A review by barbie16
The Blonde by Anna Godbersen
4.0
Marilyn Monroe: what a person she was and yet I'm wondering if any of us will really ever know her.
I really didn't have a problem with the way this book portrayed her. I thought the author did a fantastic job of mixing real history with fiction here. So much mystery surrounds Marilyn and the Kennedy's - who's to say this book is any more far fetched than some of the conspiracy theories? Did Marilyn work for the KGB? Probably not, but the author makes it plausible, and connects her life just so to make it work. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
I also love the idea of Marilyn's life turning out completely differently. That's the beauty of her - because she died so young and remains this elusive icon, we can picture her any way we want to. Maybe her life wasn't this exciting, maybe she really just died of an overdose, but the great thing about fiction is none of that matters, authors can create whatever they want! I think Godbersen wrote a well crafted interesting story that does justice to Ms Monroe without mocking her. RIP.
I really didn't have a problem with the way this book portrayed her. I thought the author did a fantastic job of mixing real history with fiction here. So much mystery surrounds Marilyn and the Kennedy's - who's to say this book is any more far fetched than some of the conspiracy theories? Did Marilyn work for the KGB? Probably not, but the author makes it plausible, and connects her life just so to make it work. I don't think there's anything wrong with that.
I also love the idea of Marilyn's life turning out completely differently. That's the beauty of her - because she died so young and remains this elusive icon, we can picture her any way we want to. Maybe her life wasn't this exciting, maybe she really just died of an overdose, but the great thing about fiction is none of that matters, authors can create whatever they want! I think Godbersen wrote a well crafted interesting story that does justice to Ms Monroe without mocking her. RIP.