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Overall, I enjoyed this story, but I was not as engaged as I wish I could have been. I admire the author's attention to detail in describing the costumes, the sets, the scandals, and power dynamics of Hollywood in the 1930's and 40's. There are so many characters interacting with each other; it was sometimes hard to keep things straight, but it was helpful to have the cast of characters at the beginning of the book. The storyline of this book is certainly relevant to today's current societal issues, particularly the #metoo movement and workplace abuse. I enjoyed the main character, Edie O'Dare, and her evolution from actress to gossip columnist. If you appreciate the glitz and charm of old Hollywood, I believe you would like this book.

The studio system was hard on everyone involved but especially women. It was profits over people. The actions of the studios and the moviemakers are vividly described in Do Tell. I felt overwhelmed by the number of characters and would have liked to learn more about some and less about others. The writing is moving and well done. 3 1/2 stars

Am sorry to say this is a very boring book. Does not refer to any of the goings on during the golden years of Hollywood. None of the hijinks of the stars, male or female of that time. Rather sedate gossip is the content of this novel. No reference of the really talented people who wrote, directed and photographed the movie work of that time. Some of the greatest fashion designers were employed in Hollywood as well as the most serious and most hilarious drunks gave us their art. Dozens of magazines about Hollywood stars were published and read. My generation read them in study hall in High school and got into trouble for it. This "Do Tell' novel by Lindsay Lynch has no energy, No laughter or tears to remember.

This book was just meh for me. I thought that it being old Hollywood and a gossip columnist that I would love it.

First of all there were too many characters. Some seemed to be totally unnecessary. I wish that those could have been deleted and more depth on the main characters. I was basically bored and didn’t want to pick it up. The second thing that bothered me was the writing was choppy, nothing flowed. It took me out of the reading experience.

The title is promising and I devoted multiple hours reading this novel only to be anxious to finish. Reading it was like walking into the middle of a movie - wanting to have a beginning to find what the story is about. The characters were indeed interesting and fortunately the author provides a cast list which does help to set the scene. Maybe my popcorn was not salty enough but this was not the novel I hoped it would be.