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Thorough, but TMI

Revisado: 08-20-21

This book was very thorough yet it was very hard to get through. Too much detail and very easy to get lost in all the name dropping. A little less minutiae and more background detail would have made this book more enjoyable. Parts were fascinating, but most droned on for me.

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Awful

Revisado: 03-29-21

Was excited to read, but this was a waste of time. This should not be a sequel shark jumped.

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Too long

Revisado: 11-11-20

Rotten has an interesting life that could have been summarized in half the time. He is a bit hypocritical at points not clearly sticking to whether he likes or dislikes someone or something. Unfortunately, I wasn’t a big fan of PIL, so his I was more interested in the Sex Pistols and his personal life which he gives his side of. PIL didn’t suck, but weren’t great either IMO. I liked Steve Jones book better. Perhaps because Steve narrated it himself, and to be honest he is more entertaining to listen to, and doesn’t take himself or ego as seriously as dear old Johnny who does drone on through a lot of the book. NVMTB is no doubt a fantastic record for many reasons. A group of people who disliked each other, naive to the business, and played by Malcolm and company created such an amazing record with sound and lyrics just as relevant today as in 1977. My take away from the book is that I agree with John’s opinions on a lot of things. I also think he would be a giant pain in the ass to work with.

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Fun read

Revisado: 07-04-20

Pretty outrageous, but that’s what made it a fun listen. Like a lot of stories, movies, and shows, this could have been really cool working the diving in more reasonably, and a more interesting crime, but whatever. It killed some time in a good way. It was a free listen too. Wouldn’t pay for it.

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Boring story

Revisado: 06-17-20

Narrator was great. The story was so slow and uninteresting that I didn’t finish. Was a Kindle unlimited borrow so no loss.

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Glad it was free

Revisado: 06-16-20

Well.... this book sucked on so many levels. Lame story, went in too many directions, narrator’s accents poor, overall not sure why I stuck with it. Maybe self torture. I’m a beer and whiskey guy, so the wine snobbery also put me off. I read fantasy, I’m sticking with Demon Accords and MHI.

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Do your R&D

Revisado: 01-20-20

Local Calabasas resident writing an LASD story without doing any research. LASD doesn’t have a robbery homicide unit. That’s LAPD. They have a Homicide Bureau out of Monterey Park, not at Lost Hills Station. The crime lab is not referred to as CSU out of Cal State LA not in Monterey Bay. Not even close to a Bosch novel who at least makes it somewhat believable.

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Still a fan

Revisado: 12-01-19

I had the privilege of seeing Elton live three times in my life. He is a brilliant musician, songwriter, and performer. He and Bernie wrote magic together. I personally found his music not to my taste after Captain Fantastic, much like Bowie after Scary Monsters. That’s just me. I lost interest in him through the seventies and beyond because he seemed to become ridiculous. His persona often looked silly, like Michael Jackson. I moved onto the Jam and Clash etc.. which glad to know he was a fan of including Iggy Pop. After listening to his book, I have mixed feelings. Would have rather he included more about making music and artists he liked and collaborated with than his drama. More like the Tina Turner incident and his ball busting with Rod Stewart, and like Dr. John. His story is almost the same as other rock stars. Extravagance, drugs, High Jinx, being a dick to everyone around you, poor business sense, overworked, chasing fame, etc. They all want to heal the world, spend all kinds of effort trying, but can’t manage their own lives. Elton seems like a nice guy until he’s not. I’m still spinning his records, but probably won’t revisit his book. Some of his decisions left a sour taste kind of like Townsend’s book. I also wish Elton narrated it himself.

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Lost Interest

Revisado: 10-11-19

This started out interesting, but flopped into stupidity with the trial so unrealistic and unbelievable that I was laughing. You immediately hate the Amish characters which was what was interesting, but it was too easy to figure out as the story progressed. The characters lied and omitted so much you held no sympathy. I can’t believe I stayed with it to the end. I liked the Storyteller a lot so I thought this one would be good too. Not so much. Narrator was decent though.

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Just Ok

Revisado: 09-30-19

I’m a huge Zep fan, but thought this book took too much creative indulgence attempting to play the various band members, speculating on what they might have been thinking. The narrator kept me interested, but now I want to read a book that will tell me better from the surviving bands member perspective. Too much mystery and mysticism, which to me wasn’t all that mystical. It was excess beyond excess, that took so much away from the music. If the author is even partially accurate about Plant, why wouldn’t he have moved on?

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