This one was good! It was A Star is Born mixed with Daisy Jones. The format was super easy to read and felt like reading a tell all about a celebrity. I breezed through it in a couple of hours

The headline read: “Hollywood Superstar Kelly Trozzo Found Dead.” With no suspect in custody, authorities turn their attention to best-selling author Kaleb Reed, whose obsessive relationship with the star has been followed by social media and tabloids alike.
I don’t even know where to begin with this book. There was just too much drugs, egoism, everything. I didn’t see anything about the 2 characters that I liked enough that could compel me to finish it. It just wasn’t for me.
**I voluntarily read and reviewed this book

Not the typical book I read but it sounded interesting. I enjoyed reading it and plan on buying a copy for a friend.

I really enjoyed this book.I loved parts of the book were interviews and news post. Great characters, fast paced book. Loved the drama this is the book for you.

The headline read: “Hollywood Superstar Kelly Trozzo Found Dead.”

With no suspect in custody, authorities turn their attention to best-selling author Kaleb Reed, whose obsessive relationship with the star has been followed by social media and tabloids alike.

In his online confession, Reed claims that his relationship with Trozzo began with a tweet, an unexpected endorsement from the pop star herself. Almost overnight, Reed’s novel garners national attention, and the reclusive writer is thrust into the spotlight. But according to Reed, the endorsement came with a price.

In the days that follow, Reed is invited to Trozzo’s Los Angeles mansion, where he is solicited to write her memoir. Lured by her physical appeal and charisma, Reed delves further and further into Trozzo’s fantasy world, ensnared by a twisted story of betrayal and vengeance.

On the night of Trozzo’s death, Reed finally discovers his true role in this story, as well as the pop star’s alternative ending to his famous novel—one that leads to his arrest.

Set in Hollywood, She Died Famous is an innovative thriller that exposes the dark side of fame and obsession in today’s digital landscape. The story’s shocking twists and unreliable narrator will have every reader asking: Who killed Kelly Trozzo?

This book was written in a style that is very apt to our current digital age. There was a series of blogs and other social media extracts,.

This book was gripping edgy and suspenseful and proved to be a great read.

I would highly recommend this book

I absolutely loved the concept of this book and the first half had me completely wrapped into the story, however the second half felt a little flat to me. I didn’t develop any real feelings for any of the characters and therefore didn’t really care who killed Trozzo. I also felt like the ending wasn’t very clear. My preference for a thriller is to have all of the information presented to me, so that I should have been able to figure out “who dunnit” but I felt that the authors approach here was to confuse the reader so that the ending would be a surprise. Sadly, this book just wasn’t for me.

Wow. Just wow.
It is very rare that I can't conceive what's to come in a book.
At the very least I usually have an inkling mere pages before it's revealed.

"Without sacrifice, their love and affection were just empty words."

Kyle Rutkin surprised the hell out of me with this one!!!
Right down to the end.
I will follow you into any dark abyss you decide to write Sir.
Much love to NetGalley and Greater Path LLC for my DRC.

Normally I don't leave low star reviews, but I really really hated this book. The story was irritating, the characters insufferable, and the writing was mediocre. I know that others have really loved it, so it must be me personally that it wasn't right for.

How amazing is the cover and title?! It instantly captured my attention and the storyline was fantastic. Go read!

Pretentious. That’s the one word that came to mind about this clever idea that was written so weakly and pretentious that at times I felt embarrassed to be reading about these two selfish main characters. Not for me.

I really enjoyed this book! I liked the differing points of view throughout and how you heard different sides of the story from the people involved. I'm also a big fan of the unreliable narrator, which is big in this book. The book was well-written, easy to read, and I found myself rooting for Kaleb to pull it together. I would definitely recommend this to my friends!

*I received a copy of this book from NetGalley in return for my honest opinion.*

My lingering impression of this book is that all of the characters are a bunch of bastards.

They're all selfish, obsessive and destructive - they burn too bright as they race towards whatever it is they want, regardless of who it hurts. They're masters at rationalising their actions to make them seem less self serving and awful but really, they are just a bunch of bastards.

So many vices, selfish behaviours and untreated mental illnesses that they inflict on each other and thrive on.

I love the format of this book, with the chapters bouncing between time frames, narrators and styles - each one is as unreliable as the last and it's only at the end that you get a taste of the truth.

Kelly Trosso is a celebrity who inspires her fans and demands their complete loyalty - the book opens shortly after her death and we learn that her lover is on the run. We have to wade through all of these accounts to get to the truth of what happened to her and what led to her death.

Though I did find the pacing a little slow, it was a good representation of the self indulgent attitude of the characters. This is by no means a feel-good book, it leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth but at the same time - you can't stop yourself from turning the pages and seeing how the other half lives.

First, I would like to say how excited I was to be approved to read this book. The premise, the cover and the great marketing of the book made it very intriguing. Unfortunately, it did not live up to the hype. I found myself struggling to get through the pages just hoping to be finished. I felt like I was in a vicious cycle or reading about drugs, sex and mental breakdowns. I went to this book for exciting and suspense and for me it just did not deliver. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book in exchange for a review.

I had high hopes for this book! Unfortunately I just could not get into it. The synopsis grabbed me but unfortunately the story didn’t.

This book and I did not get on. Here are a few reasons why:

The opening jumped from blog, to CNN advert, to newspaper articles, to some Twitter posts and so on. I am still yet to read a book that does this whole modern social media news integrated into a story well.

The characters are unlikeable for various reasons, such as: There is too much going on in their drug induced heads - at times I felt like I was reading ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’ again! I found reading what Kelly Trozzo was saying to her ‘KTroops’, both online and at a concert, was tedious and borderline comical.

The whole Greek Mythology theme running through the book. I felt this was strange and the fact it became a huge point through the warped mind of superstar Kelly Trozzo was just annoying.

I do not like giving poor reviews but in my honest opinion I would not recommend this book and be giving it 1 star out of 5.

The writing of this book was good, I just found it to be too slow going for me to enjoy it. Unfortunately not a book for me.

"You think I'm a monster, don't you?" The detective was right...I was...I am...a a monster. I am capable of terrible things.
She Died Famous by author Kyle Rutkin is written in a creative format for a thriller about an unsolved murder. This book is not what the blurbs advertised. As I attempted to read this compilation of confused thoughts, drug dreams, and dark imaginings, I felt dirty and repulsed. The CONTENT is NOT creative, interesting, nor does it answer the question of the murder.
So in the words of the author, " The truth wasn't that simple. My characters are products of my past.", I hope this is not true for the author, Kyle Rutkin. The book is not an interesting work, but dark ramblings. I could not read all of the book, and I do not consider it a psychological thriller.
Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

The cover and premise of this book are what drew me in.
This author had quite a great premise for a book- a Hollywood starlet gets murdered along with her manager and her ex-lover is the one who holds all the clues to her death. However, the execution was poor.

The only good thing I have to say about this book is that I liked the format in which it was told. We have a blend of blog posts, police interviews, and magazine interviews, all of different perspectives. It was an enjoyable and highly readable format.

Now for the things I didn’t like about this book:

The writing- it was like reading a highly edited fanfic. Clunky, cliche, and at times difficult to discern which character point of view we were reading from.

The characters- stereotypical and annoying rich brats.
Kaleb has had a bit of a rough life that's lead him down a dark tunnel of drug abuse, anger issues, and obsessive and stalker-like behavior. He wrote a book of fiction that was more based on fact about a relationship he had with a married woman who was being abused by her husband, in which he thought it was his duty to protect her, so her proceeds to stalk her and try to force a romantic relationship (which is what eventually happens).

Kelly, this huge tv/pop star (think Miley Cyrus) read this book, becomes obsessed with it, arranges to meet Kaleb, has a sexual relationship with and ropes him into writing her life’s story.
Both have major drug abuse and mental health issues, they are selfish, toxic, horribly annoying people and easily the most unlikeable characters I’ve read about in a long time.
Kelly posts all this fake positivity inspiring bullshit to her fans, which she calls the #KTroops (eye roll), dubbing them as her “army’. She spouts all this crap about her ‘craft’ and the art of it all while intertwining one of her favorite stories from Greek mythology as her inspiration.
She comes off as a crazy full of herself cult-like leader (reminds me of Charles Manson). It’s also notable that one of her ‘friends’ in the book remarked on how Kelly craved the abuse from partners and people in her life. I thought that was super strange and felt like a romanticization of domestic abuse.
Kaleb is just as horrible. He’s also very selfish, never thinks of others, is quite misogynistic towards women, very possessive, has no idea he’s being strung along, and has no boundaries at all and feels like he always has to save the women in his life.

The sex scenes in this book are horrid (sex while so drugged up none of them could really consent.) Kaleb “wants” Kelly and she knows this. He is constantly fixated on her body, staring at “the way her ass jiggles and bounces as she walks up the stairs”, getting an erection as he stares at her ass while she walks away, noting how she doesn’t wear much make-up like other girls in Hollywood, is always so effortlessly pretty. He talks about how he undresses her with his mind and how he wants to be inside her- and as if Kelly was reading his mind he gets what he wants. I will not repeat the sex scenes here, I skipped most of them. The majority of these parts felt like Kelly was the typical manic pixie dream girl with substance abuse and mental health problems, and was the perfect male fantasy ripe for the taking and ready to serve Kaleb.
There is also a scene in which Kelly has a breakdown on stage while so drugged up she passes out. Kaleb takes her back to the hotel where they proceed to do the deed again after her huge meltdown. Very uncomfortable to read as it felt like no consent was taking place and Kaleb was taking advantage of her in a very vulnerable moment.

I think its safe to say that this is all around a bit of a trash book. I thought at some point it would get better, but it just didn’t?
The mystery around Kelly’s death and the events surrounding it were all very predictable. Quite disappointed and just mad that I wasted my time on this one.

2 stars.

**ARC Provided by Greater Path LLC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Wow! Where do I begin? I finished this in about 2 hours. The writing style was so captivating. This book needs more people reading it. The characters in this book felt like they were real. I found myself wanting to look the actor up on the internet. This kept me on the edge of my seat, biting my nails. Fast paced thriller with a unique writing style. THIS STORY IS SO GOOD. PLEASE DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND BUY A COPY!!

This book was fine, Its not usually what I tend to read but I had heard good things about it so I thought I would give it a try, I liked the format it was written in, with the blogs, news headlines, and t.v. interviews but It just didn't draw me in like I hoped it would.