Book: Final Cut

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Author: Marjorie McCownn

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Thank you NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for an advanced audio copy.

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Final Cut tells the story of a Hollywood costume designer Joey. Joey finds a dead body on set and becomes a person of interest in the murder. It’s an interesting story that had a lot of fluff and cringy moments but it did keep me intrigued until the end.

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This book had some interactions with celebrities and it was handled in a very strange way. It seemed like the author was being a fangirl not even the character in the book. The best example of this was Joey’s interaction with Ben Affleck. The way she describes him and how nice he is makes me think that McCown is the founder of the Ben Affleck fan club. It did not feel genuine and it was honestly hard to get through parts like this.

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The other part that bothered me was what I referred to as fluff. There was so much around Joey’s day-to-day as a costume designer that was uninteresting and not essential to the book. I didn’t need to know what celebrities she has dressed and that she has their measurements saved, I didn’t need to know about how she needed to drive around to places, and I didn’t need to know about her day-to-day on the job. I just needed to know what would advance the plot and this was not it.

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When it comes to the actual plot, it did get a little predictable towards the end but I did like the overall story. Every time I wanted to put the book down out of frustration with what I described above I reminded myself that we had a murder to solve and I was right back in.

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Even with my issues I still do recommend this book, especially to those who are interested in Hollywood film culture.

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Final Score 3/5