A review by emmaj_xo
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen by Greg Jenner

Did not finish book. Stopped at 16%.

I very rarely DNF a book, especially not so early on! But it became clear very early on that I am not the target reader. I find the conversational style rather grating and somewhat condescending, and I can’t bear historians sharing personal opinions. I don’t want to you to tell me that someone was a “plonker”, give me the facts and I’ll come to that conclusion myself. The thematic approach also means there’s a lot of jumping around across different figures and historical eras, when I was perhaps expecting a chronological history. I think I would have preferred a few detailed case studies to what is essential a brief history of numerous historical celebrities.