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House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
Sara Gay Forden
3.29 AVERAGE
505 reviews for:
House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
Sara Gay Forden
3.29 AVERAGE
I feel like this could have been more interesting than it was. I'm looking forward to seeing the dramatization in the movies!
I'm not huge into high fashion so a lot of the Gucci business stuff wasn't that intriguing to me and unfortunately took up the bulk of the book. I felt like the murder and trial were glossed over in a rush at the end. So overall, the pacing just felt off. But I can tell it was well researched.
I'm not huge into high fashion so a lot of the Gucci business stuff wasn't that intriguing to me and unfortunately took up the bulk of the book. I felt like the murder and trial were glossed over in a rush at the end. So overall, the pacing just felt off. But I can tell it was well researched.
House of Gucci is an epic tale about murder, glamour and about the guccis, Forden writing just adds cherry to the cake. At the beginning of the book, we see the murder of Maurizio Gucci through the eye of a third man. As the book moves on we learn about the Guccis and their family, the internal rivalries between the family and how Maurizio took up Gucci from his uncle and cousin.
If you are someone who is interested in Fashion & history then I have a recommendation for you. This book is all wrapped up with the emergence of this fashion house and later turns out to be a million-dollar company. In my opinion, the second part of the book is my favourite.
No doubt at times, the book feels a little detail-oriented but I liked reading it.
If you are someone who is interested in Fashion & history then I have a recommendation for you. This book is all wrapped up with the emergence of this fashion house and later turns out to be a million-dollar company. In my opinion, the second part of the book is my favourite.
No doubt at times, the book feels a little detail-oriented but I liked reading it.
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Quite boring, not the page turner I was expecting
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More ~*business intrigue*~ than murder, but a little of Patrizia goes a long way. Beyond the horror of orchestrating a murder, truly a chore of a woman. Excited for the movie!
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Surprisingly, I really enjoyed this. I picked up The House of Gucci with the intent of finishing the book so I could compare it to the movie (which I only wanted to watch because Adam Driver is in it.) I also don’t usually pick up nonfiction so the fact that I enjoyed this is a big deal. This book is expertly researched and does a fantastic job of giving the reader insight as to what these peoples personalities were really like. This book was so thrilling, I enjoyed the family drama and reading about the business growing— I got really invested.
This book was really good, but my reason for giving it 4.5 stars is as follows:
There are a ridiculous amount of characters in this book- many people are mentioned once, some stick around for a page and other longer— but I feel that many of these people (those who aren’t Guccis and we’re only around for a short while) we’re not at all necessary to include in the story. There were also a bunch of random time skips involving scenes with characters who had already died with no mention of a time skip happening— they were just there.
At a whopping 503 pages the book also felt reallyyyy sense at times and was hard to pick up. I did finish it in 4 days— but usually I actually finish books quicker.
This book was really good, but my reason for giving it 4.5 stars is as follows:
There are a ridiculous amount of characters in this book- many people are mentioned once, some stick around for a page and other longer— but I feel that many of these people (those who aren’t Guccis and we’re only around for a short while) we’re not at all necessary to include in the story. There were also a bunch of random time skips involving scenes with characters who had already died with no mention of a time skip happening— they were just there.
At a whopping 503 pages the book also felt reallyyyy sense at times and was hard to pick up. I did finish it in 4 days— but usually I actually finish books quicker.
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