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mikearhodes's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
Mini biographies of 13 golden-age-of-Hollywood film stars (inc. Grace Kelly, Fatty Arbuckle, James Dean etc) who all died untimely deaths. This is a book I appreciated on a technical and word-choice level rather than actually enjoying. Drifted too often into slipstream which isn't to my taste. The weaker stories seemed more like biographical info-dumps, but the best stories were engaging and superbly crafted stories. If you're at all interested, go for it.
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