Megan's Reviews > Sister Stardust

I’ll be honest - this book just wasn’t for me in a lot of ways. I didn’t know much about it initially, and as I started to dig in, I had a feeling I wasn’t going to enjoy it.

That being said, I just don’t feel like anything happened in this book. I couldn’t tell you what the plot was. The entire book felt like a big name-drop, which if you’re unfamiliar with a lot of 60s culture like me, it’s not going to mean much to you and I’m left confused about which characters were real and which were fictional. Googling helped where I cared. 😉 If the goal was just to give a snapshot of what life was like in the 60s, maybe it works? However much of it felt entirely unrealistic and more like a fever dream you have of hanging out with rock stars…

Additionally, the form of the storytelling wasn’t working for me. Was Claire/Cece telling the story to her daughter?? Weird. Was she talking to us directly (I swear she addresses the reader at one point)?? Also weird. I don’t know, but it was a strange construct with her looking back, telling how things were going to turn out in the future for certain characters while still in the midst of the story. I didn’t like it.

Definitely would not recommend.