Secrets of the Model Dorm
by Amanda Kerlin, Phil Oh
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Author: Amanda Kerlin, Phil OhEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-21
ISBN: 0743298276
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Book Reviews of Secrets of the Model Dorm
Book Review: Every Stereotype and Cliche Covered
Summary: 2 Stars
This book was very mediocre, but I read it until the end. You have the party girl gold digging eastern european who speaks in 3rd person and screws Russian mobsters, check. Black girl who was kicked out the dorm for being a baby mama and who could dance, check. Sweet as pie christian who has the favor of the lord on her and all good things happen, check. Playboy french charmer modelizer, check. Bitchy boss/agent with gay happy boy assistant, check. Meh!
The protagonist is nice enough, but very laissez faire about everything. She CLAIMS to want to be some big model but wants to do none of the work for it. Sure, she goes on some castings, but the girls spend like every single night partying and getting drunk, then refuse to ever workout yet expect to drop weight. They whine about the "lucky bitch" who DOES get up every morning to workout and ends up snagging a huge campaign, yet don't put 2 and 2 together that maybe they should also workout. She goes to the gym for half an hour ONE time the whole book, big whoop. Then wonders why she isn't working. NONE of the girls in that dorm are working, so I don't know if they should even be called models. Just party girls who want to bitch about everything.
The "love story" is weak at best. They go on 3 whole dates in 6 months, two of which he doesn't kiss her or anything, yet she's soooo wrapped up in him to the point that she won't date anyone else. You can tell that he's some slick talking suave playboy but she decides to take his side even when someone nice and helpful clearly has her best interests in mind and has done no wrong. Weak plotline with Row-Bear for sure.
I too hated the inconsistent accessories like other comments mentioned. One moment jimmy choos another louboutins, get it together!
Quick enough read, but not that exciting. Knew what was coming a mile away (not to mention we start the book 6 months in and then go back to lead up to it, so we are literally told what to expect) and it was way too cliche so there were NO surprises.
How convenient that she meets this guy who gives her a super high paying job for no reason whatsoever and then gets her into college JUST as her modeling is falling apart. And her one big break in the WHOLE book happens on the day something else occurs, oh wow, suspense and "what will she do??"...yawn. She's whining about the industry yet didn't put any effort into being a part of the industry, just felt like a silly girl who liked the IDEA of modeling.
Summary of Secrets of the Model Dorm
Eighteen-year-old Heather Johnston gets the opportunity of her life when she is signed by a premier New York modeling agency. She leaves her small Virginia hometown behind for dreams of Vogue spreads and a luxurious loft overlooking Central Park. Arriving in Manhattan, she is instead given the key to a cramped one-bedroom downtown apartment furnished with bunk beds and IKEA floor samples. Her roommates are exotically beautiful girls boasting a considerable array of vices, including alcohol, cocaine, backstabbing, and fabulously expensive haute couture. Despite their humble quarters, they form an unlikely family. By day they shuttle between castings and shoots, and at night they come to life in the VIP rooms of New York's hottest clubs. While this world is fast-paced and fun, Heather soon questions whether modeling is the fairy tale she imagined it to be. When she gets a part-time job at a prestigious gallery and discovers a passion for art, Heather realizes she might be ready to say good-bye to her dreams of wealth and celebrity and follow a different path.Fun, campy, and ultimately full of heart, Secrets of the Model Dorm takes readers behind the scenes of the world's most glamorous industry -- exposing all of its dirty little secrets and what it really takes to make it -- or break it -- as a model.
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