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I purchased this title for the intriguing subject matter implied; however, the author loses steam after the introduction. I found The Kennedy Curse to be simple-minded, and a quagmire of excessive quotations, namedropping, hearsay and just plain gossip to be credible. While it is based loosely on fact, I did not learn anything I didn't already know from earlier Kennedy bios. Ironically, Doris Kearns Goodwin is quoted so often I quit this book to locate hers. For Kennedy era fans, it is still interesting, but gets lost somewhere between history and fiction. Disappointing.
I picked this book up at, can you believe it, a dollar store. The book starts out in the 1860's with the family's first immigrants to America and ends with the latest family member's antics. Looking at how each generation ran their lives, it was natural that the family ended up the way they did.
This was a 'tell-all" book mainly about Jackie and her innermost feelings about family, the men she loved, her insecurities and her strengths. I wouldn't call it a riveting read, however it does vaguely hold the readers interest all the way through.
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