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serenedancer's review against another edition
3.0
I read this book as part of my attempt to read a book from every country in the world. I'm partly using a list from another woman who did this and she counted it as a book from Monaco.
Well-written interesting biography about a very interesting woman. However, it is was mostly focused on her life as an actress. Once she became a princess it was extremely vague.
You could also tell that the author knew her personally. It did give him some insight into her, but he never said a negative thing about her. Like she did seem like a good person, more progressive than most people of her time, but there's no way she was absolutely perfect.
I can recommend the audiobook, it is well narrated.
Well-written interesting biography about a very interesting woman. However, it is was mostly focused on her life as an actress. Once she became a princess it was extremely vague.
You could also tell that the author knew her personally. It did give him some insight into her, but he never said a negative thing about her. Like she did seem like a good person, more progressive than most people of her time, but there's no way she was absolutely perfect.
I can recommend the audiobook, it is well narrated.
aceamy6's review against another edition
3.0
An intimate look at a Hollywood icon who didn’t fall for or truly enjoy the trappings of fame. Interesting to look at an actress who made such an impact in a short period of time. I wish there’d been more about her life after leaving Hollywood but I understand that wasn’t the true focus of the book.
simplyparticular's review against another edition
3.0
An interesting read, but like most celebrity biographies, there is a little too much fawning and an understandable distance between the writer and the subject. It is too bad we will never have Grace Kelly's story in her own hand.
lorianne_withane's review against another edition
4.0
A fascinating and engrossing trip through Philadelphia, New York and Hollywood as seen through Grace's eyes. I do feel that Spoto had a bit of an agenda, as the frequent testimonies from coworkers and friends on how Grace was shy, funny, uncertain, professional ... anything BUT cold, did get a little wearisome after a while. However, (as Spoto discusses rather quickly in the midsection), when your main comparison point is Marilyn Monroe, I can definitely understand how he would be trying to characterize Grace as more human than perhaps the public had hitherto allowed her to be. And while I may question if she is quite as saintlike as he portrays her, I have to admit that it's nice to read a biography that isn't trying to trash or undermine -- and really, is it any of my business? (Ah the eternal conflict when reading a biography.) Spoto's intimacy with the subject, (as well as his incredible knowledge on Hitchcock), allows him to paint a much fuller portrait of a Golden Age lady who always seemed a little unknowable. While this may falter a little in the latter part of the book, as I often felt like I was reading an approved press-release of a royal family, it's still a satisfying and delightful sketch of an intelligent, professional woman who always wanted to be more.
ladyandrea's review against another edition
1.0
Uffff impasable !! Encima si tienes la mas minima intención de ver peliculas en las que salga ella o gente de la epoca relacionada.. se pasa paginas y paginas describiendote esas peliculas !!! Y sin decir nada relevante ni nada de Grace Kelly
lecturitis's review
5.0
A mi parecer, Spoto hizo un gran trabajo. Hay que aclarar que colocó más énfasis en la vida de Grace como actriz y para quienes que no encuentren familiarizados con esto o con otras figuras conocidas de su misma época, el libro puede tornarse un tanto aburrido. Sin embargo, aquellas personas que disfrutamos del tema encontraremos una verdadera joya en este proyecto.