This led to various portrayals of Davies as a talentless opportunist. Juliette sees Rayna as a has-been, while Rayna sees Juliette as a talentless bimbo. The two step-sisters are portrayed as talentless would-be divas. But not in the annoying, auto-tune, and talentless way. Saalomon Vesipruul, one of the protagonists of the first part, is a talentless aspiring writer. She wins Jonas for herself, while Anna is still seen as a talentless runner. Later, Letov characterized these recordings as "talentless curiosity", "baby talk", and "shame and reproach". Phillips's first novel, "The Talentless Miss Pigeon", was turned down by publishers. King took pride in steering the talentless away from show business.