Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins
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Book Reviews of Drop Dead Beautiful
Book Review: MS. THING ALWAYS DELIVERS
Summary: 4 Stars
WHAT CAN I SAY IT'S A JACKIE COLLINS BOOKS, NOTHING ELSE NEEDS TO BE SAID. GREAT READ.Book Review: "Lucky Where Ya Been?"
Summary: 3 Stars
It was good reading about Lucky and the gang after all these years. I see a Santangelo family member is kidnapped again, damn Gino is still living, the women are still being treated like dirt. Lennie seems hen-pecked to me this go round, Anthony you got what you surely deserved. This novel was a bore, I wonder is it because the storyline's the same, and the characters are yawn..Oh, I dosed off there for a minute.Book Review: A Big Disappoinment
Summary: 2 Stars
I am a huge Jackie Collins fan. Lucky is my favorite character of all time. However, I feel Jackie dropped the ball with this book. The plot (though I'm partial to say one didn't even exist) was poorly adapted. The characters were not at all likable (not even Lucky), and the book as a whole was a waste of money. It really pains me to say this but if all future Lucky books are going to be like this one, Jackie really does not need to write anymore.
In this book, Jackie took the character Lucky and turned her into the one thing she's always been against: A DOMESTIC. Lucky was cooking and at home more often than not. I don't know if Jackie did this on purpose to say "Lucky's getting old" or if she's trying to slowly let Max (a name I don't like) take Lucky's place.
I was thinking she would reveal the fact that Lucky had slept with Alex, since Lennie's secret affair came to light in the last book but it was barely mentioned in this book.
Honestly, I waited seven long years for this book and I could barely get through it because it was so horrible. If you're reading this Jackie here are a few suggestions: KILL ONE OR TWO OF THE MAJOR CHARACTERS OFF (MY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GINO AND ONE OF LUCKY'S KIDS). ALLOW LUCKY'S AFFAIR WITH ALEX TO BE DISCOVERED. GIVE LUCKY A NEW FEMALE ENEMY (AS YOU DID IN VENDETTA). GIVE STEVEN AND VENUS MARIA A STORYLINE OR BETTER YET HAVE THEM TO FALL IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER (YES I KNOW THEY ARE BOTH MARRIED, BUT THIS IS FICTION AND ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE).
I HOPE THIS HELPS!
Book Review: Drop dead mediocre
Summary: 1 Stars
Ok, so after reading through the reviews, I see that I'm not alone in thinking this episode in the Santangelo saga was a waste of perfectly good paper. Never thought I'd say it as I've been a huge Lucky fan since I first read Chances 16 years ago, but I think Jackie's lost her edge. Is she just at the point that she knows any old book will sell so she mixes up the ol' Collins formula leaving out anything fresh or exciting and scrambles to get it published?
What's the formula you ask? It goes like this: lead with a mysterious character plotting revenge on another central character; next introduce at least one new character that is stunningly attractive and in the middle of some detailed sex act; talk about central characters from previous novels and how wealthy and attractive they are ad nauseum; have at least one extremely stupid/naive female character plan to meet with someone they shouldn't; include at least one deranged character that has no motive other than their sheer craziness; and most important of all is the token bad mafioso character who must at some point do all of the following: walk into a room with greedy eyes darting around, slap a woman in the face as his pinky ring cuts into her delicate facial skin (I swear, this happened TWICE in Drop Dead Beautiful!), force a woman to give him oral sex, call someone the C-word, etc....
If you're looking for only "the formula" then step right up because Drop Dead Beautiful will not disappoint. But if you're more the nostalgic type like me who can still remember staying up all night breathlessly devouring "Chances" and "Lucky" and being blown away by the sheer audacity of Jackie's characters and their shenanigans, then prepare to be disappointed. You will likely get tired of how insanely happy and perfect for each other Lucky and Lennie are, how old and crotchety Gino has become, how one dimensional ALL the characters are, and especially how blatantly out of touch Jackie is with technology and youth and popular culture. News flash Jackie: if you're going to name-drop real celebrities, try mentioning a few that are actually relevant to this decade!!
Bottom line: I didn't care about ANY of the characters in this book. All it made me want to do is go back and reread Chances and Lucky so I can ask myself once more, "What happened to THAT Jackie Collins?"
Book Review: Absolutely horrible book.
Summary: 1 Stars
This book is absolute trash. I threw it away this morning after only reading 40 pages, if that. I can't even give this book away or leave in a public place for someone else to get because I would feel badly about their reading it.
If you enjoy reading books about the treatment of women as sex objects and have the vocabulary of a 13-year-old, then this book is for you. However, if you have any morality within you at all, you will pass this one by. I will not read any of her books again, nor will I recommend them to anyone.