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4.42 AVERAGE
4.42 AVERAGE
Unflinchingly honest. Trejo has lived a long life full of so many interesting stories to tell on these pages. He details his younger days of crime and prison, the turning point when he discovered faith while in solitary confinement, his redemption through a unique career in Hollywood, and his belief that everything good that has happened to him is a direct result of him helping others. While I most enjoyed the behind the scenes information from the entertainment industry, it was so important that Trejo's troublesome early years be included since these helped shape the person he became. I'd love to pick his brain on a variety of topics over beers, and need to visit Trejo's Tacos someday. Trejo is certainly not an ideal audiobook narrator with an occasional halting delivery, but I can think of no better person to relay his personal experiences in that distinctive gravelly tone, and it was nice to hear longtime friend Logue speak about their close friendship at the very end.
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My life of crime, redemption, and Hollywood by Danny Trejo is one of the best memoirs I've ever experienced. I did read this one instead of doing my typical audiobook and I did enjoy reading it physically.
This memoir by Danny Trejo takes you from his early childhood all the way to him in his late 60s early 70s. He documents his spiral into a life of crime and drugs as well as him clawing his way from the bottom all the way to the top. He holds no punches when it comes to his marriages and relationships with family. You get to feel him and experience him as a fully rounded character and you get to experience all the development that comes along with that. You can really feel it from the book that Trejo did not hold back and gave every bit of himself to this memoir. Even though I did not live a life anything at all like Danny Trejo's, I still really felt like I emotionally connected with him as a person and felt his pain. I learned so much about Danny Trejo as a person through this narrative. I had no idea how dangerous of a person he used to be in his early years. I hold so much respect for him for the amount of people he has helped on his path to sobriety as well as his unwavering dedication to his children. while Trejo never indicates himself to be a perfect person, you can tell that his goodness is innate.
Overall I gave this memoir a solid 5/5. I feel like hits all the points in a member needs to hit as well as draws you as the reader into an emotional connection with your character. I felt I learned a lot of things I did not know and he really expand it on things that I already did. I like how this really detailed the down parts of his life in the early part of his life and not just his Hollywood stardom which is more known by most people.
This memoir by Danny Trejo takes you from his early childhood all the way to him in his late 60s early 70s. He documents his spiral into a life of crime and drugs as well as him clawing his way from the bottom all the way to the top. He holds no punches when it comes to his marriages and relationships with family. You get to feel him and experience him as a fully rounded character and you get to experience all the development that comes along with that. You can really feel it from the book that Trejo did not hold back and gave every bit of himself to this memoir. Even though I did not live a life anything at all like Danny Trejo's, I still really felt like I emotionally connected with him as a person and felt his pain. I learned so much about Danny Trejo as a person through this narrative. I had no idea how dangerous of a person he used to be in his early years. I hold so much respect for him for the amount of people he has helped on his path to sobriety as well as his unwavering dedication to his children. while Trejo never indicates himself to be a perfect person, you can tell that his goodness is innate.
Overall I gave this memoir a solid 5/5. I feel like hits all the points in a member needs to hit as well as draws you as the reader into an emotional connection with your character. I felt I learned a lot of things I did not know and he really expand it on things that I already did. I like how this really detailed the down parts of his life in the early part of his life and not just his Hollywood stardom which is more known by most people.
Very eye opening and didn't know he had cancer/"broken jaw" while working very hardcore to push through that pain to continue to work hard.
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Fascinating.
Trejo has had an incredible life, it's like he's lived a hundred lives, and I'm not even adding the characters he's played. There's just so much.
Trejo has had an incredible life, it's like he's lived a hundred lives, and I'm not even adding the characters he's played. There's just so much.
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