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Twitch Upon A Star: The Bewitched Life And Career Of Elizabeth Montgomery (2012)

by Herbie J. Pilato(Favorite Author)

2.69 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1589797493 (ISBN13: 9781589797499)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Taylor Trade Publishing

review 1: This is a textbook example of how not to write a biography: gather a bunch of random quotes from magazines, pull comments from some old interviews, subjectively praise everything the star does, then blend it together in an order that makes no sense. There is mixed-up chronology, unrelated comments about something else tossed in the middle of a paragraph, asides about people that often have nothing to do with the actress, and some of the poorest writing style ever in a major star's biography. It's hard to believe this had an editor. At over 400 pages it's way too long, includes too many large chunks from other books (bordering on breaking copyright laws), and is too subjective to give a far view of the actress or anyone else. (He really slams Agnes Moorehead.) And the autho... morer constantly calling the actress "Lizzie" will drive you crazy (especially since it appears there were times that she didn't like that name used.) I still can't figure out some of Montgomery's life story after reading this--the marriage information is so confusing that I tried to go back and re-read sections but it was so bad the first time I just gave up. Believe all the bad reviews--though there may be a few interesting tidbits you didn't know before, this book isn't worth digging through in order to find them. One of the worst Hollywood biographies ever.
review 2: Have you ever wondered what a star crazed fan would talk about if you were locked in a room with them for 5 hours? This book is just what you would get if you were locked in a room with that star crazed fan. Herbie babbles endlessly on totally useless, pointless facts. There is a considerable amount of time spent going back and forth, back and forth. I feel a little time and editing would have made for a great biography, but unfortunately there was a little too much star struck fan and not enough 'writer/biographer' for my liking. less

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