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Valley of the Dolls
Valley of the Dolls
Author: Jacqueline Susann
ISBN: 27765
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Book Type: Paperback
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scrapbooklady avatar reviewed Valley of the Dolls on + 472 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 10
Although "Valley of the Dolls" was written in 1966, neither the plotline nor the message is dated. Susann asks whether having everything you ever wanted really is the key to happiness. There is a reason why this book has remained a bestseller and continues to enthrall a new generation of readers.
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Helpful Score: 4
This has been added to my "guilty pleasures" shelf: it's entertaining, easy to read, and provides an indulgent glance into a life I will probably never experience. Although this was published over 40 years ago, the story line is not dated. Things have changed since Jacqueline Susann penned this drama, but the novel's overall themes and the main characters' misadventures are still relevant to those of today: sex, marriage, success, drugs, social status, money, greed, happiness; all are questioned and toyed with in "Valley of the Dolls."
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Helpful Score: 3
This is the kind of book I like to read while sitting on the beach. The kind of book you read for fun when you need a break.

The "Dolls" refers to the three women in the book (who are friends sometimes and then not other times) and also to the pills (they call "dolls") that they take.

It seems like a silly book at initial glance (especially with the pink cover) but after finishing the book I was left thinking about women, friends, circumstances in life and how we make our choices of what to do.
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Helpful Score: 1
I have never seen the movie and decided to read the book first. What a great book! A racy book for the time period that it was written in.
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Helpful Score: 1
trashy romance novel with pill poppers
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I really enjoyed this book. It was very difficult to put it down.
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A wonderful classic!!!! These stories are better than ANY drama you could see on TV. Loved it; 5 stars!
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I could totally see how this book flew off the shelves in the 60's and how it inspired a movie. It was SCANDALOUS! I wouldn't really describe it as well-written but I flew the through the 450 pages thanks to the juicy storyline. The book basically chronicles 20 years of the lives of three women who are involved in show business. It follows them through drug addiction, endless partying, mental hospitals, and suicide.

Overall, I'd recommend this to anyone looking for a quick enjoyable read. Although it is quite long and it did take me a while to get into, once I did, I could hardly put it down.
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FROM THE PUBLISHER
First published in 1966, Valley of the Dolls rocketed to the top of The New York Times best-seller list and went on to sell an unprecedented eight million copies. Unavailable in paperback for over fifteen years, Jacqueline Susann's sensational story of three pill-popping, Gucci-clad show-biz women (whom she modeled after Judy Garland, Grace Kelly, and Marilyn Monroe) is back!
swarmina avatar reviewed Valley of the Dolls on + 9 more book reviews
Read this book in 7th grade with the cover peeled off, hidden undercover while I had the mumps. It was delightful and exciting!
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Not a dull page in the book!
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Very good book
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This is one of those books that transcends the generic novel, and takes at least a few steps towards literature. A great illustration of the impossible situation the opposiing forces of society and humanity can create.


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