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bearmohawk's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
mjeaton's review against another edition
adventurous
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informative
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lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
francisca69's review against another edition
4.0
Luisterboek ingesproken door Bruce zelf. Af en toe moest ik mijn best doen om z’n soms knauwerige Amerikaans te verstaan, maar het was alsof hij naast me wandelde en mij zijn levensverhaal vertelde. Hij heeft zeven jaar over het schrijven van het boek gedaan, heeft er dus echt de tijd voor genomen, en het is een prima lopend, maar niet altijd even chronologisch, verhaal geworden. Omdat ik het boek via Netxtory luisterde en zag dat het ook als e-book in de app stond heb ik dat ook nog even snel gedownload om te kijken of er wellicht nog wat foto’s waren...en ja daarin werd ik niet teleurgesteld, leuke foto’s van Bruce van vroeger. Ik had nu best of both worlds want bij het luisterboek waren af en toe ook muziekfragmenten te horen. Het was een flink luisterboek, 18 uur op normale snelheid, maar ik heb ervan genoten meer over de man te weten te komen.
missiecoats's review against another edition
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4.75
I've been listening to Bruces music since I was in the womb. My children now listen to his music. I appreciate that he never stopped making music. So I was very excited to read this book. Highly recommend the audio version to listen to Bruce tell the story. Well worth the read.
meowserly's review against another edition
3.0
Some parts were incredibly fascinating and good, some were just OK, but overall it was interesting. I also listened to the book and it was read by The Boss himself, which was really great.
bjor6n's review against another edition
3.0
From "the backseat of Tom Waits's Cadillac" with "the tiring shoes of the voice of reason", Bruce writes of "natural burnout of the relationship", being "a conceptual optimist but a personal pessimist", "the weight of our unsorted baggage", and wanting "to kill what loved [him] because [he] couldn't stand being loved." I may not have been a conscious fan of Bruce prior to reading the book, but I certainly appreciate his life and work now.
koylosreads's review against another edition
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5.0
thank you, bruce
jessepinkman's review against another edition
4.0
Super engaging and interesting. The short chapters are nice even if I wished he would've spent more time in certain years/eras of his music. I'm fairly new to E-Street so this was actually great to familiarise myself with him and the band members and also to understand why the themes in his songs resonate so deeply with him. Some of his views/personal politics are frustrating, especially what he said about cops but oh well. It wasn't surprising or anything. I didn't go into this thinking he was gonna be some revolutionary.
amjammi's review against another edition
4.0
The doctors were playing Born in the USA in the delivery room when I was born (no joke). I'm not a Springsteen super fan, but I like rock'n'roll memoirs. I'm more interested in hearing about stars before they become successful than detailing what happens afterward. So naturally, I liked Book 1 the best and gave up early on Book 3.
kirsten0929's review against another edition
5.0
Such a fan. Not of his entire body of work - love a lot of his old stuff and some of his later work - but certainly of him as a person. This memoir only reinforced my impressions. Not sure how much, if any, was ghost written but his voice really comes through and, if you're familiar at all with his song writing, it's not hard to believe he wrote every word himself. A lot of it really lyrical and lovely. I found him to be quite open and honest about some probably difficult subjects - childhood, band mates, relationships, career - and wasn't shy about admitting to a whole range of emotions from anger and depression to profound love and affection. Except for its bulk, it was the perfect travel/beach read.