I hate to do this, but the info bits at the back of the book were way better than the rest of the book. To start off, my galley has no words on the first page, and the first words make it feel like you are missing an introduction to Ella. It also seems like the author tries too hard to make the book not about Marilyn Monroe, and doesn't mention her last until almost the end. This book would have been so much better if the author had decided to either A: make it a friendship story and give credit to both woman like it did in the end, or be just leave it as an Ella story and leave out Marilyn’s name all together. I really wanted to like this book. The illustrations are amazing, but the rest of it...ehhh. One suggestion on the illustrations, somehow name the awards. There are just pictures, and while most recognize a Grammy statue, they may not know the Kennedy Honors, Presidential medal of honor, or the third one that I can’t name.
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