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A review by mountie9
All the Stars in the Heavens by Adriana Trigiani
3.0
The Good Stuff
Brings flesh and life to a forgotten scandalous event that happened during the golden age of movies
Author obviously did some serious research into this one and you can also feel her love for her subject matter
Loved reading about a couple of my favorites, David Niven and Hattie McDaniel and lets face it that time in Hollywood history was so very fascinating
Made me feel for those involved in the movie industry could never be themselves
Loved the banter between Gable and McDaniel - seriously this would have been so risque in anywhere but Hollywood during the time. A black woman flirting with a white man - in anywhere else this would have been shocking to people (Makes me love Hollywood a little and Gable a little bit more)
Enjoyed learning a bit more about Loretta Young
Some absolutely beautiful poetic writing at times
Every scene with David Niven is a delight, hoping he was as wonderful in real life
The scenes between Alda and Loretta are the heart of the story
Made me want to do some research into Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Spencer Tracy and David Niven
Sad how an actress could get pregnant an lose everything, but nothing would happen to the actor who got her pregnant
The Not So Good Stuff
At times it just feels like the author is just telling you what the characters are doing and feeling rather than having the story flow
I do have a problem when someone one gives thoughts and feelings to a real life person - not a bad thing, its just something I have a hard time coming to grips with
Man Loretta Young married such a jerk, for such a talented actress she really had no sense when it came to men
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"You can cut the 'sir' stuff."
The deckhand swallowed hard. "But I'm British, Mr Gable. We sir from the start."
"A ditch digger with a British Accent could walk through the gates of MGM, and Louis B. Mayer would sign him up. An American ditch digger would walk through the same gate and be escorted off the lot. There's something about you people. You sound like you have culture."
"That's why there are so many babies in the world. It's called winter."
"The movies, for a paying customer, could be entertaining and uplifting, but for those who worked on the inside, there was a seven-day-a-week grind with little reprieve from impossible schedules and demanding talent."
"A good father doesn't make a child feel unsafe, unworthy and unwanted and your husband made me feel all those things and still does."
"Nobody thinks about the children," Alda said. "I know they're matinee idols, but they're real and they have lives, and their children have feelings."
3.5 Dewey's
I received this at the HarperCollins Indigo Fall Preview Event & I don't have to review - but I like to share and Cory and Shannon do such a fabulous job of highlighting their books, I want to share - even though this one wasn't my favourite
Brings flesh and life to a forgotten scandalous event that happened during the golden age of movies
Author obviously did some serious research into this one and you can also feel her love for her subject matter
Loved reading about a couple of my favorites, David Niven and Hattie McDaniel and lets face it that time in Hollywood history was so very fascinating
Made me feel for those involved in the movie industry could never be themselves
Loved the banter between Gable and McDaniel - seriously this would have been so risque in anywhere but Hollywood during the time. A black woman flirting with a white man - in anywhere else this would have been shocking to people (Makes me love Hollywood a little and Gable a little bit more)
Enjoyed learning a bit more about Loretta Young
Some absolutely beautiful poetic writing at times
Every scene with David Niven is a delight, hoping he was as wonderful in real life
The scenes between Alda and Loretta are the heart of the story
Made me want to do some research into Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Spencer Tracy and David Niven
Sad how an actress could get pregnant an lose everything, but nothing would happen to the actor who got her pregnant
The Not So Good Stuff
At times it just feels like the author is just telling you what the characters are doing and feeling rather than having the story flow
I do have a problem when someone one gives thoughts and feelings to a real life person - not a bad thing, its just something I have a hard time coming to grips with
Man Loretta Young married such a jerk, for such a talented actress she really had no sense when it came to men
Favorite Quotes/Passages
"You can cut the 'sir' stuff."
The deckhand swallowed hard. "But I'm British, Mr Gable. We sir from the start."
"A ditch digger with a British Accent could walk through the gates of MGM, and Louis B. Mayer would sign him up. An American ditch digger would walk through the same gate and be escorted off the lot. There's something about you people. You sound like you have culture."
"That's why there are so many babies in the world. It's called winter."
"The movies, for a paying customer, could be entertaining and uplifting, but for those who worked on the inside, there was a seven-day-a-week grind with little reprieve from impossible schedules and demanding talent."
"A good father doesn't make a child feel unsafe, unworthy and unwanted and your husband made me feel all those things and still does."
"Nobody thinks about the children," Alda said. "I know they're matinee idols, but they're real and they have lives, and their children have feelings."
3.5 Dewey's
I received this at the HarperCollins Indigo Fall Preview Event & I don't have to review - but I like to share and Cory and Shannon do such a fabulous job of highlighting their books, I want to share - even though this one wasn't my favourite