A review by andforgotten
Truly Wilde: The Unsettling Story Of Dolly Wilde, Oscar's Unusual Niece by Joan Schenkar

4.0

The fact that I read a hardcover for this speaks volumes -- and I really did enjoy the biography of Dolly Wilde (and with it the many glimpses into the Natalie Barney salon and other social circles). What bothered me with the book itself was that many chapters seemed to be written as stand-alones, which often led to a rather circular and occasionally superfluous recounting of certain events or quotes. The transitions could've been smoother and the whole thing made more of a uniform whole rather than the sum of its parts, but I appreciate that it was a stylistic choice.