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A review by mkinne
Diva by Lowell Bair, Delacorta
4.0
Started reading in rebellion while waiting for appointment to start at the Genius bar (they were late by 10mins).
Many more plot twists than the movie, but in the end a fantasy of the Paris underworld & infatuation with a star that both have the best possible endings and so, unbelievable & unrealistic but still a fun read. One super creepy thing that's not entirely clear in the movie: Alba is 13 in the book so her relationship w Gorodish is that of an inappropriate & unrealistically willing Lolita to Gorodish's less salacious Humperdink.
Many more plot twists than the movie, but in the end a fantasy of the Paris underworld & infatuation with a star that both have the best possible endings and so, unbelievable & unrealistic but still a fun read. One super creepy thing that's not entirely clear in the movie: Alba is 13 in the book so her relationship w Gorodish is that of an inappropriate & unrealistically willing Lolita to Gorodish's less salacious Humperdink.