The concept of this book sounded interesting, that is why I picked it up. But the actually book is a mess…
It had good moments, but overall I was not blown away in any way, shape, or form. It frustrated me because there were times when I felt the writing was getting at something important and powerful, but it just didn't delivery.
The writing was too inconsistent; the format was unique, instead off the usual "Dear Diary", it was Dear (insert dead person here). The main character wrote her diary in the form off letters to dead famous people. But even that got boring very fast.
I think it would have made more sense, if Laurel had written the entire book to her sister! May. (But then no catch title) I felt like the fact that Laurel wrote letters to the dead was just to lure readers (it sure fooled me). The fact that the letters were so inconsistent also made me feel like they were unnecessary. And, I just hated that she keep telling these dead celebrities about their own lives. "They" know all about their childhoods. Why are you explaining their own lives to them?
I later found out that Stephan Chbosky, of The Perks of Being a Wallflower fame, was Ava Dellaira’s mentor and also endorsed this book… If I knew that before, I would've stayed away from this book.