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Frida / Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo by Hayden Herrera

oliviawinchester's review against another edition

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4.75

addystape's review against another edition

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4.0

Felt like I was a friend of Frida reading this book. She triumphant, she gave in, but always she was having a relationship with life simultaneously in love with it and fighting it all along. A picture of a woman as unafraid to live her life as she was to portray it in her art. Fascinating.

franlop97's review against another edition

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5.0

disabledbookdragon's review against another edition

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informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

maimaija's review against another edition

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4.25

An amazing biography. Love her art. At one point i felt the author was dismissing her chronic health issues as "attention seeking" which absolutely appalled me as a woman with chronic health issues i know how horrid it is when women's health is dismissed. Also by other women. Super sad. She was impaled by a tram. There are black in white that she had chronic health problems. Unbelievable on the author's part.

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emotional informative slow-paced

3.75


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filawless's review against another edition

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3.5

Found this a slog to get through to be honest. A real insight into Frida's life but found the detailed analysis of her various artworks tedious and would have preferred a bit more emphasis on her life. 

buttercupita's review against another edition

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4.0

Fascinating life, and Herrera does a good job of incorporating a lot of Frida's own words and moving the story briskly.

suzzeb22's review against another edition

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3.0

My fascination with Frida Kahlo was stoked even further after reading this biography of Frida. Great selection of her paintings in the middle of the book and lots of photographs makes this book even better. If it weren't real her life would read like a bad t.v. movie of the week. Stunning portraits, beautiful paintings and a tragic life.

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4.0