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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
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This book was exhausting. But I really feel like I know Elton's HUGE heart now. What a life. What's even cooler is he is here to tell his story. I was lead here from Brandi Carlile's memoir, and it seemed to be a very logical progression.
Five Stars for the audio recording. Of course it kept me listening, but hearing the reader performing all the voices added so much. ALSO, let's face it- Elton John is a hilarious Queen. Sending a penis cuckoo clock to John Lennon? Pure gold.
Five Stars for the audio recording. Of course it kept me listening, but hearing the reader performing all the voices added so much. ALSO, let's face it- Elton John is a hilarious Queen. Sending a penis cuckoo clock to John Lennon? Pure gold.
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I really didn't know anything about Elton John, other than his taste for fantastic outfits and the fact that Elton John is not his real name. Who know he was such a funny motherfucker?!
I really loved that he called himself out on his own bullshit like he would say "I was the twat, everyone else was fine; it was me and also cocaine which was also my fault". I really appreciated that he took that kind of responsibility for his actions. I love that he called out the racism and sexism in the music industry without making it sound like a PSA because he's a white man and has not experienced it at all. I feel like after this I actually know a ton of stuff about Elton john, which is what I want in a memoir!
I did knock my rating down a little bit because the narrator kept doing this weird inhale sigh thing that drove me absolutely batty and I feel like there was a lot of justification of Elton's fellow white men for some truly terrible behavior on their part that I really wished he had called them out on, but otherwise the material is top notch.
I really loved that he called himself out on his own bullshit like he would say "I was the twat, everyone else was fine; it was me and also cocaine which was also my fault". I really appreciated that he took that kind of responsibility for his actions. I love that he called out the racism and sexism in the music industry without making it sound like a PSA because he's a white man and has not experienced it at all. I feel like after this I actually know a ton of stuff about Elton john, which is what I want in a memoir!
I did knock my rating down a little bit because the narrator kept doing this weird inhale sigh thing that drove me absolutely batty and I feel like there was a lot of justification of Elton's fellow white men for some truly terrible behavior on their part that I really wished he had called them out on, but otherwise the material is top notch.
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
emotional
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced