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sistermagpie's review
2.0
I know very little about Bono or U2 beyond, you know, recognizing their songs. My grade probably shouldn't be taken as a real judgment of the book so much as what it's like to read about conversations between people you don't know about things you only vaguely recognize that aren't really explained. (Not that you really want them to be!)
thesimplepastor's review
3.0
I’ve long been a fan of the music of U2, I like their big themes, big sound and big personality and they’ve always been unafraid to address the spiritual, I have most if not all their albums and saw them live at Wembley Stadium in the summer of 97.
Now I’ve just finished reading ‘Bono on Bono – conversations with Michka Assayas‘ and to be honest I loved it! First because it’s essentially the transcript of conversations it is eminently readable. Secondly because Bono has a sense of humour and doesn’t take himself too seriously but clearly loves a good conversation it makes it eminently enjoyable. Thirdly because Bono cares with a passion about the world’s poor, about those with AIDS, those in debt, those starving in Africa it takes rock star involved in charity to a new level. It was a move that was full of risk and one that could have failed, the fact that it didn’t says a lot about the gutsy little Irish fellow. Thoroughly recommended.
Now I’ve just finished reading ‘Bono on Bono – conversations with Michka Assayas‘ and to be honest I loved it! First because it’s essentially the transcript of conversations it is eminently readable. Secondly because Bono has a sense of humour and doesn’t take himself too seriously but clearly loves a good conversation it makes it eminently enjoyable. Thirdly because Bono cares with a passion about the world’s poor, about those with AIDS, those in debt, those starving in Africa it takes rock star involved in charity to a new level. It was a move that was full of risk and one that could have failed, the fact that it didn’t says a lot about the gutsy little Irish fellow. Thoroughly recommended.
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