Angels Dance And Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison
by Patricia Butler
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Author: Patricia ButlerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-12-01
ISBN: 0825673410
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Book Reviews of Angels Dance And Angels Die: The Tragic Romance of Pamela and Jim Morrison
Book Review: Hack job done by the author who wished she was Pamela Courson herself...
Summary: 1 Stars
If you love harlequin romance novels then this book is for you. Quite frankly, if you studied the history of Jim Morrison for the past 30 years, you can pick out very easily the fact or fictional stories in any book. This book has oodles of fiction. You can tell that the author didn't give a crap about fact checking because she had an agenda from day one. Same goes for the Barry Manilow book this author wrote.
I remember back in 98 when I picked up the hardcover version of this book, I was very excited to read it. The cover of the book itself was beautiful and brought you in. By the time I was on page 45, I couldn't take anymore of the bull**** stories the author "compiled" in her research.
Also throughout the past 10 years, the author has a terrible reputation for her online antics. She first declared in 1998 that all sales of this book would go to the Pamela Courson Morrison Gift of the Muses Award at Orange High School. When a Doors magazine webzine investigated, they came to the conclusion that there never was a scholarship in Pamela Courson Morrison's name. She tried sweeping those allegations for the past 10 years under the rug. Making excuses and blaming others for your lies makes you look bad especially when you were busted for lying. She should have been honest. End of story. She continued on with her raging rants on several Doors message boards as well as Pamela Courson message boards eventually getting banned from some of them for her erratic behavior. Very unprofessional to say the least. To treat the people who bought your book or were potential buyers of your book in such a unproffesional way is uncalled for. I have never seen ANY author behave the way Patrcia has behaved online in the past 10 years. She's no different then Patricia Keneally - another person who's rude to fans online. Well actually, Keneally is rude to anyone who likes or defends Pamela, but that's another story. Both authors are similar in their erratic online temper tandrums.
The reason why I bring this up in the review is due to the fact that if an author is caught continually lying, then how factual is her book?
Not very factual actual.
This is why I say, if you like harlequin romance novels, you'll love this book. Those who like the truth - stay away. Buy Break On Through instead if you want the REAL story of Jim Morrison.
Unfortunatly, this is the only book that goes deep into the subject of Pamela Courson. The problem is 80% of the anecdotes compiled in this book was made up by the author as discovered over the years. The only truth there is are the photographs - just the photographs.
She doesn't really get DEEP into what made Jim and Pam click. What happened in Paris. She speculates how they met by heresay. Speculates on the way Jim treated Pam even to the point that she goes in detail about what Pam wore and what Pam's facial expressions were at that moment in the story. She wasn't there, so how would she know what face Pam made when Pam supposely got a gift from Jim that was alledgely the Virgin Mary statue? She speculates that Pam was even anorexic which Pam's friends and family deny.
The only feeling I get is that the author comes across as if she was living Pamela's life. Seeing things through Pamela's eyes. A fantasy that she is Pamela herself. Paul Ferrera recently released a book about his life with Jim Morrison called Flash of Eden. In that book he discussed how he had affairs with Pamela Courson. In it he also discussed having phone sex with Patricia Butler.
I guess when Butler said "Pamela's friends became my friend's, Pamela's lovers became my lover's..." she was not kidding.
In the meantime, I hope another author will write a book about Pamela that will not only speak the truth but will also give Jim and Pamela real justice.
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