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Kathy Charles

Autore di John Belushi Is Dead

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Opere di Kathy Charles

John Belushi Is Dead (2009) 63 copie
Castle Freak [2020 Film] (2020) — Writer — 2 copie

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I am fascinated by many dead celebrities. I eat up just about anything to do with Marilyn Monroe, Gia Carangi, Judy Garland, Lucile Ball, etc. However, unlike Hilda (the main character) its not how they died and where and such that fascinates me, its their lives. But, still I found myself identifying with Hilda in a way that I haven't with a character in a long time. Death scares the living shit out of me, it still does, but oddly, this book made it somewhat less scary. Or perhaps I can just acknowledge it better now? I dunno. I loved all of the information about the celebrities the author managed to put in, and I loved Hilda. I also found Hank to be very refreshing. When you find out about his past, its nice to know that it isn't just black and white. What he said and did made much more sense. In the end, this is a nice little story that I was glad to have spent a few days with.

Edit 4/22/12* Re-reading, still liked it just as much the second time around.
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banrions | 7 altre recensioni | Dec 7, 2021 |
I loved the premise of John Belushi is Dead. As someone who is also very interested in the weird and horrifying stories of Hollywood's decadent dead I could relate to the main character and her feelings of fascination and repulsion. The book has great tidbits of information about Hollywood murder and suicides and those parts are really well done. The larger plot lines aren't so well done. I understand there needed to be a bigger story beyond the main character and her friend going around Hollywood gawking at murder sites, but the plot lines involving both the old man she befriends and the boyfriend she makes don't pay out. Both start out promising, hinting at stories untold which could tie into the bigger plot of the Hollywood murders and suicides but they fizzle unsatisfyingly at the end. The end wraps it all up too neatly and left me feeling like it all could have been done much better.… (altro)
 
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castironskillet | 7 altre recensioni | Aug 13, 2013 |
Wow. I absolutely fell in love with this book! I can't wait to see what Kathy Charles does next! :) Amazing.
 
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emily.s | 7 altre recensioni | Apr 10, 2012 |
(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.)

I'm usually a big fan of the surprisingly intelligent MTV Books; but while this latest is I suppose okay for what it is (a simplistic coming-of-age tale about two teens in Los Angeles obsessed with dead celebrities, and the trouble this gets them into one summer), the actual quality of the writing is much more on par with Young Adult than Actual Adult, a kind of clunkiness to it all that's very obviously designed so to not go over the heads of fourteen-year-olds. That's of course not bad if you're fourteen, which is why the book is getting as high a score today as it is; but if you're a grown-up, you'd be wise to skip this teen novel altogether, and shame on MTV Books for not making this clearer on the cover. Bait and switch is always an ugly thing, but especially in the publishing industry.

Out of 10: 7.2
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jasonpettus | 7 altre recensioni | May 4, 2011 |

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