Scan barcode
A review by alidottie
The Beautiful Strangers by Camille Di Maio
4.0
3 and 3/4th stars
I have not been a fan of historical fiction lately as all the book have had so much tragedy and sadness. So I was thrilled to read this little story about a young girl and a ghost at the Hotel Del Coronado during the filming of Some Like it Hot. It certainly had sad parts, but it was written so that most of that happened "off-stage" so to speak--we knew about it, but didn't have to read the details of the past and experienced instead a hopeful mystery that was being unfolded to us. I liked it more than I expected to when I started it.
I have not been a fan of historical fiction lately as all the book have had so much tragedy and sadness. So I was thrilled to read this little story about a young girl and a ghost at the Hotel Del Coronado during the filming of Some Like it Hot. It certainly had sad parts, but it was written so that most of that happened "off-stage" so to speak--we knew about it, but didn't have to read the details of the past and experienced instead a hopeful mystery that was being unfolded to us. I liked it more than I expected to when I started it.