Millie Bobby Brown's new book is bad

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- barry pierce, famed literary critic (@BarryPierce) September 22, 2023

• Barry pierce reviewed MBB's new book for I-D
• There is a now deleted blogpost from her ghostwriter that reveals Millie handed over some research and the ghostwriter wrote the entire first draft (and subsequent drafts lbr)
• Pierce

Comments

[ellie_andrews]

if i was a celeb having something ghostwritten, you can bet your ass i'd be proof reading it hard lol

[hiimtish]

Maybe she did eek👀

[dadeepish]

Is she still homophobic?

[artemisofluna]

Is who still homophobic?

[yurasama_love]

Does she still have her skincare line?

Idk why these people all do ghostwritten books

[sarahvma]

Her cosmetics are still solid in my local drug store. No idea if it's successful.

[srslyy]

Must be easy money for them, especially if they get a ghost writer.

[hazypink]

i never hear her brand talked about on tiktok or anything but also i only follow people in their 20s and up, it might be popular with the youths, which would make the most sense

[maryjanewatson]

who's expecting this book to be good?

but whatever, if it gets kids reading just bc it's millie, who cares. i just saw a tiktok of a 7th grade teacher talking abt how bad kids' levels are, they're at 4th grade level reading. in the comments there was a teacher talking abt how her class is reading lord of the flies and four chapters have taken them like 3 months to get through or smth, bc she has to keep dumbing things down. it's not even "why are the curtains blue?" and more "what color are the curtains?"

[yurasama_love]

Reading comprehension (comprehension in general) has gone down significantly. Kids don't even ask why anymore

[gimmemoarjosh]

I notice this a lot on Reddit. There are a lot of teens on there (but I am sure a lot of them are adults, as well) and it is really bad.

They can't even have proper conversations with others at all. Always missing the point and going on about something that wasn't even mentioned. It's as frustrating as it is disheartening.

[amalgamade]

You're so right, and unfortunately it's all over the internet as far as I've seen. I have greatly reduced my internet presence in the past 10 years (and it was almost nonexistent in the first place) bc of it. It used to be so frustrating for me to talk to people missing the point until I started to work on my compulsive need to get the last word lol. I've almost had to convince myself that all of them are trolling even tho I know better. :(

[stillglows]

i watched a yt review and the person said that she bets millie "wrote" this book so she can produce and star in the movie version of it lol

[evillemmons]

[evillemmons]

[stillglows]

idk but i guess if either did well she'd be making double the return?

[squirrels_oh_no]

LBR Millie knew exactly what she was doing - this was all to get it turned into a movie which she will star in and produce and with the book she will make even more cash. It doesn't have to be good it just has to make money.

At least Tyra Banks (and her weird middle aged male ghostwriter) said fuck common sense fo Modelland which was just tying into ANTM because that is the peak of celeb ghostwritten novels.

But shout out to the celebs who actually 100% write their own novels, few if any of which have been adapted. Can't think of one at least.

[alienclit]

Modelland is too batshit to be written by anyone other than Tyra. I've read like idk the first 200 pages and it's truly one of the wildest things I've ever read. I cannot believe any professional writer had a hand in that.

[squirrels_oh_no]

Yeah and it took a while (years) to fully come out that some white guy in his 50s did the heavy lifting on creating the horror acid trip that is Modelland. But tbh it's much more readable than many celeb ghostwritten YA novels. The mid-10s were filled with so many packaged books written by authors on commission for a flat rate and it's clear none of them gave their all lmao. But somehow that has since shifted to some authors making their primary earnings doing commissioned tie in novels for marvel and star wars and stuff.

[warwarwar]

Is it fun to read or not worth it?