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viloccorb's review against another edition
3.0
This was a pretty quick and easy read. It was enjoyable enough, although a bit disconnected.
momlovesbooks17's review against another edition
4.0
A novel based on the life of Bonnie Parker and how she met Clyde Barrow. It doesn't go very far into the crimes that they commit together more of Bonnie's back story. I enjoyed it.
kiperoo's review against another edition
5.0
This book is such a marvelous tease, introducing the reader to Bonnie Parker and her dramatic, desperate world before she meets Clyde Barrow. Told in Bonnie's super voicey voice, the story navigates first love (not with Clyde!), poverty, speakeasies, and crossing the line from churchgoing good girl to gangster, all leading up to a bang of an ending. Although this is an adult historical, YA historical fans will absolutely love Bonnie's story!
jacieandbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Looking forward to the sequel! I wouldve liked less details in part one and more details in part two, but Im excited to see what the author does with Side by Side.
leeve_me_alone3217's review against another edition
2.0
I'm confused. Anyone else? I think this should've been it's own thing, not Bonnie and Clyde. Just me?
jackaroni_with_cheese's review against another edition
It’s marked as read, but I could only suffer through about a third of the story. I’m not the only person who has a fascination with Bonnie and Clyde. I devour everything I can on them. When new information is discovered, I’m all over it. So, when a historical fiction (my favorite. Have I said that somewhere before?) was being released I thought, “hooray! A new spin on a real tale that I love.”
Nope.
Walsh takes everything but the names away from real people and turns their story into utter drivel. I understand creative liberties are taken with historical fiction. That’s the fiction part of this adventure (thanks for explaining that to me, me! You’re welcome, me.) But this... This is facts be damned!
Zero out of ten, would not recommend.
Nope.
Walsh takes everything but the names away from real people and turns their story into utter drivel. I understand creative liberties are taken with historical fiction. That’s the fiction part of this adventure (thanks for explaining that to me, me! You’re welcome, me.) But this... This is facts be damned!
Zero out of ten, would not recommend.
sjj169's review
4.0
3.5 stars
After reading a fictional telling of Lizzie Borden I pick up this book next. Another couple of people in history that I am completely fascinated with: Bonnie and Clyde.
I may have a weird fixation with the baddies of history. Stop judging me.
This started at a young age for me..once I saw this.
This story is mostly all Bonnie's.
Not much is known of her early life so this author takes some liberties and fills in for us Bonnie and Clyde junkies what might have happened. AND she makes it believable.
The Bonnelyn Parker that is shown in this book starts off as a good girl. She gets good grades in school, goes to church every Sunday, takes care of her poor family and is loyal to her childhood sweetheart Roy.
Then her bestie Blanche talks her into going into a speakeasy one night with her....and her life changes forever.
"Saint Bonnelyn" is shocked but her family needs the money so now she is working serving up drinks and singing at the club. She ends up marrying her childhood boyfriend Roy (right before she turns 16)
and turns out he loves the club even more than she does.
Roy and Bonnie's relationship is a pretty rocky one and he ends up leaving her. (He is pretty much a turd and then I read that in real life he left her more than this book even says.)
Bonnie is shedding her good girl ways but they still are part of her...so when she meets her friend Blanche's boyfriends brother Clyde she knows that the way she feels around him and the way he looks at her can't be nuthin but trouble.
I liked this different look into Bonnie's life. It made me even more curious into her life..I just wish there was more available about her. I did find that she wore Roy's ring up until her death.
I'm actually ready for this author's next book where she goes into the life that Bonnie and Clyde shared together.
Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review.
After reading a fictional telling of Lizzie Borden I pick up this book next. Another couple of people in history that I am completely fascinated with: Bonnie and Clyde.
I may have a weird fixation with the baddies of history. Stop judging me.
This started at a young age for me..once I saw this.
This story is mostly all Bonnie's.
Not much is known of her early life so this author takes some liberties and fills in for us Bonnie and Clyde junkies what might have happened. AND she makes it believable.
The Bonnelyn Parker that is shown in this book starts off as a good girl. She gets good grades in school, goes to church every Sunday, takes care of her poor family and is loyal to her childhood sweetheart Roy.
Then her bestie Blanche talks her into going into a speakeasy one night with her....and her life changes forever.
"Saint Bonnelyn" is shocked but her family needs the money so now she is working serving up drinks and singing at the club. She ends up marrying her childhood boyfriend Roy (right before she turns 16)
and turns out he loves the club even more than she does.
Roy and Bonnie's relationship is a pretty rocky one and he ends up leaving her. (He is pretty much a turd and then I read that in real life he left her more than this book even says.)
Bonnie is shedding her good girl ways but they still are part of her...so when she meets her friend Blanche's boyfriends brother Clyde she knows that the way she feels around him and the way he looks at her can't be nuthin but trouble.
I liked this different look into Bonnie's life. It made me even more curious into her life..I just wish there was more available about her. I did find that she wore Roy's ring up until her death.
I'm actually ready for this author's next book where she goes into the life that Bonnie and Clyde shared together.
Booksource: Netgalley in exchange for review.
redlikeroses's review against another edition
5.0
Becoming Bonnie was a breath of fresh air for me.
Lately I had been disappointed by most of the books I picked up and was slowly starting to dissolve into the dreaded reading slump. When I picked up this book in the library I expected a popcorn book, something to enjoy and forget about a month later. That did NOT happen. Reading this book I was fully enthralled as the piece pulled me into the colorful world of the twenties and I was fascinated by the rich characters. It follows Bonnie Parker, the infamous criminal, before she turned to crime. It leads you down a path where you really do start to understand why she started on the path to infamy with her lover, Clyde, in the future. The ending was a bit rushed in my opinion but did not take away from the experience at all. Overall, it was a rich experience that I would recommend to anyone with interest in historical fiction, but if you are looking for heavy action and crime, that really won't happen here. There are tense moments with action but that isn't the main focus of the book. The characters, specifically Bonnie, are the focus in the book. Because of the prose and development, this book earns five stars for me.
Lately I had been disappointed by most of the books I picked up and was slowly starting to dissolve into the dreaded reading slump. When I picked up this book in the library I expected a popcorn book, something to enjoy and forget about a month later. That did NOT happen. Reading this book I was fully enthralled as the piece pulled me into the colorful world of the twenties and I was fascinated by the rich characters. It follows Bonnie Parker, the infamous criminal, before she turned to crime. It leads you down a path where you really do start to understand why she started on the path to infamy with her lover, Clyde, in the future. The ending was a bit rushed in my opinion but did not take away from the experience at all. Overall, it was a rich experience that I would recommend to anyone with interest in historical fiction, but if you are looking for heavy action and crime, that really won't happen here. There are tense moments with action but that isn't the main focus of the book. The characters, specifically Bonnie, are the focus in the book. Because of the prose and development, this book earns five stars for me.