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Let's Just Say It Wasn't Pretty (2014)

by Diane Keaton(Favorite Author)

2.86 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0812994264 (ISBN13: 9780812994261)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House

review 1: This is the kind of book that most New York publishers would salivate over. Imagine: a major, Oscar-winning movie star dishes about Hollywood, the stars she's worked with, and the life she's led. Can't miss, right? Unfortunately, Diane Keaton's new autobiography misses in a major way. In fact, you can't even call this an autobiography; it's so jangled and uneven that you have trouble caring about what's written. Ms. Keaton talks at length about growing up and then growing old; about make-up and clothing; about her penchant for wearing hats (she thinks her hair is too thin); she jumps from one subject to another so frequently and with no resolution that you'd swear this was meant to be stream-of-consciousness. She discusses her co-stars, movies, and Woody Allen only in pass... moreing; at one point in the middle of the book she drops the bombshell that she's been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and then quickly moves on to something else. That's it. One line in the middle of the book. No resolution, no follow-up. I admit I lost interest early on and started skimming.
review 2: awful book. I haven't read her previous autobiography, and maybe that was more substantial, with this one pulled together as a cash grab when the first one sold well? Just speculating, but as a stand-alone this had little to recommend it, even for someone like me who likes Diane Keaton as an actress.One disjointed, light essay after another about how she accepts/embraces some aspect of her appearance (smile, face, eyes, hair, clothing style). Overall effect is self-negating -- if you have to go on at great length about how you've come to terms with your thinning hair, it starts to seem as though you haven't. less

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