Ostensibly, this book is nothing more than a "cheap" attempt to sell a book and make a few dollars. This book is not unlike a contemporary "cut and paste" hollywood movie. There is nothing in this book that we haven't heard before. Much rhetoric, not a whole lot of RELEVANCE! When will we learn that we only hurt each other by portraying ourselves as victims on every occasion possible. I certainly question the motives of this book. I know many books that were and are published on the topic of antisemitism to make a quick buck. This degrades semites. I will say more, THIS IS ANTISEMITISM at its heart. Why? It is hurting jews, those of nationality and of faith. There are in fact many books, even in this catalogue, that are of questionable merit and relevance to actual antisemitism and of actual artistic merit. I have recently reviewed The Hitler's Pope by Cornwell on Amazon, there is another book as you can see from my review of it which has been written in the prime interest of making money. I must warn, however, that the implications of such literature do not merely end on the fact that the author receives a "Big Chek" from the happy publisher and fame in the media. In fact, what such books accomplish is real antisemitism because it its implications fall directly on Jews. Jews are not alone in the world and as such they must live together with people of other faiths and nationalities on this planet. Therefore, some authors' greedy intentions actually hurt Jews' relationships with other people. We have seen in the twentieth century what happens when peoples relationships breakdown. When I say that Cornwell's book or this book is the real antisemitic literature, I MEAN IT! This what I mean by the "latka in the face" -- such books are nothing but a cold slap in the face.

It's certainly true that this book will not increase interfaith rapport between Christianity and Judaism. It explores the very pagan roots of modern Christianity, its parallels with the ubiquitous dying/ressurrecting god-king parables of ancient Gentile (pagan) peoples. Since Biblical times, the Jews strove to keep their religion pure, whereas Christianity coopted the symbolism, rituals, deities, and beliefs of the peoples it sought to convert. Although this is hardly revelation to anyone knowledgeable of theological history, Christian readers will be alienated by the accusatory comparison of their faith to heathenism. Nor will Pagan readers find eddification; in the view of "Monsters and Madonnas", their faith equates with demonism. However, the book exposes much of the hypocrisy of the modern rightwing Christian-supremicist movement which vilifies and seeks to politically suppress polytheistic faiths. The author presents her evidence and conclusions without sympathy or sugarcoating, and the result is certainly not very palatable. But that does not lessen the book's worthiness.

The information does not appear to be accurate. Quotes are taken completely out of context. This book makes Madonna seem very superficial.

I guess if I had not already had the book Lucky Star, I might have really liked this book but I really didn't. I actually won the book on an auction and couldn't wait to receive it but to my horror it was exactly the same as Lucky Star printed in and around 1984 except larger and with a different cover. The portrait inside was the same as the cover which is really the only good thing about this book. What was even more worse was that the pictures were all weird looking, I mean in the book Lucky Star they were all basically black and white but these ones in this newer copy were like negatives and really bad colors like blue tints to Madonna's face. Gee it's no wonder Madonna did not want this book published. I say if you have "lucky star" and later titled "her own story", don't bother with this one at all unless you really want the portrait.

I wouldn't give it any stars. There is a difference between humor and bad taste. This book is a good example of the latter. It just goes to show that jealousy is a very ugly thing, in the case of Ilene Rosenzweig, the author of "The I Hate Madonna Handbook". No matter if I was a fan of Madonna's or not, I would still come to the same conclusion about this "handbook". A complete waste of paper is the best way I can describe this catastrophe.

A poor-to-average attempt at a murder mystery. The main characters are too cute, the murderer too obvious, and the entire story is too dull. I read this simply out of curiousity to see if the author, who is a nun, could bring an interesting perspective. Alas.

It's not terrible, but neither is it good.

Sorry, Sister.