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hippywife

(22,767 posts)
7. Meh. Fifty pages in and
Mon Apr 13, 2015, 04:38 AM
Apr 2015

it's really terrible, actually. So far it's just a laundry list of the self indulgent life of the rich and famous, lots of name dropping. Worse is that it reads very much like a laundry list, almost as if she whipped out old calenders and just transferred what she found into paragraph form: first we did this, then we went there and did that, with these people, and on and on and on. Can't even seem to work up any emotion in the retelling of her relationship with Jack Nicholson, which so far takes up much of the narrative.

Very flat, dry and boring, no depth or charm yet to be found at all.

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Wandering into non-fiction... hippywife Apr 2015 #1
Anjelica Huston has always struck me as an intriguing person. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #2
Meh. Fifty pages in and hippywife Apr 2015 #7
Well, that's a bummer. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #14
Sadly another fifty pages hippywife Apr 2015 #18
Hello, everyone! Thank you for the thread, scarletwoman. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #3
Hi, Enthusiast! I hope you find something good to read! scarletwoman Apr 2015 #4
Thank you, scarletwoman! At Play in the Fields of the Lord sounds good. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #5
Ah! I've still been avoiding Steve Hamilton, because the synopses I've read of his books scarletwoman Apr 2015 #13
You are welcome to be a Euro-snob. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #21
You aren't kidding hippywife Apr 2015 #19
That is beautifully said, hippywife. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #20
I'm right there with Mrs. Enthusiast. hippywife Apr 2015 #23
You are so correct! Enthusiast Apr 2015 #24
My latest Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #6
Welcome to DU! cyberswede Apr 2015 #8
Nice to be here! Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #11
Welcome to DU! I'm delighted you've found the Fiction group! scarletwoman Apr 2015 #15
Hello, Susannah Elf. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #22
Watergate by Thomas Mallon pscot Apr 2015 #9
It does sound interesting. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #16
A little over halfway through hermetic Apr 2015 #10
It's been a few years since I read the entire "Girl" trilogy. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #17
Quick note: Yes, I got my book back from the pharmacy. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #12
See? Good karma. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #25
You're so sweet! Actually, "good karma" probably had very little to do with it. scarletwoman Apr 2015 #27
Finished We Need New Names Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #26
Wonderful review! scarletwoman Apr 2015 #28
Likewise I'm sure! Susannah Elf Apr 2015 #29
James Ellroy's Perfidia Tom Ripley Apr 2015 #30
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