Girl Trouble : The True Saga of Superstar Gloria Trevi and the Secret Teenage Sex Cult That Stunned the World

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Summary: A Five-Star, Mascara-Blurring, Brilliant Book
Review: Darlings, buy "Girl Trouble" by the case, and give it along with a goblet-full of prescription drugs to everyone you know. Bury yourself under a cashmere blanket and revel in the debauchery: Gloria Trevi, visited by the author, surrounded by red roses in the maternity ward, while uzi-toting guards waited outside? I had to gobble Valium and guzzle more Prosecco just to make it through this mascara-blurring chapter. Crystal, the delicate, blind singer, defiled and neglected by Mexico's most shameful and criminal horndog Sergio Andrade? It was a Ciroc-vodka-necessitating weep-fest. It's in everyone's $7,000 white-leather beach tote for St. Barts, it's the apres-ski read in Baddrutt, they will not let you into the lobby of the Gansevoort Hotel without "Girl Trouble."

Rating:
Summary: A compelling story told well
Review: I read this book in two sittings instead of one only because I had to go to work. McDougall skillfully weaves a tale that quickly engulfs the reader. I have to admire the way one is led from sympathy for Sergio and Gloria to revulsion and a thirst for justice. This book demands an epilogue.

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Summary: Exciting subject--boring coverage!
Review: I started into this book, and then read the author bio to see if this was some vanity or self-published project. Instead, this guy has been published by heavy hitters like Esquire! And I drudge away at my hourly writing job...

How can a book about a sex scandal be so uninvolving and...blah? Sure, it's well researched--in fact, it's more like other people's thoughts simply cobbled together--but where the spark, the grace that you expect when you shell out $25 bucks for a book? Nonfiction doesn't mean styleless!!

I finished it, but it was a chore...

Rating:
Summary: She was a victim, too, but....
Review: Page-turner. Couldn't put it down! Christopher McDougall lays bare every lurid detail.

I've seen intrigued by this case since I saw it featured on "Dateline" in early 2001.

I became convinced as I read further into the book that Gloria Trevi, too, was a victim of Andrade's abuse and insatiable need for control, but that does not excuse her part in the sickening affair.

Trevi is no feminist icon - not by a long shot.

Sergio Andrade is a pathetic, disgusting excuse for a human being. He wasn't man enough to deal with adult women so he took advantage of 12 and 13 year olds - CHILDREN.

In September, Ms. Trevi was freed "for lack of evidence" and she is back in demand. Interesting to see if she can make up for the lost time - and if she will try to cross over to English-speaking American audiences. With the oppressive turn this country has taken of late, I don't think her antics will play well in the States.

Andrade will still be tried for his crimes. I hope he gets precisely what he deserves.