COURTNEY LOVE: THE REAL STORY

Rating:
Summary: Love to read about Love
Review: Why I like this book:
*hard to put down
*read a couple of times (without being bored)
*fun to skim through when there's nothing else to do
*includes nice glossy pictures
*includes personal letters, notes, etc.

I don't know if the book is 100% true, but it was a great read anyhow!

Rating:
Summary: Pretty Bad
Review: I've never read any of Brite's other books, and this one really doesn't make me want to. I've read it several times, each giving me an even queesier feeling. The book stinks of bullsh*t, especially when one knows Courtney's past behaviors as chronicled in periodicals. That's pretty much all one needs to know to be able to judge her character, which is one of a psychopathic, money hungry compulsive liar. And, since Brite seems to have gotten her info straight from the horse's mouth, it seems dubious this is a trustable source. Even if it all was true, it still doesn't do much for Courtney but make her look like a perrenial loser victim. One only needs to look at her criminal record to see she's a professional manipulator. Oh, not to mention her 180 trip from trashy junkie stripper to hollywood crack actress who plays herself and spends tons of money on plastic surgery, hair extensions and clothes in an attempt to... what? Get people to like her? This book reads as about as plastic and fake as the person it chronicles.