Customer Reviews

Angelina Jolie

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(5)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Since I first saw Angelina Jolie in 'Gia' a few years ago, I have been a big fan of her work. I am consistently impressed with her talent, honesty, silliness and beauty.

As an introduction to her work/ life, this book was great. However, any average fan (as most of the buyers are i'm sure) will already have read everything in this book from various past interviews.

It appears, that in her rush to capitalize on Jolie's fame, all Kathleen Tracy has done is link together numerous interviews into a novel format. I was disappointed to stumble across mispellings and grammatical errors that were obvious on the first read through.

One redeeming quality: a great selection of pictures

I hate to say this, but I have to agree with the other reviewers about this book. I read the reviews, but still bought the book. I was hoping that maybe someone would see the REAL Angelina Jolie, and write on that. I guess that's why this isn't an autobiography. It was a rehashing of articles from magazines, which may or may not be true. I'm so sick of hearing about knives, tatoos,her relationship with her brother,-all taken out of context. If anyone ever treated her with the respect she deserves, we might get the full story. The closest I've seen is when she was on Larry King. She seems to be a loyal, honest, monogomous person. I guess that would be too boring to print, or about her being a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador. I hope one day that Angelina Jolie will write her own book. If it's anything like the journals I've read that she wrote while she was in Africa, it will make for more interesting reading than this book. The only new thing I read was about her father, but the book wasn't supposed to be on him. There was too much focus on other people and places, instead of on Angelina Jolie.

Why oh why did i buy this book? Oh yes... in a fit of madness i fell in love with angelina jolie and spent too much money on her dvd's and this book. I wish I had read marcia's review... this book has a gorgeous cover but inside is just a compilation of magazine articles and speculation. i would have given the book one star- but threw in the extra one for the highschool pics of angelina and this color pic that makes her look like a housewife. However if I were you- i wouldn't waste your money on this book for the pictures because there's not many. then again- we all have to learn from our own mistakes right?

I love Angelina but this book was nothing I didn't already know. There was too much information about the other actors in the movies with her and no actual communication with her. I also noted several mis-prints that clearly should not have gotten past an editor. Like the fact that it was written that "Playing God" was released in 1977? Wasn't she like two? Great pictures and if I didn't know who she was or David Ducovany it might have been more interesting.

How can person write a biography without speaking to the person you are writing about? Giving a summary of past articles, which may or may not be true, is not a biography. I have to agree with the other reviewer's, which I read their reviews, and still purchased the book. In the end, each person has to make up their own mind. I thought too much emphasis was placed on other people and places. Hopefully one day, Angelina Jolie will write her own book!, it would give more insight into the real person, and not the "Hollywood" person.

This book has decent pictures but if you have read one or two articals on Angelina Jolie then you know all the information already. If you are a true fan then there are absolutly no surprises. I was very dissapointed.

If you are a fan of Angelina, this book will not tell you anything you do not already know. Very poorly written, the author obviously threw this book together in a quick attempt to cash in on the AJ craze. However, I did enjoy the photos, they make a nice addition to your collection. If you'd like to get to know AJ a little better, try the book Angelina Jolie's Journals: Notes From My Travels, written by Angelina herself. She takes you behind the scenes for a personal look at her work as an ambassador.

I'm not sure if this book is trying to be a biography or not, but either way it isn't worth your time. The book is mainly about either the plots to Angelina Jolie's movies, which aren't even accurate (looks like someone should have watched her movies before writing about her), directors and writers of the movies, or other people who have been in her life. I found myself skipping over pages due to the fact that it had nothing to do with Angelina at all. There would be entire portions that would be a few pages long and she would be mentioned maybe in a paragraph. It seems all the author did was take quotations from other magazines that have interviewed Angelina rather than interviewing Angelina herself. The only reason why I would say to buy this movie is you get some good pictures of Angelina throughout the book. In the middle of the book there are a good number of great color photos. I hope one day someone can write a book that lives up to Angelina's name.

The only good thing in this Book are the photo's of Angelina. Some are B&W some a in full color. The book really has nothing "new" on angie. I have a feeling the author just wanted to cash in on Angie's sucess, since she is soooo big in tomb raider right now.

Not a Good Book. Not really a Bio on Angie. It's filled with issues we already knew on angie.....

I was disappointed by this book in that there were no interviews with, no collaboration from Ms. Jolie that would make this book original or even different. If you've read a few magazine articles about A.J., then you know everything this book could tell you. The pictures were the most interesting, I think Tracy could have made it all photos and it would have been worth the purchase.