Comments on: Famous Once: A Short Story

By: Rachel Green (author)

Rachel Green (author) — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:16:41 +0000

I really enjoyed this. It would be
quite possible to devour in one sitting, but I read before sleep and it too a weel. Slightly reminiscent of Espedair Street by Iain Banks.

By: WelshDragon

WelshDragon — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 02:29:27 +0000

As humans, we ALL make mistakes, some more than others. All we can do is hope we learn from those mistakes and move on. This is a touching story about a rock star, his super model wife, and their now journalist daughter. The characters are vivid from being such a short story, the plot is rambling, but a lot of time was covered, and the premise is finding out how an 18 yr old died while in their party. Turns out the evil was in their midst and the proof was in the tapes the husband sent home. I definitely recommend this short story.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 21:24:07 +0000

This is perfect for me. Chapters are small. The storyline was very good and interesting.

By: Stacie Hanson

Stacie Hanson — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 16:27:40 +0000

Famous Once by Jane Green
Famous Once is a super quick read at just 49 pages, but it left me wishing there was more. The secrets Astrid was holding and her daughter Zara’s mission to reveal the truth felt like the foundation for a gripping novel that would be hard to put down. I enjoyed Astrid as a main character—a former model married to a rock star—which added an intriguing layer of glamour and complexity.
While some moments were vividly descriptive, other important parts of the story felt rushed or underdeveloped. The short length made the storyline move too quickly, without enough time to fully explore what was really happening or the emotional weight behind it.
Overall, it’s a fast, easy short story read with an interesting premise, but one that would have benefited from more depth and detail.

By: Frannie

Frannie — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:42:12 +0000

What a perfectly beautiful story about the 70’s, fame, experimentation, success and betrayal.
My only complaint….it was too short. A quick read at 46 pages, but I wanted more.

By: The Cookster @ Reviewer ranking #31

The Cookster @ Reviewer ranking #31 — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:56:25 +0000

Rating: 1.0/5

I really admire a well executed short story. There is a real skill in constructing a properly rounded story with fleshed-out characters in the space of so few pages. Sadly, that does not apply to "Famous Once" by Jane Green.

This feels more like reading chopped up extracts from a longer book. The content is simply glossy, superficial and full of rock star / supermodel stereotypes - even the prose is littered with tired clichés. When you do reach the end, the final chapter is so sickly that you might want to make sure that you have a bucket to hand. On the plus side, it takes less than an hour to read the whole thing.

By: a reader

a reader — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 23:13:17 +0000

Yes, this was a free “short story,” but after a few pages it felt like a swoony grammar school girl’s version of a rock’n’roll love story. 50 years compressed into an outline. It reads like a 1st draft of an author’s early novel & never rises above undisguised versions of Mick Jagger right down to his fake spiritual marriage to Jerry Hall that left her without a divorce settlement and Phil Spector’s murder of a young actress. Doesn’t make me want to read anything else by Jane Green.

By: Bikermum2687

Bikermum2687 — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 02:31:29 +0000

A lovely and quick story of how things can change in a moment. And that the rich can always pay for things to go away till something comes along and ruins it for them. A great read.

By: Emma Welton

Emma Welton — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 09:21:20 +0000

This was a short quick read.
Not like Jane Green’s early books, so this was different.
A quick tale of rock and roll celebrity couple in their hey day to the present day, with their daughter looking for the inside story