An amazine story about how fame and money can really affect a person. Unfortunatelly I couldn't relate much with the mai character, but it was an "okay" book.

Life in High Def is a story that revolves around its main character, Reilly Ransome who is an Academy Award actress. The story is about her rise and fall and all the different things like her toxic relationships and drinking problem and how she tries to get out of them. Basically we see the price of fame she has to give, how far she falls, and how she gets back up again.

I loved Reilly’s character. Her character was the strongest aspect of the book. In the beginning, I didn’t really like her. She was self-centred and full of toxic relationships and inappropriate choices. But soon we see that at the end of the day, she doesn’t like herself and then her entire character goes through a personal transformation where she decides about the kind of person she actually wants to be. And that's when I started liking her.

All in all, this book was good but it didn't blow my mind. Though I enjoyed Reilly’s character, I felt that the book was a little long. The entire story is very Reilly focused, so we don't see a much role of the side characters and that really bothered me because I love having well-developed side-characters.

This novel is an interesting character study with some surprising plot twists -- which I won't get into -- and insights into what motivates us as humans. You think you know the cast: Hollywood superstar spoiled actress, overwrought stage mother, smarmy agent, predatory entertainment tv press. But beneath these tired memes lies a series of different and more subtle shadings that is at the center of this novel. The spoiled actress winds up in jail on a murder rap, the mother publishes an insightful tell-all book about her famous/infamous daughter, and there is a lot of gay friendship and sex along the way too. This is not a book for everyone, but the characters are drawn with a deft touch that should challenge your preconceptions and make you think about your own life that you may not always live in high definition but on a more mundane level. You might be surprised at what you see in yourself.

I like the story and the book. It is absolutely detailed and precise on the description and on the Hollywood scene.
Sometimes it is slow paced, but overall it is a good read!

I definitely feel that Reilly’s character is the strongest aspect of the book. At first, I didn’t really like Reilly at all. She was self-centered and full of toxic relationships. However, I think that’s actually one of Griffin’s goals because it reflects how out of tune Reilly is with herself. At the end of the day, she doesn’t like herself and because we see the world through her eyes, the readers pick up on it. Her entire character goes through a personal transformation in which Reilly needs to think long and hard about the person she wants to be and the mistakes she has made.

All in all, for me this book was good, but it didn’t blow me out of the water. No matter how much I enjoyed Reilly’s character, the book felt a little long. The entire journey we are in her head so while the lack of setting detail doesn’t weight too heavily, it can get a little claustrophobic there. The entire story is very Reilly focused, so while there are side characters, I feel like they’re only there to advance her own storyline.

I loved this book! I couldnt put it down, it pulled me in with the Hollywood party scene and then got pretty dark for a while there, but the second half of the book was full of substance, got a bit lighter, had some great romance and lots of twists and turns! Some parts were a bit more detailed about things I wasnt as interested in as the dialouge but they were worth it for the rest of the book which was extremely engaging and entertaining. Was sad to finish it!

Life was definitely in high def with this book and with my reading. I thoroughly enjoyed the wild ride this book put me on and the emotion I felt.

I'm debating between 3 and 4 stars..... At first I just couldn't get into the story and I started to skip pages. It got more interesting once the main character woke up on a bench at the beach and I feel like at this point the story kind of turned and became more interesting. It is definitely an interesting mix of glamorous Hollywood life mixed with drugs, sex and scandals and prison life. I liked the idea of the story overall but I caught myself skipping some pages because it was too dull at some points.

Amazing story, beautifully written! Reilly is a celebrity, an actress with one academy award under her belt at the beginning. She is a real party girl, into alcohol, drugs, sex, whatever is happening at the moment. Her Mother is her manager and is always trying to downplay the fact that Reilly is gay. But, in an instant, everything changes and Reilly's life will never be the same again. A tragic incident occurs and Reilly is blamed for it and goes to prison. When she comes out, she resolves to make something of her life. The story is full of action, love, forgiveness, betrayals, friendship but Reilly finally finds what she has been missing in her life. I did find the one explicit sex scene hard to read. It didn't seem to add anything to the story, but was several pages long. But I would still recommend the book.

Life in High Def was a delightful surprise. Reilly is a young movie star whose only hobbies are drugs, parties, alcohol, and sex. She is sent to prison when she kills a jogger while driving under the influence. So much of this book could have been over the top or totally underdeveloped. What we have is a carefully constructed plot with twists and turns that were wonderfully unexpected. There are so many interesting layers to Reilly that you can't help but fall under her charms. We join along in the journey with this young woman as she grows up from party animal to a respectful and caring human being. The dialogue is crisp and intriguing, the writing is polished, and the plot keeps you hooked in. I will say that this novel is a bit long and from time to time we are sent on irrelevant tangents that have not much to do with the plot and are more random memories that Reilly shares with us. Regardless, what I like most about this book is that it is a journey of a soul rather than just a story about some girl. I received a copy from NetGalley in return for an honest opinion.