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4.5
I was hugely disappointed in this book. I expected all this new information & stories from the man who actually walked with & talked to Garbo daily - for years. Instead there is a bunch of generic information from other sources that I had read other places before. He had what were a few stories or comments peppered throughout the book, but nothing really that informational or new, or even insightful. Not worth a whole book. What was insightful could have filled a couple of pages, tops. There were a few things that she apparently said that did give a bit more insight to her personality & personal life, but I thought the writer would have some to add as well, after all these years, this was all there was?And the way it is constructed is very scattered, I do not like the way it's put together. There are stories on one page that extend to the next but you aren't sure who wrote what, or where it came from, or at least not easily. It didn't flow right for my taste. It took me a minute to realize he put up these stories from other sources, then added what is apparently, stuff Garbo said in another font in the middle of the pages, several times on some pages, none on others. And you are supposed to figure it out because the font is changed. Pictures, not that many, are nothing that new. I was hoping for something really special here. Disappointed. :(
