David Bowie: A Life

Sandra reviewed David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones

Review of 'David Bowie: A Life' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Generally I like biography books that are little snippets and stories told from various viewpoints. We, many times, reveal different aspects of our personalities to different people at different times. Some people bring out our better angels and some our worse. So different voices narrating their "takes" on events involving the person the book is based upon helps give a well rounded feel to the book... to get a good understanding of the personality, the good the bad and the ugly. And I guess this book was like that too, only I didn't know who a lot of these narrators were! So, I kinda didn't care what they thought, lol.

A must read, nonetheless, if you are a big Bowie fan. Which I'm not.

Utena reviewed David Bowie: A Life by Dylan Jones

Review of 'David Bowie: A Life' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Real Rating: 2.5

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

I remember my first taste of Bowie's music. It was the early 80s and MtV was still in the stages of infancy. Yet whenever "Let's Dance" came on I always found myself singing along. I really did not get into music until I saw him as the Goblin King in The Labyrinth. Since then his music always plays whenever I am in the car or I am in the mood to listen to music.

When I found this book, I was excited. This book offered a glimpse behind the scenes with friends, lovers, and family. However, I found myself disappointed. This book did not seem to be a biography in anyway but disguised more as a lazy interview. Although it offered some fascinating information about David, it felt like the author was a bit lazy when …

Real Rating: 2.5

I received this book in exchange for an honest review.

I remember my first taste of Bowie's music. It was the early 80s and MtV was still in the stages of infancy. Yet whenever "Let's Dance" came on I always found myself singing along. I really did not get into music until I saw him as the Goblin King in The Labyrinth. Since then his music always plays whenever I am in the car or I am in the mood to listen to music.

When I found this book, I was excited. This book offered a glimpse behind the scenes with friends, lovers, and family. However, I found myself disappointed. This book did not seem to be a biography in anyway but disguised more as a lazy interview. Although it offered some fascinating information about David, it felt like the author was a bit lazy when he wrote it. I had to put the book down several times before I came back to it early this afternoon to finish it.

Will I recommend this book? I may to friends who are, much like myself, enjoyed Bowie's music.

Niklas

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Sept. 24, 2017