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Selena's Secret: The Revealing Story Behind Her Tragic Death

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This author should lose her job. Not only does she ramble on incessantly about trivial nonsense, such as how she washed her hair in the airport bathroom before interviewing Yolanda Saldivar, but she never gets to the reason fans wanted to read her story -- WHAT IS THE SECRET? She claims she promised Yolanda never to reveal it, however, she misleads the readers by her title and deceptive description of her story. Ms Arraras better stick to her trash tv job, or go back to college writing 101, where she can actually form a sentence that does NOT include a self-serving piece of information or a non-important remark about inconsequential things. She repeatedly toots her own horn, bragging about how she was the first to get inside to talk to Yolanda, how Selena's family grew to trust only her, how she worked so hard and so long to report the "facts" -- what BALONEY! One so-called "fact" she reported was that one attorney had huge fleks of dandruff in his hair! WHO CARES? These are the kinds of things this book talks about, nothing substantial, and certainly nothing that a true SELENA fan would care to waste time reading. The book is more a rag piece on Saldivar, and the author obviously has an affinity for her as she attempts to tell a lopsided version of the story of this talented singer's tragic death. Just save your money, PLEASE!

Arraras swears she knows "Selena's secret" and teases readers throughout but the truth is that she is just as big a liar as Yolanda Saldivar, convicted murderer. We all know the truth: SElena was brutally murdered by a cold-blooded killer who continues to garner media attention for herself from behind bars. Shameful that Arraras bought into it. Dont' waste your time

I bought this book--along with Joe Nick Patoski's biography of Selena and Remembering Selena--in 1997 (along with every Selena recording I could get my hands on, that was the year I fell in love with her, but I digress...). It's the least informative of the three, and by book's end, I was still wondering just what the book's title was referring to, because Ms. Arraras didn't spell it out! Given that the author--then host of Univision's Primer Impacto--constantly refers to herself, I can't help but feel that the book is less Selena's story than a self-promotional piece. The only useful part of the book is a translated text of Arraras' interview (or at least a portion of it) with Selena's murderer Yolanda Salvidar, originally broadcast in Spanish on Univision.

Patoski's "Selena" is far more comprehensive its depiction of the strange goings-on of the entertainer's final months. Read it instead

this book had to be the biggest compilation of lies and speculation, and just pure ridiculousness i've ever read.this woman just constantly rambles on about of topic subjects.

example:new york city already had it's own zodiac killer-a name assigned to him after he threatend to kill one person after each astrological cycle.

what the hell is that.what does the zodiac killer have to do with selena's so-called "secret" which might I add is never even mentioned in this "yolanda salvidar" fan book.

this woman even tries to make excuses as to why yolanda shot selena,I don't know about any of you but I don't see how you could possibly make an excuse for a woman who murdered someone because they confronted them about embezzling money from your their fanclub.

i say just save your money this book has nothing to offer,unless you want a book filled with lies and are a fan of yolanda salvidar.

oh yeah and luis hernandez,simon hitch and null"silent cat" have to be the dumbest no-minded retards on ebay to give this book anything passed a 1 and then to praise it and call it truthful just shocked me.BAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think if you consider yourself a true fan of Selena, and want to keep her memory alive, you should not read this book. This is a WAIST OF TIME AND STUPIDITY. Mrs. Ararras needed money at that time (I believe) and she used murder Yolanda Saldivar just to sell.(well, I really do not think she sold many copies though). I do not understand how the media keeps giving credit to this crazy Yolanda Saldivar who is desperately looking for attention in any way! there is no secret mentioned in this book, because there is no secret at all. period. Selena was killed by her "friend" but Mrs Arraras tried to show the human side of Yolanda Saldivar...but there is no such side of her. It is just a waist of time.... I read it and I do not recommend this, at all....

I avoided buying this book years ago simply because I'd already read another review that said the "secret" was not disclosed. Now, I felt prepared to handle that and what I read was a "look at how great my show and I are!" book. She's apparently more able to be manipulated than she'd like to admit, because for some reason she believes an awful lot of what Saldivar told her; things that common sense don't dictate to be true. She states in her book that her show "Primer Impacto" has been criticized for "smacking of sensationalism" and now I know why - and I've never seen the show! "Between the lines" she insinuates that Selena was having an affair with her plastic surgeon and was about to move to Mexico and that that's why Yolanda shot her - to prevent her from causing harm to herself. PUHLEEZ!!!! I couldn't rate this book with negative stars, but if I could've that's what this book would've gotten from me.

Poor Selena. This book only brings to light half-truths and lies, all under the guise of "journalism". On page 250 Ms. Arraras writes: "If you have read this far--and if you've read between the lines--you know that I have revealed much in an indirect manner." I read that far and the only secret I can ascertain is that you can get published simply because you interviewed the murderer on television, rather than because you have something new to say. Selena had a short and interesting life, and it's too bad Ms. Arraras found it more important to tantalize with innuendo than to actually do some reporting.

This book offered absolutely nothing new regarding the death of Tejano star, Selena. If you have followed news reports of her life,death or the trial of Yolanda Saldivar....you have all that this book offers. *I felt particularly used in having purchased this book because of the title, "Selenas Secret." Having read the book from front to cover; I found nothing new of interest. The author leads you on with bits and pieces of gossip, truths and half truths til in the end you do just what I did....drop i

Arraras is such an arrogant woman that she took up a lot of space saying how she wasn't taking sides, when that is clearly not the case. She puts Saldivar on a pedistal and makes her out to be the victim. What is this "secret" she talks about? Apparently she knows, but because of a vow to not tell, she wastes the reader's time with a bunch of crap. If this secret is supposedly going to clear Saldivar, then just say it. I bet there is no secret, just a bunch of garbage to get people to waste their money on a book that is poorly written and one sided.

This book was such a waste of money. On the very last page she states "I will not tell the secret until Yolanda wants me to." This book was such a disapointment & a waste. It went right into the trash!