Last Night at Chateau Marmont

A Novel

By: Lauren Weisberger

Narrated by: Merritt Wever

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, a compulsively readable novel about a woman whose struggling singer-songwriter husband is catapulted to fame, dragging them both onto the pages of celebrity gossip magazines—and changing their marriage forever.

Brooke loved reading the dishy celebrity gossip rag Last Night. That is, until her marriage became a weekly headline...

For five years, she’s worked two jobs to support her husband’s dream of making it in the music world. Finally, after countless gigs at Manhattan dive bars and toiling as an A&R intern, the soulful, enigmatic Julian Alter gets signed by Sony, where he logs long hours in the recording studio with no promise of success. But when he is invited to perform on a national late-night talk show, he is catapulted to stardom—literally overnight.

At first the newfound fame is fun—who wouldn’t want to stay at the Chateau Marmont or love being treated like rock royalty? But as Brooke’s sweet husband becomes increasingly absent and tabloid rumors swirl, Brooke begins to question the truth about their marriage and is forced to finally come to terms with what she thinks she wants—and what she actually needs.

Rather Slow

Would you try another book from Lauren Weisberger and/or Merritt Wever?

I would try another book from Lauren Weisberger but I think I'll stear clear of Ms. Weaver's narration.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Merritt Wever?

Anyone.

Could you see Last Night at Chateau Marmont being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Probably not although condensing it all into two hours or so might pick up the storyline sonewhat

Any additional comments?

Ms. Weaver seems to be overly concerned with diction which causes her to overpronunce some words (ex: impordant for important). Her diction is probably just fine naturally without this over pronunciation.
But most unenjoyable is her voice quality. I found I needed to listen to this audiobook with a very low volume as the voice did give me a headache, twice, Please no disrespect or offense meant toward Ms. Weaver.

Why is this titled “Last Night at Chateau Marmont”?

I kept waiting for the story to start. Literally nothing happens throughout the 12 hour read. The plot is in the last two chapters of the book. All we need is a two chapter summary and we can all get along with our day. I picked this title because I thought it revolved around The Chateau Marmont hotel, but it literally only mentions it twice throughout the book. Also it randomly jumps around like a television script and provides no details that would be benefit the reader. Also the main character is unlikable and annoying. Would definitely skip this one, I’m going to get my money back.

loved this!! great original story

This was great, loved the story and thought that it was a great narration. Would love to see this made into a movie.

A Modern Fairy Tale?

Lots of kids dream of being rock stars, but a love that lasts - possible???

Sweet fluff

Feel good book that goes down as easy as a martini at the end of a long work week.