A review by vgk
Life with My Sister Madonna by Christopher Ciccone

3.0

I don't usually read tell-alls, but this was an OK one. I was a fan of Madonna's work from the very first release up until Ray of Light, after which I lost interest in her completely. While I enjoyed this early work, I have always suspected that personally she is an utter bitch, power-hungry, entirely self-involved and supremely egotistical - a view that I have come to from viewing her work, reading her interviews and also informed by a friend who interviewed for a dancing role with her and said she was weird, controlling and unpleasant. This book confirms all these suspicions about her character and behaviour. Somewhat alarmingly though, these characteristics appear to be her starting point, and over time the complete lack of resistance from those around her causes this ugliness to swell, until by her marriage to Guy Ritchie, she is a complete, unmitigated (and somewhat unhinged) monster.  Beyond this, I was a tad surprised at the extent of her miserliness, which is truly overwhelming. Christopher has his own problems, and it was pleasing to see by the end of the book (2008) he is in therapy and dealing with them. Madonna on the other hand, as history has shown (I write this review in 2023), just goes from bad to worse.