A Show for Two

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I had really high hopes for A Show For Two after reading Counting Down With You last year, but overall I feel like Tashie Bhuiyan’s sophomore novel fell short of the bar I had set. While the premise of the novel sounded so interesting and had so much potential, I think it ultimately ended up being CDWY but in a different font. The novel also had so many plot arcs, characters, and themes clashing with one another that it was hard for me to connect to any of the romance. Of course, as nice as trying to remember a book I read months ago to then write a review of the ARC that literally got published a WHILE ago, while trying to sound as coherent and responsible as possible.There are no scenes inside the Pont de l’Alma tunnel: we cut from the sound of the crash to the phone ringing at Balmoral. The decision has been made to dub out all dialogue in which someone breaks the news of Diana’s death; their mouths move in silence, and we focus on the reactions. Why do this? If it’s for reasons of taste, then why have the camera capture the bewildered face of little Harry as he mouths the word “no”? Good taste would mean leaving this scene to our imagination, rather than intruding upon the worst moment of someone’s life for the purpose of entertainment.

this book has hate-to-love, a poc romance since mina is bangladeshi and emmitt is half-chinese (his hair is dyed blond on the front cover as part of his undercover scheme, hence his darker natural roots!), a celebrity love interest, a complex sister relationship, in-depth discussions of mental health, a chaotic film club, loads of gen z antics (since i'm gen z myself), and nuanced family dynamics as the main character navigates her last year of high school. Marking a moment of clarity in the journeys of our graduating students, our Shows provide a window into intense periods of learning and experimentation. New from the author of Counting Down with You comes a sparkling YA romance about an aspiring screenwriter who falls for the indie film star who goes undercover at her school. the parents are literally identical in both these novels. same kinds of toxic, OTT villainess. it's so weird. i genuinely felt like i was experiencing deja vu?? Thank you Netgalley for ruining my expectations once again. If a celebrity doesn't call me sweetheart or love- Dang it, I need a life.

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i liked seeing actual bangla in a book, even though it was just the MC's name lol. still cool to read it tho Does Mina like any specific directors? Cinematographers? Composers? Is she excited about any new releases? She apparently likes screenwriting, so who’s her favorite? She doesn’t even step foot in a movie theater until Emmitt **Rents One Out For Her.** Does she care about the politics of the entertainment industry, its history or future accountability? USC's film school serves as this distant green light at the end of the bay, but USC is a 1. primarily for grad students and 2. highly specialized and specific. So what part of the industry is she truly passionate about?

but, uh. this is genuinely one of the worst things i've read lol. like cdwy was terrible too, but at least that had SOME plot? SOME structure? i really can't fathom how you can take a pretty interesting concept as this and just make it so offensively bland. Join us in celebrating their powerful creative ambition through work that reflects the energy and dynamism of a world in motion. As time has gone by (literal months to provide an accurate albeit exaggerated timeframe) and the fangirling feelings I had once upon a time for this story started to diminish and make clear all the flaws I was too lazy to find previously, I’ve decided that this was an ‘alright’ book. i loved this story so much, i love mina rahman so much, and the romance that blossoms between her & emmitt was very sweet. there's something so genuinely enamoring with the way that tashie bhuyian writes her ya romances and i will read every single one of them for as long as she continues to write, i know that for certain. a little side note here: for those that don't know, bangladesh is a very artistically rich country. our entire culture holds artists, poets, singers, authors and filmmakers in high regard. they're seen as the lifeblood of our nation. so i really think it would have been cool if mina's parents were supportive of her and understood her art, but she faced conflict elsewhere. like, she's a WOC trying to make it in the film industry--there could have been so many nuanced, important discussions on the barriers she'll face for simply being of colour. i also think it would have been amazing to see discussions on bangladeshi directors, films and how mina is inspired by their storytelling techniques. instead, her film is about some bland love story despite her bragging about how diverse the film club is lmao???THE MAN OF THE HOUR! EMMITT, MY MAIN MAN. What a soft boi? I loved him. His thoughtfulness, the attention to Mina's mental wellbeing while also not drawing attention to it and risking her acting out as a defence mechanism (because she would. She was feisty). He was great. When he saw her at a low point and brought her to her favourite place, I almost had a meltdown? it always hits when you can see how the story is unraveling at a slow pace and you can practically tell where things might go but yet it leaves you overcome all the same. mina's determination to keep her eyes on the University of Southern California because she believed it was her one & only chance to escape her parents was like witnessing a film reel unravel at the seams and the further the line went, the blurrier the images became until mina herself was left to wonder what she really was trying to chase after. the trauma she's experienced under the scrutiny of her parents who clearly didn't think she could aspire to be anything else but a disappointment to them was an incredibly hard pill to swallow, and what made it even harder were the memories that mina recounted of the days where it wasn't all like this--where she and her parents loved each other genuinely. to see how much it fractured over the years and the icy distance split between her and them felt so concerning that even when it seemed there was a spark of mina who wanted her parents to see her, and not some caricature, seeing her place clear boundaries and rise above the disgusting comments her ma and Baba make towards her meant so much to me. Diana dies in the final season of The Crown, but that doesn’t mean she leaves. So vital has the Princess of Wales become to the Netflix drama that the show can’t manage without her: she appears as a sort of ghost, materialising on the plane home from Paris to comfort a distraught Prince of Wales, and on the sofa at Balmoral to give the Queen some friendly PR advice. You may also opt to downgrade to Standard Digital, a robust journalistic offering that fulfils many user’s needs. Compare Standard and Premium Digital here. The romance was adorable; their "dates" filming and taking pictures for Emmitt's contest were super cute and I enjoyed it. I also really liked the amount of representation. The main character is Bangladeshi, Emmitt is half-Chinese, and half-Spanish, and Rosie is a lesbian and has a sapphic relationship with another character who is bisexual. There's also mental health representation since Mina struggles with depression.

When set against real-life events, The Crown’s dramatic reconstructions feel limp. The sight of William and Harry walking forlornly behind their mother’s coffin in news coverage from that day is still wrenching. Here, shot in close-up, it barely registers. Morgan has to invent lines of dialogue to give the scene more emotional power. “Why are they crying for someone they never knew?” William asks the Duke of Edinburgh. “They’re not crying for her,” Philip replies, “they’re crying for you.” as an aussie living in the suburbs, you gotta give me something. i don't know shit about american cities, even ones as famous as new york.

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my biggest issue with this story is that it literally is a carbon copy of tashie bhuiyan's debut. if you've read that, you've read this. if you've only read this, don't bother to read cdwy because you already have! it's like a shitty two-for-one deal you didn't want. Wholly heartwarming and enchanting." —Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times bestselling author of These Violent Delights and Our Violent Ends The photography contest was so cuuuuuute!! LIKE YGUIKJHGFGTYUJBVFGYUJ, TYPE OF CUTE. OKAY? WHY AM I SCREAMING? HAVE NO CLUE-