Anti-Social Media, by Kate Beth Heywood
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"The savagely funny debut novel" Constance Anderson is a scriptwriter... without a script. But this isn't a problem until, by random stroke of fate the Hollywood diva Jennifer Roberts announces on American primetime television that Constance is writing her next movie. This is news to Constance; how the hell did that happen? She is jettisoned to fame overnight and faces a race against time to write the script. With the help of an unscrupulous 'agent' and a hostile ghost writer, Constance battles her way to Hollywood through the onslaught of social media, trolls, a philandering boyfriend, and leaked naked photographs... Social media paves the way for an unknown scriptwriter in a comedy of misunderstandings and miscreants, and finally an ounce of good luck.
Anti-Social Media, by Kate Beth Heywood- Amazon Sales Rank: #521744 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-03-09
- Released on: 2015-03-09
- Format: Kindle eBook
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. I always hate to do this By MojoFiction I always hate to do this, but a word on my star rating - I thought the book was not exactly 4 stars, but it was better than 3, so I rounded up. Take that how you will.The novel Anti-Social Media, by first-time author Kate Beth Heywood, describes itself as "savagely funny." In its own unique way, that statement is entirely true, but I would say that it's situationally funny. For me, there were a few laugh-out-loud moments, but mostly the humor existed on a steady flow of amusement as one bad decision after another created one unimaginable (but still actually plausible) situation after another. The characters are, one and all, miserable people who treat each other poorly and utter enough profanities to make David Mamet blush. And they do nothing but bring destruction on themselves. Even though Constance finds herself swept up and hardly in control, you get the feeling early on that she's not famous for her street smarts.Despite how that might sound, I thought the characters were well-drawn and the choices they made felt organic and not forced. After all, what does Constance have to lose by joining up with supposed agent Martin Pyle? What does Martin have to lose by swooping in to represent her before anyone else can? It's not unrealistic for a young and famous person, such as Jennifer, to obsess over what the media and paparazzi are making of her all over the internet. And when it gets bad, what would she do?However, I did feel that the author drew from the same well a little too often. For example, we get the idea that Martin is an utter slob with a large, visible collection of pornography. It leads to some humor, but becomes stale after a while.The author's decision to keep the main characters on separate, but somewhat parallel paths was interesting. It worked because it built up the anticipation of these two meeting head-on later in the book. But ultimately that seemed to fizzle out because, as the novel progressed, I thought one character became stronger and I wanted the focus to be on that one. That character has more a pronounced journey that reflected the title and theme of the book. I also thought that journey could have been deeper. The material was there, but I thought the author held back a little.But, you know, that might bother you in the least bit. I share because that was my experience.I like Kate Beth Heywood's writing style. She has a dark sense of humor and a good feel for comic situations, the dialogue is good (even if it's heavy on the foul language), and her characters are interesting. I wanted to know what was going to happen next at the end of each chapter and so I kept on reading. That's the name of the game.Finally, as someone who engages in social media, I have to admit that I found myself a few times thinking "Take that!" when a character in the novel got shafted on social media. I suppose that just proves the author's point.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. I was pleased to find that she–like me–is fleshing out her dreams ... By R. Giesecke When Kate Beth Heywood swerved into my blog and started following me, I was pleased to find that she–like me–is fleshing out her dreams of publishing books. And she has done so here.I’ve swerved into a few books thus far because of the blogosphere. And since I have now forced myself become a “one-book”reader, instead of emotionally and mentally balkanizing myself into a lifeless, procrastinatory fog, I have to get to each of them in order.This one is the lone exception, for two reasons. One, the book is not very long, and two, it is not one that intends to take the reader very far past the second dimension. And this is on purpose, and makes sense. Why? because it is about the two-dimensional world of social media, and how disaster is waiting right around the corner when two-dimensional people are armed with said ordinance.In short: a young, aspiring screenplay writer (Constance)is flailing away in the margins. One day, the mega-star actress (Jennifer)she follows on Twitter accidentally follows her back–against her policy of following anyone. This lone “follow” gets her sandbagged by an interviewer, and instead of copping to her thumb-stumble and denying she knows the writer, runs headlong into a narrative about how much she loves her work.Needless to say Constance is now trending like wildfire. And thus a narrative that neither of them want to give up is in place. And an endless series of lies, double-deals, an malevolent, self-loathing mistreatment of underlings takes place. Social media only makes things worse, and all parties attempt to ameliorate huge missteps in social media with social media.Without giving away too much, let’s just say that Constance knows nothing of the business, seedy managers, underhanded and duplicitous secretaries and the like. And they manage to show up. And everyone is in it for themselves. And people get hurt. And killed. And arrested.The book really does illustrate in sometimes laugh-out-loud moments, generated primarily by the inescapable shallowness of all involved, that the business could very well cut close to this in real life. This is why one thing I appreciate about the author is she did not try to overdevelop characters that are really stuck in maturation infancy. They are shallow, and so there is no need to go back to “high school, 1985″ to try to present us a sociological backdrop by which to see them.I’m reminded of Seinfeld here, insofar as much of that show’s strength lie in the structure of “four people talking at a diner table.” Not one of them is in a conversation with anyone else–they are all four–wrapped up in their own insular worlds without being physically isolated from a anyone. Much of this book has that feel to it.To her credit, the author messaged me in Goodreads to say she appreciated me buying, and ultimately reading her work, because she knows it’s not “what I would usually read.” She most likely means that this novel does carry a fair amount of F-bombs and assorted pejoratives. I for one appreciate that kind of respect, as I am a writer that completely abstains from those things, unless they are warranted.However, in its intended scope, the book does very well. The story is very linear, so following it does not require one to make antediluvian leaps in the brain. And oddly enough, it would make a pretty nice screenplay adaptation in its own right–a statement from me which is completely true at the outset–an asset that, had the primary character possessed, would have saved her from a mess of trouble.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Good for a giggle! By Angela Z From start to finish I could not put this book down. For me that is unusual - I have a very short attention span!The characters, and style of writing in this book are a total joy. Honest, no-frills, and wickedly real. But most of all, believable, and in the end, loveable. The story of Constance, a would-be scriptwriter, and Jennifer, a self-obsessed monster of a celebrity, are engaging, and at times, laugh-out-loud hilarious! The men in the story are realistically disappointing. No cringingly unbelievable muscle-bound hero to rescue our flawed heroine, I am happy to report!The way the story is woven around a backdrop of almost constant social media interference, is to me, extremely relevant to the way we live our lives in 2015. I look forward to reading further books from this Author.Well done, Kate-Beth Heywood!
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