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    The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World
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    The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World

    By Nancy Jo Sales

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    About this ebook

    The Bling Ring by Vanity Fair writer Nancy Jo Sales is an in-depth expose of a band of beautiful, privileged teenagers who were caught breaking into celebrity homes and stealing millions of dollars worth of valuables.

    With a list of victims that reads like a "Who's Who" of young Hollywood, including Lindsay Lohan, Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton, and Rachel Bilson, The Bling Ring is the stuff of writers' imaginations—with one exception—it's a true story.

    The media asked: Why would a group of kids who already had designer clothes, money, cars, and status take such risks? Award-winning journalist Nancy Jo Sales found the answer: They did it because they could. And because it was easy.

    The Bling Ring: How a Gang of Fame-Obsessed Teens Ripped Off Hollywood and Shocked the World is a shocking look at the seedy world of the real young Hollywood.

    Editor's Note

    Who's Who of young Hollywood …

    Yes, the most notable part of Vanity Fair reporter Nancy Jo Sales’ expose of a gang of bored, privileged teens who robbed celebrity houses is that they got away with it for so long. But one of the accounts in the book, where Alexis Neiers leaves several hysterical messages for Sales, played out on the now-defunct reality show “Pretty Wild.” Miss that episode? Sales recounts the scene word for word.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateMay 21, 2013
    ISBN9780062245274
    Author

    Nancy Jo Sales

    Nancy Jo Sales is an award-winning journalist who has written for Vanity Fair, New York, Harper's Bazaar, and many other publications. She has written profiles of Damien Hirst, Hugh Hefner, Russell Simmons, Donald Trump, Tyra Banks, Angelina Jolie, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton, and Taylor Swift. Her acclaimed 2010 Vanity Fair piece ""The Suspects Wore Louboutins"" is the basis for the Sofia Coppola film The Bling Ring. Sales lives in New York City with her daughter.

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    • 4/5
      I was surprised at how quickly I was drawn into this book. In fact, I read the whole thing in a day. Fascinating.
    • 2/5
      Nancy Jo Sales wrote an article about "The Bling Ring" for Vanity Fair and then turned it into this book that was made into a movie by Sofia Coppola, so she managed to cash in on this story three times. Good for her, but there isn't enough material on these self-absorbed and celebrity obsessed teenage burglars to fill a book, so Sayles filled it out with every pop psychologist theory on teenage behavior she could find.
    • 3/5
      Probably best to read this as a newspaper article. Stretching the news-story into a book version requires more interesting tidbits and back stories. I gave this a 2.5* if I can, because the journalistic effort and the writing is very good. I did see the movie with Emma Watson in it. Turned out even Sofia Coppola couldn't help lift the story from muddled ending. Good way to waste your weekend :)
    • 4/5
      This book was essentially a really long article, but unlike other books I've read that are like that, this one definitely kept my interest. Sales has an interesting point of view on the scandal, and I feel that I got a full story of why the Bling Ring did what they did.
    • 5/5
      An excellent blend of true crime story intermixed with a search for motive. What drives a bunch of privileged, celebrity sword hopping fashionistas to burglarize the homes of Lindsey Logan, Orlando Bloom, Paris Hilton and others, often returning up to four times. The Bling Ring was led by a little psychopath who stayed around for hours, trying on designer clothes, as she packed bags. All got religion after getting caught, of course, but the story of these celebri-thieves as they actually operated are compelling and thoughts provoking.
    • 5/5
      Cool!
    • 1/5
      Ugh.
      Why is there so much unnecessary content?
      The author goes off of so many tangents.
      You can't shame a whole generation based on the actions of five dumb teenagers.
      Why are there so many chapters!?!?! Chapters are meant for a break in theme or scenery or action o9r thoughts. She literally just picks up where she left off. Just keep going!! Write a chapter longer then two pages.
      Ugh.
      Anyway, I didn't like it. The film was far more entertaining.
    • 3/5
      My Kids grew up with 1 female member. I am not sold on the movie at all and everyone that I have seen wrting about this group hadnt really hit it on the nose so far not even close to the real reason. There was a leader, and followers it wasnt taken as serious as it should have been! Teens they were young being mischevious. Still believe the leader swayed the others. It was prank gone wrong but didnt stop sadly until it was to late? It wasnt about the need it was about the want! Its really that simple!
    • 5/5
      I enjoyed reading it
    • 1/5
      cute
    • 3/5
      Lalitha Sri
    • 5/5
      The book's amAzing