Confessions of a Wild Child: Lucky: The Early Years (Lucky Santangelo, 9) Mass Market Paperback – October 28, 2014

Having read all of Jackie Colllins books I wasn't going to bother with this as I figured I had read it all before, and most of the reviews pretty much said that. After her passing I decided to order it mainly as there would be no more books from my favorite author. It seems more like an intro for someone who hasn't read any of the Lucky books. The dates seem off as well, more today's times than Lucky's growing up years with references to Vegas clubbing and Marc Anthony etc.That being said it was an ok read and I read it pretty quickly, which is fine as sometimes you don't want to dive into a 500 page book. Knowing now she was ill for so many years you can't fault her for giving us fans another book even if it wasn't her best. Going to miss her writing but I have them all so I will reread them again.

I figured it's just another telling of the stories I've already read but wow.... It's Heartbreaking, Hilarious and just so Jackie!!!I am glad I got the chance to read this and I will re-read it a hundred times if I can

I bought this as a used book from a supplier and the quality of the novel was like new. While I understand that this novel was based on Lucky's life, "the early years", the story line was not one of Jackie's best. I have read all her novels and especially love the heroine Lucky but this was a dull read. Usually when I buy a Jackie Collins novel I can't wait to finish it and have spent many late nights curled up eagerly reading. It took me more than a week to read this book. Jackie, not your best work.

I chose this rating, because Jackie Collins is an excellent writer, and I love her books, mainly the Lucky Santangello series. I hope that she continues to write more books about Lucky and the Santangello family. I can never get tired of reading about Lucky and her family, because they keep you wanting more. Ms. Collins, I hope you don't end the Lucky saga here, I hope there are more on the way. I hope we don't have to wait two or three more years for the next one. I really loved this book, and I would recommend this book to my family and friends. Keep up the excellent work that you do.

I have been reading Jackie Collins since Chances and since then I have read all of her books, some more than once. Confessions is an entertaining book especially if you are new to jackie Collins. If you have read Chances or Lucky then this is pretty much a rehash of Lucky's early life.I kind of felt while reading it that the publisher may have wanted La Collins to put out a book sooner than later and this was the book. Shorter than most of Ms. Collins books have been in the last 30 years.Enjoyable, if you want a quick visit to Lucky's early years...

Easy to keep reading. Enjoyed learning about Lucky's wild teenage years, I feel Jackie did a good job with this one as a pre-qual. It made be pick up Chances after 25 years of reading it! I'm enjoying these a lot more as an adult for some reason....

I was never intending this book for myself, I was thinking of getting it for my granddaughter. I decided to read it first. I am in my mid 70's. I found the book and her writing to be outstanding! I read it first before sending it to my Granddaughter. I hated to see it end and I certainly hope she writes a continuation to this one., I need to know what comes next. Growing up in the late 1930's I would have loved, having books like this to encourage me, that I can be myself, control my own body and make my own decisions for my future.

This is part of the "Lucky Santangelo" saga and I have read most of Jackie Collins books she has ever written. Although this book started off abit slowly, it did dramatically improve to her great writing ability and I would strongly recommened this book to any reader who loves romance/drama and a read which is rather 'on the naughty side' of things!!

When I first heard about this book I wasn't really looking forward to revisiting Lucky Santangelo's teenage years. I remember it first time around from the previous novels and this era of her life didn't really stand out for me. But having read all the previous books I couldn't skip this one. I found myself enjoying it a lot. It was interesting to read the story in the first person from a teenage Lucky's perspective and I think I liked it even more because in the previous novel, Goddess of Vengeance, Lucky's daughter, Max, is a similar age, and it was good to compare the two characters.

While the critics have not always been kind to Jackie Collins, her sales of half a billion copies tell their own story. She writes exceptionally well in the first person and her ability to enter into the mind of a 16 year old and get the American vernacular right is extraordinary for a British subject. She knows how to talk the talk and walk the walk with style.

I've been a Jackie Collins fan for years, loved every book, and when i heard this was coming out i was sceptical. Since the early years of Lucky have been touched upon in the first Santangelo book "Chances", and then brought back up In the second novel "Lucky", and even reminded about in further Santangelo novels, i really was curious as to what else she could add to an already well described part of Luckys life. In every Jackie Collins book, there is an explosive ending, a reason to carry on reading- but there was none of this. It merely goes through Luckys time in Switzerland, her run away trip with Olympia to South of France, and ends the book with the marriage her Father pushes her into- this has all been read about before. The only differences is that Jackie Collins writes about Lucky in first person for the first time, which of course works as she's a character Jackie Collins has built up for years, and touches upon another friend Lucky had at the Swiss boarding school, and mentions a couple of other men she made out with. In this hardback cover, the writing is in a huge size, and i got through this book within the morning. I haven't wrote that i hate it, because it's a Jackie Collins book and the first person part works- but other than that there is nothing new, and this book would only really work if you were new to the Santangelo novels, but all this is touched upon in Chances, and reading this before Chances would blow some of the storylines. So overall, not impressed at all. I really hope others find it good, but i just couldn't get round the point of publishing this.

I started to read this, wondering if we'd find out more secrets about the young Lucky. The answer was no not really. Felt like the death of her school friend was glossed over a bit.But still reading along with the young Lucky, just made me want to pick up the book 'Lucky' and re-read it all over again.I just love her.Felt sorry for her, in a way I never thought about in the earlier written books. Gino really was a bit useless with her. But what a stud!! or is that RAM?!Right off to dig out my ancient copy of Lucky and possibly Chances for a once over...

I love Jackie. She's a storyteller and an inspiration to me but this book, although I was looking forward to reading it, was definitely lacking something. Maybe it was because we knew so much of the information, it was more of a retelling in some respects. I enjoyed it, but it didn't wow me like a lot of her books do. The ending was so abrupt to. I honestly thought my kindle had crashed and not downloaded the entire book. I kind of hoped she would take us to the first point we met Lucky in chances but she didn't. Her teenage years aren't over yet but I guess we may get another Lucky Prequel but not up to my high Jc expectations.