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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
just lazily giving you the diary entries to read through does not work for me as a memoir. there is hardly anything compelling to pull from reading about him going to the gym and meeting with an entrail of initals. would've rather they worked it into a biography so that you might savour those thoughts that really tell you something profound about who he was and what he did.
If your name is in the index maybe you'll love this and buy several copies, but if it's not, the list of names (most of which I didn't know), and dinners, and waiting around for a scene to be short becomes tedious. I loved Alan Rickman's acting; I'd rather remember him like that.
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
This was a very dry book. I really struggled with continuing when I had the realization that Alan Rickman may not have wanted this published. He did not appear to have a hand in its publications.
informative
slow-paced
3.5 I tried to change the voice of the reader into Alan Rickman’s unique voice. He was passionate about his work and loved his community. It was fun hearing his story a bit through his diary entries.
I truly love Alan Rickman as an actor and was very anxious to read this book. But I was left with the impression that though his family handed over his diaries to be edited and compiled, Alan Rickman perhaps thought of these diaries more as skeletal sketches so that he could someday return and flesh them out for a book. Sadly, he never got the chance.
The thing that will stay with me - longer than these words, perhaps - was Googling Alan Rickman's beautiful, graphic designer handwriting and sifting through the images of his pen on paper.
Audiobook (It is very strange to listen to the words of an actor and not hear it in their voice.)
The thing that will stay with me - longer than these words, perhaps - was Googling Alan Rickman's beautiful, graphic designer handwriting and sifting through the images of his pen on paper.
Audiobook (It is very strange to listen to the words of an actor and not hear it in their voice.)
The editing could have been done differently. Hours were spent googling the people/places/events that AR mentions. The footnotes helped, but more are needed.
It’s so clear that he was passionate about his craft. I’m left wondering what his thoughts were on so many topics; one being how he would feel about his private thoughts in mass print.
It’s so clear that he was passionate about his craft. I’m left wondering what his thoughts were on so many topics; one being how he would feel about his private thoughts in mass print.
reflective
slow-paced
I have to believe those who do not like this book were unaware of what it was supposed to be. This was never marketed as an autobiography it is in fact his diaries. The pace is slow, but as it should be we are only seeing snippets of a man's life that lived more life than many of us ever will. I think truly the most devestating part was the last chapter narrated by Rima Horton Alans wife.
This book feels like a ride along to understand the flow of Alans life and career. While not very detailed it feels intimate and intriguing into the way his mind worked and flowed.
Thankful for this read.
This book feels like a ride along to understand the flow of Alans life and career. While not very detailed it feels intimate and intriguing into the way his mind worked and flowed.
Thankful for this read.