* Taylor Jenkins Reid can write and write well. I've felt before that I will read anything she writes, and I still feel that way. I didn't love love this, but I enjoyed it overall. 
 * I was really into the book in the beginning, especially after getting to the Evelyn sections. I liked the setting, and I enjoyed the way Reid wrote the characters' voices in the 50s and 60s. 
 * I've learned a good bit about Hollywood history pertaining to actors' sexuality, and some of the way Reid wrote certain Hollywood situations didn't sit right. I feel like she didn't research the details as thoroughly as she maybe should have or could have. This excellent review delves into that in more detail. 
 * Assuming the script writers correct the details for accuracy, this would certainly make a fantastic movie script. 
 * I hope Reid keeps pushing herself and writing the stories she's drawn to, but I hope if she goes into the past again, she does so with the willingness to do the historical research necessary to make the story more plausible. 
 3.5 stars, rounded up for the chutzpah to write "the other" and to try something different.