Someday, Someday, Maybe

Book 75 of my 2018 Reading Challenge

Someday, Someday, Maybe by Lauren Graham 

Summary (via Goodreads)
Franny Banks is a struggling actress in New York City, with just six months left of the three-year deadline she gave herself to succeed. But so far, all she has to show for her efforts is a single line in an ad for ugly Christmas sweaters and a degrading waitressing job. She lives in Brooklyn with two roommates - Jane, her best friend from college, and Dan, a sci-fi writer, who is very definitely not boyfriend material - and is struggling with her feelings for a suspiciously charming guy in her acting class, all while trying to find a hair-product cocktail that actually works.
Meanwhile, she dreams of doing "important" work, but only ever seems to get auditions for dishwashing liquid and peanut butter commercials. It's hard to tell if she'll run out of time or money first, but either way, failure would mean facing the fact that she has absolutely no skills to make it in the real world. Her father wants her to come home and teach, her agent won't call her back, and her classmate Penelope, who seems supportive, might just turn out to be her toughest competition yet.
Someday, Someday, Maybe is a funny and charming debut about finding yourself, finding love, and, most difficult of all, finding an acting job.

My Opinion
There's nothing wrong with the writing but I don't enjoy these kinds of personalities in real life so reading about them is grating, especially if the main character gets what she wants by chance or falling into everything.  So it was a rough start for me that turned into a pleasant surprise because I was ready for more of the story but the book was over.  It ended on a good note because she was finally turning into an actual character and not an annoying stereotype.

Quote from the Book 
"I don't know what happens in between today and the night of my career retrospective. But on the bright side, I can picture those two things at least, can imagine the events like bookends, even if the actual books on the shelves between them aren't yet written."