Darwin Porter

I'm genuinely embarrassed to have read this 700 page clunker. It was filled with terrible writing, shoddy editing, dubious source material, errors, inaccuracies...and I couldn't put it down. It may be the trashiest, most lurid "biography" ever written...but oddly compelling!

Prurient, salacious gossip sometimes unbelievable. I know much of the book is true but some aspects of it seem far fetched. This is a huge book and by the end it felt like the three writers were bragging and lying about the conquest of every man, actor, actress, straight or gay they ever met right up to and including the President of the United States and his wife. Claiming that between the three of them they had had every major male star and if they hadn't then they knew someone who had. show more Even if every word was true how the author got away with writing these slanderous or libelous (I never know which is which) claims. Fascinating reading regardless of truth. show less

Love Triangle: Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman & Nancy Davis may find its way onto many a Republican Reagan fan's reading shelf; but those who expect another Reagan celebration will be surprised: this is lurid Hollywood exposé writing at its best, and outlines the truths surrounding one of the most provocative industry scandals in the world.

There are already so many biographies of the Reagans on the market that one might expect similar mile-markers from this: be prepared for shock and awe; show more because Love Triangle doesn't take your ordinary approach to biography and describes a love triangle that eventually bumped a major Hollywood movie star from the possibility of being First Lady and replaced her with a lesser-known Grade B actress (Nancy Davis).

From politics and betrayal to romance, infidelity, and sordid affairs, Love Triangle is a steamy, eye-opening story that blows the lid off of the Reagan illusion to raise eyebrows on both sides of the big screen.

Black and white photos liberally pepper an account of the careers of all three and the lasting shock of their stormy relationships in a delightful pursuit especially recommended for any who relish Hollywood gossip. show less

I loved this book. Can't get enough on the Kennedy's. Of course gossip is the key word here. Much of it seemed quite believable though.

Jack Kennedy which much of the book concentrates on was really a man that most thought they knew so well but in reality would have been pretty shocked my his behavior.

Nothing is sadder than his death in Dallas of course and the book closes on this with some sad details on words surrounding the event.

It was his reckless womanizing though that was so much a key show more part of his life and how he did not seem to care much. He probably made Bill Clinton a choir boy in comparison. Different time different press. Yet according to the book his second term might have been made much rockier than the first as some of these serious scandals came to light.

A real page turner and long in content covering most of the clan outside of Caroline, but sure not much to report there. show less