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livingdeadmom's review against another edition
Too many different narrators on the audio was hard to follow.
katie_samsock's review
4.0
Goodreads giveaway win. A beautifully constructed insight into who Tony Bourdain was. The layout of the book definitely takes some getting used to.
brookeshires's review
4.0
Very insightful look into his life and what shaped him. A must read for Bourdain fans.
dogswithnogs's review
4.0
I think the audiobook shines as it’s told from the voices of his friends, lovers, coworkers, and child. You get a great idea of who he was beneath the lens.
deniser821's review
4.0
I wasn’t a huge fan of Anthony Bourdain but enjoyed watching his shows when I happened to come across it. I, like many people, was shocked at the news of his suicide in 2018.
This definitive oral history features interviews by 91 different people who knew or were friends with Anthony Bourdain during his 61 years of life.
It covers his childhood all the way to the very end with the co-workers, who were on location filming an episode of his show, Parts Unknown, discovering he died the night before.
I was surprised at the amount of people that were interviewed, including both his ex wives. The only person not interviewed was his last girlfriend, Asia Argento, although her effect on his life was the main topic at the end of book.
I listened to the audio book which featured a full cast reading, which is my favorite. The very people interviewed were the ones reading their parts. It felt similar to watching a documentary and heightened the experience.
This definitive oral history features interviews by 91 different people who knew or were friends with Anthony Bourdain during his 61 years of life.
It covers his childhood all the way to the very end with the co-workers, who were on location filming an episode of his show, Parts Unknown, discovering he died the night before.
I was surprised at the amount of people that were interviewed, including both his ex wives. The only person not interviewed was his last girlfriend, Asia Argento, although her effect on his life was the main topic at the end of book.
I listened to the audio book which featured a full cast reading, which is my favorite. The very people interviewed were the ones reading their parts. It felt similar to watching a documentary and heightened the experience.
gretago's review
5.0
Spoiler and I don't need to tell you this, but the hero dies at the end. This is a story of the survivors, those left behind after someone takes their own life. It's about how one's pain and depression can hide and then manifest itself in terrible, horrible, irreversible ways. And yes, it's a totally selfish act, but that person thinks it the only way to end all their pain and suffering. But then everyone in their life is left holding that bag of pain and suffering, and not knowing really what to do with it or how to process it all, once that person has completed their act.
This was interesting read, to hear about Bourdain's early life and rise to fame. I had read his novels and Kitchen Confidential when they first came out then watched all the iterations of his shows from Food Network all the way thru CNN when they were all first airing. Reading the accounts from people closest to him about those years and the ones leading up to his death, gave me a deeper appreciation for his life.
I also read Tom Vitale's Book, In the Weeds, before I read this one. And now, on to watch The Road Runner documentary...
This was interesting read, to hear about Bourdain's early life and rise to fame. I had read his novels and Kitchen Confidential when they first came out then watched all the iterations of his shows from Food Network all the way thru CNN when they were all first airing. Reading the accounts from people closest to him about those years and the ones leading up to his death, gave me a deeper appreciation for his life.
I also read Tom Vitale's Book, In the Weeds, before I read this one. And now, on to watch The Road Runner documentary...