Rating: Summary: Better fluff doesn't even come from my dryer Review: I loved this book. It was entertaining, fluffy, informative, and thought provoking.Dunne's was the only book about THE DREADED OJ TRIAL, I wanted to read and I'm glad I did. Living in L.A., we overloaded on the whole thing, but this book took me to places and into heads that I never would have been able to get into. Thanks Dominick, I think I get some more of your work.
Rating: Summary: Wonderful, fun read. Review: Dominick Dunne has done it again! The next best thing to actually being there, "Another City..." sweeps you up and makes you a part of the action. Told in his inimitable style, Dunne names names and leaves you wondering where the real story ends and the fiction begins. This book is must reading for those who seek the guilty pleasure of a good, dishy read. You will NOT be disappointed!
Rating: Summary: Hated the ending! Review: I loved the book all the way through until the end. I HATED the ending! It gave me the creeps. I'm anxious to see what character Mr. Dunne invents to take over where Gus left off.
Rating: Summary: A real pleasure ride Review: I so thoroughly enjoyed the book, that I then read an Inconvient Woman. If you don't mind the name dropping, it's a real glimpse into Dunne's own crisis'. An easy, very enjoyable read. Most fascinating blend of novel and memoir. The book comes really alive if you are at all familiar with the LA area.
Rating: Summary: don't rush to read this one Review: i've liked other stuff by dunne, but found this very pretentious . . . a lot of name dropping . . . not much substance.
Rating: Summary: As Bill and Ted would say "Most Excellent" Review: Having read some of the other reviews, I would like to know why "they" continued reading once they discovered it was not to their liking?? I have been reading Mr. Dunne for years and was not let down in the least. This book was wonderful and every bit as good as his post's in Vanity Fair during the trial. I loved living vicariously through Gus and his adventures. I found the Andy twist fantastic and LOLROMAOTF at the end! Bravo Mr. Dunne!
Rating: Summary: Heterosexual Truman Capote clone without the talent Review: Pick a page, any page, PLEASE, as the recently dead Henny Youngman said. There will be at least one and usually several famous or notorious names, almost always a good friend of Gus/Dominick. Almost unreadable unless you subscribe to The Enquirer or The Star, and good evidence for the vacuity of Vanity Fair since Tina Brown left. Also, it is VERY POORLY edited, with numerous repeats, etc. If you want to read a crazy book about LA trials, try Gary Indiana's "Resentment". Mr. Indiana hated Dunne's book in his review in the LA Times, and also hated Mr. Dunne personally in "Resentment".
Rating: Summary: I was not impressed! Review: I was expecting to really enjoy this book, but I was disappointed. The continuous name-dropping was a distraction, the main character wasn't very exciting, and the ending was disappointing. It took me longer than normal to finish because it kept putting me to sleep.
Rating: Summary: A Giant of Literature Review: The best book I've read in years. Dunne deserves the Nobel. He is The Master of the American novel.
Rating: Summary: WOW! Review: I, too, read this book in a very short time...right thru dinner, much to the chagrin of my husband. I found it fascinating. Dunne did not disappoint me. He told the story in the context of which he reported it. All the people he mentioned cared about the O.J. trial just like us regular, non-rich and non-famous people did. The movie stars and billionaries were transfixed in front of the TV just like I was or the girl next door was. Again, cudos to the author. It was a greta read and a very interesting perspective. I am a medi junkie.
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