I’m reading Valley of the Dolls right now and it’s engaging and I’m going to finish it but I find that it’s very surface level. It’s not bad I just want something with more philosophical undertones and prolific social commentary and deeper character development and poetic prose. (To be fair, I’m barely half way through so I might get some of that here.)
I **do no**t want a love story. It can talk abut love and romance but it won’t be the dominant theme. Unless you can convince me that it won’t be too sappy.
by hostesstoastess
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It *was* deep and philosophical (for social commentary) for its time.
Adjusting for inflation, it’d be downright dystopian. So, for readers today, what VotD was for people then, with mass appeal. *Never Let Me Go* comes to mind.