Sneed's novel has plenty to say but it doesn't rely on any silly conventions like evolving story lines to draw the reader along.

That goal becomes difficult in this case simply because there isn't really a plot to speak of. Despite the book's low-low price of nothing, I will provide my candid opinion below.I tend to try to start out the review of any book with a bit of a teaser or summary of the beginning seed of the plot. Read moreĪs is usual, I received this book because my fiancee won the title in a drawing and was kind enough to pass it along to me after her own perusal. It also felt difficult to pin down Renn Ivins - to really know anything real about him other than the fact that he is a famous man. Jumping around in perspectives from chapter to chapter did not give me the time to settle into any one character's mindset. My main issue with this book was that it was difficult for me to really connect to any one character. How do individuals deal with fame? How does it feel to live on the fringes of that fame, or to be in the same orbit as a celebrity? Everyone seems to handle it differently. Little Known Facts was not the flashy read I expected it to be, but something sad, funny, and worth thinking about. Because, at the end of the day, a movie star like Renn Ivins is still just a man dealing with his children and ex-wives and a new (young) girlfriend. There is some of that here, sure however, there is also a lot of good old-fashioned family drama. I imagined a tell-all with tons of fun gossip, and impossible wealth and picture-perfect scenarios.

I was intrigued by the premise of this book - a book narrated by the various people in a movie star's life. I was lucky to get a e-book copy of Christine Sneed's Little Known Facts courtesy of NetGalley.

Little known facts by christine sneed