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Behind the billboards and premieres, the million-dollar deals and the A-list parties, there’s always been a dark side to showbiz. And the pressures of Hollywood are on display throughout John Green’s adult debut novel, Hollywood, Ending, which spotlights the many pitfalls of what may seem to be the glamorous movie star lifestyle.
Green has been a mainstay of the YA genre, but while The Fault in Our Stars made me cry as a teenager and Looking for Alaska had my middle school self in a chokehold, I wasn’t sure if his adult foray would capture me similarly. Boy was I wrong—and gladly so.
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