America, 1981: Turning the World Upside Down

Jennifer Connelly

I could accept the musical adaptation at first, since I remembered the main characters fairly well. But the novel adaptation is just ridiculous. Without the writing skills, relying solely on a rough outline to claim to be a top-tier author and faithfully recreate the original work is just wishful thinking. Author, are you dreaming? It's so damn fake!

It's well-written. I've bookmarked it. In the 1980s, the only American actresses who fit our aesthetic standards were Jennifer Connelly, Brooke Shields, and Phoebe Katz. Madonna is another one. Europe, on the other hand, had more.

The disconnect between the mind control cheat system in urban novels and reality is too strong.

Phoebe Katz

Phoebe Keyes pictures Jennifer Connelly I've never understood why some people say such a beautiful woman has a short blooming period... Go look up her recent exhibition. She's 55, and in great shape.

The main character seems too conservative!

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I feel the author's career is too diverse, especially musicals; I suspect not many people know about them.

There are so few books about American entertainment these days, and even fewer that are as smoothly written and readable as this author's. However, the timeline in this book is a bit messy. I looked it up on Baidu: Phoebe Katz was born in 1963, and Connery in 1970—a seven-year age difference. It's hard to imagine a sixth-grade elementary school student being best friends with a college freshman; it feels a bit forced to create the childhood sweetheart pairing.