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DNF 27% I also tried reading The Mystery of Mrs. Christie and got equally as far, but both times Marie Benedict’s writing feels like she just read the Wikipedia page about these famous women and then tried to write historical fiction about them in the first person. She has a very forced, unnatural way of feeding the reader the biographical information without a sense of really bringing the celebrity to life. She also makes the narrators annoyingly naive-sounding instead of strong heroines.

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informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I found I actually enjoyed this fiction work about Hedy Lamarr. It has inspired me to want to read a biography on her, which I have already added to my TBR pile .

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inspiring

4.75

hkan's review against another edition

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emotional informative slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

bookcase16's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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3.0

The storyline was great, and I love historical fiction based on real life characters. However, 2/3 of the book is in the character’s prior to the US world and then the rest seems very rushed. It was slow once she makes it to Hollywood then maybe the last 30 pages it all happened. So, a huge pacing issue for me. Boo.

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