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I would've given this novel zero star if I could've.Not that it's boring or poorly written. But the sheer narcissism and entitlement of this novel poured bleach on my soul. Why are people still giving James Frey money to write books in 2018? Why did I give him 10 of my hard-earned dollars to read that? Well, that's a complicated story.And I'm not one of these people who hate James Frey for writing a half-bogus memoir. If anything, it made me like him because he was used by Oprah. And he used Opr...
Every time I read James Frey’s work I am absolutely blown away. I know there’s a shit ton of controversy surrounding his books but I honestly don’t give a fuck. His writing is beautiful and haunting and it speaks to me and that’s all that matters to me. I think this may just be my favourite out of all his books, it’s just so heartbreaking and beautiful and it felt like it reached deep down into my soul. And his writing style just makes it that much more stunning!
James came to Toronto and I was lucky enough to hear him speak (and get a signed copy of his new book).This is the first time I've read one of James's books. And I'm sort of short for words on describing it.It was unlike anything I've read before in terms of the language. James writes with a fluidity that I can only describe as 'stream-of-conscience-like' to the point that it feels like he's inside your head, or that you are yourself in fact the narrator. It's brilliant. I'm coining the term "Fr...
So, I'm one of the few people seemingly who hasn't read Frey's A Million Little Pieces (and, frankly, am not particularly bothered about the porousness between fiction and memoir that made it so controversial): so I came to this book 'cold' as it were. Frey's prose is furiously energetic, even frenetic, words falling over themselves, no commas, abandoned grammar in their rush, and often repetitive. I'd say this is a book that is all about its style: if you hate this kind of fevered near-monologu...
If brilliance was a bright shiny ball this book would be the raw piece inside all those sparkly layers.
Hang on tight. James Frey has written a memoir disguised as a novel about his first novel that was disguised as a memoir. But the only thing you really need to know about “Katerina” is that it’s ridiculous, a book so heated by narcissism that you have to read it wearing oven mitts.If you’re prone to sympathetic vomiting, you’ll want a smock, too, because most of what the inebriated narrator does in this novel is vomit. He vomited when he got up, he has vomited after sex, he vomits looking for al...
I walk and I wander and I dream. More than anything, I dream of love, crazy crazy mad love. Not the love of rings and white dresses and churches, but of lust and insanity, the love where you can't stop touching, kissing, licking, sucking, and fucking. The love that breaks hearts, starts wars, ruins lives, the love that sears itself into your soul, that you can feel every time your heart beats, that scorches your memory and comes back to you whenever you're alone and it's quiet and the world fall...
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A muddled faux memoir posing as fictionThis is the eleventh book in my #atozchallenge! I'm challenging myself to read a book from my shelves that starts with each letter of the alphabet. Let's clear those shelves and delve into that backlist!Jay leaves college, determined to become a writer, and heads to Paris. There he meets a young model, Katerina, and falls in love. Twenty-five years later, Jay is a writer--famous and rich--but he's lost his way. Then he receives a message from a lost love. T...
NetGalley provided a copy of the ePub in exchange for an honest review.James Frey’s novel Katerina is unlike any other boy meets girl read. Jay escapes to Paris in 1992 and his life during that time is simply out of control. As Jay’s life spirals, his pain feels raw and real. Twenty-five years later he is living in Los Angeles and has left the past behind until he receives an anonymous message. This bump in the road adds quite a twist in this well-written book. Frey’s writing style and his story...
Katerina is at once a decent into alcoholism, a blistering tour of Paris, and a chance at reconnecting. It stirred up resentments and old dirty guilt, yet also past loves and memories of a time when we all care less about the consequences and more about the immediate pleasure that life gives. I was constantly questioning my own turning points: When did I shift my focus from the now to the next day to the future? Is it the shock of mortality from a death? Is it having children? It’s a short book,...
With a riveting emotional intensity, Katerina is another literary achievement for the controversial bestselling author James Frey. Katerina, aka “model girl” was a stunning flaming haired Scandinavian beauty when she encountered Jay, aka “writer boy” a troubled reckless alcoholic while temporarily working and living in Paris (1992-1993). Katerina was clearly impressed with Jay when the couple met, but refused to leave her contact information adding elements of mystery, intrigue and sizzling roma...
I was intrigued but then I read some reviews that say this is basically a pornographic, narcissistic memoir-in-disguise and I just don't have time for that crap.I get the idea that this is supposed to make you feel sorry for the guy but seems like it fails miserably.Perfectly content to skip this one.
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Gut-wrenching but awesome.