Mallory (onmalsshelf) Bartel 's Reviews > The Final Revival of Opal & Nev

Thank you Simon & Schuster and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

It's with a really heavy heart that I say that The Final Revival of Opal & Nev was a disappointment for me. While the writing from Dawnie Walton was gorgeous - I'll definitely read her next novel - I found myself not caring what happened to any of the characters besides Sunny, Opal, and hearing the resulting of the story about Sunny's father.

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev will be a favorite for someone, but it just wasn't mine. There are plenty of five star reviews so please know that I am the odd one out.

I started off reading this galley on my Kindle, but I just couldn't get into it. Therefore, I waited until I could get the audio from my library. If you're looking to pick this one up, I do highly recommend the audio. The audio queen Bahni Turpin herself being apart of the full ensemble audio should be reason enough to listen to it on audio, if you like audiobooks. So S/O to my library and Libby for having this on audio.

I loved Daisy Jones and the Six and was really looking forward to another fictional biographical take on a music act. Hear me out, Walton was very successful in taking on the biographical nature of Opal and Nev's story. However, between the executives at the music label, Nev, Nev's agent, and Chet the confederate flag waving, Trump supporting musician - I got tired of being annoyed at the 'woe is me' celebrity problems.

I LOVED following along Sunny's mission on taking on this biography and tackling the industry as an editor-in-chief. However, the point where Nev's agent decides to royally screw her over about took me over the edge - but I guess every store needs a 2/3 act issue that will be resolved. I do like how the issue was resolved, just hated the issue.

We need more badass when in the journalism industry that don't take 'no' for an answer from celebrities, thanks Dawnie for giving us a glimpse of that.