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A review by coco_lolo
Ziggy, Stardust and Me by James Brandon
2.0
2.5 stars.
While the story of Ziggy, Stardust and Me was solid, I had a difficult time connecting with the characters in large part due to the writing. This is a YA book, but the prose style felt very young and relied too heavily on ellipses, em dashes, and sound effects that didn't really work for me. I liked that we got a novel looking at things like the moon landing, the Watergate scandal, conversion therapy, and bringing awareness to the struggles of indigenous Americans, but the characters fell pretty flat for me. Beyond Jonathan, we don't get a good look inside characters like Starla or Web, or at least to the extent I was hoping for. I read a review where someone mentioned they thought this would have been a great graphic novel, and I'd have to agree: the visuals this novel offers would have translated better in a different medium.
Not so much a case of a bad book, more an issue of personal taste.
While the story of Ziggy, Stardust and Me was solid, I had a difficult time connecting with the characters in large part due to the writing. This is a YA book, but the prose style felt very young and relied too heavily on ellipses, em dashes, and sound effects that didn't really work for me. I liked that we got a novel looking at things like the moon landing, the Watergate scandal, conversion therapy, and bringing awareness to the struggles of indigenous Americans, but the characters fell pretty flat for me. Beyond Jonathan, we don't get a good look inside characters like Starla or Web, or at least to the extent I was hoping for. I read a review where someone mentioned they thought this would have been a great graphic novel, and I'd have to agree: the visuals this novel offers would have translated better in a different medium.
Not so much a case of a bad book, more an issue of personal taste.