Rating: Summary: I love name dropping and I love Gus Review: This book is a fascinating expansion of the the trial that gripped America for all those months. My interest was instantly aroused via the Vanity Fair articles by Mr Dunne. The Book - well yes - lots of name dropping and party dropping but hey - if you live it - why not report it - life's too short to be humble - I, for one, am fascinated. Mr Dunne is welcome at my humble table any day of the week.
Rating: Summary: Very gossipy and entertaining Review: Despite the constant name dropping (Princess Diana, Margaret Thatcher, Nancy Reagan, et al), this book was an entertaining read. It doesn't provide a great insight into the trial (it's not meant to) but still, highly entertaining.
Rating: Summary: his most tragic and true book to date Review: i have been reading dominick dunne's books for over 15years now and have never cried as hard as i did at the end of this book when Gus Bailey was killed. It was like losing a good friend as he was in the book People Like Us and I loved the character from that moment. I know that he based the character on himself and that made it even harder to take. The book itself is a magnificant take on the whole OJ Simpson trial fiasco and was written with his usual wonderful style. I would love other readers comments on this book and any others he has written.
Rating: Summary: Nothing But Name-Dropping Review: At first I was amused by Dunne's constant name-dropping, then I was annoyed by it. By the end of the book I was laughing at it. Geez ...do you really think we care that Gus got a second row seat at Eva Gabor's funeral!!! Get a life.
Rating: Summary: C'mon, give Dom a break Review: I think some of the other reviewers are being awfully hard on Dominick Dunne and this novel. Is it really a surprise that a book by Dunne would contain name-dropping? I found this to be a fascinating book which I couldn't put down. It's refreshing to find someone who's unafraid to express his candid opinions about the Simpson case without couching them in legalese or PC rhetoric.As for the unusual ending, it didn't bother me. If Dunne wanted to make sure the Gus Bailey character would never cover another murder trial, I can't think of a more original way.
Rating: Summary: Quick, gossipy, unusual ending. Review: The first 400 or so pages of this book were teriffic, but the ending left me wondering why did it have to happen that way? Maybe it is a personal statement from D. Dunne. That is my only guess. I really enjoyed all the celebs in the book, and it was quick, I read it in 2 days, but if I could ask Dunne to explain the very end to me I would.
Rating: Summary: Found pseudo-memoir format frustrating Review: I enjoyed other Dominick Dunne novels, but I found this one stupid. The memoir/novel format was just his Dunne's personal thoughts thinly disguised as fiction. I kept waiting for the real novel to start and it never did.
Rating: Summary: Good Dish on OJ Trial Review: I liked this book because it was different from other OJ books. As Gus Bailey, Dominick Dunn takes us with him to all those Hollywood dinner parties and get-togethers he was invited to. We sit in the courtroom with him. Hallway conversations, whispered words in the courtroom, clandestine meetings with people who may have important information, and just plain gossip of the rich and famous made this book an enjoyable read. Unfortunately, for those of us who thought OJ guilty, it brings back feelings of frustration also.
Rating: Summary: Like Chinese food, there's a lot, but it's not filling Review: I read this book because my husband brought it home from our local grocery store. That should have been my first clue that something was amiss. I will admit I enjoyed the insider's look at Hollywood's fascination with Nicole Brown and Ron Goldman's murders. Other than that information, the rest of the story left me cold; especially the ending with Andrew Cunannan. Quite a stretch, if you ask me. Don't waste your time with this drivel unless, like Gus Bailey and Dominick Dunne, you just can't get enough of the OJ debacle.
Rating: Summary: A unique look at the OJ debacle. Review: After reading the reviews I found myself laughing. Many didn't like the book because of all the "namedropping". And yet, that's exactly what the book's about, and what makes it so enjoyable. First time I've read Dunne. Found myself glued to all the dinner parties to hear about OJ as well. I did not follow the trial and thought that OJ would probably get a hung jury, until the jury came back wuith such a short deliberation. The book captured it all. And now I realize it caught a lot of my feelings. That OJ is THE KILLER and OJ never really was put on trial.
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