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The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by
mountdesertisaak's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
bizlet's review against another edition
There's not enough actual information to go off of. If the book had been set up as either a memoir or a deep dive into monster films and Milicent Patrick that would have been interesting, but the mix of two has too many speculations and tangents that I don't see the benefit in finishing.
Truly, either story would have been great. It's the half-mix of both that's my issue.
Truly, either story would have been great. It's the half-mix of both that's my issue.
annabelle42688's review against another edition
informative
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
As a big fan of the Universal Monsters I found this book fascinating and listened to it within 24 hours.
annamickreads's review against another edition
5.0
I have never been more psyched to read a biography!
Milicent Patrick's life was deeply fascinating, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about film history and women's history. Admittedly, sometimes the casual narration bothered me, but I think because many details of Milicent's life were so scarce, it makes sense to juxtapose the author's life with Milicent's, especially because they were both involved in the same field but different roles (O'Meara works in the film industry specifically as a producer in the horror genre!).
Zippy and insightful, I really hope that in the future we get more biographies about women in the early days of the film industry because it's clear based on Milicent's story alone that there are more stories that need to be told.
Milicent Patrick's life was deeply fascinating, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning more about film history and women's history. Admittedly, sometimes the casual narration bothered me, but I think because many details of Milicent's life were so scarce, it makes sense to juxtapose the author's life with Milicent's, especially because they were both involved in the same field but different roles (O'Meara works in the film industry specifically as a producer in the horror genre!).
Zippy and insightful, I really hope that in the future we get more biographies about women in the early days of the film industry because it's clear based on Milicent's story alone that there are more stories that need to be told.
roseleaf24's review against another edition
3.0
The story of Milicent Patrick is fascinating. She was the designer of the Creature from the Black Lagoon, but in a time of many uncredited workers in the movie industry, the head of the makeup department took all the credit for her work. What she faced working in the movie industry and in a creative career in the 50s and 60s is similar to many of the problems still facing women in creative production fields today. O'Meara is an engaging writer who showed the struggles she faced in her research and connected that to the full unveiling of Patrick's story. I appreciated the connections to the struggles O'Meara has faced, as well, but over a page in each chapter of the author's thoughts about this was a bit much. I wanted the focus to remain more on Patrick, and I also thought the author did a bit too much conjecture as to how Patrick must have felt about various aspects of her life.
pbraue13's review against another edition
5.0
A wonderful exploration of a woman not many people know about, but should! One of the first women to work for Disney and the designer of "The Creature of the Black Lagoon" (among other cool things), Milicent Patrick is and was a woman ahead of her time and it was so nice to see Mallory O'Meara's relationship with MP grow as she journeyed to find out more about her and what happened to her. A great story and a wonderful life.