For ‘based
on a true story’ I read The Bling Ring by Nancy Jo Sales. I saw the movie by
Sofia Coppolla and decided to get the whole story. As interesting as this tale
is, I don’t have strong feelings about it.
It
read like a longer, more detailed article than the one that originally postedin Vanity Fair. It was broken up in a similar way to a magazine article and the
tone was very comparable. Sales remains the teller of facts rather than the
caster of judgments. The consummate journalist, Sales is trying to get the kids
to tell their story rather than narrate her own ideas about it.
Sales
definitely has an opinion on some of these kids. You can find her contempt for
Alexis Neiers in their conversation about karma. I would have been curious to
hear more about what the working mother thought of this interesting assortment
of law breakers. Criminal loving Courtney, mastermind Rachel, shallow reality
star hopeful Alexis, or the humbled Nick.
As
much as I enjoyed hearing the facts, I wanted to hear about who needed to be
slapped as well. I left all of this feeling very much on the outside looking in.
I needed more than Sales was able to get to feel satisfied.
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