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Title: The Marilyn Diaries by Charles Casillo ISBN: 0-9677617-0-0 Publisher: Charles Casillo Pub. Date: 17 December, 1999 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.73 (26 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Marilyn Diaries
Comment: A few weeks ago, I encountered a book, albeit a novel, that has had a profound effect on me. The book is THE MARILYN DIARIES by Charles Casillo.Although I knew from the beginning that it was a novel, I found myself experiencing feelings of guilty pleasure while reading it.Charles has captured the essence of Marilyn Monroe so well, that at times, I felt as though I was actually reading HER diary. He has given a human side to this woman that we have made into a cultural icon. He has depicted Marilyn with the strengths, the frailities, the fears, and the humor that I would like to imagine that she possessed.Additionally, he has brought a dimension to her sexuality that no other author has attempted before.Mr. Casillo has brought Marilyn to life for me and I am grateful for that.
Rating: 5
Summary: Marilyn maintains her dignity
Comment: Wow! I have just finished "The Marilyn Diaries" by Charles Casillo, and it was BRILLIANT. He has cleverly woven events of her life into a readable diary, and injected her thoughts and feelings on everything from men, to her childhood, the Kennedys, and her career. Every area is covered, no stone seems left unturned. Other fictional works on her have not been as insightful and truthful in representing Marilyn's personality. What really impressed me is the way it careens towards the climax, like a car swerving on a wet road, an accident waiting to happen. I won't ruin the ending, but it is extremely well written and constructed, and seems entirely plausible. You may have a differing opinion on how she died, as I do, but Charles paints a theory with such clarity of emotion and circumstance that it haunts you. This book represents a Marilyn who will shock you with her humanity. There are degrading and lewd sections, coarse language, and plenty of sex, but throughout it all, she never appears cheap. Instead we love her all the more because we know the WHY behind it all. And isn't that what we're all looking for? The why of Marilyn Monroe. Not the who, not the what, not the where, not the when, but the why. Why did she say that? Why did she do that? Why did she die? This book will certainly leave you with less questions at the end, and a greater understanding of one of the strongest and most fragile women who ever lived.
Rating: 5
Summary: Thought it was her real diary
Comment: I was half-way through before I realized it was a work of fiction. It seemed entirely believable that Marilyn wrote these entries. I was never a huge Marilyn Monroe fan, but a friend recommended I read this book, even though it is a work of fiction it has changed my perception of Marilyn and how difficult her life was. I found the book completely engrossing. I would highly recommend this novel.
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Title: My Story by Marilyn Monroe, Ben Hecht, Andrea Dworkin ISBN: 0815411022 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Marilyn Monroe: The Biography by Donald Spoto ISBN: 0815411839 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Legend: The Life and Death of Marilyn Monroe by Fred Lawrence Guiles ISBN: 0812885252 Publisher: Scarborough House Pub. Date: January, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cursum Perficio: Marilyn Monroe's Brentwood Hacienda--The Story of Her Final Months by Gary Vitacco-Robles ISBN: 0595010822 Publisher: Writers Club Press Pub. Date: October, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words: Marilyn Monroe's Revealing Last Words and Photographs by George Barris, Marilyn Monroe ISBN: 0806524537 Publisher: Citadel Trade Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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