I didn't care about any of the characters or what happened to them. I put down The Master and Margarita for God’s sake, but I kept reading this drivel?! At least with Master, the storytelling was wonderful, it’s just that I found the characters so incredibly unlikeable, I just got to the point where I didn't care what happened to them anymore, I just didn’t want to be around them one more minute. But at least Bulgakov’s characters inspired something in me, even if it was revulsion, all these K’s just bore me to tears, so why do I keep reading? Is it because it is so bland, so inoffensive that it’s just easy to continue on autopilot, just hoping the end will come quickly? Anyway, this silly book makes me think the Master deserves another chance, maybe even that slore Margarita too...
I've wanted to hate read this one for years, but I promised myself I would not pay one thin dime for this tree murdering slorefest, so when I finally managed to get my hands on a free copy – well, I won’t say I jumped at it, it’s been sitting around waiting to be read for months and I've been studiously avoiding it, but I figured, hey, it’ll be the last book of 2014, which has been a really shit year anyway, so let’s get this bitch over with so it can’t ruin next year, right?
I feel ashamed of myself – Dollhouse is terrible but I kept reading it, even though I didn't care about any of the characters or what happened to them. I put down The Master and Margarita for God’s sake, but I kept reading this drivel?! At least with Master, the storytelling was wonderful, it’s just that I found the characters so incredibly unlikeable, I just got to the point where I didn't care what happened to them anymore, I just didn’t want to be around them one more minute. But at least Bulgakov’s characters inspired something in me, even if it was revulsion, all these K’s just bore me to tears, so why do I keep reading? Is it because it is so bland, so inoffensive that it’s just easy to continue on autopilot, just hoping the end will come quickly? Anyway, this silly book makes me think the Master deserves another chance, maybe even that slore Margarita too...
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