Title: Simpleminded and Obvious
Product review: There's no rule that states that each novel must be an original unto itself. Originality is a rare commodity, and rehashing an old theme can sometimes lead to a new insight.Not here.I SHOULD HAVE STAYED HOME may have caused a stir when it was originally published, but it has not aged well. What seemed ground-breaking now seems routine and trite. Certainly, the travails of young hopefuls caught in the web of moral uncertainty that is Hollywood is nothing new.But while HOME may have been the among the first of many, it is too simple-minded to stand the test of time. At most, it is precocious in its innocence. The characters, who are idealistic to a fault, are annoying at best, and never elicit any sympathy for their troubles. If anything, any character who comes across as this stupid makes the reader yearn for more problems, so that the characters will really know what it's like to suffer. The whinings of a young man who can't be a star does not make for entertaining reading.
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