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The Beatles: The Biography by Bob Spitz

4.0

Whew! Done! This was a long one. I have to say it was very compelling. I found it fascinating and sad. I have never been one to follows stars, their stories, etc. so I was surprised to find that I got so very involved in this book. Kudos to the author for that! But it ends at the end of the Beatles, and I am wondering what happened to John mentally? Did he ever get off the hard drugs before his untimely death? He seemed a very unlikable person, but it was because he was so messed up emotionally and from the drugs. He certainly found love with Yoko (another terrible character from the book's perspective), but I hope he also found peace.

It is easy to read this book and think these guys were not very nice people a lot of the time, but I couldn't imagine living the life they lived, and having the fame they had at such a young age. Would any of us have handled it any better? And the drugs...OMG, I suppose they were lucky to make it past age 25.

I certainly would have never wanted to be a Beatle, but I sure am glad that they did. How fun it was to find out more behind the music and individual songs. While reading this I went back and listened to many of the songs. I forgot how much I really like so many of them.

The Beatles were amazingly talented, and this is a fascinating and in-depth story of "all of it."