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Death Becomes This Book, March 11, 2010
This review is from: Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of the Famous and Infamous (Mass Market Paperback)
There are many books devoted to the deaths of the famous, but few quite as accomplished or entertaining as this one. First of all, the range of celebrities covered here is quite impressive. Sure, you get the usual Hollywood suspects (Marilyn Monroe, Natasha Richardson, Jon-Erik Hexum), but also such off-the-beaten-path oddities as James H. Bedford (the first human to be cryonically preserved), Jack Daniel (of Jack Daniels fame) and Pope Pius XII. An impressive mix. Impressive, too, is the amount of research the author has given to this book. It's likely that even entries on people you know about will contain some little gem of startling information. Most impressive, though, is the tone maintained throughout. It's funny, but never cheap-shot snarky. A difficult balancing act to bring off, but it's been done here successfully. True, if you're Ted Bundy's third cousin twice removed, you might be offended by the humor. But the rest of us should lighten up. Death is part of life, so let's enjoy it while we're here.
Richard Sanders
Sex Death Dream Talk
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Yikes!, October 20, 2009
This review is from: Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of the Famous and Infamous (Mass Market Paperback)
Love it, love it, love it. This is a practical book that is crammed with stories of the deathstyles of the famous as well as the infamous. It answers all those questions about celebrity death that you may have always wanted to ask such as 'was Jayne Mansfield decapitated', but somehow felt you might be perceived as 'strange' if you really did ask. Fear no longer and get rid of any trepidation you may have had about asking those questions. You can buy this book, read it from cover to cover, and your friends and relatives will be clueless that you are a death junkie and you will not be labeled WEIRDO.
Written with remarkable style and humor, the author has managed to cover a lot of material that will leave you chuckling. There are other books out there that provide similar information, but none do it as well. This book manages to take a lot of the stigma out of death. It is accurate and loaded with tons of interesting information concerning the deaths of well-known dead folks. You can liken this book as a cemetery guide for an armchair cemeterian.
My only criticism is that I wish this book was bigger. Mr. Petrucelli undoubtedly has a lot of unused material out there that I know he didn't even touch on. Seems like he better get started on MORBID CURIOUSITY Vol. 2.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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What a fun book!, April 18, 2010
This review is from: Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of the Famous and Infamous (Mass Market Paperback)
If you love movie star gossip this book is for you. It is just one juicy Hollywood tale after another. Yes, it's a little morbid reading about how people died but these stories are very interesting. Thank you to the author for including the often forgotten Carole Landis. Her family thinks she was murdered and so do I.
I really wanted to give this book 5 stars but I was disappointed with the lack of photos :-( It's still a fun book to read.
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