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The Bette Davis Club by Jane Lotter
3.0

2.5 stars for this melancholy, madcap road-trip adventure of modern trustfunders, with a nod to classic Hollywood along the way. I thought there were moments of fun and poignancy, but overall the trip and tale were littered with too many irritating people and scenarios. (I'm also not sure LGBTQ characters and themes were handled particularly well. It's certainly very straight, white, upperclass centric.)