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Bombshell: The Night Bobby Kennedy Killed Marilyn Monroe by Douglas Thompson, Mike Rothmiller

3.7 AVERAGE

betti75's review

1.0
I wanted to like this, because I love both Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedy's. Well, the cover of this book is beautiful and unfortunately that is the only good thing I can say about it.
I have two major problems with this book. The first is the writing, it is a mess. There is no clear line and it just throws all the information on one page.

The second problem is that the 'evidence'. is hardly evidence. It is all secret files and dead witnesses, conversations nobody can verify and a copy of Marilyn's lost diary.

In short, I did finish the book but I am absolutely not convinced the Kennedy's had anything to do with Marilyn's death and this book did nothing to change my mind.

welshrebel1776's review

5.0
dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

sofied's review against another edition

3.25
dark informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

mike1's review

4.0
This is a good book if you've never read about Marilyn Monroe before but if you've read previous books in the past about her then there's nothing really new in this book that you haven't read already.Theres probably only one or two chapters In this book that previous readers haven't read or know about.
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nerdvanafandomheart's review against another edition

4.0
dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

iona_bryanna's review

5.0
Just mind blowing to see all the facts about what really went on with her death. I always knew she was murdered but very sad what happened to her. But hopefully this book will open up people's eyes to who the Kennedys' were and why they did this.
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zarco_j's review

3.0
Interesting, and engrossing read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

shibaunited's review

4.0
informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

kait_lost_in_books's review

3.0
One for book club and the conspiracy theorists! Did Marilyn Monroe really commit suicide? What happened in the weeks and months leading up to her death? Who was there when she died and could it have been a massive cover up?

Mike Rothmiller was a detective with the LAPD OCID, an independent team within the force charged with collecting information on all the big players in Hollywood, LA and California. His time with the OCID he claims to have found evidence which proves without a shadow of a doubt that both the mafia and the Whitehouse had connections with Marilyn and that her death had been decreed long before she supposedly overdosed on sleeping pills.

This book is really interesting if a bit clunky to read. The inner workings of LAPD From the 1920s up to the 1980s are examined in detail and the levels of corruption discussed are both fascinating and appalling. Reading this post #MeToo also put some real context on Marilyn’s victimhood in Hollywood and the way female stars in particular were viewed as chattel by both the studios and their co-stars.

jayfr's review

3.0
Interesting, and engrossing read.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a copy in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.