Reviews
Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted, by Mike Walker, Faye D. Resnick
msmandrake's review
3.0
I have a large collection of OJ books, but realized the other day at the library that I had never read Faye Resnick's follow up book, Shattered. So I'll dual review them. It's easy to dismiss this as exploitation, I thought as much at the time. Everyone in it came off as some version of vain, shallow, just-plain-dumb, promiscuous, social climbing trash. But I do think there is a core of sincerity here, certainly Faye spends a great deal of the next book talking about how much scorn she received after this book was published, and justifying telling the stories she told (I'm sure she was coaxed for "dirt" by the publisher) She also believed without hesitation from the start that OJ was guilty, and she did have a front row seat for his relationship with Nicole. In "Shattered" she very simply debunks of lot of the defense's version of events, some points I would have liked to have seen made many more times. (Another big mistake the prosecution made was determining by their own standards who was "good enough" to testify. They should have put on everyone, warts and all.) And for gosh sake, so many people have no idea that there was a reason that Nicole was so angry at OJ at the that dance recital, which was the trigger for the whole thing, and that was that he was trying to get her in hot water with the IRS, which meant she quickly had to pull up stakes and move, in spite of the kids being uprooted as well.
So yeah, this is trashy for sure, but a valid contribution to the OJ "canon", if we can call it that.
So yeah, this is trashy for sure, but a valid contribution to the OJ "canon", if we can call it that.
ashheinrich's review
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
“How can I describe the intensity of my relationship with Nicole, particularly towards the end? We had become more than friends. Call it what you will, bonded sisters, soulmates, confidantes — some palpable force, some emotion I’d never experienced, drew us together.”
dahliaf1aff's review
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
Tonight on inside edition ( yes, that book)
kerryann's review
2.0
Oh just as bad as you could possibly guess it would be. I am giving it one star for it's poor quality and the extra star is for it's peculiar iconic quality.
pqlibrarian's review
1.0
Faye Resnick must be the friend in the saying "with friends like this, who needs enemies"...
volare's review
2.0
Not sure how much of this book to take seriously but it does offer some insight into the lives of Nicole Simpson and those around her.
saxamophone's review
3.0
Like many other people, I’m fascinated with the OJ Simpson trial. I actually can’t believe it took me so long to get my hands on a copy of this book, but it’s fascinating and truly captures a moment in history. Hastily put together and published, its basically stream of consciousness. Rife with spelling errors, it’s perfect in what it wants to do. I do think Faye Resnick was trying to help get her friend’s story out and I don’t fault her for that, even if her commitment to truth telling veers towards the salacious.
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