Elimination Night by Anonymous

So this book is written by Anonymous, the reason being given on the back cover, that the book is “so hilariously accurate about the inner workings of the talent show machine that it had to be written anonymously”. And the book does seem like it could be accurate about that sort of stuff, although around that the book isn’t too serious as it is all built around the laughs.

The story focuses on Sasha King. Her boyfriend is off in Hawaii concentrating on his “surfing career” whilst she is in LA earning enough money to follow him over, but also to allow herself time to write her Novel of Immense Profundity.

Sasha works on the production side of “Project Icon”, an X-Factor/Pop Idol show. They are starting their 13^th season and star judge-based-on-Simon-Cowell Nigel Crowther has quit to set up a different, rival reality show.

The pressure is on.

First a new panel of judges needs to be found, which is easier said than done (funny bios, all sorts of negotiating etc.). They arrive at three, although they don’t exactly click. The auditions takes place but ratings for the series are down which carries consequences. “They’re giving us one episode. No ratings, no more show. Our elimination night.”

Luckily the controlling company gets into trouble over a rigged-bingo show so “the ratings of a televised singing competition were no longer at the top of Big Corp’s agenda.”

Along the way Sasha finds herself too.

The book is all for the laughs, the happenings are outlandish although there is a believable element to the details underlining everything. The book did get rushed at the end though and maybe a joke or two were repeated but overall an enjoyable read, and I’ll be looking out to see what Anonymous does next.

I got this book through Amazon Vine. It is listed HERE.  

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