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living2travel2 's review for:
The Queen of Paris: A Novel of Coco Chanel
by Pamela Binnings Ewen
This is the story of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel during occupied France from late 1939-1944. We also get a glimpse of younger Coco in 1909 until about 1919. It gives a very brief glimpse of Coco’s younger years and her struggle after her mother passed away and her father abandoned her, to the time where she had a child with Boy Chapel (which is only speculated), and to when France was occupied by Germany and she was in the Ritz with the German officers.
I will say the author really tries to put herself in the shoes of what Coco must have been thinking end how she moving about doing things, which is no easy feat. However, I wish the book did not go back and forth between times. It was a bit confusing ando did not feel it added much context to the “present time” events that were occurring. I also felt that at times the book dragged. There was too much mentioning of what not would do if he was there, but to me, boy played such a little part that why continue to bring him up constantly? I would have much rather learn more of how the game of her Number 5 really came to be but that was barely even mentioned.
Overall, a decent read but it could have been like 50 pages shorter.
I will say the author really tries to put herself in the shoes of what Coco must have been thinking end how she moving about doing things, which is no easy feat. However, I wish the book did not go back and forth between times. It was a bit confusing ando did not feel it added much context to the “present time” events that were occurring. I also felt that at times the book dragged. There was too much mentioning of what not would do if he was there, but to me, boy played such a little part that why continue to bring him up constantly? I would have much rather learn more of how the game of her Number 5 really came to be but that was barely even mentioned.
Overall, a decent read but it could have been like 50 pages shorter.