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A review by cammmiam
All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani
DNF - December 2015.
As someone who loves the previous work by this author, I am amazed by my reaction to her latest story. I thought this book was made for me, with my love of Old Hollywood, but I could not have been more wrong.
The characters are so incredibly wooden. It's as if since these are real people she couldn't be bothered to give them personalities. The dialogue also went on forever; this isn't a positive when the characters are so flat.
I hope Ms. Trigiani's future books return to historical fiction or contemporary fiction about Italian Americans and families because that is where she excels with character, dialogue, setting, emotions, etc. I cannot recommend this story at all.
As someone who loves the previous work by this author, I am amazed by my reaction to her latest story. I thought this book was made for me, with my love of Old Hollywood, but I could not have been more wrong.
The characters are so incredibly wooden. It's as if since these are real people she couldn't be bothered to give them personalities. The dialogue also went on forever; this isn't a positive when the characters are so flat.
I hope Ms. Trigiani's future books return to historical fiction or contemporary fiction about Italian Americans and families because that is where she excels with character, dialogue, setting, emotions, etc. I cannot recommend this story at all.