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A review by rleibrock
Life with My Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone
2.0
The reason - the ONLY reason - this book is getting two stars instead of one is because I find its subject so interesting. I grew up listening to Madonna so she holds a special place in my pop culture heart and I was eager to gain some deeper insight to who she is as a performer and a person.
And, while this book did contain glimpses of private Madonna, in the end it was nothing more than a bitter brother's interpretation of who she is.
I know, I know...it's his pity party, he can bitch and moan if he wants to.
But, the fatal flaw with this book is just how poorly it's written. There are serious time line inconsistencies, jarring story jumps and numerous contradictions throughout.
Even worse, Christopher Ciccone's non-stop celebrity fawning and name-dropping do little more than to underscore his sister's accusations that he's living off her name. I don't read a lot of tell-all books so I have little with which to compare this, but Ciccone is, by the far, the most unlikable and unreliable narrator I have encountered in a very, very long time.
Still, I read every word of it - that's thanks to the lure of Madonna and has very little to do with her brother other than his willingness to spill a smidgen of dirt.
And, while this book did contain glimpses of private Madonna, in the end it was nothing more than a bitter brother's interpretation of who she is.
I know, I know...it's his pity party, he can bitch and moan if he wants to.
But, the fatal flaw with this book is just how poorly it's written. There are serious time line inconsistencies, jarring story jumps and numerous contradictions throughout.
Even worse, Christopher Ciccone's non-stop celebrity fawning and name-dropping do little more than to underscore his sister's accusations that he's living off her name. I don't read a lot of tell-all books so I have little with which to compare this, but Ciccone is, by the far, the most unlikable and unreliable narrator I have encountered in a very, very long time.
Still, I read every word of it - that's thanks to the lure of Madonna and has very little to do with her brother other than his willingness to spill a smidgen of dirt.