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August 21, 2008 2:59 PM

BOOK REVIEW: The True Naomi Story by A.M Goldsher

As with most authors I review, I googled A M Goldsher straight away. I am always suspicious of authors who use just their initials. Often this means they are trying to disguise their gender as they believe the truth will put their readers off. My suspicions were correct, the author of this Little Black Dress book was A Man. Like Keris yesterday, I thought, what does he know about writing chick lit?

The answer? Well, um, quite a lot actually.

But. (There is always a but.) On opening this book up I read the first few pages, threw it down and thought, yup Helen, you were right. Men can't write chick lit. I was confused, didn't understand Naomi, Jenn was quitting, there were names of people causally thrown out there that I didn't know. And I didn't understand the bra issue.

When I picked the book up again some months later I read chapter two and before I knew it was half way through the book. I began to understand all the references in chapter one as we go back in time and see how Naomi and Jenn set the band up in the first place.

So if you hadn't yet guessed, Naomi is in a band. The band consists of the brains and keyboard skills of Jenn, the bass of Travis (Jenn's younger brother), and the drums of Frank. Naomi is the singer, and because of which, gets most of the attention. Plus the record company thought the band should be called Naomi.We see the build up to their success, their actual success, the fall out - then what happens next.

Sometimes I had to re-read the dialogue, it is written the way I guess a twenty something New Yorker would talk, but I soon got used to that. The plot whipped along, I got to know all the characters and I found it not just satisfying but also breezily entertaining. I've got another book by Mr Goldsher in my to be read pile. I think I might just bring it forward slightly.

Rating: 4/5

Like this? Try One Night Stand by Julie Cohen (another Little Black Dress book)

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Posted by Helen Redfern on August 21, 2008 in American Authors, Rating: 4/5 | Permalink

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